A few Hopkinton Schools will have new start and end times starting in the 2015-2016 school year. Elementary Schools in Hopkinton released their new hours for the 2015-2016 School year.
You will see signs placed strategically throughout Hopkinton. The signs are an effort by several organizations to make sure drivers look out for runners training as we get closer to the Marathon.
On Tuesday, April 21st Carol Julien will present container and window box ideas including plant materials and color schemes to use in all four seasons. Plant material varieties will include annuals, perennials, herbs, and cut greens for winter allowing you to envision how to combine plants of all types to achieve the look you want. Maintenance of plant materials will be discussed and, Carol will put together a container using in season plants available at the time of the lecture.
A new Massachusetts law requires drivers to turn headlights on when the vehicle's windshield wipers are needed.
The law that goes into effect April 7 says headlights should be in use 30 minutes before sunrise and sunset or when visibility is under 500 feet.
Drivers can be ticketed for failing to comply with the new headlight law, and it is considered a minor surchargeable traffic violation and surcharges may result in increased insurance premiums.
The annual town meeting is less than 1 month away. Town Manager Norman Khumalo filled us in on what will be going on at town hall to prepare for the big week.
Sponsored by the 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee and the Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce, a golf tournament will be held on June 1, at the Hopkinton Country Club. To sign up as an individual, group or hole sponsorships, contact Craig Stanley at cstanley@hopkintonma.gov.
Greg Mazur an entrepeneur who owns 30 through 34 Main street in downtown Hopkinton applied for a permit to change parking capacity regulations so his tenant's food shops Vinny's Pizza and the soon to be open Yogurt Beach can have 18 seats each.
Urbanity Dance, Boston’s leading contemporary dance company, is hosting auditions for dancers aged 11-24 for its Summer Intensive program, running July 27-August 14 in Boston’s historic South End. Upcoming auditions take place at Urbanity Dance headquarters (1180 Washington St., #100, Boston) on April 19, 2015 from 1:30-3:00 pm.
A fundraiser to support the Hiller Football Program will be held on Monday, June 29, 2015 at Shining Rock Country Club in Northdbridge with an 8:00 AM-Shotgun Start.
The cost is $150 per player ($125 for graduates within 5 years of HHS)
Registration includes 18 holes of golf, cart, gift, barbecue lunch, raffle prizes, and auction items.
You can register as a foursome or individually or Sponsor a Hole ($100 per hole).
If you can donate a prize please email Don Lehman at donaldelehman@aol.com
Massachusetts, through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and MEMA, and in partnership with the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association, has launched a statewide See Something Say Something™ public awareness campaign to encourage the public to report suspicious behaviors to the police. See Something Say Something™ was a program launched by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2010 to emphasize the importance of reporting suspicious activity, specifically behaviors indicative of or a precursor to terrorism, to state and local law enforcement agencies.
