Kimball Pond in Hopkinton.

This is my daughter at the Hopkinton Town Library.

BY MATT SCHOOLEYOn 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 in Hopkinton houses pieces of the town’s history, and has done so for nearly 150 years ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYYou won’t see Hopkinton and John Stark fans rooting for the same team during basketball games. During the three-day FIRST robotics competition, however, fans from both schools were rooting for Oz-Ram, a team made up of both John Stark and Hopkinton students. Fans weren’t the only ones united by the team, as the ...

BY CHRIS QUARTARONEJake 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 Hillcats on Friday, Feb. 8. “He’s been shooting the ball pretty well for ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe 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 taking the biggest hit – the elimination of a requested $17,500 to hire summer camp ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYHopkinton 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 it sits, has been trying to reopen the power plant for several years, only to face opposition from ...

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’ behalf. Voting takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Hopkinton High ...

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, decided it was time to find other activities to fill their time after serving the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYDon’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 energy use, improve energy efficiency, save money and work to expand renewable energy. The ...