Month: November 2010

Town Budget Updates and Volunteer Openings on Town Committees

Town Budget Updates and Volunteer Openings on Town Committees

FY12 Budget Message At their meeting on November 9, 2010, the Hopkinton Board of Selectmen voted on the 2011-12 Budget Message. All town departments, boards and committee heads were asked to abide by the following message in preparing their preliminary budgets for the Town Manager: 

Library Expansion, Donation Information and Book Sale on Saturday

Library Expansion, Donation Information and Book Sale on Saturday

Library Expansion and Donation Information Library Expansion Homepagehttp://hopkintonlibrary.org/hopkinton/libraryexpansion.asp Hopkinton Library Feasibility Study Part Ihttp://hopkintonlibrary.org/hopkinton/documents/hopk%20feas%20draft%20part%201.pdf Hopkinton Library Feasibility Study Part IIhttp://hopkintonlibrary.org/hopkinton/documents/hopk%20feas%20draft%20part%202.pdf Donate to the Hopkinton Public Library Building FundPayments are accepted online or by mail.http://hopkintonlibrary.org/hopkinton/donate.asp Friends of the Hopkinton Public Libraryhttp://hopkintonlibraryfriends.org/ Book SaleSaturday November 20, 10:00am-4:00pmFriends 

Center School/New Fruit Street School Updates

Center School/New Fruit Street School Updates

Center School tour shows need for more spaceBy Michael Morton/staff writer, Hopkinton Crier/Gatehouse News Service – Nov. 5, 2010http://www.wickedlocal.com/hopkinton/topstories/x782435394/Center-School-tour-shows-need-for-more-spaceSchool Committee Wants Special Town Meeting for New Fruit Street SchoolWants to take advantage of low construction costsby Heather Kelley, HopNews – Nov. 5, 2010http://hopnews.com/ Center School 

FY12 Town Budget Updates

FY12 Town Budget Updates

Hopkinton’s Budget Process is underway. Decisions made over the next few days and weeks will determine the funding of our schools, police, fire, and DPW, etc. For the past three years, our property tax was not increased by the standard amount (2 1/2%) in an 

State Election Results

State Election Results

How Hopkinton Voted – Unofficial Results http://www.hopkinton.org/pdf/StateElecNov2-2010Final.pdf Overall Statewide Winners for Offices and Questions on the November 2 Hopkinton Ballot (Source http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2010/) GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 48% PATRICK AND MURRAY        Democrat ATTORNEY GENERAL 63% MARTHA COAKLEY    46 Coolidge Rd., Medford     Democrat Candidate for Re-election