Government

On Thursday December 5th, a Hopkinton Public Schools Public Hearing will take place at Hopkinton High School from 6 until 7pm. Topics will include Enrollment, Physical Plant Needs, 10-year Build-Out Plan and Impact of construction on academic programming. There is also an opportunity for those planning on to attend to view the newly renovated space at the White House building at 4pm.

View more in the video below!

Dear All:

Last night, the Select Board asked staff to share the attached history of the Main Street Corridor Project outreach and public input efforts.

From its beginnings in 2003 with the Voices for Vision Brainstorming Session and the creation of the Downtown Revitalization Committee, what is now the Main Street Corridor Project has gone through many revisions and changes over the years as it now approaches a final solution.

Today Massachusetts House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Senate President Karen Spilka, along with their colleagues in the House and Senate, passed legislation to ban drivers from using hand-held electronic devices in vehicles unless they are in hands-free mode.

The Select Board approved Town Managers, Norman Khumalo appointment of Christopher Heymanns as Treasurer/Collector for the Town. The Town Manager also provided an update on the proposed articles for the upcoming Special Town Meeting. The Special Town Meeting will take place on Monday, December 9th at 7pm.

The American Legion Post 202 hosted the annual Hopkinton Veteran's Day Ceremony at the Hopkinton Senior Center. Speakers included Adjutant, Michael Whalen, HHS Student, Kiki Fossbender, Pastor, Rob Davis of the Vineyard Church, David Melly from Representative Carolyn Dykema's Office and Hopkinton Veteran, Ted Hoyt. View the ceremony and highlights below!

Highlights:

Program Policy Adopted by the Board of Selectmen, October 22, 2019
Pursuant Section 2 of the Hopkinton Marathon Policy, the Select Board will distribute invitational applications for the upcoming 2020 Boston Marathon in the following manner.

Invitational entry applications will be distributed to qualified organizations through a random selection that will take place at a duly constituted public meeting. In order to qualify for the random selection, an organization must fit one of two category descriptions outlined in the Town’s Marathon Policy, namely:

Program Policy Adopted by the Board of Selectmen, October 22, 2019
Pursuant Section 2 of the Hopkinton Marathon Policy, the Select Board will distribute invitational applications for the upcoming 2020 Boston Marathon in the following manner.

Invitational entry applications will be distributed to qualified organizations through a random selection that will take place at a duly constituted public meeting. In order to qualify for the random selection, an organization must fit one of two category descriptions outlined in the Town’s Marathon Policy, namely:

The Lake Maspenock Weed Management and Control Advisory Group will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 18, 2019 at 7:00 p.m., at the Hopkinton Library, 13 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA to consider the possibility of applying the herbicides “diquat” and “endothall” in Lake Maspenock in calendar year 2020 in order to control weeds.

All interested parties are invited to attend and comment.

Attendees are requested to park in the overflow parking lot at St. John the Evangelist Parish, 20 Church Street.