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• $5.7M Hopkinton budget gets nod

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton residents weren’t in a cost-cutting mood during the annual Town Meeting, as voters agreed to add money to the Recreation Department and Public Works budgets. One item in question in the weeks leading up to the Saturday, Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:49 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, vote

• 287 Hopkinton voters pass $15.5 M school budget

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Residents filled about half of Hopkinton High School’s gymnasium during the annual School District Meeting, passing all of the articles after about a three-hour discussion. The Saturday, March 8, meeting went by with only a small Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:57 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, budget, vote

• Hopkinton board of selectmen stays at five

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY When it came time to vote on two major governmental policy changes, Hopkinton residents just said, “No.” Citizen-petitioned articles to move from five to three members on the Board of Selectmen and changing to the town manager Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:40 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, selectmen, vote

• Hopkinton town and school office winners

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s three contested town and school races were decided in the voting booth, as residents chose two new selectmen, two School Board members and a new school treasurer. The School Board race was a log jam, with seven candidates Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:35 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, selectmen, School board, vote

• Hopkinton voters reject SB2

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY One of the heated races on the ballot leading up to Election Day came on the school side of the ballot, where a citizen-petitioned Article 2 asked if voters would be in favor of switching to SB2, or official ballot form of voting. The Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 7:23 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, vote, SB2

• Costs, creationism focus of Hopkinton debate

  BY JENN McDOWELL Hopkinton School Board candidates voiced their opinions on everything from rising education costs to intelligent design – a theory that seeks to fundamentally redefine science to accept supernatural explanations being taught in Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:40 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, School board, vote

• Petition asks Hopkinton voters to OK SB2

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY HOPKINTON – The only warrant on the Hopkinton School District Election Day ballot focuses on a change in the voting process. A petitioned warrant article on the Tuesday, March 11, ballot asks voters to decide if they are in favor Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:35 PM by Bow Editor | 1 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, vote, SB2

• Hopkinton petition seeks 3 selectmen

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Some residents think Hopkinton would be better off with fewer selectmen, and have petitioned the town to consider reducing the board from five to three members. More than 100 residents signed the petition, which asks voters to decrease Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:43 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, selectmen, vote

• Hopkinton voters asked to change job from town administrator to town manager

  BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s government may have a completely different look a year from now, pending the decision of the town’s voters. One citizen-petitioned warrant article proposes the Board of Selectmen be reduced from five to three members, Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 7:37 PM by Bow Editor | 0 Comments Filed under: Hopkinton, vote

• 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