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Discovery at Sandy Island

July 31, 2007 — Leo Buck points out fish to his son Rowan, 3, from a sandbar/peninsula today at the appropriately named Sandy Island.

Weston Nurseries Announces
Winners of $10,000 Garden Makeover Giveaway

July 31, 2007 – As part of its celebration of 85 years in business and its new direction, Weston Nurseries gave away a landscape design and installation package valued at $10,000 at a drawing on June 24. The winners of this exceptional prize are Elizabeth (Above, left) and Brian Bradley and Elizabeth’s mother, Maria of Sutton, MA. Liz stated that at first she didn’t think it could be true that they had won. “We never win anything. I thought maybe it was a mistake. We were truly surprised and very happy; it definitely made our weekend”, she said.

The Bradleys are working with Pattie Featherstone (Right), one of Weston Nurseries’ many professional landscape designers, on a plan that will enhance a native plant area of their yard by transforming it into a beautiful and relaxing shade garden on Tuesday, August 14, 2007.

The Nursery emerged from bankruptcy last week, leaving Wayne Mezitt as the sole owner, and 709 acres of former  nursery land in the hands of to Boulder Capital. In other changes detailed in a letter to employees, Gary Furst stepped down as president and CEO and Peter Mezitt became President.

NOTICE of  ROAD WORK

Pleasant St from Main St to Nebraska St will be closed (weather pending) to through traffic from 7am-4pm beginning the week of August 6^th for reclaiming and paving of the roadway. The project is estimated to take seven days to complete.

Please do not park along the sides of the road as it will interfere with the construction equipment and limits of the work.

Thank you for your cooperation during this project.

Mike Mansir, Highway Manager

MADD 2007 YOUTH POWER SUMMIT AT CLARK UNIVERSITY

by The Kids

July 30, 2007 — Allie Panetta, Miguel Lõndono, Lauren MacIntosh, Christina Wigglesworth, Aaron Brug, Maggie Grabmeier, Greg Hadley, and Tim Braga are the eight youth from Hopkinton High School that represented the “be FREE!” Project with Renée Cammarata at the 2007 MADD Youth Power Summit. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) held the conference at Clark University in Worcester to address rising concerns over underage drinking. While at the conference, each group developed in-depth plans on how to improve their community.

WHAT WE DID: 

The purpose of the MADD Power Summit was for youth to gather ideas and develop a community plan to address youth substance abuse while building leadership skills in the process. What we accomplished was pretty amazing! Not only did we work in our own groups (called action pacts) to develop our individual community action plan, we also worked with a group that consisted of kids from all over the state (called fusion groups) to gain perspective on how other communities are dealing with youth substance abuse issues. We put a lot of thought and consideration into our community plan. After much discussion and planning, we hope our plan will be both idealistic and practical while meeting all the goals of the “be FREE!” Project. Our group will be unveiling its plan to our coalition here in Hopkinton over the summer.

READ FULL STORY and see full-sized photos

Hopkinton Public Library Presents:

   It's All About Magic and Balloons

The much anticipated children's event, Magic and Balloons show with Ed Popielarczyk is ready to go on August 8 at 11 am in the Main Library.

Edible Wild Plants of the Northeast

Wednesday, August 15th at 7 pm with Naturalist, John Root at the Hopkinton Public Library.

Learn how to identify and use plants for food. See, touch, smell and taste them! It's a great opportunity to 'go green'.

Real Estate Transactions for Hopkinton, Massachusetts Compiled by Eric Montville for HopNews.com, July 30, 2007
Address	Buyer	Price	Date	Seller
62 South Mill Street	Mark Renner & Sacha Renner	$441,000	July   27, 2007	Gerard E. Keough Dianne M. Keough
4 Knoll Road	Jeffrey K. Huff & Danielle Moss	$258,000	July   27, 2007	Malcolm H. Arbour & Jane W. Arbour
202 Wood Street	Victoria Shay	$1,225,000	July   25, 2007	Frances L. Tuttle
53 Forest Lane unit 36	Kristyn M. Traversi & Alfred A. Traversi	$345,000	July   25, 2007	Kathleen Marks
333 Wood Street	Karen A. Murphy & William B. Brown	$347,500	July   24, 2007	Daniel Szecket & Jennifer H. Prentiss
12 Stoney Brook Road	Steven Medina & Kelly A. Medina	$885,000	July   23, 2007	Thomas Panetta, Jr. & Doris B. Panetta
Previous update:
50 Connelly Hill Road	Michael A. Hardenbrook & Kristin A. Hardenbrook	$1,074,900	July   23, 2007	Connelly LLC
1 Rosewood Lane	Jason M. Karlin & Jennifer S. Karlin	$313,000	July   20, 2007	Donald P. Watson & Amy Beth Watson
186 Pond Street	Daniel F. Bortolussi & Carla Bortolussi	$1,100,000	July   19, 2007	Terrance E. Bradley & Catherine Mains Bradley
13 Emma Drive	Eric Rogers & Ronni Leigh Rogers	$605,000	July   17, 2007	Robert S. Shammas & Karen M. Shammas
13 Fawn Ridge Road	Donald P. King, III & Kimberly S. King	$1,150,000	July   17, 2007	Cartus Financial Corporation
13 Overlook Road	Moinuddin H. Muttakin & Agrenus I. Muttakin	$1,078,100	July   16, 2007	Eagle Farm Limited Partnership
See Full List back to February 1,  2007

Today, July 30, 2007

2:47 pm A Pond Street resident reported that her dog had been missing for a few days and that the dog has run away before... Scroll down for picture

11:14 pm A caller reported that youths were along the roadway on Pond Street and was concerned that one may be sick or injured...

6:58 pm A caller from Greenwood Road reported that a suspicious person attempted to speak to his son...

6:22 pm A caller reported that a male who "did not look professional" entered a West Main Street bank... 

Lightning Strike

July 30, 2007 — The Fire Department received a call last evening from a North Street resident that lightning had struck their home, resulting in smoke in the basement. Fortunately, all that the firefighters could find was an affected low voltage transformer on some outside lights.

New England Weather at ESL Coffeehouse August 4

July 30, 2007 — New England Weather (NEW), an acoustic folk band of singer-songwriters from the Boston Metro area, will be performing at the Enter Stage Left Coffeehouse at 8:00 p.m. on August 4. New England Weather is made up of Kathy Danielson, Mike Delaney, Angela Marseglia, Tom Maynard, and Ken Porter along with their sound engineer, Mike Danielson. Collectively they've produced five CDs and recently released "A Little Sun, A Little Rain", a fifteen-song disk from the whole group. The group's name is based on the reputation of New England weather for its variability, which is reflected in the group’s different types of musical styles.

The ESL Coffeehouse Series takes place at Enter Stage Left Theater Workshop’s intimate studio setting at 30 Main Street in Hopkinton. Tickets are $10.00 per person.

Route 2 Traffic Advisory ~ MILL FIRE

Route 2 in Irving to be completely shut down due to an abandoned warehouse fire. The warehouse which is part of the Usher Paper Mill in Irving center is a fully engulfed working fire. Subsequently Route 2 East and West will be closed for approximately 4 to 5 hours while Erving Fire Dept. extinguishes the blaze.  

Traffic is being diverted off of Route 2 West at Mountain road and Route 2 East at Church St.. Travelers are advised to seek alternate routes as the traffic congestion is expected to be heavy during the morning commute.   

HAVE YOU RECEIVED THIS POSTCARD?

If you have received the postcard above and it is in color, and you are the first to call, you will receive $150.00. If you received a black and white postcard, perhaps your neighbor received one of the color ones. Ask them!

Swim, Run, Bike

September 29, 2007 — Krystn Hickman of Hopkinton and her sister-in-law Mary McCarthy of Niantic CT competed in the Danskin Women's Triathlon in Webster on Sunday July 29th. 

The Mating Game

July 29, 2007 — It appears that this dragonfly is depositing eggs while another provides air cover, north of the Lake Whitehall Dam on Saturday.

Sound of Experience

July 29, 2007 — The Senior Center was alive with the sounds of its chorus practicing on Friday afternoon.

Cheerleaders ~ Storm with Hail