Government

The Board of Appeals met Wednesday, September 10th at 7pm. The original agenda called for public hearings of 68 East Main St, Lumber St/Hopkinton Mews, and 26 Lake Shore Drive. However, two requests for continuances were made. The property owner of 68 East Main St requested that her hearing be moved to December. Hopkinton Mews requested a continuance until September 24th, but the board saw that this meeting would be held at the start of Rosh Hashanah. The board voted to move this and all other public hearings scheduled for the 24th to October 8th.

Please join the Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent as they present the final draft of the 2014-2020 Hopkinton Public Schools Strategic Plan. The School Committee wanted to provide the community with the opportunity for final comments prior to voting the plan at their September 18th meeting.

The meeting will take place on Wednesday, September 10th from 7:00-8:30 PM at HCAM Studio, 77 Main Street.

HCAM Studio is located in the basement (accessed through the elevator) at 77 Main Street beside the Fire Station.

Work on Legacy Farms is underway, and Roy MacDowell stopped into the September 8 Planning Board meeting to give an update. The three areas covered in the update were the East Main Street sidewalk, the East Main Street road work, and the proposed hockey rink.

The Town Engineer is announcing that the ongoing work for the Town Hall Basement Project will require closing the basement to Town Hall starting Monday, September 8th. The basement will need to remain closed until completion of the project in October. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause as this necessary work is being completed.

The Town Engineer would like to announce that the ongoing work for the Town Hall Roof Replacement Project will require the entrance to the parking lot behind Town Hall to be closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (September 8th, 9th and 10th) from 7:30am – 4:30pm.

During this time the exit will be utilized as both the entrance and the exit. Uniformed traffic control will be present throughout the process and temporary signage will be installed.

The Board of Assessors met on Tuesday, September 2nd, to discuss the current state of the financial department and assessors in the town.

all residents and visitors of the Town, please note that construction projects on the Town Hall will be starting August 29th. These projects include rehabilitation of the basement, replacement of the slate roof and rehabilitation of the exterior masonry.

The Board of Appeals met Wednesday, August 27th. Their discussion focused primarily on adding equipment to cell phone towers at 0 Wilson Street, 1 Mechanic Street, and 26 Lumber Street.

Board Chairman Rory Warren was absent from this meeting; Vice Chairman Michael Pierce presided over the meeting in his stead. After calling the meeting to order, the board moved to push discussion of Peppercorn Village, originally scheduled to be discussed at the meeting, to a later date. Pierce expressed concern over insufficient time to review the matter fully.