At Saturday's Annual Town Meeting, residents voted 72-51 to take no action on an article requiring fingerprinting for common victualer licenses, aligning with the Select Board's recommendation on the matter. When asked by a resident why the Select Board recommended...
A woman who worked at the former Hillers Pizza restaurant in Hopkinton has come forward to share an experience she had with Petros "Peter" Sismanis that her to filing a police report against the business owner years before his 2025 conviction for sexual assault,...
Court documents reveal that the victim in the case against former Hillers Pizza owner Petros "Peter" Sismanis has filed a lawsuit against Sismanis, the Town of Hopkinton, and Hopkinton Police Chief Joseph Bennett. NBC10 Boston broke the story about the lawsuit on...
Residents and members of nearby communities plan to gather near Town Hall this Saturday to protest against what they perceive as a lack of accountability from both the Select Board and the Hopkinton Police Department. Marie Laskowsky, one of the organizers of the...
A letter sent to the Select Board by an attorney representing 77 West Main Street owner and landlord Paul Mastroianni last week is stark in its warning: If the board moves forward with an investigation into Mastroianni regarding private financial matters related to...
A new restaurant with new owners will take the place of Hillers Pizza, according to the landlord. Hillers Pizza closed permanently on Monday, with a sign on its door noting that a business called "Crust & Co. Pizza & More" is set to take over the space at 77...
The Select Board will hold a public hearing next Thursday (Sept. 4) to consider its options regarding the common victualer's license for Hillers Pizza. The board is set to meet at the Hopkinton High School auditorium at 6 p.m. to review the issue before the public....
On June 13, Petros “Peter” Sismanis, owner of Hillers Pizza was convicted of indecent assault and battery and two counts of witness intimidation. The following week, there were protestors outside the restaurant at 77 West Main Street. A small group spent most of the...
[Editor’s note: Readers are warned that this story includes descriptions of alleged indecent assault and battery.] Jurors in Framingham District Court on Wednesday heard the opening statements and testimony from the commonwealth’s first two witnesses in the alleged...
