At a recent Hopkinton selectmen meeting, part-time Fire Chief Richard Schaefer was appointed full-time acting fire chief. He will assume the full-time duties July 13. Schaefer has been a member of the Hopkinton Fire Department and ambulance squad for 30 years. He served as the part-time chief in 1999 and also served as full-time facilities ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYIt isn’t uncommon to see employees state their case for a pay raise, but it’s rare for workers to stand up and say they just don’t need one. That’s what happened at Hopkinton’s annual Town Meeting on Saturday, March 14, as Assistant Superintendent of Public Works Steve Clough stood at the microphone ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Hopkinton Recycling Committee with host a public forum to inform residents about benefits of Pay by Bag, a program that is aimed to save money and increase recycling efforts. Selectmen also planned a public session to discuss the warrant article on Thursday, Feb. 12. If passed, the article would authorize the program and set ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYHopkinton selectmen agreed on a policy for renting out the Slusser Senior Center, a method that could potentially earn money for the building’s operating costs. During a Monday, Feb. 3, Board of Selectmen meeting, board members decided that from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. the building will remain a senior center, but after hours ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYHopkinton selectmen voted to reiterate their policy on e-mail communications during a recent meeting after discussions on whether board members were following the state’s Right to Know Law. Selectman George Langwasser brought up the subject during a Nov. 10 meeting, after Chairman Scott Flood e-mailed the four other board ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Two Wednesdays a month, Leon Kenison runs the show. Every Monday, he’s a part of it. Kenison, who has settled into his role as Hopkinton Town Administrator, has been adjusting to a job that differs from his position as chairman for the Bow Board of Selectmen. “The two are quite different,” he said. ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Despite new faces and a new chairman, the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen has meshed well entering what may be a difficult few years for taxpayers. After veteran selectmen Peter Russell and Done Lane chose not to run for re-election earlier in the year, the town brought on two new members, Jim O’Brien and Chris ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe topic of burning construction and demolition debris has once again come up in New Hampshire, as a Massachusetts company is suing the state Department of Environment Services to get a ban on burning the materials overturned. New England Recycling and a construction and demolition debris (C and D) recycling trade group claim in ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton officials will now be able to remove the word “interim” from its town administrator position. Leon Kenison, chairman of the Bow Board of Selectmen, has been named the first permanent replacement since Ed Wojnowksi left the position in August 2007. In the meantime, Bob Veloski held the ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY With two new members and a new chairman, the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen is off and running with several projects already in the works. At the Monday, March 24, board meeting, selectmen assigned new committee posts for the upcoming year. New selectman James O’Brien will be a representative for Planning and ...