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Caroline Sullivan serves as peer tutor

Caroline Sullivan of Hopkinton is serving as a peer tutor at Hamilton College Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning Center (QSR) this year. The mission of the QSR Center is to support students in the development of their academic skills, and to foster collaborative...

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Wicked 5K raises more than $10,000 for ESL

Wicked 5K raises more than $10,000 for ESL

Skeletons, princesses and Mario and Luigi sped around the Loop Road and Center Trail Oct. 28 as part of Enter Stage Left Theater’s Wicked 5K, the third annual. The final finisher, Denise Antaki, won the costume contest for third straight year, outdoing herself with a...

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HHS girls soccer finishes strong

HHS girls soccer finishes strong

The Hopkinton High School girls soccer team experienced some changes at the start of the season, but the Hillers were able to adapt and secure positive results in nearly every match through the month of October and earn a spot in the sectional tournament.    “Overall...

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HHS girls soccer finishes strong

Hopkinton golf wins back-to-back state titles

The Hopkinton High School golf team won its second straight Division 2 state championship, becoming the first Hillers’ golf team to repeat in more than a decade.    Senior tri-captain Mitch Marcou and sophomore Ryan Lundy carded 3-over par rounds of 75 in cold, windy...

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College Sports Notes

Shelby Aarden, URI ’19, finished second at the Rothenberg Collegiate Cross Country Invitational hosted by Brown at Goddard State Park Oct. 19. She covered the 5k in 17:53. Alyssa Annenberg, UConn ’21, put up the fourth best scores on both the 1 meter (235.87) and 3...

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Michael’s Run raises fun, funds

Michael’s Run raises fun, funds

The Michael Lisnow Respite Center held its 21st annual Michael’s Run Oct. 20. In addition to raising money through the 5K race, the day featured live music, pumpkin decorating, balloon animals and lawn games. The race itself included participants in strollers, runners...

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Hearing opened on community preservation proposals

Hearing opened on community preservation proposals

The Community Preservation Committee held its first hearing Oct. 18 to consider 17 proposals for what is so far more than $556,000 in requests for money available under the Community Preservation Act.    After about an hour of preliminary discussion among CPC members,...

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Library celebrates first anniversary

Library celebrates first anniversary

Joining together to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the re-opening of the Hopkinton Public Library after a $11.7 million expansion, restoration and renovation, members of the library staff along with the Library Board of Trustees, the Friends of the Hopkinton...

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Whisper Way subdivision plan moves through boards

The town Planning Board held a continued a public hearing Oct. 29 for the Whisper Way Open Space and Landscape Preservation Development (OSLPD) subdivision plan application by Ron Nation, 20th Century Homes. Last December the Planning Board voted to approve a maximum...

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Hearing opened on community preservation proposals

Preliminary results for early voting

Early voting for the Nov. 6 state election started in Hopkinton on Oct. 22 and continued through Nov. 2. According to Town Clerk Connor Degan, at the close of the polls on Tuesday, Oct. 30 a total of 1,429 ballots were cast.   “I do like the concept of early voting as...

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Business Profile: NRG Lab in Milford

Business Profile: NRG Lab in Milford

On NRG Lab’s Facebook page, when members are asked to describe the fitness center in a single word or two, many might be surprised by what they hear: “Family,” “Community,” “Happy place,” and “Always clean.” And while that verbiage may seem somewhat unusual when...

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Arrests/Police Log, Nov. 8 edition

Arrests/Police Log, Nov. 8 edition

October 17      10:08 a.m. A caller complained about a tree company working on West Elm Street without a detail officer present. Officer John Corridan responded and spoke with the workers and advised them to stay in the road while working.      12:20 p.m. A caller...

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Hearing opened on community preservation proposals

Two new hires join Hopkinton’s financial team

After an extended search and multiple job postings, the Board of Selectmen voted Oct. 16 to confirm Town Manager Norman Khumalo’s appointment of David Nalchajian as the town’s senior accounting manager/town accountant.   “Dave comes to us as a very qualified town...

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