Hopkinton High School graduate Amanda Gollaher is a member of the Colgate University Class of 2022. Of the 9,716 applications to Colgate last year, just 25 percent were accepted. The average high school GPA for accepted students was 3.8 out of 4.0. Colgate received...
As part of its Lifetime Achievement Award Banquet Oct. 6, the Alpha Omega Council of Boston voted unanimously to honor 26.2 Foundation executive director and founder Tim Kilduff with the 2018 Philhellene Award. The Philhellene Award, first established in 2017, is...
Representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) held a public information meeting in Hopkinton Oct. 9 to share details of the potential solutions proposed for the I-495/I-90 interchange. According to the agenda handout, the interchange...
While efforts to save the Toll House, the 1½-story cape house at 123 Main St. in Hopkinton that played a major role in the old Central Turnpike were not successful, Wayne Mezitt of Nurseries has now made it possible for the site where it was located to be preserved....
The 44th annual Polyarts Festival, showcasing a total of 70 vendors, took place on Saturday, Sept.15 at the Hopkinton Town Common. With the weather cooperating and providing a bright sunny day, attendance was up this year resulting in all of the food vendors,...
Come the New Year, single-use, plastic checkout bags will be a thing of the past for the majority of customers shopping at retail and grocery stores in town. After a public hearing in April, the Board of Health passed the new regulation which is slated to go into...
Hopkinton Fire Chief Steve Slaman sat down with the Hopkinton Independent earlier this month to talk about staff changes and challenges ahead for the Fire Department. As for changes, Slaman was in the process of hiring the second of two new firefighters, which will...
Milford Regional Physician Group announced that Kevin Jillson, M.D., has joined its staff. Dr. Jillson will be seeing patients in two of MRPG’s Hopkinton practices — Hopkinton Internal Medicine & Pediatrics and Hopkinton Sports Medicine. Dr. Jillson is double...
The first time Nadine Hoagland walked into the Guidance Office, it was as a volunteer. The guidance director, Lee Greco, had mentioned the need for help with filing and all and did Hoagland know anyone who would be interested. She had her bachelor’s degree and had...
From across the room, Karen Swiech’s six-by-six-foot quilt shows the black-and-white image of a happy couple – her parents - on their wedding day six decades earlier. But look closer, and you’ll see more than 5,000 faded photos depicting her family’s history in the 60...
At a Sept. 11 public hearing, the Board of Selectmen voted 5-0 to recommend against the town issuing a kennel license to Greyhound Friends, Inc. The application for the kennel license followed legal and regulatory battles the shelter has faced since the Massachusetts...
The second annual Family Day, held Sept. 15, included a woodsmen competition, dunk tank, balloon artists, face painting, Maggie the Clown on stilts, a photo booth, helium balloons and many games and attractions. According to committee member Dale Danahy, the committee...
Weston Nurseries held its second annual Blooms, Brews and Barbeque event at its Garden Center Sept. 8. This has become an annual fundraiser for the Jimmy Fund Walk, which this year was held on Sept. 23. Craft beers, ciders, and various food trucks supplied the crowd...
It’s widely professed adage that dogs are man’s best friend. In the case of Big Lu, a male bully breed mix, possibly with some boxer in him, he may have just as much, if not more, admiration for his saviors at the nonprofit, no-kill shelter Baypath Humane Society of...
The Hopkinton High School football team got its season off to a strong start with a convincing shutout win, 20-0, Sept. 7 as the Hillers hosted the Wayland High School Warriors.
An unanticipated spike in enrollment in the Hopkinton Public Schools for the upcoming school year has created a need for additional staff at several schools in the district. With the projected enrollment for the first day of school of 3,586 students, Hopkinton is...
Fairview Estates residents Sona and Henry Wyman celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Aug. 29. Henry and Sona met when Henry came home from serving in the Army and went to the library in Bangor, Maine, where Sona worked. She made quite an impression on him — he...
Every month, on the first Friday, the local veterans meet for a free full breakfast at the Hopkinton Senior Center, 28 Mayhew St. These meals are sponsored by organizations and individuals as way to say “thank you” to our veterans. The veterans chat, usually have a...
A total of 180 seniors attended State Rep. Carolyn Dykema’s annual Senior Picnic on Aug. 29 at the Faith Community Church. Originally planned to be held at the Hopkinton YMCA as is traditional, the event was moved indoors due to the high temperatures forecast for...
The Hopkinton High School boys soccer team comes into the new season with a large group of returning seniors, some of whom will be entering their third year at the varsity level. Head coach Garrett Sawyer said the experience will serve the Hillers well in their quest...
