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Photos: Hopkinton statues get protective masks

by | Apr 5, 2020 | Featured Front Page, News

The Starter statue with protective mask

Team Hoyt statue with masks

The Starter statue with mask, with John Coutinho

John Coutinho putting protective masks on Team Hoyt statue

Select Board member John Coutinho (in bottom photos) and 26.2 Foundation director Bruce MacDonald placed protective masks on the two Boston Marathon statues in town — The Starter and Team Hoyt — to show support for the fight against COVID-19. The masks were created by Hopkinton High School student Emily Karp.

Update: In photos below, the Spirit of the Marathon statue at Weston Nurseries gets its masks from John Coutinho and Weston Nurseries owner Peter Mezzit.

Photos were taken by Bruce MacDonald.

Spirit of the Marathon statue gets protective mask

Spirit of the Marathon statue gets protective mask

Spirit of the Marathon statue gets protective mask

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