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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING – MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH Special Town Meeting will be held on Monday, October 26th at 7 pm at the middle school auditorium. Check out eHop’s summary of the STM articles and come prepared to vote! Hope to see you there! SELECT BOARD …
SELECT BOARD At its Tuesday meeting, the Select Board addressed the following: Budget Message. The board voted 4-1 to approve a budget message warning of a projected $5.7 million deficit for FY28, and request that departments submit level-funded budgets. Town Manager Elaine Lazarus stressed that …
SELECT BOARD At its Tuesday meeting, the Select Board began the FY2028 budget process, meeting jointly with the School Committee, Appropriation Committee, and Capital Improvement Committee. A challenging financial outlook was presented by chief financial officer Kyla LaPierre. Even if departments are level funded, a …
SELECT BOARD At its Tuesday meeting, the Select Board heard results from a town-funded communication and engagement outreach assessment and discussed ways to improve resident communication. Surveyed residents indicated that town information is often difficult to find, with 30% of respondents feeling poorly informed about …
SELECT BOARD At its last meeting, the Select Board voted 4-0 to approve a “robust” common victualer license policy, after months of focus on the matter. The new policy specifies conditions under which applications can be denied, subjects owners and managers to both CORI and …
SELECT BOARD At its Tuesday meeting, the Select Board covered the following: Hopkinton Police Department: Flock cameras & police chief hiring update. The board heard resident complaints about the HPD’s use of Flock cameras which use artificial intelligence to scan license plates to obtain plate …
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BOARD OF HEALTH At its meeting last Monday, the Board of Health approved a motion for the Health Department to recommend to the Select Board that the town opt out of new state laws permitting cannabis delivery to resident addresses. Due to the town’s voting …
SELECT BOARD At its Tuesday meeting, the Select Board elected Shahidul Mannan as chair, with Matthew Kizner as vice chair, in unanimous votes. Both were nominated by prior chair Joe Clark. Annual Town Meeting. The board heard a mostly positive review of the May 2nd …
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Annual Town Election 2026 will be held on next Monday, May 18, 2026. Polls are open from 7:00 am – 8:00 pm at the Hopkinton Middle School Brown Gym. Check out eHop’s Town Election 2026 page for more details and for the …
EHOP’S 14TH ANNUAL KNOW YOUR VOTE FORUM Town Meeting is right around the corner, and eHop will be holding its 14th Annual Know Your Vote forum so that you can get the answers you need from town officials before Town Meeting. Check out eHop’s Town …
SELECT BOARD Private ways seeking town road acceptance. At its Tuesday meeting, the Select Board voted on whether to approve three private ways seeking acceptance as public roads, with the ultimate decision to be made at the May 2nd Annual Town Meeting. The first considered …