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Special Town Meeting Takes Only 45 Minutes Voters
approve all motions
Three Articles involved shuffling money from surplus funds to different departments. This provided for negotiated union and town official pay raises and the payment of several outstanding bills.
Three Articles appropriated funds for a Mt. Auburn Cemetery survey and
the purchase of two vehicles; a Fire Department ambulance, at $180,000,
and a 6 wheel DPW plow/sanding truck, at $170,000. The plow being
replaced, at 22 years old, has cost $23,000 in maintenance over the past
three years. Dorothy, a voter, asked, "How did these 4 line items come about?" Financial Committee member Joseph Karner said these cuts were needed to cover revenue shortfall, primarily in the area of excise taxes. The Board of Selectman further clarified that funding in these areas got returned unused, with educational positions going unfilled, good hiring practices employed such as hiring teachers at a lower rate, actual insurance benefits coming in under budget and the secretary position unfilled. All motions were approved unanimously. |
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Kenyan Safari
November 5, 2007 — Mary Costa, employee at Cornell's, shares a photo as promised from her Kenyan Photo Safari, where animals are shot with a camera, rather than a gun. Above, two cheetahs, recognizable by the "teardrop" marking under the eyes, lie in the grass as her vehicle passes by. "I spent 11 days crying over the beauty of the place," Ms. Costa said. "I've been all over the United States and Europe and this is the best trip I've ever been on." "I learned a few Swahili words, and I want to use them at the Start of the Marathon," she said. Kenyans have led the Boston Marathon pack for several years. |
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Hiller Girls Win - On to Semfinals
The girls won the Quarterfinals in Hanover yesterday, 1-0. They will advance to the Semifinals this Wednesday in Canton. Jessie Lauze about to take the hit. Keelin Bannon is #12. |
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Town Manager Before Magistrate Today
Mr. Troiano collided with another vehicle in Bourne on May 15 after returning to his East Sandwich home following a Hopkinton Selectmen's meeting (Photo, left, of Mr. Troiano at meeting before crash). The driver of the other vehicle, Lilija Berents, who was not wearing a seat belt, died in the crash. Despite wearing a seat belt, Mr. Troiano was trapped in his vehicle and suffered life-threatening injuries, including a torn aorta, and was placed into an induced coma at the hospital for an extended period to facilitate his recovery. His Falmouth District Court hearing had been postponed until now due to his recovery. A report in the Cape Cod Times Online this evening was amended from an earlier report to claim that the clerk/magistrate had ruled there was enough evidence to move forward with the charges. Mr. Troiano's attorney, Augustus Wagner, a former justice of the Massachusetts Superior and Probate Courts, was not available for comment today, but has said in the past that the bar is very low for a show cause hearing, and that a higher standard must be met before a judge. Sources have said that because alcohol was not involved, the offense itself is a misdemeanor. |
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Special Town Meeting Hopkinton High School Athletic Center 7:00 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2007
A special Town Meeting will convene on Monday and address, among other things, bringing water to two homes near the Westborough line whose wells have been contaminated by the type of road salt that the Mass Pike uses, and an ambulance for the Fire Department. |
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Marathon Flame to Come to Hopkinton
MUSEUM OF THE MARATHON RUN located in the city of Marathon Greece.
Above, Tim Kilduff with THOMAS COUNTRYMAN, Deputy Chief of Mission of the US EMBASSY in Athens, Ms ANN SIDES, Consul General of the Embassy, and SPYRO ZAGARIS, MAYOR of the municipality of MARATHON, in front of the HOPKINTON PHOTO EXHIBIT taken on the 4th of November 2007.
November 5, 2007 — "We were taken aback by what happened," said Dimitri Kyriakides, whose father is memorialized in a statue at Weston Nurseries on the Boston Marathon course, and at Marathon, Greece, where Hopkinton Athletic Association President Tim Kilduff is visiting to strengthen the Twin Cities relationship between Marathon, Greece and Hopkinton, Massachusetts. Mr. Kyriakides phoned HopNews this morning. "Marathon, Greece is becoming the center of the Marathon for the world," said Mr. Kyriakides, who was feted in Hopkinton during the dedication of the statue in 2006. According to Mr. Kyriakides, "Hopkinton was well-represented by Mr. Kilduff," who was taken for a visit to Marathon, a city on the sea, as well as the Acropolis, and was asked to speak at the AMES Conference, an association of marathons. Mr. Kyriakides said that a new Olympic Flame has been created in Marathon, Greece, and "It will come to Hopkinton for the next Boston Marathon if logistics are right. It will burn all of the time at the Marathon Museum" Mr. Kilduff met members of the Greek government who are connected with Greek culture and tourism, and they all support the connection between Hopkinton and the Marathon, said Mr. Kyriakides. "Next year, I am bringing four Marathon runners," said Mr. Kyriakides. Mr. Kilduff is scheduled to return soon, and promises plenty of photos from his trip. |
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Today, November 5, 2007
5:00 pm A walk-in from College Street reported that a female was taking leaves from her property and dumping them across the street at College Rock...
5:24 pm ...The residence was then called back again and a male party answered this time and stated that he, his wife and children were just assaulted and sprayed with OC [pepper spray] by his daughter...
3:42 pm Officer Matthew McNeil responded to West Main Street business to speak with a clerk regarding an ongoing harassment issue... |
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Robert James Hill, 63 ASHLAND -
Robert James Hill, 63, of Ashland, died
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Keep Your Frogging Dog Away! Writer attacked by dog
November 2, 2007 — It may have been Ernest Hemingway who coined the term friggin' to replace a four-letter word that was popular in the vernacular, but forbidden in print ninety years ago when he wrote A Farewell to Arms. Since then, it has become a bad stepsister to the word it replaced, having nearly the same impact as the original. Therefore, it is absent from the headline above, and in its place is a puffier, more bouncy word, frogging, which shall have the same meaning as both of the words it replaces. In fact, for the purposes of the story that follows, the frog-word is simply a euphemism for the actual intensive vulgar slang that was used impulsively by this writer on a recent day. Thursday, after hunting for a feature photo along the shore of Hopkinton Reservoir, which looks a lot like the clam flats of Cohasset at low tide these days, I took a short trail back to my vehicle parked off of Rafferty Road, at which time a beautiful young woman approached from the opposite direction with a dog on a leash. Flashback to two months ago at Purgatory Reservation when a lone dog approached from the opposite direction, unleashed and without the benefit of visible human companionship. "Hello" I called, hoping its owners were nearby. They rounded the bend, saw me, and called the dog to their side. The dog more or less "heeled" on the side opposite me and we proceeded to pass each other. The moment they passed, the dog lunged at me baring its teeth and growling, upon which time I raised my cane in anticipation of defending myself with a solid ground rule double. READ MORE... |
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Special Town Meeting Hopkinton High School Athletic Center 7:00 p.m. Monday, November 5, 2007
A special Town Meeting will convene on Monday and address, among other things, bringing water to two homes near the Westborough line whose wells have been contaminated by the type of road salt that the Mass Pike uses, and an ambulance for the Fire Department. |
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Advisory Committee to Meet Tuesday
The Zoning
Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 7:00 PM in
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Cedar Street
November 4, 2007 — The late afternoon sun put a glow through this marsh growth on Cedar Street today. |
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Serious
Crash on Route 90 East in Driver ejected - not wearing seat belt
Preliminary investigation by Trooper Robert
Ahern indicates that a 2004 Honda Accord operated by
34 year-old John Mullaney of
This crash remains under investigation with the assistance of the State Police Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Section and the State Police Crime Scene Services Section. The Newton Fire Department and Turnpike Maintenance assisted troopers at the scene. |
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Seasonal Changes
November 4, 2007 — The mallard hen enjoys her flight across North Pond this afternoon. In the background are docks pulled up to dry dock easily by the seasonal drop in water level. |
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Military Personnel Matters
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mark Lewis, left, ended up at his Hopkinton home for the weekend after stops in Okinawa and North Carolina following a seven-month tour of duty in Iraq.
Hopkinton High Class of 2007 graduate, Airman Andrew S. Beavers, son of Kathy Beavers graduated from basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Class of 2004 graduate of Hopkinton High School, Army Private Kyle A. Wagoner, the son of Betsy Wagoner, graduated from basic training at Fort Jackson, S.C. Wagoner.
NOTE: Let us know your military matters by email. |
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American Cancer Society's 31st Annual Great American Smokeout®
NOTE: Click here for a quit-smoking message from the Editor
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Crosswalk Under Study To the editor I have been reading with great interest the discussion on the Town Talk page regarding crosswalk safety in town. As chair of the Downtown Revitalization Committee I wanted to let people know that we are currently working on this very issue. In September, we had a meeting with J.T. Gaucher, of the DPW; Lt. Flannery of the HPD and Selectman Brian Herr to ask about ways to improve crosswalk visibility as well as concerns around the poor condition of downtown sidewalks. READ MORE... |
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Hillers 1, Medway 0
Tri-captain Chris Farrell clears the ball during the Hillers 1-0 win over Medway in state division 2 tournament play on Friday. The Hillers advanced and will play Somerset, at Somerset, on Sunday at 1PM.Photo by Linda Ronan |
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Hopkinton Community Spelling Bee
Winning Word: log·or·rhe·a
(lô Final Four Teams: The Dentist at Hopkinton, Hopkinton School Committee, Hopkinton Public Schools Administration, Hopkinton Public Schools Curriculum Dept. Winning team: The Hopkinton Public Schools Curriculum Department "The Farm Team": Dr. Mary Columbo, Sharon DeCarlo and Alan Keller
November 3, 2007 — Eighteen groups of four people each took part in four rounds of spelling bee, after which those winners competed in the final round that left Dr. Mary Columbo, Sharon DeCarlo, and Alan Keller as the winners. Above, prior to the start of the competition, are the Selectmen's Team consisting of Matthew Zettek, Michael Shepard and Muriel Kramer. Behind them is the Senior Center Team consisting of Ellen Wright, Barbaa Wirzburger and Jack McInerney.
HopNews readers can sharpen their spelling skills by using the
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Inside Job
November 3, 2007 — Inside Job brought their style of blues to Enter Stage Left Theater's Coffee House Series on Saturday evening. Next Saturday will be A Capella night. |
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Bad Ash Tree
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"The
News Starts Here!"
spacious High School Athletic Center. However, the low turnout
made the space look cavernous, and caused a 30-minute delay while the
Moderator, Dr. Bruce Karlin asked cable TV viewers to come and help make
the 100-voter quorum. He also allowed the usually forbidden cell
phones to be used to call voters until the start of the meeting.
November
5, 2007 — Hopkinton Town manager Anthony Troiano, as well as his
attorney Augustus Wagner and an Assistant District Attorney met with a
magistrate in Falmouth today to answer the Application for a Complaint
Hearing to see if the charge of Motor Vehicular Homicide should be moved
forward. At Town Hall today, Mr. Troiano had no comment, and Hopkinton
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Muriel Kramer said it would be
policy not to comment on the matter. 
by
Robert Falcione
LEGAL
NOTICE
to begin its detailed review of the Open Space Mixed Use Development
District (OSMUD) proposed by Boulder Capital for the Legacy Farms
development on the former Weston Nurseries land. The topic for the
November 6 meeting will be discussion of the proposed uses to be allowed
on the 728 acres, and in which general area on the land each would be
allowed. A copy of the draft OSMUD is here:
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November
4, 2007 — Tonight, at approximately 
Hopkinton
Public Library
November 4, 2007 — The American Cancer Society will celebrate the 31st
anniversary of the Great American Smokeout on Thursday, November 15.
With exactly half of the United States, including Massachusetts, now
protected by smoke-free laws, and a variety of cessation resources
available, there has never been a better time to quit smoking and enjoy
the health benefits. 
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