27°F
The Hopkinton Fire Department tackled a passenger vehicle fire on Chestnut Street on Monday afternoon. Dispatchers received a call from a motorist around 2:10 p.m. stating his car had caught fire in the area of 33 Chestnut Street. "The driver reported a mechanical...
A home in the Legacy Farms neighborhood is “uninhabitable” after a fire broke out Thursday night. Around 7:28 p.m., Hopkinton Fire Department dispatchers received multiple calls reporting a house fire at 1 Windsong Way. The HFD responded within minutes, assisted by...
The Hopkinton Fire Department held its annual Open House at its headquarters on Main Street Sunday afternoon. Members of the public were invited to tour the station, learn about fire safety and see demonstrations.
A man rescued at Lake Whitehall was pronounced dead Thursday night, according to a press release from the town. Police and fire crews were called to the reservoir around 5 p.m. about a boater in distress. According to the press release, witnesses reported an adult...
State police were investigating the cause of a crash on Interstate 495 Thursday afternoon in Hopkinton. Two vehicles — a passenger car and a box truck — were involved in the incident, which occurred on I-495 northbound around the 57 mile marker. The highway was shut...
Crews put out a minor fire at the E.L. Harvey recycling center on Wood Street just before 10 a.m. on Thursday. "We responded to a call about smoke coming out of a 40-[cubic]-yard dumpster," said Hopkinton Fire Chief Gary Daugherty. Firefighters spent 15 minutes...
A fire broke out at a popular downtown restaurant early Wednesday morning, causing an hour-long road closure of Main Street. The call came in about the fire at 6:19 a.m., according to Hopkinton Police Department Lieutenant Scott van Raalten. "It was not large at all,"...
The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night unanimously chose interim Fire Chief Gary Daugherty Jr. as the town’s permanent chief. Board members interviewed Daugherty and fellow finalist John W. Ignatowicz, the current acting fire chief in Pelham, New Hampshire, for...
Monday's heavy rain and wind gusts of 50 mph prompted the Hopkinton Fire Department to ask residents to use caution if they have to travel. "This morning has been one of our highest call volumes in recent memory," HFD stated in a tweet on the X social media platform...
The Select Board at its four-hour meeting Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve the appointment of Conservation Commission co-chair Kerry Reed as the town’s new Department of Public Works director and Julia Chun as the new sustainability, economic development and...
The Hopkinton Fire Department will open its station to the public on Sunday, Oct. 16, from from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. for its annual open house. Residents (adults and children) will have an opportunity to view demonstrations, learn about fire safety and tour the station....
