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 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 MATT SCHOOLEY A group of Maple Street School students wanted a swimming pool, even if they may never set foot in it. Fourth- through sixth-graders at the Hopkinton school organized a fundraiser for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, specifically for a 9-year-old cancer patient, Samantha. Samantha’s wish is to have a pool she can swim ...

Looking for a chance to see the Red Sox this summer? The Boys and Girls Club is selling $5 raffle tickets for a chance to win two seats at the July 2 game against the Texas Rangers. The seats are along the first base line, section 10, box 97, row SS, seats 11 and 12. The drawing will take place at the Hopkinton Memorial Day cookout at the ...

BY RYAN O’CONNOR Beads, balloons, feathered boas and Dixieland music set the mardi gras mood to help get 28 volunteers to Biloxi, Miss., to aid the Hurricane Katrina relief. The Feb. 17 Mardi Gras and silent auction celebration at Harold Martin School in Hopkinton served more than 225 people and raised about $7,000. “It’s ...