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In a press release dated May 2, Marty Lamb, Republican candidate for State Representative in the Eighth Middlesex District, announced that his team has collected over 1500 signatures for his campaign for the Massachusetts House; ten times the number of signatures required.

"I'm thrilled so many people signed my nomination papers and want me to run for State Representative. This shows our campaign to put people back to work, demand integrity and accountability at the State House, and control state spending has both grassroots support and momentum," said Lamb.

What happened in Hopkinton during the month of April? From Kenya Day at Elmwood School, to Celebrating 4 Decades of Women Running Boston, to Marathon Monday and more, pictures tell the story. Click Here for all of our photos featured on "The Shoot" from the front page of our website for the month of April . Enjoy!

The top 5 viewed photo albums for the month of April are as follows:

On Wednesday, May 9 at 7PM, "Dark Tide" author Stephen Puleo will be in Hopkinton for a discussion of his book. The book discussion, arranged by the Hopkinton Public Library, will take place at the Hopkinton Senior Center and the host for the evening will be Board of Selectmen Chairman Todd Cestari. After the discussion, books will be available for purchase and signing.

Dark Tide: he Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

All games today have been postponed to Thursday due to the rain.

**POSTPONED to 5/3 3:30PM Boys Freshman Baseball @ Milford
**POSTPONED to 5/31 3:30PM Boys 8th Grade Baseball vs. Nipmuc Reg. High School
**POSTPONED to 5/31 3:30PM Girls 8th Grad Softball vs. Nipmuc Reg. High School
**POSTPONED to 5/3 3:30PM Boys JV Tennis @ Medway High School
**POSTPONED to 5/3 3:45PM Girls JV Tennis @ Medway High School

On Monday, the Hiller Girls beat Westwood 5-Love. Their record now is 7 - 1. Next up is Ashland on Wed.

The Hopkinton Public Schools Strategic Plan was approved by the School Committee in September 2009. Since that time, the district has provided periodic updates on the progress towards attaining Plan goals. In a recent message to parents, Superintendent Landman announced that the plan has been recently updated, detailing progress over the 2011-2012 school year.

Price Chopper,selected from a wide range of nominees, was recognized by GXT Green for its siginificant contributions to sustainability efforts and was named to the 2012GXT Earth Day Honor Roll.

HCAM News is proud to announce that our feature story about Paul Annunziata and the donation of his 1975 Plymouth Duster to Jay Leno's Garage has been incorporated into a video by Jay Leno. Through a mutual friend, Paul was able to connect with Leno, who purchased his car and made a donation to McPherson College in his name. Paul's 1975 custom-built Duster now calls the Jay Leno Garage its home, and his story, told by HCAM News, is now part of Leno's introduction to the car's history.

Hopkinton's Board of Selectmen is meeting on Tuesday, May 1 at 6:30PM in Room 215 at Town Hall. Included on the agenda is the continued discussion and review of the request by CJPM Development LLC that the Board endorse a Citizen's Petition asking Town Meeting to authorize the Board to petition the General Court for passage of a special law granting an additional package license to CJPM Development LLC at 22 South Street.

From Coach Mike Donahue:

"A nice meet for many of our younger guys. Freshman Jake Benson won the long jump, took 2nd in the high hurdles and 3rd in the 400m hurdles. Freshman Derek Winshman took first in the 110 high hurdles, second in 400m hurdles and 3rd in the long jump. Sophomore Tim Towner won the triple jump and took 2nd in the high jump. Freshman Kyle Driscoll won the mile."

For complete meet results, see the spreadsheet attached below.

Each year, the Hopkinton Schools prepare an overview of the Hopkinton Public Schools budget for the public in advance of Annual Town Meeting. The FY 13 "Budget Book" is now available for review on the district's homepage. http://hopkinton.schoolwires.net/cms/lib4/MA01001785/Centricity/shared/school%20committee/budget/fy13/FY13BudgetBooklet.pdf">Click Here to Review.