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News and Information for the Town of Hopkinton
October 2007 - Posts
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Despite being debated, burned down and now debated again, Hopkinton’s new Slusser Senior Center facility is ready to open its doors. A grand opening event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 3, including music, tours and a ribbon-cutting Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY A group of children and adults now know what to do if they become lost in one of New Hampshire’s many forests, thanks to Hopkinton’s Little Nature Museum. The museum hosted two sessions, one for grades 6 through 8 and another Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK Mother Nature visited Saturday, Oct. 27, extending Hopkinton’s season. Epping visited Sunday, Oct. 28, ending it. Despite what girls soccer head coach Curt Martin called a solid effort, the No. 3 Lady Hawks dropped a 2-1 Class M Read More...
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BY RYAN O’CONNOR If the Hopkinton boys soccer team hopes to defend its state crown, coach Scott Zipke said his players must play much more consistently than they did late in the regular season. “I think they’re ready to go, but they Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Chuck Knox was just happy to get out of the woods with all of his limbs intact. The executive director of Five Rivers Conservation Trust said during the opening of a new nature trail in Hopkinton that the process was not easy. “We Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Steve Reddy is ahead of the game in New Hampshire. The Hopkinton builder, and owner of Zetland Homes, thought he was building the third “green home” in the state of New Hampshire when he started digging in mid-June. However, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Time to play ball in Hopkinton? Not so fast. Plans to build a practice baseball field on Park Avenue have been put on hold until after a public hearing on Oct. 29. But at the Monday, Oct. 15, selectmen’s meeting, some ethical questions Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK The postseason cost of its second-half lapse was kept to a minimum. But a relapse like that – at this time of year – means a collapse of Hopkinton’s field hockey season. In the final regular-season game for both teams, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Without someone to pass it along to and struggling with tax issues in town, a large portion of Gould Hill Orchards is officially on the market. After several years of working with Hopkinton to find a way to keep the property as a working Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY A dispute over whether to build a baseball field or return a $40,000 investment will come before the Board of Selectmen. A portion of land Hopkinton purchased several years ago sparked a debate during the board’s recent meeting, Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY While more students own electronic devices that make their lives easier, school officials are often forced to deal with the increasing number of devices on school grounds. Many of the area schools have different ways of dealing with the Read More...
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BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton taxpayers won’t see an increase in the tax rate for 2007. While town and school tax rates remained level, the county tax increased slightly. Overall, the Hopkinton tax rate for 2006 and 2007 remained the same at $21.05 Read More...
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BY JERRY LIPTAK Less than 10 minutes into a girls Class M soccer match Sept. 19, Hopkinton coach Curt Martin said he knew his team was in trouble against host Hillsboro-Deering. With the ball rolling untouched near the H-D goal, Hopkinton had a good chance Read More...
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