News Archive

Letter to the Editor:

On Sunday, April 21 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., please join the Hopkinton Historical Society and the Ashland Historical Society at the Ashland Historical Society, 2 Myrtle Lane, Ashland.

Brian Plumb, a Hopkinton resident, will presents his new picture book of the Wayside Inn, show slides and tell the stories behind the pictures.

• In 1716, David Howe of the Hopkinton Howes, began what was then called a "house of entertainment” along the Old Boston Post Road, one of the first mail routes in the country (operating since 1673).

To help identify and meet future community needs, the Hopkinton Public Library will soon launch a strategic planning process. Library Director Rownak Hussain - with the assistance of library consultant Barbara Friedman and a volunteer planning committee - will lead a three-month process to identify library strengths, opportunities and aspirations and determine how to measure them. Two focus groups, consisting of town officials, community leaders, students, library staff, library users, non-library users and a range of residents, will add their input.

The Massachusetts State Police are at the scene of a fatal tractor trailer rollover on the Massachusetts Turnpike.
The rollover was reported around 1:15 p.m. on the westbound side of the Mass. Pike near exit 11A. According to police radio reports, there was an unresponsive man trapped under the truck.

The state police said the driver has died. They said expect the ramp at 11A (Interstate 495) will be closed for “an extended period of time.”

The Town of Hopkinton welcomes its new Parks and Recreation Director, Jennifer Floyd. Ms. Floyd is slated to step into her new role on Tuesday, April 9, 2013.

Woodville Baptist Church is holding its 3rd Annual Drive-Thru Prayer, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life/Hopkinton. Drive Thru Prayer will be held on Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. right in the parking lot of the church at 249 Wood Street, Hopkinton.

The Hopkinton Republican Town Committee is seeking caucus candidates for the upcoming Town Elections. Hopkinton Republicans interested in serving as elected town officials can be placed on the May 20th ballot by running in our caucus. To be placed on the Republican caucus ballot, contact Ken Weismantel, Chairman by Thursday, April 11th. There are several open positions where candidates have not indicated their intentions to run by submitting nomination papers. We are actively recruiting candidates.