Government

On Thursday evening, at the continuation of the hearing that was paused on Jan. 19, the Hopkinton Select Board voted to terminate the employment of Timothy Brennan from the Hopkinton Police Department.

After the Select Board paused the meeting on Jan. 19, the Town of Hopkinton and counsel for the labor union had attempted to resolve the matter in a mutually acceptable manner. Those discussions were unsuccessful, resulting in Thursday's vote.

Termination is effective Monday, Feb. 12.

On the February 7th edition of HCAM News at 6:30pm, the latest in Hiller Sports plus Hopkinton High school hosts the annual talent show… but first, the 100th anniversary of Hopkinton’s Boston Marathon Start line kicked off.

Tune in on HCAM-TV (Comcast: Channel 8, Verizon Channel 30) or at our YouTube page!

Members of the Hopkinton Garden Club were especially excited to ring in the new year as 2024 marks 100 years of cultivating gardens and friendships. In anticipation of this landmark anniversary, the Hopkinton Garden Club has been planning several events throughout the year to mark this momentous occasion.

The Hopkinton Department of Land Use, Planning, and Permitting (DLUPP) is asking community members to provide feedback by filling out the following survey via Google Forms, linked below:

https://forms.gle/vGYH6rw19kuABDqb7

Like Friendship Bracelets Telling Someone About Find Mass Money will take your relationship to New Heights You got no reason to be afraid on National Unclaimed Property Day (Treasurer’s Version)

Today, February 1, 2024, Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg and the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators are in their National Unclaimed Property Day era … and you should take the moment and taste it by visiting https://www.findmassmoney.gov/!

The Select Board considered and confirmed the Town Manager’s appointment of 3 new Town Employees. View highlights below!

"● Armando Ndreu, Facilities Manager
● Jessica Miller, Assistant Library Services Director
● Rita Ben-Cherqui, Payroll Manager
Supporting Exhibits: Application & Resume

● The Select Board confirmed the Town Manager’s appointment of Armando Ndreu, Facilities
Manager. (4-0)

● The Select Board confirmed the Town Manager’s appointment of Jessica Miller, Assistant Library
Services Director. (4-0)

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) is urging residents to be aware of ongoing arrest scams in the area.

The new warning comes after multiple local residents – including four on January 29 alone – reported receiving calls from individuals falsely posing as Middlesex Sheriff’s Office deputies or staff members.

State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (Trust) Board of Trustees, announced on January 17, 2024, that $51 million in grants were awarded for 14 projects in 12 communities across Massachusetts. The grant funds will help cities, towns, counties, and water utilities pay for the $237 million in total project cost for improvements to drinking water and wastewater infrastructure.

A list of communities and approved projects that are receiving grants is attached.

Please see the attached Project Update for the Main Street Corridor Project.

A construction meeting was held on January 23. In attendance were representatives from the Town, VHB, MassDOT, Amorello, and Eversource. Amorello confirmed during the meeting that they have not set a time for returning to the project. Utility work, including both overhead and underground work, needs to be completed before Amorello will be able to schedule any work.

View more in attachment!

Today, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission, announced the Commission has selected Vinfen as its clinical partner as it works towards establishing the first law enforcement focused crisis diversion facility in the Commonwealth. With an aim of diverting individuals away from criminal justice involvement and into treatment, the state’s first Restoration Center will have a “no wrong door” policy, providing walk-in and police drop-off opportunities to serve those in need of behavioral health care in the community.