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Town Officials and Emergency Management personnel continue to monitor the rapidly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency. Hopkinton’s Health Department is actively monitoring 25 residents, 3 are confirmed COVID-19 cases and 22 are under direct supervision with the Department. Over the past 24 hours, Hopkinton has seen two new cases, but removed two cases from monitoring. We continue to implement mitigation strategies to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in the community.

The library is making a limited holds pickup service available to Hopkinton residents beginning Thursday, March 19.

Pickups will be by appointment only, and limited to 5 items per pickup. To request materials and make an appointment, you must call the library between 10 am and 4 pm, Monday through Saturday, and speak directly with a staff member. The library's phone number is 508-497-9777. We cannot honor hold pickup requests left on voicemail or submitted by e-mail at this time - please call us between the stated hours.

The Town of Hopkinton was a awarded a grant from the Commonwealth’s
Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Program to create a list of priority
ction items to advance the community’s resilience to projected climate
change impacts and to update the Town’s Hazard Mitigation Plan. In
December, a group of stakeholders met to identify strengths, vulnerabilities,
and actions to further build the Town’s resilience. We’ll be reporting the results
of this workshop and seeking public feedback. The input from this session will

Dear Resident,

Town Officials and Emergency Management personnel continue to monitor the rapidly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency. Hopkinton’s Health Department is actively monitoring 24 residents, 3 are confirmed COVID-19 cases and 21 are under direct supervision with the Department. We continue to implement mitigation strategies to reduce the transmission of COVID-19 in the community. Currently, in Hopkinton we do not have any unlinked cases either related to travel or close contact with a known case of COVID-19.

Hopkinton Town Hall, Library, Senior Center, Parks & Recrecreation, and Department of Public Works are closed to Walk-In Business until further notice; ​all offices open for phone and email service​. All updates and notices will also be posted to ​www.hopkintonma.gov/covid-19​ and to social media: ​https://twitter.com/HopkintonMA​ and ​https://www.facebook.com/hopkintonma.gov/

The library will be closed to the public between Monday, March 16 and Saturday, March 21. We are committed to supporting the health of the Hopkinton community and will be using this time to make operational adjustments to accommodate the social distancing recommendations that have released by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Based on the Social Distancing Guidelines from the Hopkinton Health Department, in collaboration with the Hopkinton Emergency Management Group, and continued assessment of the local impact of COVID-19, the Hopkinton Public Schools, Hopkinton Public Library, and Hopkinton Senior Center will be closed through next week (Monday, March 16th, to Friday, March 20th). All Parks & Recreation programs are also cancelled during this time.