On Tuesday 20 November 2012, a Hopkinton Police Officer was directing traffic at a work site on Clinton St. At approximately 10:43 am, the officer radioed Hopkinton dispatch that he had been struck by a mirror of a commercial truck as the vehicle passed by him. The officer was able to give a description of the vehicle.
Town Hall closes at 1PM on Wednesday, November 21, and town office are closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 for the Thanksgiving holiday
Town Hall closes at 1PM on Wednesday, November 21, and town office are closed Thursday, November 22 and Friday, November 23 for the Thanksgiving holiday
The Thanksgiving Day Game against Ashland takes place in Ashland at the new high school located at 65 East Union Street. Hopkinton spectators and those planning to leave the game early are encouraged to park at the Ashland Middle School at 87 West Union Street and take the shuttle service,which is scheduled to leave every 20 minutes starting at 8:40AM, to the new high school.
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The game kicks off at 10AM and a brief half-time ceremony to celebrate the opening of the new field is also planned.
Selectmen voted unanimously at the November 13th meeting, to approve the town’s remote participation meeting bylaw which will allow board and committee members to phone-in to meetings that they cannot attend in person.
While the vote was unanimous, Chairman Ben Palleiko said he was voting for it, but while “grinding his teeth” and wondered whether it was solving a problem that didn’t exist.
“I want to like this, “said Palleiko, “I just don’t – I don’t know what the benefit is.”
Many thanks to all our supports and donors, The Hopkinton student led Turkey
Drive to benefit the Salvation Army and Project Just Because was a huge success. We donated 81 turkeys to the Salvation
Army in Framingham last weekend as well as assorted food items and over $200; additionally, 2 turkeys and 31 grocery card gift certificates were given to Project Just Because.
The Hopkinton Cultural Council is pleased to host a Community Input meeting on November 27, 2012 at 6:30 at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, at 99 Hayden Rowe Street in Hopkinton. Recipients of Cultural Council grants over the last several years will be in attendance, and community members are invited to attend to view the Respite Center Artist show, meet grant recipients, and share input with the Cultural Council regarding future grants which would be welcomed by the community.
The Hopkinton Cultural Council is pleased to host a Community Input meeting on November 27, 2012 at 6:30 at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, at 99 Hayden Rowe Street in Hopkinton. Recipients of Cultural Council grants over the last several years will be in attendance, and community members are invited to attend to view the Respite Center Artist show, meet grant recipients, and share input with the Cultural Council regarding future grants which would be welcomed by the community.
Troop 1 is once again selling fresh cut Christmas trees this year. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year! Sales begin Saturday, November 24 at 9:00am. The trees are the fragrant traditional New England Balsam Fir (4-11 ft.) and the dark green, low-shedding, sturdy-branched Fraser Fir (5-12 ft.). We will be selling trees until they are gone. Each year Troop 1 makes a special order to their vendor for the largest tree they can find to donate to the town. The Boy Scouts will be installing the tree on the Town Common on Sat. Nov. 24.
Both the Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled to Northfield Mt. on Saturday, November 17 to compete at All States.
"Our goal was to get all 7 boys under 20 minutes and we did that," said Coach Fairbanks. "I was predicting we might place 10th, but we got 11th. Still an excellent job!"
For the girls, Shelby Aarden came in ninth for the team and brought home a medal.
To see the full results for Hopkinton, Click Here.
