Update: Construction is scheduled to start this Monday, June 17th. The detour will be in effect for eastbound traffic starting at the intersection of Main Street and Pleasant Street, Monday through Friday - 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.
Watch the HCAM News interview with Chairman Brian Herr of the MetroWest Anti-Casino Coalition (MWACC) to learn the latest news on the coalition's activities and plans.
Watch the HCAM News video for excerpts from the Tuesday, June 4 Board of Selectmen's meeting where the board unanimously voted to execute the Int
UPDATE - The Town, Police Department, Contractor and Engineer met at the site Monday afternoon regarding maintaining 2 lanes of traffic in Main Street during construction. After laying out the construction zone, the roadway is not quite wide enough in this area to maintain 2-lanes of traffic safely. As such, construction is being delayed to Monday June 10, 2013 to provide time for notification for a traffic detour in the eastbound lane.
Casino-Free Milford, a grassroots movement of Milford citizens concerned about the proposed development of a destination resort casino in town, is encouraging all Milford residents to attend Monday night’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting to hear the details of Foxwoods’ plans for the casino project to be developed on 200 acres of land east of I-495. This meeting was originally scheduled to take place in Town Hall, but has been rescheduled for the auditorium of Milford High School at 7:00 PM.
Applications are now being accepted for 60 new affordable apartments at Alta Legacy Farms. Completed applications and the required income documentation must be received, not postmarked, by 2PM on Monday, July 8, 2013 with the lottery drawing to follow on Thursday, July 18 in Room 215 in Hopkinton’s Town Hall, located at 18 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA.
Monthly rent is $1,255 for 1-bedroom units and $1,398 for two-bedroom units and does not include any utilities except for water and sewer. Maximum income limits for households are as follows:
On Sunday May 19, 2013, at approximately 7:08 pm, Hopkinton police responded to a West Main St. business on the report of a person dressed in a gorilla suit brandishing a knife. Upon arrival officers spoke with the victim who reported he was assaulted by a subject in a gorilla suit armed with a knife.
The victim ran inside the store and alerted the Hopkinton police of the incident. The victim was able to give police a partial description of the motor vehicle the subject fled in.
Downsize Your Home Upsize Your Life: A seminar on the decisions involved in downsizing your home will be offered at Golden Pond on Saturday, June 15.
Topics that will be covered include:
Watch the HCAM News video as students at Hopkins School participate in Plant Something Day on May 15. With the donation of perennials by Weston Nurseries, the Hawk's Nest garden in beginning to grow.
From Casino Free Milford:
CASINO MYTH #1
A casino will never be built in Milford. It’s just not going to happen.
THE FACT IS THIS: Foxwoods is currently investing millions of dollars on consultants to design their development and determine the impact of their proposal on Milford. When reporting the amounts being spent by Foxwoods to Selectmen on May 6th, the Shefsky & Froelich attorney emphasized, “It shows they’re serious.”
