BY MATT SCHOOLEY Hopkinton residents weren’t in a cost-cutting mood during the annual Town Meeting, as voters agreed to add money to the Recreation Department and Public Works budgets. One item in question in the weeks leading up to the Saturday, March 15, Town Meeting at Hopkinton High School was the town’s summer camp, ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY Residents filled about half of Hopkinton High School’s gymnasium during the annual School District Meeting, passing all of the articles after about a three-hour discussion. The Saturday, March 8, meeting went by with only a small amount of debate as the $15.5 million operating budget passed. Of the town’s ...

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 One of the heated races on the ballot leading up to Election Day came on the school side of the ballot, where a citizen-petitioned Article 2 asked if voters would be in favor of switching to SB2, or official ballot form of voting. The article required a three-fifths majority vote, but fell far short of that number. Only ...

BY JENN McDOWELL Hopkinton School Board candidates voiced their opinions on everything from rising education costs to intelligent design – a theory that seeks to fundamentally redefine science to accept supernatural explanations being taught in some schools – at a recent forum. On Sunday, March 2 more than 50 residents ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEY HOPKINTON – The only warrant on the Hopkinton School District Election Day ballot focuses on a change in the voting process. A petitioned warrant article on the Tuesday, March 11, ballot asks voters to decide if they are in favor of switching to SB- 2, which would allow voting by official ballot form of ...

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 SCHOOLEY Hopkinton’s government may have a completely different look a year from now, pending the decision of the town’s voters. One citizen-petitioned warrant article proposes the Board of Selectmen be reduced from five to three members, while another petition asks voters to switch from the current town ...

By MATT SCHOOLEY   Candidate running for Hopkinton town and school offices will be vying for open seats on Election Day 2008. Hopkinton voters going to the polls on Tuesday, March 11, will decide who will tend to town and school district matters on residents’ behalf. Voting takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Hopkinton High ...