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In a statement released Wednesday, state Rep. James Arena-DeRosa announced that the party caucus process will remain in effect for May's election because the home rule petition he filed late last year has not yet been passed by the Legislature. At November's Special...
Annual Town Election is scheduled for Monday, May 15, from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at Hopkinton Middle School's Brown Gym. The Hopkinton Independent invited all candidates to answer some basic questions about their background and provide a general statement. We present them...
Shahidul Mannan was the top vote-getter for the two open Select Board seats in Monday’s Town Election, while incumbent Mary Jo LaFreniere finished second and will retain her position. In unofficial results released Monday night by Town Clerk Connor Degan, Mannan...
Following are the 2022 Annual Town Election ballot questions with explanations, as distributed by Town Hall. For information on the candidates in Monday's election, click here. Polls are open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday at Hopkinton Middle School's Brown Gym. Question...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anY4Duazqos The School Committee candidates took center stage at the Hopkinton Women’s Club Meet the Candidates Night on Wednesday and shared their thoughts on how the return to in-person learning and masking during the COVID-19...
With Town Election set for May 16, the Hopkinton Women's Club and HCAM are hosting events for residents to learn more about the candidates. The Hopkinton Women’s Club will host the 34th annual Meet the Candidates Night on Wednesday (April 27) at 7 p.m. The event will...
Annual Town Election is scheduled for May 16. The Hopkinton Independent invited all candidates to answer some basic questions about their background and provide a general statement, and we present all of them here (a few candidates elected not to submit a response)....
Saturday’s Town Election, like Town Meeting two weeks earlier, featured a small turnout and no surprises. In the only contested race, incumbents Amanda Fargiano and Meg Tyler easily won the race for the two available seats on the School Committee. All four questions —...
Annual Town Election is scheduled for May 22. The only contested race is School Committee. Below is a lot of all positions, along with the four questions that are on the ballot, followed by brief bios of the candidates. School Committee (3 years, vote for 2) —...
Hopkinton voters got a chance to hear from the candidates running in the May 22 Town Election thanks to a virtual forum hosted by the Hopkinton Women’s Club on Wednesday night. This is the 33rd time the...
Following the Democratic and Republican town caucuses late last week, the list of candidates for the May 22 Town Election has been set. The only contested race is School Committee. Incumbents Amanda Fargiano and Meg Tyler and newcomer Jared Pray will vie for the two...
The Hopkinton Republican Town Committee caucus will be held Wednesday, April 7, Thursday, April 8, at 7 p.m., while the Hopkinton Democratic Town Committee will hold its caucus Friday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. At the caucuses, the parties nominate individuals to run for...
At a brief meeting Tuesday night, the Select Board unanimously approved moving Annual Town Meeting back five days to Saturday, May 8, at 9 a.m. It will be held at the football field behind Hopkinton High School. Annual Town Election also will be moved back five days,...
There are 16 positions available in the 2021 Town Election. Nomination papers will be available at the town clerk’s office starting Jan. 19 by request. Open positions include one seat on the Board of Assessors (3-year term), one seat on the Board of Health (3 years),...
While Zack Sisitsky’s sophomore year at Georgetown University was upended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he recognized there are far more people for whom the pandemic has caused greater issues. And while there are many accomplished charitable organizations in...
Town clerk Connor Degan announced Monday that results from the June 29 Town Election have been certified. There were some minor adjustments from last week's totals.
Amy Ritterbusch defeated John Coutinho to earn a spot on the Select Board in voting held Monday at Hopkinton Middle School. According to results — which won't be confirmed as official until later in the week — Ritterbusch finished with 1,595 votes to Coutinho's 933....
The Town Election is scheduled for Monday, June 29, from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at Hopkinton Middle School, and there are two contested races — Select Board and School Committee. Below is a list of all positions on the ballot. Click on the candidate's name for their responses...
Following the Democratic and Republican town caucuses late last week, the list of candidates for the June 29 Town Election has been set. There are two contested races. For Select Board, incumbent vice chair John Coutinho will face Amy Ritterbusch, who currently sits...
The Town Election scheduled for June 29 is on track to proceed as scheduled, even if Town Meeting were to eventually get pushed back until September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If Town Meeting does get delayed again and there are items from Town Meeting that require...
