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Thelma Vorce Kerivan

Thelma Vorce Kerivan

Thelma C. (Brown) Vorce Kerivan, 94, of Hopkinton, died peacefully on Feb. 9 at the Kathleen Daniel Nursing Home in Framingham. Born in Natick, she was the daughter of the late Hazel (O’Leary) and Charles E. Brown. She was the wife of Frank L. Vorce, who died in 2003,...

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Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 20 edition

Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 20 edition

ARRESTS January 25 12:04 p.m. On Main Street, Officers Panagiotis Hontzeas and Arthur Schofield arrested Elmer G. Yojero, 24, of 120 Quail St., Stratford, Connecticut, and charged him with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. February 6 11:07 p.m. On Fruit Street,...

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Local students receive college honors

The following Hopkinton residents were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at their respective colleges: At Tufts University, Prakalya Chandrasekar and Thomas Leone; At Connecticut College, Devon Rancourt, a Slavic studies and history major who received...

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HHS sophomore selected to deliver TED Talk

HHS sophomore selected to deliver TED Talk

Harrigan to discuss experience teaching girls in Africa A Hopkinton High School sophomore will be sharing some important lessons she learned about facing adversity and the value of an education, lessons she learned 4,000 miles away from home. Siena Harrigan will be...

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School Committee lauds Cavanaugh

School Committee lauds Cavanaugh

First-year superintendent earns respect for work ethic, professionalism The Superintendent of the Hopkinton Public Schools received feedback on her performance for the first half of the school year during the Feb. 7 School Committee meeting. Dr. Carol Cavanaugh was...

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Hamblet helps fuel Bentley hockey

Hamblet helps fuel Bentley hockey

The Bentley Falcons surged through a month and a half of hockey, earning points in 11 straight games and rattling off seven wins in a row in January/February, and Hopkinton’s Brendan Hamblet has become a key cog for the Division 1 program. The streak gave the Falcons...

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Balanced Hillers hoops heads to tourney

Balanced Hillers hoops heads to tourney

After 19 seasons as the Hopkinton High School boys varsity basketball coach, Tom Keane experienced a “first” heading into the final week of the 2018-19 regular season: not a single player on his team was scoring more than 10 points per game on average. The Hillers,...

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Independent Thoughts: Flannery set to make clean break

Independent Thoughts: Flannery set to make clean break

It’s difficult to imagine Hopkins School without Ed Flannery roaming the halls, but the elementary school will be without its affable longtime custodian starting next month, as Flannery heads into retirement. “Eddie has been the backbone of Hopkins School since the...

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Photo: Yoga for a cause

Photo: Yoga for a cause

Hopkinton’s Shanti Yoga held a fundraiser on Feb. 10. The event featured a one-hour gentle flow class to benefit the 2019 Michael’s Miracle Boston Marathon run, which raises money for the Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center in Hopkinton. For more information or to...

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Independent Thoughts: Let there be lights

Legacy Farms developer Roy MacDowell has seen the light — literally. MacDowell announced to the Planning Board on Jan. 28 that he would provide for a traffic light at the intersection of East Main Street and Legacy Farm Road. A Legacy Farms engineer had indicated that...

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School Committee sends budget to town

School Committee sends budget to town

The Hopkinton School Committee certified the FY20 School Budget during its Jan. 17 meeting, sending the $48,059,950 budget to the town for final approval. Next year’s budget represents a $3,003,300 increase — 6.67 percent — over FY19. “It was really important to us to...

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Local students receive college honors

Colleges announced their dean’s list students for the fall semester, and a number of Hopkinton residents were recognized: At Clarkson University, electrical engineering major Philip Hubbe and aeronautical engineering major Nicholas Mirabile; At Becker College, Hannah...

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Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 6 edition

Arrests/Police Log, Feb. 6 edition

ARRESTS January 19 8:58 p.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil checked on a motor vehicle on West Main Street. Officers Brian Sanchioni and Ryan Polselli responded as backup. Andrew L. Smith, 41, of 22 Randall Street, Worcester, was arrested on a warrant. January 22 11:27 p.m....

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