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• No tax hike

  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... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:50 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Taxes, schools

• Tax error prompts revaluations

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Beginning in September, the town of Hopkinton will begin to correct its own mistakes by revaluating homeowners’ property in town due to a software problem regarding last year’s tax bills. Hopkinton attempted to upgrade its Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:39 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Taxes, homeowners

• 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

• Residents want spending curbed

  BY RYAN O’CONNOR School district treasurer Arnold Coda and several other residents voiced displeasure with what they termed excessive spending by selectmen and the school board. At the town and school district budget hearing on Jan. 24, roughly Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 31, 2007 4:40 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Taxes

• Tax burden

  Little Nature Museum may be forced to relocate BY RYAN O’CONNOR Eric and Sue Leadbeater, owners of Gould Hill Orchards, aren’t the only ones who may be affected by the town of Hopkinton’s inability to find a partner with when to purchase Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 29, 2006 3:38 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Taxes

• Shock over Hopkinton tax bills

  By Ryan O’Connor Staff Writer Donald Gleason gasped for air when he opened his latest tax bill. His four-room, 720-square-foot home jumped in assessed value from $114,600 to $210,700. Even though he is receiving a $500 veterans tax credit and $395 Read More... Posted Friday, October 20, 2006 11:21 AM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, Taxes