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Fatal Crash on Route 6A in Bourne UPDATE
This crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section, the State Police Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. The Bourne Fire Department, Bourne Police Department, and MassHighways assisted troopers at the scene.
Due to the investigation and vehicle removal Route 6A was closed between the Bourne Rotary and the Mid Cape Connector for approximately 3 hours.
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Caliper Life Sciences Appoints Peter F. McAree Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Dykema Announces Candidacy for State
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Green Ribbon Week Editor: Several months
ago, members from SADD (Students Against Destructive Behaviors), the
beFREE! Project and Peer Leaders met to discuss substance abuse
prevention. The result of these discussions was the creation of ‘Green
Ribbon Week: Hillers Take a Stand Against Substance Use’, which was
implemented the first week in April at Hopkinton High School. The timing
of this campaign also coincided with the National Alcohol Awareness
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Reflection for Patriot’s Day
In Hopkinton on April 19th, 1775 in the early morning, a few men felt a
special calling within themselves; they put down
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Arthur
Miller's
Enter Stage Left Theater will present Arthur Miller’s heart-wrenching classic, Death of a Salesman on April 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 8:00 p.m. The show features ESL actors from Hopkinton, Milford, Worcester, and Millis, and is directed by ESL co-founder Paul Champlin. All shows will be held at ESL’s studio at 30 Main Street in Hopkinton and tickets are $12 per person. Tickets may be purchased by calling 508-435-2114 or at www.enterstagelefttheater.com
"This powerful and relevant piece continues to touch and inspire, as it questions the validity of the post-war incarnation of the American Dream," Champlin said. "This very fine cast has embraced its portrayal with great honesty, care and emotion, as issues of intimacy, betrayal and unrealized expectations are confronted."
Ciao Time Catering, located next door to Enter Stage Left Theater at 28 Main Street, Hopkinton, will be offering a special dinner before the April 18 show.
Enter Stage Left Theater, Inc. is a non-profit performing arts center in Hopkinton offering theater education, training and performances for students of all ages. For more information call 508-435-2114 or visit www.enterstagelefttheater.com |
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Hopkinton Photographer Wins Best of Show
Hopkinton photographer Steven Spiegel won an award at the Greater Lynn International Color Exhibit 2008 for a photo he took on an Alaska trip in 2006, and was shared first with HopNews readers at that time. Here is the link for the website http://greaterlynnphoto.org/InternationalPhotos.html. |
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Ashland Tourney Champs
4th Grade Boys Basketball Team 1st Row: Will Yaggy, Grant Salois, Sam Lehman 2nd Row: Dan Murray, Trey McBride, Cam Gresham, Gwil O’Rourke, Nicholas Gammal, Connor Abate Back Row: Coach Jack O’Rourke, Mick Cassata, Jake Doherty, Spencer Gorman, Coach Steve Gorman Missing: Coach John McBride. Contributed photo. |
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Ashland Tourney Champs
Hopkinton 7th grade boys basketball team,
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Return of the Blackbirds
April 3, 2008 — The red-winged blackbirds have made their return to North Pond, as the one above marks his territory with song. |
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Seniors'/Daisys' Tea
Above, Daisy, Allison Bird, 6, bestows some sort of honor on a fellow Daisy. April 2, 2008 —
Brownie Troop 2961 hosted The Daisy Tea today at the Senior Center. The
theme was “Stars and Stripes Forever.” The 50 Daisies as well as
leaders, parents and senior citizens brought the number in attendance to
about 200.
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15 Students Taken to Milford Regional for Evaluation Fire extinguisher discharged on school bus
April 2, 2008 — Fifteen Elmwood School students were taken to Milford Regional Medical Center this morning for evaluation after an accidental partial discharge of a dry chemical fire extinguisher on a school-bound school bus. "A few tykes got a little exposure — they complained of scratchy eyes and itchy throats — we took fifteen kids and one adult to Milford Regional Medical Center," said Hopkinton Fire Lt. Stephen Slaman. "Later, we took another single kid to the hospital," he said, as a simple precaution. Lt. Slaman said they all checked out okay. According to Lt. Slaman, it is believed a book bag may have inadvertently landed on it, causing the discharge. "We used all three ambulances. We have a lot of seats. The police helped buckle them in," he said.
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STATE POLICE SOBRIETY CHECKPOINT
The purpose is to further educate the motoring public and strengthen the public’s awareness to the need of detecting and removing those motorists who operate under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs from our roadways. It will be operated during varied hours, the selection of vehicles will not be arbitrary, safety will be assured, and any inconveniences to motorists will be minimized with advance notice to reduce fear and anxiety. |
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Selectmen Hear $6.5 million in Wants
by Demian David Tebaldi April 2, 2008 — All of the various board chairpersons and department heads were on hand for the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen Quarterly Meeting last night. After preliminary statements made by Town Manager Anthony Troiano, the assembly embarked on a lengthy discussion of each department’s capital and debt exclusions for the coming fiscal year.
Among the requested
line items touched upon were repairs required at all of Hopkinton’s
schools, including the renovation of Middle School’s auditorium to
achieve compliance with the
“I talked with Maureen the other day, because I don’t know what we’re going to get back on our million dollars that we haven’t gotten back in taxes. She felt that by the Fall, we might only get back $250,000 for capital items,” said Ms. Mary Pratt. “With that truck at $42,000, could that be moved to the Fall, to buy with money from that?”
“As I said last week, we’re not counting on any of that money right now,” responded Mr. Troiano. “Until that happens, we’re not counting on any of it. We’ve gotten one bid that’s being evaluated by our attorneys, it’s not a good bid. Remember, this has not been done anywhere yet in the state. Under the new legislation passed in 2004 or 2006, I’m not sure which, no one has accomplished this task. We’re not counting on revenue from that at this point. If it develops, then we’ll have options to deal with non-recurring revenue capital expenditures. When and if. Tonight, you will have your chance to weigh in on each item individually.”
“Could we just cover this on a macro level first?” interjected Mr. Brian Herr. “We have approximately six and a half million dollars of requests on this list. Approximately two point seven five million dollars is covered by surplus, so we’re still looking at three and half million dollars in increases to fill in this list and fund it. A huge amount of money. Based on our conversation a couple of weeks ago, I’m just surprised that we’re still going to spend a lot of time on this.
‘If all of these are going to go to Town Meeting, what kind of message have we sent, as fiscal overseers for Hopkinton. From my perspective, we’re not doing our job communicating where we are at financially. If we were doing our job, we wouldn’t have six and a half million dollars worth of stuff to go through. It’s frustrating to me. We’ve got to think about services, too, and we’ve turned away from that in the last couple of weeks. I don’t fault anyone in the room, but if we were doing our job as leaders of the town, we would say there are no debt exclusions this year, we can’t add any more to our debt, in fact we want to set a dollar limit for our debt ceiling, and this isn’t there. I’m ready to make a motion.”
“I’ll second it,” joked Selectman Mike Shepard.
“We want people to
understand that everything they vote above and beyond the operating
budget impacts their taxes,” said Board Chair Muriel Kramer. “By
process, we have a charter, and that’s not going to change tonight or in
the near future. Under the charter, all of the department heads get the
opportunity to put forward what they need to sustain their department
and their services. It’s our job to take a look at them and make
recommendations at the Town Meeting.”
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Saturday, April 19th 10:30 am-12:30 Wake up and Smell the Poetry Featuring Meg Kearney, Kathleen Aguero and Kate Chadbourne with host Cheryl Perreault Also offering open mic for poetry, songs and spoken word Public welcome, free admission, Coffee and free scones from Sauce on Main HCAM Studios, 77 Main St., Hopkinton, MA For seats, open mic and info: www.hcam.tv |
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HEALTHY KIDS DAY AT THE
METROWEST YMCA HOPKINTON BRANCH
10:00am-12:00pm
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MSO TICKETS $5 off for HopNews readers
Reserve your ( and pick them up 30 minutes prior to performance. MSO 2nd Annual Marathon Concert Sunday,
April 13th, 3:00 PM
HHS Auditorium
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Future Leaders
April 1,
2008 — At a student government breakfast last week at Hopkinton High
School, United States Congressman James McGovern reminded students that
they are the leaders of he future, and encouraged them to become
involved in public service.
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Thank you, Representative Paul Loscocco
Paul Loscocco has
served as Hopkinton’s Representative in the State House for nearly eight
years, and in that time he has accomplished a great deal for Hopkinton.
It would be impossible to list all that he has accomplished on
Hopkinton’s behalf, but highlights include improving the Town’s share of
the Chapter 70 State Aid (that is the portion related to education
funding), passing legislation that allows Hopkinton to borrow for large
school projects over thirty years versus twenty thereby managing the
debt more effectively, and getting funds in the State budget to support
upkeep and maintenance of the Lake Maspenock Dam. Mr. Loscocco also
helped secure funding to repair the dam, gatehouse and roadway at Lake
Whitehall helping the community and State work together on a large
project that benefited both entities and used available resources most
efficiently. Additionally Representative Loscocco logged countless hours
helping Hopkinton work in partnership with the State to build the new
Senior Center. The Senior Center is a source of great community pride
and along with recent new schools, the fire station and the police
station, serves as an indication of our commitment to Hopkinton
residents of all ages. Representative Loscocco has worked tirelessly
with town leaders on many important community initiatives. Representative
Loscocco has invested himself not only in our projects and initiatives
but also into the very fabric of our community. He has held popular and
well attended picnics for seniors each year and has attended numerous
“big” events in his communities—Eagle Scout Award Ceremonies, Chamber of
Commerce events and recognition dinners to name a few; Paul’s face is
widely recognized and welcomed at milestone events. The time Mr.
Loscocco took to attend and invest in our community events was an
indication of how much care and dedication he brought, indeed continues
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Hopkinton
6th grade boys basketball team, winners of the Finished the season with a 22 - 4 record.
Front Row: (L-R): Nick D'Aloi, Andrew McMillan, Peter DeMarco, Evan Kutz and Kyle Clark Back Row: (L-R): Coach Ken Clark, George Thissell, Chris Moberg, Shayne Kaminski, Nate MacDonald, Eric O'Neil, Coach Matt D'Aloi (missing from photo: Nick Casassa). |
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Accomplishments
April 30, 2008 — Members of the Hopkinton Running Club ran a few laps around the Elmwood School Gym last week during the Meeting of he Eagles showing off their running accomplishments. They introduced their Marathon Fitness Challenge, encouraging each child to pace themselves, adding up each day of running until they reach 26.2 miles total over a ten-week period. The program begins next Monday. |
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Spring Fever
March 29,
2008 — This mute swan, like a cat with a ball of string, found some
unseen inspiration to leave the water and charge about 40 feet away on
Lake Whitehall last week.
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Drivers Ed Teacher Arrested on Child Porn Charges FBI alleges he paid to view online
March 31, 2008 — Forty-five year-old Gregg Woodward of 31 Oliver Street in Milford, a twelve-year veteran of teaching at Foxborough High School, and a Driver's Education teacher at Hopkinton High School, was arrested by the FBI after allegedly paying to access child porn sites online. Mr. Woodward was immediately suspended without pay by the Foxborough school department. In a telephone message to parents, Superintendent Chris Martes said they had no reason to believe that any inappropriate activity took place in Foxborough.
Hopkinton
school authorities were quick to concur. He has been banned from
Hopkinton High School property, according to a joint email letter by
Hopkinton High School Principal John McCarthy and Superintendent of
Schools, Dr. John Phelan that was sent out today.
The letter in full follows:
Dear Parents and Guardians,
The
We have learned today from the
Effectively immediately, Mr. Woodward will no longer be teaching the driver’s education class in Hopkinton and will not be allowed on school district property. Mr. Thomas Murray, the owner of the company will be teaching the class.
At this time we have no evidence that any Hopkinton students have been victimized or that any inappropriate activity has occurred in Hopkinton. We have also not been contacted by police authorities on this matter.
The High School crisis team is meeting to plan supports that students may need as a result of this incident. If you have any questions, please contact the Superintendent’s Office at 508-417-9360 or the High School Office at 508-497-9820.
Sincerely,
Dr. John E. Phelan, Jr. Superintendent of Schools
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NOMINATION PAPERS ARE CLOSED Two candidates fail to return papers
All but two candidates who took out nomination papers have turned them at the Office of the Town Clerk. The two candidates who failed to return their papers are Mark Abate - R, Incumbent, Planning Board, and Richard deMont - D, School Committee. Neither had been running for a seat that was opposed. The candidates have another shot at it from their party caucuses, the Democrats on April 4 at 7 pm at the Fire Station, and the Republicans on April 11, 5-7 pm in Room 211 at Town Hall.
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Today, March 31, 2008
10:49 am A walk-in reported that while he was playing softball with his daughter at Center School a large group of male runners entered the rear of the school and began urinating on school grounds...
10:30 am The manager of a South Street business reported that a male entered the building from the back door and refused to leave...
4:27 pm A resident of John Matthew Street reported that a deer was caught in their pool fence...
12:59 pm A resident of White Street
reported that landscaping workers and cemetery workers were arguing...
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The Science Guy
March 31, 2008 — Hopkinton Freshmen Evan Kollmeyer and Seth Meldon are seen here talking with Bill Nye "The Science Guy" while attending the first Town Hall Meeting on Space sponsored by The Planetary Society at the Clay Center Observatory in Brookline, MA with Evan's parents. After attending a small reception, the group went outside to observe both the International Space Station and the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) as they passed overhead.
The Planetary Society
was founded by Carl Sagan and others to inspire and educate the world's
public to become actively involved in guiding the course of space
exploration.
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From the Radical Middle The Very Cold Shoulder
March 30, 2008 — Despite taking all of the precautions known to modern man — short of wearing a white mask, disposable latex gloves, and living in a bubble — I have come down with the nastiest cold, or whatever it is, in about 15 years. What types of precautions can a person take to fend off the cold that's "going around?" Offer the cheek. In family or social groups, exchanging kisses with people you don't see every day is socially acceptable, and certainly highly desirable. But a peck on the cheek during cold and flu season has a world of advantages over a sloppy, wet exchange. As for the men, I was recently surprised when a well known official started casually washing with some pocket-antibacterial after each handshake he made. A sink, soap and hot water has done just as well for me, but hey, I'm not against learning even more efficient germophobia. Some say that doorknobs and handshakes are the most common ways to transmit colds and other diseases. "How did I get this dreaded disease?" I have wondered each day that I have been under its curse. It surely wasn't a doorknob, because I have made a science of not touching doorknobs. Doors, door-openers and knobs get the elbow, the rear-end or the jacket sleeve. Every cough with this cold feels like the little sharp-toothed baby from the Alien movie is going to burst through my rib cage and come to life at any moment. And there's nothing I'll be able to do about it, despite strengthening all of my stomach and chest muscles with each and every cough. In fact, if it ever does pop out, I'll need someone else to take the photo, because of the lethargy that came with the cold. Now, there's no reason to believe that the fear of germs is some sort of pathological disorder on my part. Come on, my fingernails are a normal length and I don't wear a mask. I call it being cautious, that's all, and recent interactions with a few fellow human beings have validated my concerns. For instance, since I have become ill, I have warned every person who has extended their hand to me for a cordial handshake, that I have a cold. Not once has anyone accuse me of having some sort of disorder. Not once did anyone insist on grabbing my hand and shaking it vigorously in some leap of faith and support. Not one person said, "You crazy old germophobe. Here, shake my hand while I refute your paranoia, thusly." In fact, every person withdrew their hand, thanked me for the information, and wished me well.
The last time I got a cold this bad was after dining out at a brunch in
Westborough about fifteen years ago.
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MSO 2nd Annual Marathon Concert Sunday, April 13th, 3:00 PM HHS Auditorium
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On
Thursday, April 3, 2008 at approximately 4:30 p.m. troopers assigned to
the State Police Barracks in Bourne responded to a three-vehicle crash
on Route 6A (
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Joseph H. Griffith IV Promoted to Vice President of Finance -
HOLLISTON
– April 3, 2008 — Carolyn Dykema announced today that she will seek the
8th Middlesex District seat in the House of Representatives. The
district includes all of Holliston and Hopkinton as well as precincts in
Medway, Southborough and Westborough.
MSO TICKETS $5 off for HopNews readers
Colonel Mark F. Delaney, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State
Police, announced that a “Sobriety Checkpoint” will be implemented by
the Massachusetts State Police on a
Loscocco recently announced that he will not seek another term due to
family considerations; he will be greatly missed. 
by
Robert Falcione
Marathoner and Concert Pianist, Ronald Kmiec, will perform the majestic
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. This performance will honor Kmiec’s
35th consecutive running of the Boston Marathon.