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Establishing roots here in the 1700s, the extended Fitch family made significant contributions to the life of Hopkinton and beyond. Early members included the prominent clergymen Elijah Fitch and Nathaniel Howe. In the 19th century, family members were farmers, town employees, abolitionists, political activists and Civil War soldiers. Descendants include best-selling children's author Lucy Fitch Perkins who spent her high school years at the family home, Elmwood Farm on Ash Street, still standing today.

Establishing roots here in the 1700s, the extended Fitch family made significant contributions to the life of Hopkinton and beyond. Early members included the prominent clergymen Elijah Fitch and Nathaniel Howe. In the 19th century, family members were farmers, town employees, abolitionists, political activists and Civil War soldiers. Descendants include best-selling children's author Lucy Fitch Perkins who spent her high school years at the family home, Elmwood Farm on Ash Street, still standing today.

Welcome to Day 2 of HCAM Connections Week, where we are focused on, well, connecting you... to everything we do! Actually, we have so much to share it’s taking us two weeks to fit this week in, so here we go!

Today we're promoting our twitter page... Speak your mind in 280 characters. Do you follow us? Our mission is to bring you everything Hopkinton, so check us out. Until October 25, we’re counting the follows and retweets, and every day is another HCAM water bottle giveaway, so visit us, and thanks!

All winners will be announced at the end of the contest.

The Hopkinton Fire Department kicked off Fire Safety Week with their annual open house. The event allowed the hardworking Men and Women of the Fire Department to show off some of the equipment they use and to educate about some of their daily tasks.

There were also a number of activities to inform about Fire Safety. View highlights below!

Calling all dreamers! Heart-Dreamer contains 255 pages of inspiration, encouragement, support, and the life experiences and wisdom from Cheryl Melody Baskin and from people all over the world. Every word provides hope, healing, personal growth, self-discovery, experiential opportunities, heart-listening and love. Heart-Dreamer is here to say that no matter what you have gone through, you have the power to reach for the stars and step into your dreams!

“Birsdcaping: Home Sweet Habitat” with Jana Milbocker and Joan Bulter will be held at The Hopkinton History Center, 168 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton. Our club’s general meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. The speaker portion is at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. New members are welcome any time during our club year.

South Asian Circle of Hopkinton (SACH) is hosting their 2019 Annual Diwali Gala Dinner on Saturday, November 9th, 2019.

Come aboard the SACH express to experience a vibrant journey across the South Asian sub-continent, from Sri-Lanka to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. An evening filled with fun, delicious food & drinks, entertainment, community networking and cultural shows that represent multi-cultural aspects of the Indian Sub-Continent.

The Alliance for Community Media held its annual convention and video competition in Portland, Oregon this summer. The annual video contest judges video entries from across the country. Community Television producers were allowed to submit entries within a variety of categories ranging from documentary, sports, arts and culture. Hopkinton resident Donald Cronin was the director of the local Holliston based TV news/magazine show, “Heartbeat of Holliston” which won first place for best news magazine show. The show is produced by Holliston resident Chryso Lawless.

The Hopkinton Senior Center hosted an open house as well as their annual Bocce event featuring the Senior Center staff, Seniors team, Hopkinton Police and Fire. The Seniors came in strong this year and looked to earn their first Bocce challenge championship. View scenes from the open house and Bocce event below!