BY SARAH LEBRUN In a sea of motorcycles and bikers, there was one common purpose – to support the family and memory of Hopkinton police officer Sean Powers. On Saturday, Oct. 4, 304 people turned out for a motorcycle ride to benefit the Powers family. A motorcade of bikers left Hillsboro-Deering High School with a police escort ...

BY JENN McDOWELL A Henniker District Court judge ruled there is probable cause to move forward in the case of the 22-year-old Henniker man accused of killing Hopkinton police officer Sean Powers. Jeffrey Dennis is facing two charges of negligent homicide, one charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated and one charge of conduct after ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Police officer Sean Powers’ memory will ride on. Hopkinton Police Chief David Wheeler is working with two of Powers’ Hillsboro-Deering High School classmates to honor the recently killed officer with a motorcycle ride to benefit the Powers family. “The family is strapped right now with paying for the ...

BY JENN McDOWELL A young Hopkinton police officer who just joined the force in April after serving two tours of duty in Iraq was killed on Thursday, Aug. 14, when a drunk driver rear-ended him. Sean Powers, 24, was driving his motorcycle back to his home in Hillsborough after his shift at the Hopkinton Police Department around 1:30 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY When she arrived at the Hopkinton Police Department five years ago, Patricia Finnerty did a lot of listening. The department secretary heard stories and learned about people, and she decided the tales were noteworthy. Actually, she decided the stories were bookworthy. Finnerty recently put the finishing touches ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI When it comes to getting access to public information, your best bet is often to go in person to the town hall, school district office or police department itself. But that is time consuming and difficult for many people. Going online is not only simple but available at any time. The Right to Know Law does not specifically ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Officials in Hopkinton are pleased with the outcome of an investigation Neighborhood News recently conducted of how open town governments are. While some towns in the area were reluctant to give up information, Hopkinton complied with requests for town, police and school information. SAU 66, which covers Hopkinton schools, ...

BY GINGER KOZLOWSKI Have you ever wondered how much your child’s teacher is paid? How about what happened at the last school board or selectmen’s meeting? Or whether your neighbor was arrested in that commotion last week? You have every right to get that information, but it may not be easy to do so. Neighborhood News investigated ...

BY KEVIN SHALVEY If you’ve lost your dog in Hopkinton, chances are you know Fred Finnerty, the Police Department’s animal control officer. And he gets a lot of calls because there are about 1,320 dogs in town. “Which is a pretty sizable population,” Finnerty said. That’s about one dog for every four people ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Hopkinton police have been investigating the fire that destroyed the Slusser Senior Center in January, but Chief David Wheeler said it is too soon to reveal a suspect. “The investigation is going forward and we have some viable leads,” said Wheeler. “It’s a very difficult case, but we do have an ...