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• Hopkinton Antiquarian Society brings past to life and prepares for future

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY On Interstate 89, drivers zoom by with cellular phones, GPS navigators and DVD players installed in their cars. Less than a minute off that highway sits a building where things are a little different. The New Hampshire Antiquarian Society Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2008 2:43 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, history, Antiquarian Society

• Hopkinton rides Nichols’ hot hand, breaks free for victory

  BY CHRIS QUARTARONE Jake Nichols knew this was a special game when he scored the first three baskets for Hopkinton. He didn’t stop there, pouring in a career-high 22 points in the Hawks’ 49-26 Class M boys basketball win against the Hillsboro-Deering Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:32 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, high school sports, basketball

• Budgets trimmed

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY The Hopkinton Budget Committee has recommended several changes in both the town and school budgets. About 50 residents came out to hear the discussion on Thursday, Feb. 7, when the committee slimmed the budgets, with the recreation department Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:04 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, budget

• Bio E asks town: rebuild or leave?

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton residents will have a large say in whether Bio Energy rebuilds its West Hopkinton plant for a more environmentally friendly facility or ends its plans to operate in town. Bio Energy LLC, owner of the plant and land on which Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2008 3:46 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, Bio Energy, power plant

• Candidates vie for town, school posts

  By MATT SCHOOLEY Candidate running for Hopkinton town and school offices will be vying for open seats on Election Day 2008. Hopkinton voters going to the polls on Tuesday, March 11, will decide who will tend to town and school district matters on residents’ Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:33 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, School board, vote

• Selectmen leave two seats open

  By MATT SCHOOLEY With elections rapidly approaching, Hopkinton voters won’t see two familiar names on the ballot, as Selectmen Don Lane and Peter Russell have not filed to run for another term. Russell, a member since 2000, and Lane, since 2002, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:31 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, vote, town

• Young, gritty Hopkinton team comes up just short – again

  By Matt Schooley HOPKINTON – At each timeout or break in the action during a Hopkinton High School girls basketball game, team members put their hands in the middle of the huddle and say the same phrase: “Prove it.” Hopkinton proved Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:15 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Merrimack Valley, high school sports, basketball, girls basketball

• Town, schools take energy-efficiency pledge

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Don’t let the white stuff covering the town fool you, Hopkinton is getting greener. As part of the state Environmental Protection Agency’s Community Energy Challenge, Hopkinton has joined 21 other towns in pledging to assess Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:56 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, energy, energy-efficiency

• Hopkinton Fire chief asks for a full-time EMT/firefighter

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY After six members of his department left in September, Hopkinton Fire Chief Rick Schaefer is now looking for the town to approve money for a new full-time paramedic. During a Monday, Jan. 7, selectmen meeting, Schaefer asked board members Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 23, 2008 4:50 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, EMT, Fire Department

• Time to file for town, school district seats

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY While Hopkinton residents will cast votes for town and school officials as well as budgets in March, Bow voters will wait until May to make their choices. Bow School District Meeting, however, continues to take place at its traditional Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:13 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, election, Bow, selectmen, School board

• Buy a share in the farm

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Though the apple trees of Gould Hill Orchard are surrounded by snow, interest in purchasing 58 acres of the Contoocook property is finally heating up. The Hopkinton Rotary Club has put together a proposal to purchase the land and will Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:10 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, Contoocook, Gould Hill Orchard

• Budget increase less than 1 percent

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s Board of Selectmen set the proposed town budget, with an increase of less than 1 percent from last year’s budget. Hopkinton’s Board of Selectmen set the proposed town budget, with an increase of less than Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:30 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, budget, Board of Selectmen

• In the spirit

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY No, low-flying planes, those are not runway lights you are heading toward. They are the winners of the first Hopkinton and Contoocook holiday lighting contest. Twelve entries between the two towns vied for the first-ever crown, and the Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 19, 2007 4:14 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, Contoocook, lighting contest

• Hopkinton High School receives national recognition

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton High School was nationally recognized for its outstanding academic performance, given a silver ranking by U.S. News and World Report magazine. Although no schools in the state were ranked in the nation’s top 100, Hopkinton Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:19 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Kids & Family, Merrimack Valley, High School

• Tumbling Tots program is a hit in Hopkinton

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY A group of 2- to 5- year-olds in one room running, jumping and flipping sounds like chaos. Hopkinton’s Columbia Hall is filled with just that twice every Thursday, except with one catch. It’s organized chaos. That’s Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 4:20 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Merrimack Valley, recreation, Tumbling Tots