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Not a lot of clubs can boast about being around for 20 years. Far fewer can hold that distinction with as loose a structure as the Hopkinton Trails Club. “I’m impressed it’s gone on this long, considering how informal we are,” said John Ritz, co-chair of the Hopkinton...
The Trails Committee met Wednesday night to discuss the role of e-bikes on trails, its ongoing projects and the initiatives members would like to see brought forward to the new iteration of a trails committee that will replace this committee and the former Upper...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-g1eBSPhLk The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday evening voted 4-0 for a proposed local option meals excise tax of 0.75% to be put on the warrant for the Nov. 18 Special Town Meeting. [Editor's note: This has been corrected from...
The Trails Committee on Thursday approved 4-0 to request Community Preservation Committee funds for a proposal to create a child-friendly segment at Hughes Farm Trail. Scott Knous, a member of the recently disbanded Upper Charles Trail Committee, came to the board...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-lB75_FR0&ab_channel=HCAM The Select Board at its meeting Tuesday night voted to disband the Upper Charles Trail Committee, ending nearly two years of division over whether it should be dissolved or become a subcommittee of the...
The Upper Charles Trail Committee’s meeting Wednesday night was abruptly cut short after experiencing technical difficulties as well as a search for the last version of the revised charge and charter the committee had hoped to approve for submission to the Select...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr1_L5suOyI The Upper Charles Trail Committee at its meeting Wednesday night completed its final draft revisions to its charge. But discussions unearthed tensions as to why the UCTC was compelled to complete this process in the first...
Outgoing two-term Select Board member and former chair Irfan Nasrullah reflected on the victories and challenges he experienced during his tenure as he sought to add more diversity to local government. Nasrullah said he was moved to run for office because of the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4E3Tkcrso0 The Upper Charles Trail Committee on Wednesday met to continue its work on revising its charge, as requested by the Select Board, but progress was slow. At the start of the meeting, chair Jane Moran asked the members to...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXcZzJZ8SCA&ab_channel=HCAM The Upper Charles Trail Committee met Wednesday night for the first time in nine months at the request of the Select Board to review and discuss its charge and membership structure. The Select Board in...
Trails Committee chair Peter LaGoy announced at Wednesday night’s meeting that the committee was denied the use of town funds for its planned website, which would have been linked to the town’s webpage. After trying to work with the town’s Information Technology...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKjZyvorfz4&ab_channel=HCAM The Select Board at its meeting Wednesday night reviewed language proposed for new articles for the upcoming Annual Town Meeting on May 6 and the request for a new streetlight on Clinton Street near...
The Trails Committee revised drafts of its charge and the one it proposed for the beleaguered Upper Charles Trail Committee at its meeting Wednesday night. The committee made some edits to the new version of its charge as well as its proposed recommendation of changes...
After months of speculation about the future of the Upper Charles Trail Committee, the Select Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to keep it separate from the Trail Coordination and Management Committee, but with both committees modifying their structures and charges....
The Community Preservation Committee at its meeting Thursday night discussed an apparent misunderstanding about the parameters of outreach required for a $40,000 grant approved at May's Annual Town Meeting for the Trail Coordination and Management Committee. The TCMC...
The Trail Coordination and Management Committee on Wednesday night voted unanimously to rename itself as the Trails Committee and to recommend that the Upper Charles Trail Committee become a Trails Committee subcommittee under the new name of the Upper Charles Trail...
The Select Board announced Monday that it has opened its survey about the Upper Charles Trail Committee. The survey will remain open until July 2. The survey was sparked by Town Meeting’s resounding but nonbinding vote to disband the UCTC and make it a subcommittee of...
After Town Meeting's resounding vote of no confidence earlier this month on the activities of the Upper Charles Trail Committee, a Select Board subcommittee on Sunday morning drafted a public survey to generate input on the committee’s future. Select Board members Amy...
At its meeting Tuesday night, the Select Board decided to suspend the activities of the Upper Charles Trail Committee in response to the non-binding vote at Annual Town Meeting earlier this month to disband the oft-criticized committee. The vote to suspend the UCTC...
The Upper Charles Trail Committee at its meeting Wednesday night took another look at its organizational structure and charge after receiving a resounding nonbinding vote at the May 2 Annual Town Meeting calling for its disbandment and restructuring as a Trail...
