“When I grew up, I played basically every sport imaginable — I had a lot of energy, so it was good for me to let it out,” Rachel Stevenson shared with a laugh. In high school, Stevenson stayed active with basketball, lacrosse, soccer, softball and track, though she...
On April 15, 2013, Beth Hankin was a mile from finishing her second Boston Marathon when the race was halted after bombs exploded at the finish line area. Her then-husband was on Boylston Street waiting for her. He escaped without injury. Hankin and the other runners...
The Hopkinton High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Jeremy Dodge, performed at the Massachusetts Association of Jazz Educators (MAJE) Festival on March 25 at Norwood High School. The Jazz Ensemble was awarded a Gold Award at the 2023 MAJE Central District...
[Editor's note: Hopkinton Independent policy for the arrests section is to remove the arrested individual's name after it has been posted for approximately one week.] POLICE LOG April 4 12:05 a.m. Officer Brennan Grimley checked on a vehicle with two occupants on...
As plans progress for a proposed Elmwood School replacement, Robert Bell, educational programmer/principal for architectural firm Perkins Eastman, provided an update on tweaks that were made following three more meetings with faculty and staff as well as community...
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo of the day. Hopkinton Fire Chief Bill Miller on Tuesday announced that the Easter morning house fire at 69...
During the Select Board’s discussion Tuesday about the May 1 Annual Town Meeting warrant, representatives from Marguerite Concrete presented their plan for development of a South Street property that would require rezoning. Marguerite Concrete, founded in 1989 by...
Hopkinton Fire Chief Bill Miller on Tuesday announced that the Easter morning house fire at 69 Hayward Street has claimed a second victim. Judith MacNeill died Monday night, Miller said. She had been hospitalized since being evacuated from the home. Her husband, Don...
The mood at the nearly two-hour Upper Charles Trail Committee meeting Monday night was agitated as members debated the response the group will put forward at the upcoming Annual Town Meeting on May 1 to two citizens’ petitions that call for the group’s potential...
Almost every year of their lives, Zack Sisitsky and Nate Pucci have run to support a charity. The Hopkinton natives, now in their early 20s and friends since kindergarten, started running in the annual Sharon Timlin Memorial 5K which began in 2004. This year they will...
People run a marathon for myriad reasons — as an athletic feat, to raise money for charity, to achieve a personal goal. Danielle Gendron is running in the 127th Boston Marathon to honor her father, Arthur L. Gendron Jr., who passed away from pancreatic cancer in...
Barbara M. Oatway, 92, died on April 4 at Hope Hospice House in Bonita Springs, Florida. Born in Everett to the late Earl and Jenny Wolfe, she lived in Wakefield for 24 years. Subsequently, she lived in Haverhill, Georgetown, Hopkinton and Estero, Florida. Mrs. Oatway...
Junaid Muhammad, an award-winning international journalist in Pakistan, is equally passionate about running and supporting South Asian populations both here and abroad. He is weaving both of these activities together by running in the Boston Marathon on April 17 to...
After having competed in the Boston Marathon twice, Kayla McCann will join Tough Ruck Nation to complete the Tough Ruck 26.2 Boston For the Fallen on April 16 while carrying a 35-pound rucksack on her back. “I’ve been running since I was in sixth grade. I joined the...
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo of the day. Sunday morning’s two-alarm fire that caused the death of a man and a dog and sent a woman to the...
Sunday morning's two-alarm fire that caused the death of a man and a dog and sent a woman to the hospital "does not appear suspicious," according to a statement from the State Fire Marshal's Office. "The joint investigation by the Hopkinton Fire Department and State...
Like most people not directly affected by diabetes, Ian Brohm didn’t know what a bolus was or what beta cells do. Then he met Kelsey Payne. Payne was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes — wherein the pancreas produces little or no insulin — when she was just 6 years old....
Mark Howard is achieving his goal a bit later than anticipated, but he’s about to check running the Boston Marathon off his bucket list. “I always had a goal of running Boston before I turned 40, and the plan was to run the Vermont City Marathon and then run Boston,”...
“Music has always been a huge part of my family,” said Kerry Vogel, who is running her first Boston Marathon in 2023 to raise money for the Hopkinton Music Association. The Hopkinton Music Association (HMA) is a volunteer organization composed of parents, alumni,...
