At a short meeting Tuesday night, the Parks & Recreation Commission accepted a donation to fund the annual holiday lights at Town Common and discussed handling the program in future budgets. Lewitus began the conversation explaining that a crowdfunding effort led...
The Zoning Advisory Committee agreed at its meeting on Monday to continue a conversation on a potential change to the town’s current MBTA Communities Act zoning. The change would address feedback on Hopkinton’s MBTA Communities zoning bylaw, which was approved by...
The future of the Pyne Field redevelopment project is in question following Tuesday's meeting of the Parks & Recreation Commission. The commission held a brief meeting to talk about the latest updates to the project and recent feedback received by the Planning...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjV2qKHH2Q The Planning Board voted 8-0 on Monday to continue the public hearing on plans to redevelop Pyne Field until Dec. 1 after members continued to raise safety concerns. The Community Preservation Committee in 2022 approved $1...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foOGXcyTYkU At Monday night’s Planning Board meeting, the owner of The Trails agreed to meet with town counsel to negotiate a solution to resolving damage to Wilson Street allegedly caused by runoff from the subdivision. Vin Gately...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22u09_Fo6VE&t=684s In a short meeting Monday night, John Gelcich, the town’s Director of Land Use, Planning and Permitting, announced to the Planning Board that the person succeeding him as principal planner has been hired. Aneri...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7hVhcd5sT8&ab_channel=HCAM In what chair Rob Benson termed “the fastest Planning Board meeting in history” at about eight minutes, the board on Monday voted 8-0 to continue the two scheduled hearings at the request of the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBldea-HAGI&ab_channel=HCAM In a brief meeting Monday night, the Planning Board voted 6-0 to continue the hearing for a minor site plan review of 85-89 West Main Street until its next meeting on Aug. 4. Vice chair Matthew Wronka,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=568mZ3Uz5Rk&ab_channel=HCAM The Planning Board on Monday continued a minor site plan review hearing on the four-space expansion of the parking lot at 85-89 West Main Street until it can receive feedback from the Conservation...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTZlQ_7dfbQ&ab_channel=HCAM The Planning Board on Monday approved 7-0 a proposal by the Trails Committee to remove three trees on Ash Street to improve parking at a trailhead near 101 Ash Street despite abutters' and members'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNYJcPDZNzQ&ab_channel=HCAM In a brief meeting Monday night, the Planning Board voted 8-0-1 to remove an article from the May 5 Annual Town Meeting warrant that sought to rezone the corner of South Street and Hayward Street from...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hA-6Nna3ng The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night voted 8-0 to include one of its members or a designee to the proposed Economic Development Advisory Board, if it is approved at the May 5 Annual Town Meeting. Chair Rob Benson...
There are a number of articles on the warrant for Monday’s Special Town Meeting that span everything from tax exemptions to rezoning. The Independent recently sat down with town officials to understand each of the articles on the STM warrant and their impact on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GshUv9jVIN0 The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night agreed to an evening site visit to The Trails to observe its stormwater management practices and consider if runoff has caused damage to Wilson Street, as the Department of...
The Planning Board met Monday night and informally agreed on an immediate course of action regarding the MBTA Communities Act Law, which was voted down at Annual Town Meeting last month but is likely to return for another vote at an upcoming Special Town Meeting in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAMPZ6ylI0 The Planning Board at its meeting Monday night continued the stormwater management permit hearing for the Elmwood Farms III subdivision off Blueberry Lane after discussing issues the neighborhood has been experiencing with...
The Conservation Commission at its meeting Tuesday night closed out an ongoing case on an application for two single-family homes at 188-190 Fruit Street that was later reduced to one home and eventually withdrawn completely because of challenging topography. The...
The only hearing during Monday’s Planning Board meeting focused on 28 Lumber Street. Project attorney George Connors noted that the Conservation Commission is expected to have input that may revise the plan. A hearing before the Conservation Commission has not yet...
The Planning Board on Monday night approved the site plans for the eagerly anticipated pickleball/tennis facility at 17 Pratt Way, off Fruit Street, the only hearing on the agenda. Vice chair Mary Larson-Marlowe chaired the 30-minute meeting in the absence of Chair...
The Planning Board at its virtual meeting Monday night swiftly handled five hearings in less than two hours, with more than 50 people attending via Zoom. South Street zoning petition withdrawn Chair Gary Trendel announced that the citizens’ petition regarding a...
