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Tim Kilduff

Kilduff reflects after alumni award

Kilduff reflects after alumni award

Tim Kilduff had been living in Hopkinton for several years when he attended a meeting of the first Boston Marathon committee ever formed in the town in 1979. Preparations were being made for the 1980 race, which became infamous for Rosie Ruiz, the fraudster who had...

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Hopkinton hunkers down

Hopkinton hunkers down

Coronavirus forces postponement of Town Meeting, Boston Marathon Like the rest of the world, Hopkintonians have entered uncharted territory. And that territory is in their own homes. Told to minimize contact with other humans during the coronavirus pandemic, residents...

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Boston Marathon postponed to Sept. 14

Boston Marathon postponed to Sept. 14

To hear Hopkinton Select Board member John Coutinho tell it, there was never any consideration given to canceling the Boston Marathon. It was always a matter of when, not if, it would take place. At a press conference in Boston on March 13, Boston Athletic Association...

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Hopkinton students key to Spotters Network

Hopkinton students key to Spotters Network

By Melissa Orff, Contributing Writer Close to 40 Hopkinton High School students will be an integral part of this year’s Boston Marathon on April 15 as they volunteer for the WBZ-TV Spotters Network. The Spotters Network, known as “the eyes of the Boston Marathon” for...

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Hopkinton eyes sister city in Cyprus

Hopkinton eyes sister city in Cyprus

Selectmen at their March 5 meeting unanimously voted to send a letter to the mayor of Limassol, a city in Cyprus, to start a discussion regarding the creation of a sister city relationship between the communities. To be delivered in person by 26.2 Foundation executive...

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