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 ...

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, he and his team built the house so fast, they actually turned out to be the second. The ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Hopkinton resident Derek Owen wasn’t happy when National Grid power company started spraying herbicides under power lines near his home 36 years ago, from 1971 to 1973, and he is again taking issue with the company’s spraying this spring. “Before (1971), you would hear them coming through with chain saws ...