The Hopkinton Health Department announced it will host COVID booster clinics every Tuesday in March. The Moderna bivalent vaccine is available for ages 6 and older. The clinics will be held in the lower level of Town Hall (18 Main Street) on the following dates: March...
The Board of Health at a brief meeting Monday night discussed the Health Department’s recent initiatives. Public Health Nurse Simone Carter described the Health Department as “quietly busy.” She said that the number of reported respiratory virus cases, including...
The Board of Health at its meeting Monday evening discussed the latest variant of the COVID-19 virus and announced that the Health Department has an abundance of test kits to issue to residents who need them. Public Health Nurse Simone Carter said that “there has been...
The Hopkinton Health Department is offering weekly clinics for ages 6 and older to receive the Moderna bivalent COVID booster shot. The clinics are being held on Tuesdays from 4-6 p.m. at the Nurse’s Office in the lower level of Town Hall. There are no clinics on Dec....
Hopkinton’s Youth & Family Services is accepting grant applications from residents disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the town announced. In 2021, a $4 billion spending package was passed at the state level to invest in the commonwealth’s...
The Hopkinton Health Department announced a series of COVID vaccine clinics in November. All clinics will be held at the Public Health Nurse's Office in Town Hall. The clinics, for ages 6 and older and using the Moderna bivalent booster, are scheduled on the following...
The Hopkinton Health Department will host a vaccine clinic on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 4:30-6 p.m. at the Nurse's Office in Town Hall. There will be flu shots for children age 2-18 along with bivalent COVID boosters for ages 6 and older. An appointment must be made prior...
The Hopkinton Health Department will host COVID and flu vaccine clinics on Friday, Oct. 21, from 10 a.m.-noon, and on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 4-6 p.m. Both clinics will be held at the Public Health Nurse's Office in Town Hall. The Oct. 21 clinic will offer the Moderna...
The Hopkinton Health Department is hosting a drive-through COVID booster vaccine clinic for seniors this Friday (Sept. 30) from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Hopkinton Senior Center. The vaccine will be the new bivalent Moderna booster. The link to register is:...
The Select Board approval process for police officer candidates generally moves quickly, but Tuesday presented a new scenario for the board. One of the two candidates, Tyler Staback, had worked as a Massachusetts State Trooper since January 2019 until this past April,...
With Hopkinton currently carrying a medium risk designation for COVID-19, Hopkinton Health Director Shaun McAuliffe is urging residents not to let their guard down. He said attendance at the department’s most recent vaccine clinics was “terrible,” leading to concerns...
Hopkinton's Health Department is hosting Pfizer pediatric COVID booster clinics at Town Hall on the next two Tuesdays, June 14 and 21, from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. each day. The clinics will be held in the nurse's office. To register, click here. To access the Health...
In an email to Hopkinton Public Schools families Friday, Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh urged the use of face coverings during the COVID surge in town. Cavanaugh indicated that she met with the town's Emergency Management Group earlier Friday and was informed that the...
The Town of Hopkinton is "strongly recommending" residents wear face coverings indoors in order to prevent further spread of COVID-19. The town is in the midst of a "recent uptick," with the local schools especially being affected. The advisory is for when individuals...
The Hopkinton School Nutrition Department emailed schools families on Tuesday requesting that students pack lunches the next two weeks "due to an influx of positive COVID-19 cases among the school nutrition staff." There has been a surge in COVID-19 cases in town, and...
The town is going through a surge of COVID cases, Hopkinton Health Director Shaun McAuliffe told the Board of Health on Monday. “All of our metrics are going upward,” McAuliffe said. “The state’s reporting that our positivity rate is above 8.4 [percent positive of...
Speaking at the Board of Health’s meeting on Monday, Health Director Shaun McAuliffe said Hopkinton’s COVID numbers continue to climb as the omicron surge rages on, but he expects the number to start dropping by the end of the week. McAuliffe said as of Monday morning...
