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EMC purchased by Dell for $67 Billion

By Tom Nappi, News Director

The New York Times is calling it "the biggest takeover ever of a technology company" as Dell purchased Hopkinton based EMC for $67 billion dollars.

EMC posted the following on their website www.emc.com : "Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation have signed a definitive agreement under which Dell, together with its owners, Michael S. Dell, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, will acquire EMC Corporation, while maintaining VMware as a publicly-traded company."

Become a Part of the “Dear Hopkinton” Project Before it’s Too Late!

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“Dear Hopkinton” is a town-wide photo project to celebrate Hopkinton’s 300th Anniversary. Modeled after the “Dear World” project created by Robert Fogarty “Dear Hopkinton” allows residents to share their special message about Hopkinton through a photograph. Residents may participate individually or as a group by writing personal notes to Hopkinton. These messages can be a personal statement, messages for our future generations, or something you love about our great town. The messages are written in black (erasable) marker on the subject’s arms and then creatively posed for the photo.

Hopkinton through Poetry: Celebrating 300 Years – Book Launch & Poetry Reading

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As part of the Hopkinton 300th anniversary celebration, Hopkinton residents Cheryl Perreault and Cynthia Franca are inviting the community to come and join the celebration of the newly published “Hopkinton Through Poetry: Celebrating 300 Years” Anthology of 36 local poets and writers sharing poems that state what they love about the town of Hopkinton.

Eighth Annual Haunted Trail Walk Fundraiser

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The Woodville Trailbusters 4H Club are hosting their annual Haunted Trail Walk Fundraiser on Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 from 5:30-8:30 PM at 25 Winter Street in Hopkinton. The cost is $3 per child and $5 per adult. There will be popcorn, candied apples and cider. Admission includes a guided trail walk with dragons, pirates, pumpkins, a mad scientist, prisoners, spiders, minions and much more, a hay ride and games.

No drop-offs, please. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Woodville 4H Clubs Update

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The Woodville Trailbusters 4H Horse Club and Woodville Crafty Cats 4H Club finished up their summer by attending the three day fair in Westford. The members rode their horses in a three day show and had many entries in the static building: arts, crafts, needlepoint, photography, baking, canning, gardening, creative writing and many more categories.