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 ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY When it came time to vote on two major governmental policy changes, Hopkinton residents just said, “No.” Citizen-petitioned articles to move from five to three members on the Board of Selectmen and changing to the town manager form of government failed, although the two were close races. Hopkinton will ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s three contested town and school races were decided in the voting booth, as residents chose two new selectmen, two School Board members and a new school treasurer. The School Board race was a log jam, with seven candidates vying for only two spots. Elizabeth Durant and Peter Yunich were victorious, as ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Before voting on whether to decrease their town’s Board of Selectmen from five members to three, Hopkinton residents had the opportunity to hear the pros and cons of the citizen-petitioned warrant article that will be on the March 11 ballot. About 20 residents attended the Monday, March 3, public hearing hosted by ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Some residents think Hopkinton would be better off with fewer selectmen, and have petitioned the town to consider reducing the board from five to three members. More than 100 residents signed the petition, which asks voters to decrease the number of Board of Selectmen members, beginning with the 2009 elections, when ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYWhile Hopkinton residents will cast votes for town and school officials as well as budgets in March, Bow voters will wait until May to make their choices. Bow School District Meeting, however, continues to take place at its traditional time of the year, on March 14. Hopkinton Those interested in running for office in Hopkinton ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYThe Hopkinton Board of Selectmen accepted a long list of gifts from town members to clear the books of any donations that have not properly been received since 2002. Laws require donations of more than $5,000 to the town be accepted during a public hearing. Some felt the Slusser Center donation was not properly accepted two years ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY A Hopkinton selectman was chastised for sending public information to a newspaper owned by another selectman and not releasing it to all media outlets. Louise Carr, who has been planning the Slusser Senior Center, raised the question of whether it is a conflict of interest for Selectman Scott Flood to send her e-mails to The ...