I saw [a recent advertisement] for back to school sales for alcohol published in the Hopkinton newspaper and was wondering why you published it. Every single month there are groups in Hopkinton trying to prevent substance abuse while this ad just encourages it. Back...
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Main Street businesses deserve better
Yesterday, my attempt to access downtown was thwarted by the stationary line of traffic on Wood Street. Today was not bad, I think it only took one cycle of the lights to get through and on my way to a Main Street business. I asked the owner how they were doing. He...
Letter to the Editor: Trails don’t need painted rocks
As the HALT [Hopkinton Area Land Trust] steward of Center Trail and at the risk of sounding like a curmudgeon, I respectfully request people to stop leaving painted rocks on the trail. People come to the trails to escape the bustle of motorized traffic and enjoy our...
Letter to the Editor: Town’s emergency personnel deserve praise
I was witness to an incident Sept. 7 outside of my home where an individual in distress was in the woods alone. A number of Hopkinton Police officers (and one Milford PD cruiser) and one Hopkinton ambulance showed up and assisted with the search. A drone and a K-9...
Letter to the Editor: Masks make sense in schools
The debate over mandating masks in schools is shocking. We are clearly still in the throes of the coronavirus epidemic, notably the highly transmissible Delta variant. Responsible adults have a moral obligation to do everything within their power to safeguard the...
Letter to the Editor: Why is drainage part of downtown project?
Why no notifications about [construction company Amorello & Sons] tearing up Ash Street asphalt, cutting, digging, equipment blocking street, dust, noise, one way, narrow, dangerous lanes. The only plan for Ash Street was a sidewalk. The downtown project is out of...
Letter to the Editor: Turn old schools into senior housing
Instead of taking schools down when building a replacement school, I think we should make the former school into safe housing/apartments for seniors and those in need of a safe place to live. We need it! — Mary McLeod, Hopkinton Editor’s note: The opinions and...
Letter to the Editor: New trees needed on Town Common
Many of the beautiful shade trees on the [Town] Common are dead or dying. There are town funds available in the Holman Trust Fund to replace these shade trees. The town paid Weston & Sampson 10 years ago for a tree-planting program for the common. The plan...
Letter to the Editor: Anderson Field team grateful for help
On May 1, we rededicated the renovated Lauren Anderson Softball Field at Hopkinton High School in Lauren’s memory. What began as a community project in August 2019 is now a reality thanks to the dedication and generosity of many individuals, organizations and...
Letter to the Editor: Downtown project needs better communication
On Monday, April 12, the strong fumes from the equipment idling and working in the parking lot at 3 Marshall Ave. triggered my wife's asthma, which had not troubled her since the town allowed construction in that lot at the end of 2019. She ended up having to go to...
Letter to the Editor: Loss of green space at Town Common disappointing
Let's be clear about what is happening to the downtown green space: 7,000 square feet of USABLE green space which is attached to the Town Common is being eliminated. Will the Scouts, Garden Club, Polyarts, etc. be crossing Marathon Way to the Doughboy triangle to...
Letter to the Editor: After close call, importance of CO detectors driven home
Last Friday, we returned from our first dinner out in over a year. We had smelled what we thought was gas that afternoon, but it was stronger that night. We called the Fire Department. Firefighter Scott Jurasek and a colleague arrived. He entered the house and his...
Letter to the Editor: Town’s vaccine efficiency impressive
In times when everyone seems to be choosing sides, the recent COVID vaccination clinic at the Senior Center should receive unanimous celebration within the community. From the registration process through the second shot, it was handled efficiently and cheerfully. The...
Letter to the Editor: Kudos to town for vaccine distribution
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Town of Hopkinton for its efficient administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. Starting with the Board of Health, thank you for setting up the process for the staff at the Senior Center with the scheduling, to the Fire...
Letter to the Editor: Hybrid learning should remain at HHS
The State of Massachusetts has mandated discontinuing the hybrid schooling model, allowing only fully in-person or remote for the rest of this school year. As a Hopkinton High School (HHS) senior, I oppose this because it prohibits school systems from deciding what’s...
Letter to the Editor: 5th-graders share facts about Inauguration Day
Editor’s note: The following two letters were written by students at Hopkins School as part of a class project. 20th Amendment has U.S. prepared Inauguration Day takes place in Washington, D.C., and is the day the president comes into office. In the two months between...
Letter to the Editor: More details needed on downtown project
Did you know that construction on the Main Street Corridor Project started on January 19? Neither did I. On January 30, I reached out to Town Manager Norman Khumalo to express concerns and ask questions regarding the Main Street Corridor Project’s two-way bike path....
Letter to the Editor: Capitalism over socialism
I can’t believe my fellow citizens actually want to destroy capitalism for socialism. Socialism has been tried all around the world with zero success. Now you socialist Democrats think you’re smarter than everyone before you and that only you can make it work? Not a...
Letter to the Editor: Right-wing militants pose most serious threat
I was dismayed by Selectman Brendan Tedstone's comment in the January 13 issue of the Independent. While I applaud his condemnation of the January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, I beg to differ with his there-are-fine-people-on-both-sides assertion that, “These...
Letter to the Editor: MAPC pledge an important step
I wholeheartedly agree with Richard Germaine’s support for the town adopting the MAPC pledge, as expressed in his January 13th Letter to the Editor. It was the correct affirmation that since racism exists everywhere, our society requires more introspection, education...