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Mary Pratt Birthday Party
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Lake Residents Strongly Oppose Business "Creep"
January 9, 2008 — On December 18, 2007, a majority of the Zoning Advisory Committee agreed to recommend to the Planning Board a change of zoning for a parcel of land [X] on Hayward Street behind Maria's Caffe Italiano, formerly O'Toole's [Read Previous Story].
Tina MacConnell was on hand representing the Lake Maspenock Preservation Association and expressed displeasure with what she said was the lack of a notice to Lake Maspenock residents. Mrs. MacConnell also said she was speaking on behalf of the organization in opposing the proposal.
The LMPA has now composed a letter to the Planning Board asking them to not support an Article for Town Meeting in favor of this change. The letter can be read in its entirety here. |
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"Mary Pratt Day" ~ Selectmen
Above, Selectman Mike leans over to offer a gift and plant a kiss.
January 9,
2008 — Last night the Selectmen declared it Mary Pratt Day, as official
after official, from Senator Spilka and Representative Loscocco, to
Chief of Police Thomas Irvin and Fire Chief Gary Daugherty, came Selectmen Vice-Chair Mrs. Pratt, who celebrated at a family surprise party for her eightieth birthday last week, heard speaker after speaker praise her hard work, dedicated service, and ubiquitous commitment to town issues. After the special recognition, most people left the Selectmen's business to the Selectmen and retired to the downstairs to await the arrival of the guest of honor for cake, cookies, punch and conversation. At the beginning of he meeting, Rep. Paul Loscocco-R and Senator Karen Spilka-D spoke with one voice about the need to write to the appropriate Committee Chairs as well as the Speaker to lobby the legislature to return $450,000,000 to the towns, of which Hopkinton is expected to receive around $410,000 if it comes through. Rep. Loscocco said that the State "skimmed" the money from the towns when the State needed help, and that now it is time for the State to give back. Rep. Loscocco has previously commented that the effort is one coming out of the Republican caucus, and added last evening that, "There are many Democrats who want to be a part of it." Selectmen Chair Muriel Kramer said that there would be a form letter template on the Town's website for people to use to lobby the State House for the return of the money. NOTE: HopNews expects to have a short video of the party online Wednesday. |
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Ann C. Stadum, 89
Ann C. Stadum, 89,
of Hopkinton, died Monday, January 7, 2008 at St. Patrick's Manor in
Framingham. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Lydia
(Clark) and Francis A. Crowley. She was also the wife of the late
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Negligence Leads to Gas Spill Driver props cap in gas nozzle
January 8, 2008 — Police and Fire Departments responded this morning to the Mobil station on West Main Street to find the staff already engaged in a cleanup effort to contain a gasoline spill caused by a driver who admitted to starting the pump and jamming his gas cap in the nozzle so he could walk across the parking lot and into the building to get a cup of coffee, while his gasoline pumped itself. "They're making more out of this than it is," he said of the Fire Department crew, which was applying oil booms, socks and wipes. The workers had to shovel away snow to reach gasoline that had spread toward the street, where they had already spread speedi-dry. They also threw gasoline-absorbent towels into the storm drains on both sides of the street and planned to place booms in nearby wetlands. "I've been doing this here for 15 years. The pump failed to shut off this time. I guess it was just the numbers," he said, admitting to the inevitability of such an occurrence. The MassDEP was notified, and they planned to respond. |
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Public Safety Amber Alert Awareness Day Event to be held in Braintree
On Friday, January 11, 2007, between 10:00
a.m. and 4:00 p.m., the Massachusetts State Police will host a child
safety fair at the
The event will also serve as the kickoff for
the 2008 Amber Alert Poster Contest. The United States Department of
Justice sponsors this annual poster contest that challenges fifth grade
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Planning Board Sets Goals For Legacy Farms Special Permit Abutter asks for alternate plan
January 8, 2008 — Boulder Capital Project Manager Steven Zieff was a guest of the Planning Board last evening to hammer out a timeline of bringing zoning changes for Legacy Farms before the public in the form of a Public Hearing; and to meet with the Planning Board on an accelerated schedule to complete the OSMUD for the ambitious 940 residential unit and 450,000 square foot retail/commercial, Legacy Farms project on the east side of Hopkinton. Planning Board member Ken Weismantel, who doubles as Chairman of the Zoning Advisory Committee and is shaping the OSMUD with Boulder, said, "You could go through a series of public meetings and shape it if it needs it. I think the public needs to have some input if they are going to approve it at Town Meeting." Town Planner Elaine Lazarus said that Sasaki, the development study group that the town has paid over $215,000 to date for a study of East Hopkinton, would be used for this project, and pointed to Mr. Zieff when asked where the money was coming from. It is common for a developer to pay for specialists and engineers for peer reviews of projects they submit. Mr. Zieff said that in this case it would be an escrow account. Vice-Chair R. J. Dourney suggested tackling the "lion's share" at the next meeting. "Someone else is driving that boat at the moment. We need to drive the boat," said member John Coolidge. Abutter Jane Moran, a self-professed member of the Hopkinton Citizens Association, a secretive group that distributed postcards in December with dire warnings about the project, asked for a second proposal. "Could the developer come up with a plan B in case the OSMUD doesn't pass? If you have to fall back on an agricultural plan," she said. "It is up to the citizens at Town Meeting," she said. "People are going to be asking about this in a conversational way at Town Meeting, and it would be nice to have an alternative," she said. Mr. Zieff said that the underlying zoning is addressed in the fiscal analysis, but that the company had not considered any other plan, given the engineering costs to date, and made clear they would not be warm to the idea of creating another plan. However, Mr. Weismantel saw it as an opportunity to make a needed comparison. "It would be good for the town to see what the underlying zoning would look like. There would be no open space," he said. The underlying, existing agricultural zoning would remain under either of two conditions. If the Town Meeting does not approve the zoning changes it remains agricultural. But even if the Town meeting approves the zoning changes, they will not take effect until ground is broken. The Boulder plan touts over 500 acres of open space. A Boulder Capital selling point has been that their project will be revenue positive, something that the Land Use Study Committee had identified as a criteria for developing the land during its two years of meetings. Boulder is claiming that Legacy Farms will be a $2.5 million net revenue for the town once it is complete. "It looks like a $6 million revenue swing," said Mr. Weismantel, meaning that to develop the land zoned as it is will add to the need for schools and other services, being revenue negative rather than revenue positive. |
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Ann C. Stadum, 89
Ann C. Stadum, 89, of Hopkinton died Monday afternoon at Saint Patrick's Manor in Framingham. She was the wife of the late Clarence Stadum. Arrangements are incomplete and under the direction of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton. |
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6:35 am A caller reported that a
motor vehicle hit a deer on West Main Street. The DPW responded
and removed the
12:22 pm A caller reported that a man was shoveling snow into the roadway on Oakhurst Road...
8:44 am An employee at a West Main Street business reported that a resident of Lumber Street was bothering her...
8:34 pm Sgt. Joseph E. Bennett spoke with a caller who reported that a male in a white station wagon was taking photos of him, his wife and his vehicle (Photo) while he was live parked on Main Street... Choose the Title link for the full Police News |
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Positively Hopkinton Hopkinton Resident Faith Easter Named 2008 President of Law Firm
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Positively Hopkinton Hopkinton Resident Pens Third Book It Sure Beats Working by Anne Mattina January 6, 2008 —
Hopkinton resident Michael J. Katz has just published his third book.
The first one, he explains, “was entertaining, but not very useful.” The
second, according to the author, “was useful, but not very
entertaining.” This latest? Well, “is neither useful, nor entertaining”
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All Hiller Alumni Invited to Meeting
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 at 7:00 P.M. High School Auditorium |
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ESL Presents: Annie Jr. Hopkinton Middle School Auditorium
January 12, 18 & 19,
7:00 p.m.
Over forty cast members
Choose the icon to visit ESL's website to order tickets |
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Caption: The HPTA has collected more than 400 new and nearly new dresses perfect for proms, weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, cotollions, cruises, gala events and more. The dresses are available in all styles, sizes and colors, and priced $20-$40. Many of these dresses have original tags on them and were priced upwards of $250. |
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A Landing on Hopkinton Reservoir
January 6, 2008 — John Markinac uses visual landing rules to guide his model airplane to the ground after clearing a model airplane runway on Hopkinton Reservoir late Sunday afternoon. |
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Standing Room Only
January 5, 2008 — Carol Cheney and Bernadette Keane (Singing) brought a bounty of mostly forty-something friends to a sellout, SRO performance at ESL Theater's Coffeehouse series on Saturday night at 30 Main Street Downtown. |
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Hopkinton 1, Holliston 0
January 5, 2008 — Hopkinton Hillers Hockey team brought their game to Navin Rink in Marlborough on Saturday night and bested Holliston 1-0. |
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Round Table at School Committee Meeting
by Demian David Tebaldi January 5, 2008 — The agenda was comparatively light at this week’s meeting of the Hopkinton School Committee. As there were no special presentations to be made, nor any focus group reports to the committee, the panel jumped right into new business.
Ms. Rebecca Robak and Ms. Lyn Branscomb directed round-table discussions of the School Committee’s policies-in-progress concerning student transportation, school bus safety and student conduct therein. While these policies typically evolve through multiple iterations and fine-tuning sessions spread out over several meetings, some basics of each to date are as follows:
Legacy Farms. Among the more pressing issues facing the School Committee is the coming addition of an as-of-yet unascertainable number of new students to the district, due to the planned construction of some 900 or more residential units encompassed by Boulder Capital’s ambitious Legacy Farms project in Hopkinton. Mr. David Stoldt, chosen by the panel to serve as the liaison to the developer, indicated that the planning process is one of uncertainty. As area economic conditions and housing market trends fluctuate, Boulder Capital’s master plan must by necessity adapt to accommodate those changes.
“Any changes, five to ten years from now, will affect us,” Stoldt remarked.
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Hopkinton 50, Dover/Sherborn 37
Above, Julie Grosso balances centrifugal and gravitational forces while rounding this turn and heading toward the basket on the way to a 50-37 win over Dover/Sherborn Friday evening at home. |
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Hiller Swimmers Sweep Holliston
Above, Junior Liz Gamache The Hopkinton Swimming and diving Teams swept Holliston on Friday afternoon with impressive performances from many athletes. On the girls side, Sophomore Kayla Lewkowicz won two events (50 and 100 freestyle), while Junior Kathryn Roberts won the 200 IM, and sophomores Alex Brown (100 fly) and Kate Richardson won the 100 Backstroke. The lady Hillers also won all three relays in the meet. On the boys’ side, senior Chris Campbell won the 100 fly and 50 free, and Junior Aaron Kollmeyer won the 200 and 500 freestyle events. Sophomore Will Olson won the 200 IM, and Matt Younis won the 100 Backstroke. |
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from the overflow standing-room-only audience to offer gifts and pay
respects to the 50 year veteran of town service on the occasion of her
eightieth birthday.
The
Board of Appeals will hold a continuation of the Public Hearing on
Wednesday, January 30,2008 at 7:30 PM in the Hopkinton High School,
Auditorium, 90 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA to hear all persons
interested in the petition for a Special Permit and/or Variance
filed by Omnipoint Communications, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of
T-Mobile USA, Inc., c/o Craig M. Tateronis, Esq., Prince, Lobel,
Glovsky & Tye LLP, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 2200, Boston, MA. You are
also advised that Omnipoint Communications will conduct a balloon
test on January 12, 2008 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 1 :00 PM
on the property owned by Cindy Lou Jordan located at 72 North Mill
Street, Hopkinton, MA which can be viewed from the surrounding area. The
landowner has not given permission for the public to enter onto the
site. In case of inclement weather the balloon test will be conducted on
January 19, 2008 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 1:00 PM.
The
event, located on the lower level of the mall near Macy’s, will focus on
Amber Alert awareness, abduction prevention education and the
preparation of child identification kits. Volunteers from the Molly
Bish Institute for Child Health and Safety within the Center for
Democracy and Humanity at Mount Wachusett Community College and the
Molly Bish Foundation assisted by members of the Massachusetts State
Police, Braintree Police Department and Norfolk County Sheriff’s
Department will be fingerprinting children and compiling child
identification kits for parents to use in the event that their child
goes missing or is abducted. McGruff the Crime Dog will be on hand to
entertain children and dispense information on abduction prevention.
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