BY MATT SCHOOLEYSanta’s coming to town, but first, he’s calling to check in. The Hopkinton Recreation Department is sponsoring a new Santa calling program, as Recreation Director Justin La Vigne continues to expand the town’s holiday season schedule. Parents can pick up forms at the Slusser Senior Center, Town Hall and library ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s Columbia Hall will be closing Oct. 1, leaving the Recreation Department scrambling to find somewhere to hold multiple programs. Two outside firms checked on the safety of the building, finding concern over the trusses supporting the roof. Selectman George Langwasser said the decision came down to the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYA 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 how Sara Greene, instructor for the Recreation Department’s Tumbling Tots program, describes ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Justin La Vigne will pack his bags and head up the East Coast, from Danville, Va., to Hopkinton, where he’ll take over as head of the recreation department. “I’m really excited to move to the Northeast,” he said. “I’ve lived in quite a few areas around the country, including Virginia, ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORRobert Mattes moved the cutter across the flat, red glass, clamped down and broke the sheet in half. “Next, you align the specifically shaped piece of glass next to another, like a puzzle,” said Mattes, Hopkinton’s recreation director, as he described stained-glass making to a class. Mattes has always been ...