The Planning Board met with Land Use Manager Mark Lowen, attorney Craig Ciechanowski and Engineer Justin Dufresne during their January 27 meeting to discuss a retirement residence at Legacy Farms and a request for reduced parking. The discussion is ongoing and so no vote has been taken on the project.
Open House at Legacy Farms!
Come visit Hopkinton’s newest apartment complex part of Legacy Farms and get caught up with your business colleagues and meet many of the new Chamber members!
Alta Legacy Farms
5 Woodview Way
Thursday, January 30th
5:00 - 7:00 PM
FREE!
Hopkinton may be home to an International Marathon Museum a few years down the road. Michael Neece and Tim Kilduff, both members of the 26.2 Foundation, and architect Scott Richardson presented preliminary plans for a museum with a hall of fame located on East Main Street to the Planning Board during their December 2 meeting. No vote was taken by the Board as the museum is in its early stages of development, but reactions were positive.
Help the Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce honor two of our own.
Dr. John Duffy and Maureen Dwinnell
for their decades of dedicated service to our town.
Hopkinton Country Club
204 Saddle Hill Road, Hopkinton
Thursday, December 12, 2013
6:00 to 10:00 PM
Register at www.hopchamber.com
Members/Guests $50, Non-Members $60
The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) today reported that the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) preliminary estimates show that Massachusetts added 9,100 jobs in October and the total unemployment rate was 7.2 percent. Over the year, the unemployment rate was up 0.5 of a percentage point from the October 2012 rate of 6.7 percent.
In a press release today, the MetroWest Anti-Casino Coalition said that Milford's overwhelming stand against the casino is yet another data point for Beacon Hill to consider and called on Governor Deval Patrick and the state Legislature to acknowledge that it might now be time to re-think the future of casino gambling in Massachusetts.
In a press release today, the MetroWest Anti-Casino Coalition said that Milford's overwhelming stand against the casino is yet another data point for Beacon Hill to consider and called on Governor Deval Patrick and the state Legislature to acknowledge that it might now be time to re-think the future of casino gambling in Massachusetts.
An update on Legacy Farms was given by developer Roy MacDowell during the November 18 Planning Board meeting, including an update on the proposed hockey rink. A request for proposal (RFP) for the Legacy Farms athletic field called for by Town Manager Norman Khumalo and Town Counsel Ray Miyares has been sent out to potential developers. The intent is to have a hockey rink developed at Legacy Farms, but the land can be used for other athletic-specific uses.
The Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that will restore the value of the minimum wage in Massachusetts by increasing the minimum wage to $11 by 2016 and tying future increases to the Consumer Price Index for the Northeast region. The bill also increases wages for tipped workers to 50 percent of the minimum wage.
According to news reports from several media sites, the town of Milford has voted down the proposal for a casino. The Milford Daily News is reporting unofficial results that show of the 9,846 voters who cast ballots, or 55 percent of all registered voters, 6,361 votes were cast against the casino and 3,480 in favor. There were five blanks.
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