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Hopkinton Firefighters with Engine 4 and Chief Clark responded to a four alarm fire at Park Village on East Main Street Westborough on February 21, 2012. The fire started in the apartment complex around 10am and four apartments were destroyed by the time the fire was out. Three people were injured in the blaze and taken to UMass Medical; two firemen and one maintenance man. Westborough Chief Walter Perron was in charge at the scene and State Fire Marshall Stven Coan was on-site to investigate the cause of the fire.

Hopkinton artist Dustin Neece and local Marines Bob Lavoie and John Cahill traveled to Boston on Friday, February 17 for the Iwo Jima Celebration held at the State House. Click Here to see photos from the day's event.

Cori and Will Jacomme live at 2 West Main Street at the intersection of Wood Street and Route 135. They moved to Hopkinton from Natick six years ago and are happily settled in their home. They have twin daughters who will enter kindergarten in the fall of 2013.

Dear Fellow Hopkinton Residents:

I am happy to announce that I will be running for re-election to the School Committee in the May town
election. It has been an honor and a privilege to have served on the School Committee for the last three
years, and I welcome the opportunity to continue that service for the next three.

My husband and I made Hopkinton our home more than twenty years ago, and it has been an ideal place to
raise our four daughters, all of whom attend or have graduated from the Hopkinton Public Schools. We feel

Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray joined Hopkinton artist Dustin Neece and local Marines Bob Lavoie and John Cahill for a viewing of Neece’s large scale painting of the Battle of Iwo Jima as part of the Iwo Jima Day Celebration held at the State House on February 17. Neece’s painting is currently on exhibit by the Grand Staircase at the State House after being on display in the Marine Corps Commandant’s office for several months.

An upcoming meeting of the Downtown Initiative Steering Committee (DISC) has been rescheduled. The February 21 meeting, a regular committee meeting which fell during school vacation week, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, February 29 at 7PM in Town Hall.

At this meeting, DISC will be brought up to date with all residents' feedback that was collected during the two public hearings held on Thursday, February 9 and Thursday, February 16. The DISC will also discuss and determine next steps in presenting the Project to the Board of Selectmen.

Joseph Kennedy III, the son of former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II and a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy, officially announced his candidacy for the 4th Congressional District.

Kennedy recently moved from Cambridge to Brookline, part of the state's newly redrawn 4th Congressional District. Hopkinton, previously in the 3rd Congressional District represented by Jim McGovern, is now in the 4th District which stretches from Brookline to Fall River.

Click Here to watch his video announcement.

Ken Weismantel, 145 Ash Street, announced today that he is seeking re-election to the Hopkinton Planning Board.

“I am running for re-election to continue the permitting process of Legacy Farms and continue the efforts to attract new businesses to Hopkinton. The purpose is to increase the town’s commercial tax base while maintaining our town’s character. As the Planning Board Chairman, I have first-hand knowledge of the town’s zoning and permitting procedures. This experience is essential to attainment of the town’s master plan goals and financial stability.”

The Capital Improvements Committee (CIC) meets tonight at 6:30PM in Room 215 at Town Hall. According to their posted agenda, the commitee will vote on the preliminary list of capital projects and make their recommendations on which projects they support for the annual Town Meeting in May.

As of the January 17th meeting of the Board of Selectmen, where CIC Chairman James Gosselin presented a preliminary capital budget for FY2013, capital projects totalled $8.2 million for the upcoming fiscal year.