What possessed a woman from the elite of eighteenth-century New England society to conspire with American and British soldiers to murder her husband at the midpoint of the American Revolution? The story of Bathsheba Spooner has alternately fascinated and baffled...
An exceptional collection of postcards featuring Hopkinton and Woodville, Massachusetts, courtesy of Alyssa Gamble.
The town of Hopkinton experienced a population boom in the middle of the 19th century as shoe factories multiplied and several thousand Irish immigrants arrived looking for employment and security. The first Irish in the United states (and Hopkinton) actually pre-date...
This coming April 17th marks not only Patriot’s Day and, so, the 127th running of the Boston Marathon, but also 100 years since the epic race’s start in… Ashland.
As a community, we are indebted to two Hopkinton women who have spent much time and energy documenting and sharing the Black history of our town; Jazz Dottin and Linda Connelly.
In 1951, the Singing Cowboy purchased a stagecoach from Cold Spring Farms.
Two of America’s greatest cowboy entertainers have ties to Hopkinton.
Most people are aware that downtown Hopkinton suffered several big fires, and as a result lost two Town Halls in the process. But what you may not know is that the current building was almost lost to the auction block in early 1932. The saga began with the...
Three hundred seven years old and counting! Hopkinton, founded on December 13, 1715, has held many anniversary celebrations over the centuries including a spectacular 300th. Events commemorating the tricentennial took place over much of the 2015, culminating in a...
Fire Station 2 is in critical condition. The former Woodville Fire Station, which was built in the 1960's, sat unmanned for years. That changed when the COVID-19 pandemic forced social distancing requirements on the fire department. To maintain adequate staffing...
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