HOPKINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT

TRAFFIC ADVISORY

25^th Boston Marathon

Jimmy Fund Walk

On Sunday, September 8, 2013 thousands of individuals will walk the Boston Marathon route for the 25^th Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk.

Walkers will start to arrive in Hopkinton at 5 AM and begin their “rolling-start” shortly afterwards. The walkers arrival and departure ending time is expected to be 8 AM. 

Ash St. from Park St. to Main St., as well as Marathon Way will be detoured during this event. Parking spaces on both sides of Main St. from Ash St. to Hayden Rowe St. will be coned off. 

Police officers will be on duty to assist the walkers and motorists. 

We appreciate your patience and urge all motorists to use extreme caution during these hours while driving on Route 135.

HOPKINTON - Lawrence N. "Butch" Phipps, 69, died Tuesday, September 3, 2013 in Westborough.  Funeral arrangements, entrusted to the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, are incomplete at this time.

Milford Regional’s Golf Tournament Has Record Breaking Year

September 3, 2013 — Milford Regional Medical Center’s 24th Annual Golf Classic held on Monday, August 26, at Franklin Country Club was a record-breaking tournament raising over $345,000! Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit the new intensive care unit (ICU) at Milford Regional and the Oliva Fund for Cancer Care.

Funds raised by the golf tournament, an estimated $264,000, will support a new ICU as part of the Medical Center’s $54 million building project. The 116,000-square-foot expansion, which includes a 38,000-square-foot underground parking area, also comprises a new emergency department and additional private patient rooms. The new ICU will grow from 10 rooms built in the 1980’s to 16 spacious rooms that better accommodate the latest medical equipment.

Funds raised by local radio station WMRC 1490 through their annual Radiothon brought in $81,300 for the Oliva Fund for Cancer Care. In its seventh year, the WMRC Radiothon has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars of assistance to the daily, ongoing needs of cancer patients at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center at Milford Regional Medical Center.  

“Once again, the community has demonstrated tremendous support for the hospital and our patients through their involvement in our annual golf tournament,” says Francis M. Saba, Milford Regional CEO. “Every year, we are overwhelmed by the generosity of area businesses, volunteers and individual supporters within the towns we serve. Their contributions will help in our efforts both to expand hospital services through the addition of our new building and meet the daily needs of patients at our Cancer Center.”

For more information on Milford Regional’s new building project, go to www.milfordregional.org/excellence  Contributed content

Fundraising Football Scrimmage

Friday, September 6th at 6:30 p.m.

The Hopkinton Athletic Department is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Fundraising Football Scrimmage on Friday, September 6th at 6:30 p.m.

We will asking for an admission/donation of $3 per student and $5 per adult for the game vs North Middlesex High School.

All of the proceeds from the game will be donated to local organizations named in honor of former Hopkinton High School students Evan Girardi and Tommy Weaver.

The LiveForEvan organization was formed by a close-knit group of the late Evan Girardi’s friends determined to honor Evan’s life in a way that will leave a lasting legacy in his memory. All the proceeds from the organization’s events benefit causes aimed at improving the condition of heart patients, both locally and around the globe.

In addition, the organization helps to fund the annual Hopkinton High School Evan Girardi Memorial Scholarships, which are awarded annually to two Hopkinton High School college-bound graduates.

The Tommy Weaver B+ foundation continues to raise funds in Tommy’s memory and his B+ message through the sale of B+ t-shirts and other fundraising efforts. Through the Hopkinton Athletic Booster Club they distribute 4 annual scholarships of $1500 each year to Hopkinton High School Seniors who have exhibited tommy’s “Be Positive (B+) attitude as well as donating to other local organizations that Tommy was involved in.

Please join us on Friday night, September 6th as we kick off the High School football season and help raise funds for these two tremendous Hopkinton based foundations.

Sincerely,

Eric Karjel

Athletic Director

Hopkinton High School

Murtha Cullina Attorney Kathleen Connolly Appointed Co-Chair of Bar Association Committee

Boston, MA (September 3, 2013)… Kathleen Connolly, counsel at Murtha Cullina LLP and resident in the firm’s Boston office, was recently appointed Co-Chair of the Real Estate Legislation & Public Policy Committee of the Boston Bar Association’s Real Estate Section.

In her role as Co-Chair, Ms. Connolly will support the committee and association in monitoring legislative and regulatory changes and precedent-setting court decisions. She will coordinate continuing legal education and brown bag lunch opportunities for attorneys practicing in the areas of real estate and land use law. 

The Boston Bar Association’s Real Estate Section addresses a variety of areas of real estate law, from bankruptcy to zoning. Section programs and discussions cover issues including land use, environmental concerns, development, financing and eminent domain matters.

Ms. Connolly has a wide range of experience in land use permitting law and litigation, and an extensive background in land use and environmental law with an emphasis on zoning, planning and conservation.  Ms. Connolly joined Murtha Cullina in 2008. She received her J.D., cum laude, from University of Connecticut Law School, and B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston College.

COMING BACK SOON... The Classic Town Talk

HOPKINTON AREA LAND TRUST

3rd Annual Members Meeting Date Set

Woodville, MA: The Hopkinton Area Land Trust has set September 29, 2013 as the date for its 3rd Annual Membership Meeting. The meeting will take place in the Hopkinton Fire Station Training Room (Second Floor) at 2PM to 4PM. The agenda for the meeting will be a welcome by its President, Dave Goldman; a presentation and review of the events of the past year, followed by the election of three Directors to the Board of Directors. The Trust's members are invited to attend, along with the public who would like to learn more about the Trust.

This is the 18th year that the Trust has been in existence and 2012 – 2013 has been an exciting year. As a brief recap the Trust has added 288 acres of open space, either owned or under conservation restriction (CR), to its inventory. This includes the Deneen open space, 6+ acres; the Fruit Street Open Space CR, 145 acres, co-held with SVT, the Phipps Woods Open Space CR 12+ acres, the Braden Woods Open Space CR, 7.8+ acres, and the Cameron Woods/Whisper Way Open Space CR, 132 acres. The Trust is looking for stewardship volunteers to help manage these new open spaces. Stewardship is easy; take a walk in the open space, take a few photos, observe, and prepare a short summary of the observations.

If you would like to help, please call Dave Goldman at 508-435-6578 or drop an Email: goldmand@mindspring.com . The Trust would love to hear from you and please come to the meeting and learn more about the Trust.

St. Paul’s “Welcome Back Sunday” September 8

HOPKINTON, MASS. (September 1, 2013) – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church will be hosting its annual “Welcome Back Sunday” on September 8.  Current and potential church members are invited to join in this homecoming celebration, which will include Sunday School registration at 10:15 a.m., a Holy Eucharistic service at 10:30 a.m., and a pot-luck lunch after the service.  St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is located at 61 Wood Street/Rte. 135, Hopkinton.

“Welcome Back Sunday is a special time where we can greet potential new members and also reconnect with current members who have been away during the summer vacation months,” said Father Mike Billingsley.   “It is also an opportunity for parents to learn about and register their children for the Sunday School program, which begins the following week.  And like most celebrations at St. Paul’s, it ends with good food and fellowship.” 

About: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is called to be an embracing, nourishing and life-giving family in Christ.  St. Paul’s members believe they are called to care for each other, for the community and for the world.   

For more information call 508-435-4536.

Metro West Anti-Casino Coalition [MWACC] Hires Consultant

September 1, 2013 — In a press release form the Hopkinton Town Manager's Office, Hopkinton Selectman Brian Herr, acting as Chairman of MWACC, a group of towns opposing the siting of the Foxwoods Massachusetts casino in Milford, Mass, has informed the public that the group has hired traffic engineers, Green International, to do a peer review of the traffic studies done by the proponent of the casino and already presented to the people of Milford.

         Hopkinton, Holliston, Medway and Ashland are the charter members of the coalition; their end result is reflected without ambiguity by their name. All of the towns are signatories to an Inter Municipal Agreement defining their purpose and scope.

         Selectman Herr is quoted in the release.

         “It is important for the residents of Milford to hear from consultants not paid for by the developer. This study will clarify and confirm the Casino project’s traffic impact and data for the residents’ consideration,” said MWACC Chairman Brian Herr. Green will file a complete report with MWACC highlighting their methodology, data gathering, analysis and conclusions. MWACC will make the full report available to the public as soon as possible.

August 30, 2013 — These ants scurrying on a rock on South Mill Street did not hesitate to attack some flying insects that landed on it, immediately engaging in brutal insecticide.

2014 BOSTON MARATHON REGISTRATION TO BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 9.

FIELD SIZE increased; SET AT 36,000 OFFICIAL ENTRANTS FOR 2014 RACE  — Tops 100th in 1996

BOSTON -- August 29, 2013 — Registration for the 2014 Boston Marathon will open on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The B.A.A. will use the same process to register qualified runners as it used in the 2012 and 2013 Marathons, allowing the fastest qualifiers to register first.

Registration will be held entirely online at www.baa.org . The qualification window for the 2014 Boston Marathon began last year on September 22, 2012.

In addition, in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the eight cities and towns along the Boston Marathon route, the B.A.A. has set the field size for the 2014 Boston Marathon at 36,000 official entrants.  The 118^th Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 21, 2014 and will mark the 29^th consecutive year that the event will have John Hancock Financial Services as its principal sponsor.

Registration will occur on a “rolling admission” schedule, beginning with the fastest qualifiers. On Monday, September 9, eligible runners who have met the qualifying standard for their age and gender by 20 minutes or more may register. On Wednesday, September 11 at 10:00 a.m. ET, if space remains, registration will open for those who have met their qualifying standard by 10 minutes or more. If space remains, registration will open on Friday, September 13 at 10:00 a.m. ET for those who have met their qualifying standard by five minutes or more. Registration will close on Saturday, September 14 at 10:00 p.m. ET.

If space remains after the first week of registration (Monday, September 9 through Saturday, September 14), then registration will re-open for all qualifiers from Monday, September 16 at 10:00 a.m. ET through Friday, September 20 at 5:00 p.m. ET. If space remains after this initial period, then on Monday, September 23 registration will re-open to anyone who meets the qualifying standards. Registration will remain open until the maximum field size is reached.

“The B.A.A. is aware of the significantly increased interest in registering for the 2014 Boston Marathon,” said B.A.A. Executive Director Tom Grilk. “The rolling admission schedule will provide runners with the fastest qualifying times in their age and gender group the ability to have their entry accepted in an orderly and systematic manner.  We understand many marathoners and qualifiers want to run Boston in 2014, and we appreciate the support and patience that the running community has demonstrated because of the bombings that occurred this past Spring.”

The registration process ensures that the fastest qualifiers will be accepted first.  However, achieving one’s qualifying standard does not guarantee entry. Those who are the fastest among the pool of applicants in their age and gender group will be accepted.

The registration fee for the 2014 Boston Marathon for qualifiers is $175 USD for United States residents and $225 USD for international residents.

A special registration period for the 2013 Boston Marathon began on August 19 and concludes today (August 29 at 5:00 p.m. ET) for 2013 Boston Marathon starters who reached the half marathon checkpoint or later but did not have the opportunity to cross the finish line on Boylston Street. Those 5624 runners were contacted by the B.A.A. via email; thus far, more than 4,500 entries have been received.

For the last several months, the B.A.A. has worked with state and municipal agencies and public safety officials to establish a field size of 36,000 entrants for the 2014 Boston Marathon. In 1996, the Centennial Boston Marathon had a field size of 38,708 entrants and 35,868 finishers. "Interested runners have been remarkably respectful and cooperative as we worked towards what will be an important day in the history of the race, the sport and the City of Boston,” said Grilk. “The B.A.A. offers special thanks and gratitude to the town, city and state officials for the cooperation and allowances needed to conduct a special race of this size and scope."

From the FBI

Cambridge Man Indicted for Making False Statements in the
Boston Marathon Bombing Terrorism Investigation

WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in Boston returned an indictment today against a Cambridge, Massachusetts man previously charged with making false statements during the Boston Marathon bombing terrorism investigation.

Robel Phillipos, 19, was indicted after having been previously charged via complaint in May 2013 with making a series of materially false statements to federal law enforcement officials during a terrorism investigation. Phillipos is charged with two counts of making false statements. The indictment also charges Dias Kadyrbayev, 19, and Azamat Tazhayakov, 19, both of New Bedford, Massachusetts, with conspiring to obstruct justice and obstructing justice with the intent to impede a terrorism investigation. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov are both nationals of Kazakhstan who were temporarily living in the United States pursuant to student visas.

As alleged in the indictment, on April 18, 2013, after the FBI posted photographs of the two men suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon bombings (who were later identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev), Kadyrbayev received a text message from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suggesting that he go to Tsarnaev’s “room and take what’s there.” Kadyrbayev, Tazhayakov, and Phillipos, according to the indictment, went to Tsarnaev’s dormitory room and removed several items, including Tsarnaev’s laptop computer and a backpack containing fireworks, and brought them to Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov’s apartment in New Bedford. Later that night, Kadyrbayev, with Tazhayakov’s knowledge and agreement, placed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s backpack, which contained several items, including fireworks, in a garbage bag and placed it in a dumpster outside their New Bedford apartment.

The indictment further alleges that between April 19, 2013 and April 25, 2013, law enforcement officials assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force interviewed Phillipos concerning material facts related to the terrorism investigation into the Boston Marathon bombing and one of the suspected bombers, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. During these interviews, Phillipos concealed the fact that he, Kadyrbayev, and Tazhayakov had gone into Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s dormitory room on the evening of April 18, 2013, and removed Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s backpack from his room. In so doing, he made numerous false and misleading statements to the agents.

U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Vincent B. Lisi, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Boston Field Division, made the announcement today. This investigation was conducted by the FBI’s Boston Division, Massachusetts State Police, and member agencies of the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), which is composed of more than 30 federal, state, and local enforcement agencies. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Department of Public Safety, City of New Bedford, New Bedford Police Department, Dartmouth Police Department, U.S. Department of Transportation-Office of Inspector General, U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Essex County Sheriff’s Office, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations provided assistance to this investigation.

If convicted, Phillipos faces a maximum penalty of up to eight years in federal prison on each of the two counts. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison on the obstruction of justice count and five years on the conspiracy count. All face up to three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine for each charge. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov also face the possibility of being deported at the conclusion of this prosecution.

David P. Laquidara, 67

David P. Laquidara, 67, of Woodville, Massachusetts passed away on August 27, 2013 at his home.  He was a resident of Milford for many years prior to moving to Woodville.  Born in Framingham, he was the son of the late John “Trippi” and Eleanor. 
     He is survived by brothers, Charles of Wailea, Hawaii, Pat of Milford and Bill and sister-in-law Roberta of Millville. He is also survived by many cousins, nieces and nephews. 
     He was a graduate of Milford High School Class of 1963 and received his bachelor’s degree from Worcester State College. He later received his Master’s degree in education from Cambridge College.  Mr. Laquidara was a well-loved and admired teacher in the Medway school system from 1969 until his retirement in 2003. He was instrumental in developing the 6th grade yearly trip to various environmental campuses where students spent a week testing soils, water samples, dissecting fish and owl pellets, developing survival skills and to “learn and enjoy.”  
     He was a member of the Woodville Rod and Gun Club and volunteered at Hopkinton Middle School and the Public Library.  
     The funeral will be held Friday, September 6, 2013 at 9:30 AM from the Consigli-Ruggerio Funeral Home, 46 Water St., Milford.  A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 10:30 AM at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 7 East Main Street, Milford.
     Burial will follow at the parish cemetery. 
    Calling hours will be held on Wednesday from 5 to 8 PM and Thursday from 5 to-8 PM.  
     In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his memory to the Medway Middle School environmental trip scholarship fund, 45 Holliston Street, Medway, MA 02053. 

    HopNews file photo. See his facebook with many tributes from students and others.