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Mary Pratt Birthday Party

Click the play button twice to see some of the well wishes to Mary Pratt last night.

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Lake Residents Strongly Oppose Business "Creep"

 

 

January 9, 2008 — On December 18, 2007, a majority of the Zoning Advisory Committee agreed to recommend to the Planning Board a change of zoning for a parcel of land [X] on Hayward Street behind Maria's Caffe Italiano, formerly O'Toole's [Read Previous Story].

 

     Tina MacConnell was on hand representing the Lake Maspenock Preservation Association and expressed displeasure with what she said was the lack of a notice to Lake Maspenock residents.  Mrs. MacConnell also said she was speaking on behalf of the organization in opposing the proposal.

 

     The LMPA has now composed a letter to the Planning Board asking them to not support an Article for Town Meeting in favor of this change. The letter can be read in its entirety here.

"Mary Pratt Day" ~ Selectmen

Above, Selectman Mike leans over to offer a gift and plant a kiss.

 

January 9, 2008 — Last night the Selectmen declared it Mary Pratt Day, as official after official, from Senator Spilka and Representative Loscocco, to Chief of Police Thomas Irvin and Fire Chief Gary Daugherty, came from the overflow standing-room-only audience to offer gifts and pay respects to the 50 year veteran of town service on the occasion of her eightieth birthday.

      Selectmen Vice-Chair Mrs. Pratt, who celebrated at a family surprise party for her eightieth birthday last week, heard speaker after speaker praise her hard work, dedicated service, and ubiquitous commitment to town issues. After the special recognition, most people left the Selectmen's business to the Selectmen and retired to the downstairs to await the  arrival of the guest of honor for cake, cookies, punch and conversation.

     At the beginning of he meeting, Rep. Paul Loscocco-R and Senator Karen Spilka-D spoke with one voice about the need to write to the  appropriate Committee Chairs as well as the Speaker to lobby the legislature to return $450,000,000 to the towns, of which Hopkinton is expected to receive around $410,000 if it comes through.

     Rep. Loscocco said that the State "skimmed" the money from the towns when the State needed help, and that now it is time for the State to give back.

     Rep. Loscocco has previously commented that the effort is one coming out of the Republican caucus, and added last evening that, "There are many Democrats who want to be a part of it."

     Selectmen Chair Muriel Kramer said that there would be a form letter template on the Town's website for people to use to lobby the  State House for the return of the money.

NOTE: HopNews expects to have a short video of the party online Wednesday.

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TOWN OF HOPKINTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 
The Board of Appeals will hold a continuation of the Public Hearing on Wednesday, January 30,2008 at 7:30 PM in the Hopkinton High School, Auditorium, 90 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA to hear all persons interested in the petition for a Special Permit and/or Variance filed by Omnipoint Communications, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of  T-Mobile USA, Inc., c/o Craig M. Tateronis, Esq., Prince, Lobel, Glovsky & Tye LLP, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 2200, Boston, MA. You are also advised that Omnipoint Communications will conduct a balloon test on January 12, 2008 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 1 :00 PM on the property owned by Cindy Lou Jordan located at 72 North Mill Street, Hopkinton, MA which can be viewed from the surrounding area. The landowner has not given permission for the public to enter onto the site. In case of inclement weather the balloon test will be conducted on January 19, 2008 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM.

Ann C. Stadum, 89

Ann C. Stadum, 89, of Hopkinton, died Monday, January 7, 2008 at St. Patrick's Manor in Framingham. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Lydia (Clark) and Francis A. Crowley. She was also the wife of the late Clarence Stadum.

She was a resident of Hopkinton since 1983 and a member of St. John the Evangelist Church of Hopkinton.

She is survived by 4 sons, ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETE

 

Negligence Leads to Gas Spill

Driver props cap in gas nozzle

January 8, 2008 — Police and Fire Departments responded this morning to the Mobil station on West Main Street to find the staff already engaged in a cleanup effort to contain a gasoline spill caused by a driver who admitted to starting the pump and jamming his gas cap in the nozzle so he could walk across the parking lot and into the building to get a cup of coffee, while his gasoline pumped itself.

     "They're making more out of this than it is," he said of the Fire Department crew, which was applying oil booms, socks and wipes. The workers had to shovel away snow to reach gasoline that had spread toward the street, where they had already spread speedi-dry. They also threw gasoline-absorbent towels into the storm drains on both sides of the street and planned to place booms in nearby wetlands.

      "I've been doing this here for 15 years. The pump failed to shut off this time. I guess it was just the numbers," he said, admitting to the inevitability of such an occurrence.

      The MassDEP was notified, and they planned to respond.

 

  Public Safety

Amber Alert Awareness Day

Event to be held in Braintree

 

On Friday, January 11, 2007, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., the Massachusetts State Police will host a child safety fair at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree in observance of the 11th Annual National AMBER Alert Awareness Day.  This day honors the memory of Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas in 1996. The AMBER Alert system activates an urgent bulletin in the most serious child abduction cases in an attempt to galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of the child.  AMBER Alert represents the best hope for the safe recovery of children and to date is responsible for or has assisted in the recovery of over 300 children nationwide.  

 

The event, located on the lower level of the mall near Macy’s, will focus on Amber Alert awareness, abduction prevention education and the preparation of child identification kits.  Volunteers from the Molly Bish Institute for Child Health and Safety within the Center for Democracy and Humanity at Mount Wachusett Community College and the Molly Bish Foundation assisted by members of the Massachusetts State Police, Braintree Police Department and Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department will be fingerprinting children and compiling child identification kits for parents to use in the event that their child goes missing or is abducted.  McGruff the Crime Dog will be on hand to entertain children and dispense information on abduction prevention. 

 

The event will also serve as the kickoff for the 2008 Amber Alert Poster Contest.  The United States Department of Justice sponsors this annual poster contest that challenges fifth grade students to develop posters that represent America’s united goal of bringing missing children home safely.  The winning poster from each state will be displayed at the National Missing Children’s Day Ceremony held in May.  The National winner will travel to Washington D.C., along with his/her parents and teacher, to receive an award and participate in the National Missing Children’s Day Ceremony.  Last year’s poster contest winner, Emma Rose Cross of Braintree, will be in attendance at the South Shore Plaza promoting this years’ poster contest.

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Planning Board Sets Goals For Legacy Farms Special Permit

Abutter asks for alternate plan

January 8, 2008 — Boulder Capital Project Manager Steven Zieff was a guest of the Planning Board last evening to hammer out a timeline of bringing zoning changes for Legacy Farms  before the public in the form of a Public Hearing; and to meet with the Planning Board on an accelerated schedule to complete the OSMUD for the ambitious 940 residential unit and 450,000 square foot retail/commercial, Legacy Farms project on the east side of Hopkinton.

      Planning Board member Ken Weismantel, who doubles as Chairman of the Zoning Advisory Committee and is shaping the OSMUD with Boulder, said, "You could go through a series of public meetings and shape it if it needs it. I think the public needs to have some input if they are going to approve it at Town Meeting."

      Town Planner Elaine Lazarus said that Sasaki, the development study group that the town has paid over $215,000 to date for a study of East Hopkinton, would be used for this project, and pointed to Mr. Zieff when asked where the money was coming from. It is common for a developer to pay for specialists and engineers for peer reviews of projects they submit. Mr. Zieff said that in this case it would be an escrow account.

       Vice-Chair R. J. Dourney suggested tackling the "lion's share" at the next meeting.

      "Someone else is driving that boat at the moment. We need to drive the boat," said member John Coolidge.

      Abutter Jane Moran, a self-professed member of the Hopkinton Citizens Association, a secretive group that distributed postcards in December with dire warnings about the project, asked for a second proposal.

      "Could the developer come up with a plan B in case the OSMUD doesn't pass? If you have to fall back on an agricultural plan," she said.

      "It is up to the citizens at Town Meeting," she said. "People are going to be asking about this in a conversational way at Town Meeting, and it would be nice to have an alternative," she said.

       Mr. Zieff said that the underlying zoning is addressed in the fiscal analysis, but that the company had not considered any other plan, given the engineering costs to date, and made clear they would not be warm to the idea of creating another plan.

       However, Mr. Weismantel saw it as an opportunity to make a needed comparison.

       "It would be good for the town to see what the underlying zoning would look like. There would be no open space," he said. The underlying, existing agricultural zoning would remain under either of two conditions. If the Town Meeting does not approve the zoning changes it remains agricultural. But even if the Town meeting approves the zoning changes, they will not take effect until ground is broken. The Boulder plan touts over 500 acres of open space.

        A Boulder Capital selling point has been that their project will be revenue positive, something that the Land Use Study Committee had identified as a criteria for developing the land during its two years of meetings. Boulder is claiming that Legacy Farms will be a $2.5 million net revenue for the town once it is complete.

        "It looks like a $6 million revenue swing," said Mr. Weismantel, meaning that to develop the land zoned as it is will add to the need for schools and other services, being revenue negative rather than revenue positive.     

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Ann C. Stadum, 89

 

Ann C. Stadum, 89, of Hopkinton died Monday afternoon at Saint Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She was the wife of the late Clarence Stadum. Arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton.

Police News UP-TO-DATE  Today, January 7, 2008

 

6:35 am A caller reported that a motor vehicle hit a deer on West Main Street.  The DPW responded and removed the deceased deer...

 

12:22 pm A caller reported that a man was shoveling snow into the roadway on Oakhurst Road...

 

8:44 am An employee at a West Main Street business reported that a resident of Lumber Street was bothering her...

 

8:34 pm Sgt. Joseph E. Bennett spoke with a caller who reported that a male in a white station wagon was taking photos of him, his wife and his vehicle (Photo) while he was live parked on Main Street...

Choose the Title link for the full Police News

Real Estate Transactions for Hopkinton, Massachusetts

Compiled by Eric Montville for HopNews.com, January 7, 2008

Address

Buyer

Price

Date

Seller

6 Deneen Road Yury D. Levin & Anna Simanowski $610,000 Jan. 03, 2008 Gerald Hebert
11 Pendulum Pass John Herrera $850,000 Jan. 03, 2008 Donald F. Hart, Jr. & Isabel P. Hart
Previous update:        
38 North Mill Street Treavor J. Weeden & Jamie L. Weeden $639,000 Dec 28, 2007 John Herrera
7 Palomino Drive Randy Charland & Jennifer Charland $599,900 Dec 27, 2007 Jane H. Lesslauer

See Full List back to February 1,  2007

Link above is renewed each week

 Positively Hopkinton

Hopkinton Resident Faith Easter Named 2008 President of Law Firm


(WORCESTER, Mass., January 7, 2008) – Fletcher, Tilton & Whipple is pleased to announce that Faith V. Easter has been named President of the firm for 2008. Ms. Easter is a Director with the firm whose practice includes commercial and residential real estate, including mortgage lending and conveyancing; corporate law; municipal approvals; estate planning and family law. With over 21 years of experience in the Metrowest region, Ms. Easter represents both major and community banks, major mortgage lenders, individuals and developers. Ms. Easter is resident in the firm’s Framingham office.

Ms. Easter is very committed to serving the communities in which she works and lives. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Hopkinton Community Endowment, Inc., the Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce and the Metrowest Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the Community Advisory Board for the Benjamin Franklin Bank, and serves on the Metrowest YMCA's Executive, Steering and Building Committees. She recently served on the UMass Medical Center's Board of Directors as well.
 

 Positively Hopkinton

Hopkinton Resident Pens Third Book

It Sure Beats Working

by Anne Mattina

January 6, 2008 — Hopkinton resident Michael J. Katz has just published his third book. The first one, he explains, “was entertaining, but not very useful.” The second, according to the author, “was useful, but not very entertaining.” This latest? Well, “is neither useful, nor entertaining” he explains, his grin revealing a wry sense of humor.

It Sure Beats Working: 29 Quirky Stories and Practical Business Lessons for the First-time, Mid-Life, Solo Professional provides a humorous view and a lot of practical wisdom for people considering making the leap to working for yourself.

Katz, founder, owner and sole employee of Blue Penguin Development located at 1 Ash St, left corporate life a few years ago because things “were just too predictable.” He explains, “The way I look at it, working for someone else, particularly when it is a large company, is like living with your parents: you’ll never starve but you’ll frequently be bored to tears.” Logic like that is hard to argue with, but it is Katz’s perspective on the whole process that is most persuasive.

Katz’s belief in the positive potential of being a solo practitioner is infectious; and he presents his ideas in pithy, down-to-earth vignettes to which readers may easily connect. He shares his own experiences as a mid-level professional, having gone the route of “college, business school and Corporate America.” During his final stint in that world, he thought “Life’s okay, I’ve got a job,” but didn’t feel as if he was “firing on all cylinders.” He found a creative outlet in writing a humor column for his then hometown newspaper, The Reading Advocate. Encouraged by a New England Press Club award for his work, he thought writing professionally might be his just the thing to get him out of his rut.  READ MORE...

 

All Hiller Alumni Invited to Meeting

 

Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 7:00 P.M.

High School Auditorium

 
The Hopkinton High School Council is pleased to invite you to join us for a meeting to discuss the creation of a Hopkinton High School Alumni Association on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. in the High School Auditorium. The purpose of this meeting is to gauge the interest of alumni in creating an association and to get your feedback on how to get it started.

The idea for an alumni association came out of a discussion at the current High School Council where we realized we had no way to connect with graduates of Hopkinton High. We felt alumni could be a great resource for students wanting to discuss prospective colleges with alumni who had attended those schools, or for students looking to get information on careers that they are interested in exploring. As we researched alumni organizations in other towns, we found that they are also a great way to keep alumni connected, to have some great social events, and to provide networking opportunities for alumni.

If you have questions prior to the meeting, please contact a current HHS School Council member:
Jane Roche: 435-3980 janeroche@aol.com
Barbara Berke: 435-6130 bberke@comcast.net
Ron Foisy: 435-9127 rfoisy@wbsmithcompanies.com

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     ESL Presents:

Annie Jr.

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January 12, 18 & 19, 7:00 p.m.
January 13, 2:00 p.m.
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Ticket with Backstage Pass (Jan. 13 only): $15

Over forty cast members
All your favorite songs from the show, at just the right length for the whole family.
Performed at the spacious Hopkinton Middle School Auditorium.
Back Stage Pass tickets (January 13 only) include a backstage tour and personal interviews with the cast!

Choose the icon to visit ESL's website to order tickets

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A Landing on Hopkinton Reservoir

January 6, 2008 — John Markinac uses visual landing rules to guide his model airplane to the ground after clearing a model airplane runway on Hopkinton Reservoir late Sunday afternoon.

Standing Room Only

January 5, 2008 — Carol Cheney and Bernadette Keane (Singing) brought a bounty of mostly forty-something friends to a sellout, SRO performance at ESL Theater's Coffeehouse series on Saturday night at 30 Main Street Downtown.

Hopkinton 1, Holliston 0

January 5, 2008 — Hopkinton Hillers Hockey team brought their game to Navin Rink in Marlborough on Saturday night and bested Holliston 1-0.

 

Round Table at School Committee Meeting

 

by Demian David Tebaldi

January 5, 2008 — The agenda was comparatively light at this week’s meeting of the Hopkinton School Committee.  As there were no special presentations to be made, nor any focus group reports to the committee, the panel jumped right into new business. 

 

Ms. Rebecca Robak and Ms. Lyn Branscomb directed round-table discussions of the School Committee’s policies-in-progress concerning student transportation, school bus safety and student conduct therein.  While these policies typically evolve through multiple iterations and fine-tuning sessions spread out over several meetings, some basics of each to date are as follows:

 

Legacy Farms. Among the more pressing issues facing the School Committee is the coming addition of an as-of-yet unascertainable number of new students to the district, due to the planned construction of some 900 or more residential units encompassed by Boulder Capital’s ambitious Legacy Farms project in Hopkinton.  Mr. David Stoldt, chosen by the panel to serve as the liaison to the developer, indicated that the planning process is one of uncertainty.  As area economic conditions and housing market trends fluctuate, Boulder Capital’s master plan must by necessity adapt to accommodate those changes.

 

“Any changes, five to ten years from now, will affect us,” Stoldt remarked.

 

School transportationMassachusetts law requires each district to provide transportation to and from school for children in kindergarten through sixth grade if the distance between the school and the child’s residence exceeds two miles.  Transportation for children in grades seven through twelve is provided at the discretion of the school district.  Parents or guardians of kindergarten students must be present when children are dropped off at designated stops, as door to door service is not an entitlement, and if no parent or guardian is present, a child will be transported back to the school from whence he or she came.  The current language of this policy allows for the drop-off of kindergarten and first grade students at day care facilities only if those facilities are licensed by the state.  Ms. Lyn Branscomb proposed a change to the language of that policy, one which would allow for drop-off of those students at unlicensed day care facilities (i.e, grandma’s house), stating, “it is not our business where parents place their children after school.”  Dr. Mary Colombo noted, referring to emails received by the School Committee from area parents, that 17% of Hopkinton families place one or more children in unlicensed day care situations for financial or other reasons.

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Hopkinton 50, Dover/Sherborn 37

Above, Julie Grosso balances centrifugal and gravitational forces while rounding this turn and heading toward the basket on the way to a 50-37 win over Dover/Sherborn Friday evening at home.

Hiller Swimmers Sweep Holliston

Above, Junior Liz Gamache

The Hopkinton Swimming and diving Teams swept Holliston on Friday afternoon with impressive performances from many athletes.  On the girls side, Sophomore Kayla Lewkowicz won two events (50 and 100 freestyle), while Junior Kathryn Roberts won the 200 IM, and sophomores Alex Brown (100 fly) and Kate Richardson won the 100 Backstroke.  The lady Hillers also won all three relays in the meet.  On the boys’ side, senior Chris Campbell won the 100 fly and 50 free, and Junior Aaron Kollmeyer won the 200 and 500 freestyle events.  Sophomore Will Olson won the 200 IM, and Matt Younis won the 100 Backstroke.

    Public Safety  

 

State Police Invite the Public to Participate in National AMBER Alert Awareness Day

 

On Friday, January 11, 2007, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., the Massachusetts State Police will host a child safety fair at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree in observance of the 11th Annual National AMBER Alert Awareness Day.  This day honors the memory of Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl who was abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas in 1996. The AMBER Alert system activates an urgent bulletin in the most serious child abduction cases in an attempt to galvanize the entire community to assist in the search for and safe recovery of the child.  AMBER Alert represents the best hope for the safe recovery of children and to date is responsible for or has assisted in the recovery of over 300 children nationwide.  

 

The event, located on the lower level of the mall near Macy’s, will focus on Amber Alert awareness, abduction prevention education and the preparation of child identification kits.  Members of the Molly Bish Foundation assisted by members of the Massachusetts State Police, Braintree Police Department and Norfolk County Sheriff’s Department will be fingerprinting children and compiling child identification kits for parents to use in the event that their child goes missing or is abducted.  McGruff the Crime Dog will be on hand to entertain children and dispense information on abduction prevention. 

 

The event will also serve as the kickoff for the 2008 Amber Alert Poster Contest.  The United States Department of Justice sponsors this annual poster contest that challenges fifth grade students to develop posters that represent America’s united goal of bringing missing children home safely.  The winning poster from each state will be displayed at the National Missing Children’s Day Ceremony held in May.  The National winner will travel to Washington D.C., along with his/her parents and teacher, to receive an award and participate in the National Missing Children’s Day Ceremony.  Last year’s poster contest winner, Emma Rose Cross of Braintree, will be in attendance at the South Shore Plaza promoting this years’ poster contest.

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School Day Gains 10 Minutes

One 5 minute increase in January, one in September

January 4, 2008 — Director of Finance Geoff MacDonald makes a point at Thursday's School Committee meeting as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Mary Colombo looks on. The Superintendent, Dr. John Phelan has announced a gain of ten minutes in the school learning day after negotiations with the Hopkinton Teachers Union. The corresponding change in release times can be seen in a letter from the Superintendent.

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Frontrunner

 

January 3, 2008 — Jonathan Meltzer is the lead runner on the back roads of Holliston, with the second place not even in sight, as he returns to Cornell's, the starting and finish line, in the Hopkinton Running Club's Annual New Year's Eve run. The group of a couple dozen runners finishes the race and then treats themselves to a buffet meal at Cornell's. NOTE: To find the Running Club's website anytime, look in HopNews Community link, always near the top of the page.

 

PolyArts Committee Looking for Fresh Faces

 

Polyarts meeting on this coming Tuesday (the 8th) at 7P in the Senior Center on Mayhew Street.  We would like to invite anyone new to join us as we could sure use the help.  Polyarts is planned for September 27th 2008 and meets about 7 times before the fair. 

 

Many thanks, Kathy Curry (co-chair with Mary Brown chairperson)

Practice Makes Perfect

January 3, 2008 — "Oliver 'Daddy' Warbucks" speaks as his "secretary" takes notes and 35 other cast members of Annie Jr. watch at the First Congregational Church last week during rehearsals. The ESL inaugural performance is scheduled for Saturday, January 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hopkinton Middle School Auditorium. For additional performance times, prices and information about the Backstage Pass, see the HopNews Community Calendar.

Please Check our Calendar Regularly for Hopkinton Events

 

January 5 — Friends of Bernadette and Carol at ESL Coffeehouse Jan. 5


Hopkinton residents Carol Cheney and Bernadette Keane will be showcasing their great musical harmonies in varied musical genres, including folk, alternate county, and light contemporary rock, at the ESL Coffeehouse on January 5. They will perform at 8:00 p.m. at ESL’s intimate studio setting at 30 Main Street in Hopkinton. Tickets are $10.00. For more information call 508-435-2114 or visit www.enterstagelefttheater.com 

 

 

January 5,12,19 — Boy Scout Troop 4 of Hopkinton will be providing a Christmas tree pickup and recycling service for residents of Hopkinton.    The cost is $5.00 for trees under 8 feet and $10.00 for trees over 8 feet.  Scouts will pick up trees on Saturday, January 5th, 12th, and 19th. To request a pick-up, please go to trees.troop4hopkinton.org  or call (508) 293-6396 and leave your name, address, date for pick up, and tree height.   Please make your request by Thursday of the week chosen for pick-up. Trees should be put curbside by 9AM along with payment in an envelope attached to the tree (Ziploc bags work best!).  Payment can be made in cash or check payable to “Troop 4 Hopkinton.”  Please no plastic bags around the tree.

Inaugural Cemetery Tour

Historical Society Newsletter now online

 

 Despite rainy weather that forced a last-minute rescheduling of the 2007 Cemetery Tour (not to mention a conflict with a Red Sox World Series game), the event was a huge success and attracted close to 100 visitors. Early Hopkinton residents that “came alive” for just one night included:

 

     (Front row, left to right): Daniel Underwood (Charlie LaGoy), Susannah Underwood (Cory Branscomb), Abigail Millen (Gail Clifford), Susannah Underwood, Sr. (Lynn Branscomb), Nancy Underwood (Simone Wright), Joseph Knowlton (Kelley DiMascio); (back row, left to right): Rev. Samuel Barrett (Russ Greve), Capt. Joseph Mellen (John Henry Park); Henry Mellen (Roger Mezitt); Deacon Henry Millen (Dave Adelman); Lieutenant William Freeland (Dave Dobson). Given the enthusiasm and positive feedback that we received for the Cemetery. ~ Excerpt from Newsletter.

Caliper Life Sciences to Present at JP Morgan 26th Annual Healthcare Conference
 

 

HOPKINTON, Mass., January 3, 2008 -- Caliper Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:CALP) today announced that its presentation at the JPMorgan 26th Annual HealthcareConference will be webcast on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. PST. Kevin Hrusovsky, President and CEO of Caliper (File photo), will be providing an update on the company’s business. The live webcast can be accessed at here . An archived presentation will be available for 90 days.

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Order lunch at any of the above establishments today.

Get Out and Play

YMCA offers new initiative

 

In conjunction with the YMCA of the USA’s Activate America Initiative and the No Child Left Inside Act (currently being reviewed in congress) the MetroWest YMCA at Hopkinton will be Offering a new program that affords families the opportunity to get out and play.

 

Each month for the next year the YMCA will offer a fun, seasonal based activity that will allow for the entire family to step away from the norm and enjoy the season.  The activity for January 19th will be snow forts. The schedule for the rest of the year is a follows:


February   9th                 Winter Carnival
March 8th                       Animal Tracks
April 12th                        Wetlands
May 17th                        Wildflowers
June 14th                       Family Picnic
September 13th             Nature Games
October 11th                   Tree Identification
November 8th                 High Ropes Course (File photo)
December 13th                Winter Hike


All activities will be held on Saturdays from 10:00am until 1:00pm. Contact Jason Marker to pre-register for this program.  508-435-9345. The cost of the program is $10.00 per family for YMCA members and $15.00 per family for potential members.  Get ready to put down the remotes and turn off the computers and get ready to GET OUT AND PLAY!!!

 "Archie" M. Flannery, 76

WELLS, ME — Frederick "Archie" M. Flannery, 76, of Wells, died Dec. 28, 2007, surrounded by his family at York Hospital in York.

Archie was born in Natick, Mass. on May 15, 1931, to Stanley and Mary Rousseau Flannery.

 

He attended schools in Saxonville and Hopkinton, Mass., and received an honorary high school diploma from Wells High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1949 to 1951 in Korea and was a Bronze Star recipient. He worked as a supervisor for 36 years at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton, Mass. Because he spoke fluent Spanish, the company would send him to Puerto Rico annually to recruit workers for the nursery. Arrangements Complete

 

Hopkinton 72, Ashland 68

The boys varsity basketball team beat Ashland 72 - 68 in a hard fought battle. ~ Craig Park

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Milford man pleads guilty to Accessory After the Fact of Murder


(Milford, MA.) A Milford man who was a juvenile at the time of Daniel Columbo’s death on January 6, 2006 has pleaded guilty in Juvenile Court. He was sentenced to 2 ½ years in the House of Correction with 18 months to serve and the balance suspended for 2 years. This is the second person charged in connection to Daniel Columbo’s death who has pleaded guilty in recent weeks. Several others have also been charged in connection with Columbo’s death and are awaiting trial.

Previous story and Press conference from January 9, 2006

Arvid Allen Druvins, 87

Arvid Allen Druvins, 87, of Hopkinton, died Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at his home. Born in Latvia, he was the son of the late Maria (Liepina) and Joseph Druvins. He was the husband of 47 years to Barbara J. (Barton) Druvins of Hopkinton.

A resident of Hopkinton since 1963, Mr. Druvins had immigrated to the United States in 1951 and became a citizen on June 24, 1957. He had attended engineering schools in Latvia, Germany and the US, graduating from Worcester Jr. College in 1965.

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January 2, 2008 — Hopkinton's Jerry Hanna (center), son Josh (to his right), and friends, members of the Nealon, Edwards and Click families pose after a New Year's Day plunge into the icy Atlantic along with 500 of their Irish brethren, members of the L Street Brownies, who do this every New Year's Day. Mr. Click said this is the second year the group has down this, moving to create a tradition.

      According to Mr. Hanna, the crowd of waders is held at bay while a BFD Bagpipe squad brings the group to a fever pitch before letting the rope down so the frenzied group can run in (Inset).

Hopkinton Lunch Choices Galore

 

We welcome Ciao Time Catering, 28 Main Street, as a HopNews sponsor. Please add them to your list of places in Hopkinton for lunch. Their dinner choices are also available, to eat in or to go, and their menu is updated weekly on their website.

Wednesday, January 2  HERE IS TODAY'S MENU:

Lunch  

 

 Dinner

 Full order

½ order

Shepherds Pie $  5.49 Shepherds Pie $10.95 $ 5.49
Greek Chicken Sandwich or Salad  $  5.95 Texas Lemon Shrimp $12.95 $ 6.49
Mushroom Florentine Soup $  5.95  Chicken Marsala   $11.95

$ 5.95

    Mushroom Florentine Soup $  5.95

 

FOOD              FOOD              FOOD              FOOD            FOOD

Order lunch at any of the above establishments today.

No Salt Here

January 1, 2008 — At the Lake Whitehall Dam, Highland Street still looks pristine hours after the snow began and the plows came out. Lake Whitehall is upstream from the town wells on Fruit Street, and likely a low- or no-salt area.

Slippery Slope

January 1, 2008 — Officer Stephen Buckley checks the traffic to his back as he directs traffic around a two-car accident in front of his cruiser on West main Street. The view is looking west, west of DiCarlo Road.

 

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