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MEDFORD, Mass. – The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) is today warning residents of ongoing telephone scams in which perpetrators are posing as MSO employees.

The warning is being issued in response to recent incidents in which local residents reported calls from individuals falsely claiming to work for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office. In multiple calls, scammers alleged those receiving them had missed jury duty and were subject to arrest unless they immediately paid a fine using gift cards.

The Greyhound Friends executive director Louise Coleman is headed to trial for felony animal cruelty.

According to our sources, the judge set the trial date for Nov 28. The trial is expected to last three to four days. The Assistant District Attorney said the Commonwealth has 500 pages of documents, including inspection reports, letters from other rescue organizations, and photographs.

Please be advised that the water and sewer office will be closed on Friday,
November 10th, in obs-ervance of Veterans day. As always, we are on call 24/7 for any true emergencies. Call 508-497-9765 and follow the prompts.

The Hopkinton Police Department is actively investigating a serious motor vehicle crash that occurred on Lumber Street. At approximately 5:45pm the Communications Center received a 911 call of a motorcycle crash into a tree. Dispatchers immediately began offering Emergency Medical Dispatching instructions and dispatched public safety resources to the scene. On arrival units discovered a 46 year old Hopkinton man with critical injuries. The man was conscious and speaking at the time of his transport to the hospital.

Hopkinton High School Senior, Ben Scire recently received the "2017 Young Philanthropist Award" from the foundation of the Metrowest. Ben graduation from the foundation's Hopkinton Youth in Philanthropy program which is a semester long course on leadership and community philanthropy. Ben helped contribute nearly $11,000 to local non-profit organizations. View more in the video below.

We here at HCAM are fortunate to have many community members who contribute to our station on the scenes with programs or behind the scenes working a camera or in the control room. At the recent annual HCAM meeting, we took some time to hand out awards to some of our top contributors. View the award ceremony below.

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.

As of 10/31/17 12:30pm the following roads are now OPEN and safe for passage:
Hayden Rowe at EMC park
Granite Street
Oak Hurst Road

The following roads remain CLOSED as crews for Eversource, Hopkinton Fire, and Hopkinton DPW work to ensure safe passage:
School st between Dicarlo rd and West Elm st
West Elm is closed between Canteberry and School St.
Pond St. between Erika and Winter
Saddle hill between proctor and Palomino

We are writing to provide information regarding the storm impact for the community following a
meeting of the Hopkinton Emergency Management Group.

BOSTON – Last night, the Massachusetts Senate passed by a vote of 27-10 a comprehensive criminal justice reform package that updates decades old criminal sentencing laws to improve outcomes of our criminal justice system. Among the provisions included in the bill are repealing ineffective mandatory minimum sentences for low level drug offenders, reducing and eliminating over burdensome fees and fines, reforming the bail system, allowing for compassionate release for infirmed inmates, and reforms to the juvenile justice system.