Local students honored for college success The following Hopkinton residents were among the students to receive degrees at the University of Massachusetts undergraduate commencement on May 10: Nicole Annenberg, Zachary Best, Ryan Bloomer, Madeline Boyce, Tara Branch,...
Two years after being shut down by the state, and one year after the town denied a new kennel license, Greyhound Friends took a big step toward reopening its Saddle Hill Road kennel.
Phyllis (Pearce) Salyards 84, of Sandwich and formerly of Hendon, United Kingdom and Pitcairn, Pennsylvania, passed away after a brief illness on Aug. 3. Phyllis attended school in London, England, and it was in 1954 where she met her future husband and lifelong...
Project Just Because has played the part of Good Samaritan for 21 years and counting, extending a variety of free resources and services to those in need throughout the state of Massachusetts. From a biweekly food pantry to a book-distribution program to a support...
HHS grads develop meditation app Two former Hopkinton High School graduates want you to take a deep breath and relax. Because this is sometimes easier said than done, the two young men have developed a new, unique meditation app to help you relieve stress, fall asleep...
Auslander releases first single With one song newly released and another on the way, DJ Stephen Auslander, who goes by the moniker “SAUS,” has a bright future in music, a future that began right in his own hometown of Hopkinton. “There is something about music that I...
It is with great sadness that the family of John “Johnny” Irvine announces his sudden passing on July 18 at the age of 66 years. He was born in Framingham on Sept. 20, 1952, to Wallace Irvine and the late Mary Gould Irvine of Hopkinton. John is survived by his life...
Frederic C. Bertram, 86, of Milford, was called home to be with the Lord on July 27 and is now in the loving arms of Jesus. He was greeted upon arrival by his daughter Deborah and granddaughter Krista. Fred grew up in Roslindale and served in the Air Force during the...
Those who knew Lauren Anderson said she had a certain “sparkle” about her. It was an energy that made her so memorable to her friends, Hopkinton High School classmates and teammates that dozens of them have jumped in to spread the word and raise money for a project...
YMCA moves ahead with Ashland facility The YMCA continued to push forward with plans to build a new facility in Ashland that will serve Hopkinton and Holliston as well. The location is 12.5 acres on the access road next to Ashland Middle School that leads to the...
Tired from TV gigs, Kabler films movie in Hopkinton It’s 7:30 on a picture-perfect summer morning, and Roger Kabler is sitting on a rock on the edge of Lake Whitehall, savoring all that nature has to offer. Kabler is an actor and a painter, having discovered his...
George R. Desmond of Framingham, formerly of Sherborn, passed away peacefully on Aug. 13. He was the husband of Alice B. Desmond, to whom he was married for 59 years. Born in Framingham in 1930, he was the son of the late George R. Desmond Sr. and Kathryn Orzeck...
Hopkinton Family Fun Day ushers in the fall with a day of kids games, entertainment and fireworks. This year’s event is slated for Sept. 14. Fall is fast approaching, and with it comes a variety of local events that show off the great community feel in this town. One...
Moving quickly after the resignation of Dee King, Hopkinton High School announced that Foxboro High School athletic director Rich Cormier will become the new AD starting Aug. 26. “Rich really impressed the interview committee throughout the process,” HHS principal...
At the Health and Wellness Fair on the Town Common on Aug. 3, Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton showed off Napa, who was adopted from the shelter five years ago. PHOTO/JERRY SPAR
Group has competitive side but also community focused Hurricane or heat wave, freezing or fair, members of the Hopkinton Running Club have trekked through the elements every Saturday for the past 16 years, since the HRC’s founding in 2003. While it is a club with many...
Hopkinton native and former Hillers field hockey standout Tamara Mills has been tapped to become the next head coach of the Sage Colleges field hockey team, and she is looking to build the program in Albany, New York, into a competitor. “I’m wicked excited and feel...
At the National Police Night Out on Aug. 6 at the Town Common, Hopkinton Police Officers Moira McGaffigan, Jay Deiana, Phil Powers and Ben Stickney posed for a photo in front of a police vehicle. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
ARRESTS July 29 10:03 p.m. On West Main Street, Officers John Corridan, Brian Sanchioni and Robert Ekross conducted a motor vehicle stop and subsequently arrested William J. Grant, 39, of 44 Winter St., Franklin, and charged him with possession of a Class A...
Margaret “Joyce” (Dempsey) DeLeo passed peacefully on Aug. 6 at Lancaster General Hospital at 80 years old after battling lung cancer. She was born on March 16, 1939, in Quincy to Walter and Lillian (Adams) Dempsey. She grew up in Hopkinton as the oldest of four...
