BY MATT SCHOOLEY Most New Hampshire residents are ready for the seemingly endless snow and ice to melt and make way for spring, but one Hopkinton resident will be rooting for the thaw to come with a much more specific agenda. The Hopkinton Rotary Club has come up with a fundraising plan to see winter out with a bang, or more ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s Rotary Club is making strides in purchasing Gould Hill Orchard, with hopes of owning the property by spring 2009. After orchard owner Erick Leadbeater was unable to strike a deal with the town to purchase the land, he put the 58 acres on the market for $2.2 million. In November, the Rotary Club ...

The Hopkinton Rotary’s annual High School Student Four-Way Test Speech Contest will take place Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m., in the Community Room at the Hopkinton library. The contest is open to students grades 9 to 12 who prepare and present a five-minute speech. This year’s topic is “Applying the Rotary Four-Way Test in ...