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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The cost of cleaning up the PFAS-contaminated sludge at the Hopkinton-Webster transfer station and potentially relocating it off-site could cost the towns $13.8 million. The 52,000 tons of sludge containing “forever” chemicals at the transfer station...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Just a mile from their wedding venue, an accident threatened to disrupt Hayden Benson and Nicole Robillate’s wedding ceremony, but thanks to the timely response of the Hopkinton Police and Fire departments, the ceremony proceeded without a hitch.After...

By DAN ATTORRI

Saturday’s Bobcat Invitational marked the largest NHIAA cross country event that’s been run so far this season, and, in both varsity races, it was Hopkinton that topped all the Capital Area teams.Freshman Madeleine Lane continued her stellar rookie...

By DAN ATTORRI

When Tim Cox arrived to coach at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy in 2000, he was happy just to have a coaching job alongside his good friend Brent Tkaczyk, who started at CBNA in 1998. The hope was to have a competitive program, a top-five finish,...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Earth-toned benches are appearing in several communities across New Hampshire, gracing spaces such as libraries, schools, and even supermarkets. What makes these benches unique is that they’re not constructed from traditional materials like wood or...

Hay bales decorated like cows, the annual demolition derby, horseback riders shooting at targets, a monster truck show and a few tons of giant pumpkins getting weighed on Thursday night are due to be on display at the 108th Hopkinton State Fair that...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With the start of the school year just days away, school districts are still racing to complete their hiring for teaching and support staff positions.The school district that covers Weare, Henniker and Stoddard has at least four vacant teacher...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

As Pembroke girls’ soccer head coach Jess Kaufman-Desrochers prepares to kick off her 14th season leading the Spartans, a common theme sticks out in how she wants her team to approach the next few months: gradual improvement.That seems to be the motto...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL and DAN ATTORRI

Since Bow High School opened in 1997, the Falcons have only ever had one boys’ soccer coach: George Pinkham. That will change in 2023.After amassing a 347-110-18 record with four championships and 10 championship appearances over 26 seasons, Pinkham...

By DAN ATTORRI

The Bow High School golf team had as good an inaugural season in Division II as any squad could hope for. The Falcons swept the NHIAA D-II titles, winning the team championship, their ninth state crown in the last 11 years (the others were won in...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Sludge in septic lagoons accumulated over the years at Hopkinton’s transfer station has been identified as containing “forever” chemicals, and the town is working on a plan to resolve the issue. The movement comes after the Department of Environmental...

By DAVID BROOKS

Roundabout, stoplight or separating roads? Those are possibilities for the intersection of a long-debated stretch of Route 202/Route 9 near the Dunkin Donuts at the Henniker/Hopkinton border.The New Hampshire Department of Transportation will discuss...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Efforts to produce less waste in Hopkinton, including a public commitment to waste reduction, aren’t proceeding as some had hoped.At Monday’s select board meeting, Bonnie Christie, the chair of the Waste Reduction Committee, expressed a sense of...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As the movement towards sustainable living gains momentum, communities across New Hampshire are embracing refill stores, not just as retail spaces but as centers of conscious consumerism.The latest addition to the state’s refill stores is Live Free...

By RAY DUCKLER

Under the current circumstances, Melissa or Michael Coe must lift and then boost their 9-year-old daughter, Lila, over their shoulders like a large bag of flour.Once steadied and balanced, they must carry Lila, who has cerebral palsy and weighs 70...

By DAVID BROOKS

The owners of Pine Lane dairy farm in Contoocook have long gambled by raising a big part of the corn and hay needed for their cows on flat land that is designed to flood. But they didn’t have much choice.“Agriculture land is hard to come by in New...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Tucked away at the end of a dirt road in Hopkinton is a sprawling expanse of wetlands, cocooned by towering pine trees and the sound of croaking frogs, offering a sense that the area has never been touched by human hands.However, not too long ago, the...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Two communities that share a transfer station have diverging approaches to trash disposal and now are trying to figure out how to better work together to reach a common goal of waste reduction.Hopkinton requires its residents to use...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

On a busy afternoon, Beth Richards and her team were hard at work packing more than 100 meals at the recently relocated home of Local Baskit, a cook-at-home meal service formerly situated in Concord.The company now operates out of Hopkinton’s beloved...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Every day, Don Houston walks up to his old family barn in Hopkinton to photograph and document its transformation during the ongoing renovation.This century-old barn on Houston Drive, deeply rooted in Houston’s family history, holds sentimental value,...