https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3FsL6CptxI Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett and Lt. Scott van Raalten appeared before the Select Board Tuesday as van Raalten was appointed as the town’s new deputy police chief. Before the proceeding began, Select Board chair...
Mary Jo LaFreniere
Select Board member LaFreniere arraigned on DUI charge
Select Board vice chair Mary Jo LaFreniere was arraigned Monday in Framingham District Court on a charge of driving under the influence. She was arrested after leaving TJ's Food and Spirits, a bar on the Hopkinton-Ashland line, Sunday night. "It happened," LaFreniere...
LaFreniere explains decision to pass over Mannan for Select Board leadership position
As the new vice chair of the Select Board, Mary Jo LaFreniere said she will be confronting some of Hopkinton’s most difficult challenges during her final year in office. Some of her deepest concerns revolve around helping Hopkinton’s older residents and addressing the...
Letter to the Editor: Batlle-Rafferty has experience
I would like to express my support for my friend Lya Batlle-Rafferty for the Hopkinton School Committee. Lya has a degree in cognitive science from MIT and a master’s in adult education and training. I served with Lya on the Board of Assessors. I found her to be a...
Water/sewer rates expected to increase dramatically
Each year in June, the Select Board votes to set Hopkinton’s water and sewer rates for the upcoming fiscal year. The decision is based on a review of both the water and sewer funds, with information provided by DPW director John Westerling, Water and Sewer...
Letter to the Editor: Kramer compliments duo
To the Editor: Both Mary Jo LaFreniere and Shahidul Mannan have the critically necessary experience with municipal finance most needed on the Board of Selectmen, bringing experience from different municipal areas — Mary Jo as an assessor and Shahidul from the...
Letter to the Editor: Magnani supports LaFreniere
To the Editor: Mary Jo LaFreniere served as district coordinator in my senate office, representing Hopkinton for 10 years. During that time she exhibited, exquisitely, all the leadership qualities needed to be one of Hopkinton’s most effective selectmen ever: She is...