March 2007 - Posts

• Well-armed – Pitching could propel Hawks to the next level

  BY SAPNA PATHKA He hasn’t held the first official practice, but Dave Chase has plenty of reasons to believe his team can bring home a Class M title in 2007. The Hopkinton baseball head coach has yet to set his final lineup but already knows the Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:21 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, schools, students, baseball

• Championship target – Off strong ’06, Hopkinton aims higher

  BY MATT STOUT The news may have derailed a different program, its head coach leaving after just its second year as a varsity squad. And, quite honestly, Steve Porter, the senior tri-captain of the Hopkinton boys lacrosse team, said his initial reaction Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:19 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, sports, schools, lacrosse

• Rotary to host speech contest April 5

  The Hopkinton Rotary’s annual High School Student Four-Way Test Speech Contest will take place Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m., in the Community Room at the Hopkinton library. The contest is open to students grades 9 to 12 who prepare and present a Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 4:12 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, schools, students, rotary

• Tempers flare at Town Meeting

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR New St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Hopkinton rector, the Rev. Kevin Nichols, led the Hopkinton Town Meeting with a prayer, encouraging residents and town officials to break down the walls between them. In his opening comments, Read More... Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 2:03 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, Taxes, politics

• Residents vote to save recreation department

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Voters chose not to cut the Hopkinton Recreation Department in the name of savings at Town Meeting. This comes despite the fact that residents spoke loud and clear on Election Day, when they voted selectmen Chairman Louise Carr Read More... Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007 1:57 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, Taxes, tax rate

• Harold Martin School to get new windows, HVAC

  BY SARAH LEBRUN After a property revaluation in 2006 brought larger tax bills to Hopkinton taxpayers, 765 residents turned out at the Hopkinton School District Meeting on March 10 to ensure their taxes didn’t increase anymore than necessary this Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:41 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, schools

• Voters reject SB2 for town, school

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though most Hopkinton residents voted to support an official ballot referendum form of government, or SB2, on the school district side, the vote failed to get a three-fifths majority, and was therefore rejected. On Election Day, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:39 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, schools, political, election

• Budget, SB2 to be discussed at School District Meeting

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Though the Hopkinton School District is uneasy over recent tax increases and the possibility of losing more than $500,000 in anticipated state aid, the school board will go before the public and make its case for further increases Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:36 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, schools, budget

• FIRST – Hopkinton, John Stark win two awards

  Hopkinton High School and John Stark Regional High School in Weare joined to form Team OzRam at the 2007 Granite State Regional FIRST robotics competition at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester from March 1 to 3, and won two awards. Team OzRam won Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:35 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, schools, students, robotics

• Budget cuts – Article seeks to eliminate recreation department

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR Robert Mattes was shocked and dismayed when he first heard that a group of Hopkinton residents proposed a petition warrant article to eliminate his department and his job. “I’m disappointed, but I think that this town Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:33 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, budget