Above, former Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone chats with Sister Mary Greta Turner, CSJ, who is the oldest resident at Bethany Health Care Center in Framingham. She said she will turn 104 years-old on November 15, 2014, "God willing." Sr. Greta told Mr. Leone about the letter she wrote to President Obama offering him and his family her prayers. The president answered with his thanks, his hopes, optimism for the future, and a quote from the Bible.

 

September 30, 2014 — Hopkinton resident and former DA Gerry Leone was given a tour of Bethany Health Care Center by Bethany CEO Sister Jacqueline McCarthy, CSJ today after meeting with its oldest resident and answering a few questions for the in-house media.

         Mr. Leone has been chosen by Bethany as the 2014 recipient of the Make a Difference Award on November 5, 2014 at the Boston Marriott, Copley Place.

         "The award distinguishes individuals who have been instruments for change in improving individual lives and demonstrates a commitment to ensuring quality of life for individuals through mobilizing communities and promoting philanthropy," according to an informational brochure. Their message continues:

          "Bethany Health Care Center is a Sponsored Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston. Established in 1961, Bethany provides short and long-term healthcare for Sisters of St. Joseph and members of other orders of women religious, as well as, residents of the MetroWest and Metropolitan Boston communities. Named to the 2014 Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Nursing Homes, Bethany is included in the top rated nursing homes nationwide. Despite the financial challenges Bethany faces with an 85% Medicaid population, Bethany remains uncompromised in its delivery of health care as demonstrated in its national recognition and due to the kind generosity of its benefactors."

          For those wishing to attend the Make a Difference Award Dinner, please choose this link. and view the varying levels of participation.

          And for those who are unable to attend, Mr. Leone suggests contributing to this worthy cause in other ways:

 

 

September 30, 2014 — The Hopkinton Hiller Volleyball teams will host a DIG PINK match at the Hopkinton High School Athletic Center on Wednesday, October 1st, to raise awareness of the importance of early detection in the fight against breast cancer. The Hillers will be facing the Algonquin Tomahawks on this special night. The fun begins at 5:30 with the JV match at the High School Athletic Center and the Freshman match at the Hopkinton Middle School Brown Gym. The Varsity match will start at approximately 6:30pm at the Athletic Center.

Fans, players, coaches and all attending are encouraged to wear pink as a tribute to those who have battled or are battling breast cancer. Fans will be able to purchase pink paper volleyballs to decorate the gym, Hopkinton t-shirts and raffle tickets for spectacular prize baskets, with all proceeds going to the DIG PINK Side-Out Foundation.

Last year’s event was a great success and the Hillers hope to raise even more funds for the Side-Out Foundation this year. Plan on attending and supporting the Hillers and Tomahawks as they DIG PINK for Breast Cancer Awareness. If you are unable to attend, but would like to contribute, please go online to:
https://www.side-out.org/cb/campaigns/campaign/9066 . The Hopkinton Volleyball teams appreciate your support and look forward to seeing you at the match!

September 28, 2014 — The crescent Moon over Hopkinton Reservoir at dusk on Sunday was not much more than a sliver, as the trees below it basked in its reflected light.

Above, Louis G. Jenis, M.D., Sarah Koonce, PA-C, Jessica P. Aidlen, M.D. and Sameer O. Kapasi, M. A., M.D.

September 26, 2014 — Hopkinton Drug kicked off this season's free seminar series on Wednesday at the Hopkinton Senior Center with the Boston Spine Group Providers, who offer alternate techniques to surgery for back pain, as well as surgery itself, if necessary.

           The series picks up again on October 2nd with Four Legged Friends. See the whole list in the link above, or here.

Hopkinton Teen Among Twenty-two from Mass Academy of Math and Science to be Commended in National Merit Program

Worcester, Mass. – September 26, 2014 – Twenty-two students from the Mass Academy of Math and Science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) were recognized as "National Merit Commended Students" in the 2015 National Merit Scholarship Program. A letter of commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented to these scholastically talented seniors.

The seniors are Alexander Aubuchon (Hubbardston), Marcus Brunelle (Hudson), Damini Chelladurai (Shrewsbury), Stephanie Chin (Sudbury), Colleen Castellani (Oxford), Isabelle Dieu (North Grafton), Jennifer Finne (West Brookfield), Chandler Friend (Worcester), Alyse Gonthier (Sutton), Cole Jeznach (Shrewsbury), Steven Joanis (Franklin), Swathya Koukuntla (Worcester), Matthew Leblanc (Westminster), Alisha Lokhande (Westford), Nathaniel Mahowald (Shrewsbury), Jesse Michel (Hopkinton), Ajey Pandey (Franklin), Andrew Park (Shrewsbury), Kacper Puczydlowski (Webster), Ray Trebicka (Worcester), Bryan Werth (Bedford) and Juliana West (North Grafton).

“Mass Academy is very proud of our students. They are highly engaged in their work and motivated to learn. We appreciate the collaborative efforts of the talented faculty who have worked with our students at Mass Academy, at their sending schools, and at WPI” commented Mass Academy Director Mr. Michael Barney.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic progress. Although they will not continue in the 2015 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2015 competition by taking the 2013 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). File photo, contributed content.

        Police Arrest/Incident Log - Updated September 26, 2014


  

by Robert Falcione

September 25, 2014 — The Hopkinton Planning Board's Decision approving the 12-lot Open Space Landscape Preservation Development at 203 Pond Street submitted by landowners John Coolidge and Anne Richards has been made official today with a formal Decision. Mr. Coolidge served on the Planning Board as Chairman for several years before deciding not to run again.

 

During some of the time that this development has been before the Planning Board, the Open Space Preservation Committee has been in discussions with the landowners to advance the purchase of the land to the Community Preservation Commission, which would vote up or down. The CPC is funded by a 2% surcharge on property taxes, which is met by state funds in varying degrees.

 

The matter of 203 Pond Street was listed as an agenda item on four meeting dates of the OSPC this year, but the Town Clerk's file for the meeting minutes for that committee is empty, according to Town Clerk Brenda McCann. The Chair, Jeff Doherty was not available at this writing.

 

An affirmative vote of the CPC would bring the possibility of a purchase of this land, or any land, to Town Meeting for it to decide how to spend the CPC funds.

 

The couple has brought engineers to the Planning Board hearing, but no developer. Nonetheless, as land acquires permits to build, it increases in value.

 

At a Planning Board meeting on March 11, 2013, Mr. Coolidge made it clear that regardless of the development, he would like to sell the land to the town and that it better "...move to do so before the price goes up."

 

CPC Chairman Henry Kunicki, reached by telephone today said that it was, ",,, one of the best OSLPD plans ever presented to the Planning Board." Mr. Kunicki said that his committee did see a proposal to purchase the land for $2.6 million, but rejected it. He said the appraisal the committee received from the Sudbury Valley Trustees, which must be kept under wraps, was "considerably lower."

 

Mr. Kunicki said the town really benefits from the development of the land, because it gets 34 acres of open space at no cost.

 

"If the town does nothing [Does not purchase the land], it gets 34 acres," he said.

 

 September 24, 2014 — Matthew S Moynahan, 21 (File photo), of Appaloosa Circle in Hopkinton was arrested at home without incident today as several Hopkinton Police, with Ashland detectives and a K-9 officer in accompaniment, entered the property, warrants in hand, following surveillance that spotted him in the back yard.

      

 

The arrest is part of an ongoing investigation, according to Hopkinton Sgt. Scott vanRaalten, who said that Moynahan was charged in the warrant with one count of Distribution of a Class A Substance, which the Sgt. identified as heroin.

 

 

Sgt. vanRaalten said that a search warrant of the home was executed simultaneously, and that more charges could come as a result of that search.

 

 

Mr. Moynahan, who is five weeks from his twenty-second birthday, has been known for years to his peers by a knick name, as young people often make up knick names, called TMK (Tall Matt Kid).

 

 Sgt. vanRaalten said the investigation is still ongoing.

 

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Former Framingham Man Held on $1 Million Bail in 2003 Home Invasion and Sexual Assault
Fingerprint evidence linked defendant to Hopkinton case

WOBURN – September 23, 2014 — Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced that a former Framingham man, who has been in default for six years after being indicted for multiple charges relating to a home invasion and attempted sexual assault, is being held on $1 million bail. The defendant was recently brought back to Massachusetts to face these charges after being held in custody in New Jersey on an unrelated matter.

Marcelo Mota, 35 (File photo), formerly of Framingham, has been arraigned on charges of home invasion, armed burglary, armed assault in a dwelling, assault with the intent to rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and threatening to commit a crime (two counts).

Middlesex Superior Court Assistant Clerk Magistrate Matt Day ordered the defendant held on $1 million bail with the condition that he is to have no contact, direct or indirect, with the Commonwealth’s witness.

The defendant’s next court date is November 20 for a Motion to Dismiss in Woburn Superior Court.

“We allege that this defendant broke into the victim’s home late at night and attacked her as she slept,” said District Attorney Ryan. “These allegations are terrifying and we are pleased that the defendant is now back in Massachusetts to face these very serious charges. We commend the efforts of the Hopkinton Police and the State Police Crime Lab which continued to investigate this case over the years to solve it and to identify the person we allege was responsible.”

Authorities allege that on August 14, 2003, at approximately 10:00 pm, the defendant broke into a Hopkinton residence, armed with a knife. He assaulted a woman who lived in the home, and threatened her and her family. During the ensuing physical struggle, the defendant injured the victim with the knife.

Hopkinton Police initiated an immediate investigation into the assault, but they were not able to identify the suspect at the time. Police employed the use of a canine and also sought the public’s help, but were still unable to solve the crime. State Police crime lab technicians did, however, recover a fingerprint from the scene.

In July 2007, the defendant—who had allegedly moved from Framingham to New Jersey in 2004—was identified as a suspect in an unrelated matter in New Jersey. Authorities at the Burlington County Sheriff’s Office in New Jersey had in their possession the defendant’s fingerprint card. They provided that card to the Massachusetts State Police Crime Lab which conducted a fingerprint comparison analysis and allegedly determined that those prints linked the defendant to the fingerprint found at the Hopkinton crime scene.

These charges are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The prosecutor assigned to this case is Assistant District Attorney Suzanne Kontz. The Victim Witness Advocate is Anne Foley.

Authorities also allege that Mota was responsible for sexual assaults in Westborough stemming from the same time period. Those matters are being prosecuted by the Office of Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr.