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A special Town Meeting will take place on Monday, December 9th 2019. The time and location is to be announced. The Special Town Meeting is taking place due to a Citizen Petition regarding the Main Street Corridor Project.

The Select Board approved 3 Town Manager Employee Appointments. Kasey Mauro as the Public Health Nurse, Stephanie Pemberton as an Administrative Assistant and Jessica Lewerenz as Administrative Benefits Support.

View more in the video below.

Hopkinton Fire Chief, Stephen Slaman talked with HCAM News about the FEMA "Safer Grant". Hopkinton was one of the few communities to receive the grant totaling $548,000. The funds from the grant will go towards hiring 4 new Firefighters. View the press release and more in the video below.

Senior Services Director, Amy Beck caught up with HCAM news about some of the happenings at the Senior Center including their monthly celebrity Lunch server and their upcoming Christmas Sale.

Town Manager, Norman Khumalo recently volunteered his time to serve lunch at the Senior Center as their monthly Celebrity Server. The Senior Center hosts a celebrity served lunch the first Tuesday of every month, view scenes below.

Senior Services Director, Amy Beck caught up with HCAM news about some of the happenings at the Senior Center including their monthly celebrity Lunch server and their upcoming Christmas Sale.

Town Manager, Norman Khumalo recently volunteered his time to serve lunch at the Senior Center as their monthly Celebrity Server. The Senior Center hosts a celebrity served lunch the first Tuesday of every month, view scenes below.

On November 5, the Town of Hopkinton Select Board approved limited tax relief for a small
group of qualifying senior citizens by a unanimous 5-0 vote. The relief takes the form of a
partial exemption of property taxes for 2020, of up to $2,200. Exemptions totaling $66,600 were
granted under the program. At the Select Board meeting, Chair Brendan Tedstone said. “This is
a good message to get out there, that Hopkinton supports its seniors.”

The Hopkinton Select Board has called a Special Town Meeting to be held on Monday, December 9, 2019. All articles or petitions proposed to be included in the special town meeting warrant must be received at the Select Board/Town Manager’s office no later than 4:30 PM on Thursday, November 21, 2019. All articles and petitions must be submitted to: Select Board, Town Hall, 18 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748.

Please find attached the Main Street Corridor Project fact sheet as voted for circulation by the Select Board tonight. Please contact the Town Manager's office if you have any questions.

(View the attached PDF for fact sheet)

Norman Khumalo
Town Manager
Town of Hopkinton
18 Main Street
Hopkinton, MA 01748
Tel. 508 497 9700

**This article was written by a group or person in the Hopkinton Community and does not reflect the views of HCAM or any of their Board Members or Employees.**

Today, members of the Main Street Alliance delivered our original citizens' petition to the office of the Hopkinton Town Manager, with a copy also hand delivered to the office of the Town Clerk. The petition has over 350 signatures. We will continue collecting signatures.

The DPW wishes to remind all Hopkinton residents of By-Laws pertaining to the parking of motor vehicles during the winter months.
Traffic Rules and Orders, Town of Hopkinton, Article lV, Section 8 “It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than for an emergency, to park said vehicle on any street between the hours of 1:00am to 6:00am from November 15 through April 1.

The DPW wishes to remind all Hopkinton residents of By-Laws pertaining to the parking of motor vehicles during the winter months.
Traffic Rules and Orders, Town of Hopkinton, Article lV, Section 8 “It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle, other than for an emergency, to park said vehicle on any street between the hours of 1:00am to 6:00am from November 15 through April 1.