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HOPKINTON INDEPENDENT Vol. 20 | No. 16 | August 7, 2019

MassDOT discusses ideas for safer I-495/I-90 interchange By John Buday Contributing Writer

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Step in time Hopkinton’s Steve Spector of the band Hot Acoustics engages some children during a July 28 performance at the Town Common, part of the Concerts on the Common series.

he interchange connecting I-495 and I-90, an area known for daily backups and weekly crashes, will see a redesign to meet current traffic and safety demands. The project is being funded and directed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, and officials met with Hopkinton residents on July 27 at Town Hall to discuss their three design concepts for the new interchange. They also shared information on a fourth, preferred alternative drawing from the three base ones. At the meeting, the first of four scheduled in the area, project manager Ryan McNeill of MassDOT outlined the need for the project. “The good news is we got quite a bit of feedback,” he said, standing next to a projected slideshow. “And the even better news is that the feedback we got from the users of the interchange closely matched the analytical data that we had regarding congestion and safety.” MassDOT | 11

‘Jeopardy!’ no trivial pursuit for HHS’ Meyer Teacher fulfills dream with appearance on legendary game show Hopkinton High School English teacher Shari Meyer made an appearance on “Jeopardy!” with longtime host Alex Trebek.

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t’s the ultimate for any trivia buff: an appearance on the long-running television game show “Jeopardy!” Hopkinton High School English teacher Shari Meyer finally got her chance to live out a dream, flying to Los Angeles and appearing on the penultimate episode of Season 35 that aired July 25, more than three months after it actually took place. And while it did not end as she had hoped — Meyer finished third in a close game that came down to the final question — it’s an experience she won’t

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Dee King announced last month she is stepping down as athletic director at Hopkinton High School to spend more time with her family. King, who became AD in 2016, earned the respect of the HHS community for her diligence, work ethic and enthusiasm. The Hillers had tremendous success under her watch, including this past school year as three teams reached state championship games and the golf team captured its second straight Division 2 state title. King will remain at the school as a guidance counselor. For more, see Page 16.

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usan Graham has a simple request: Please save her life. The 57-year-old has known for many years that this day was coming, when her kidneys would fail and she would be on the list for a transplant — with about 100,000 other Americans. Graham, who has lived in Hopkinton for the past 26 years, found out in her 20s that she had polycystic kidney disease. She was tested (blood work and an ultrasound) after learning that her mother had been diagnosed with issue. INDEPENDENT the same “It’s hereditary, THOUGHTS if one of your parents has it you have a JERRY SPAR 50 percent chance of getting it,” Graham explained. “What it does is it causes cysts to grow on your kidneys, and those cysts eventually grow so large and there are so many of them that your kidneys stop functioning. “So I’ve known I’ve had this for a long time, and my kidney function has declined to the point where I was put on the kidney transplant waiting list, which I have been on for 3 1/2 years.” As she slowly but steadily declined to the point where her kidneys now operate at about 5 percent of their capacity‚ Graham sought out relatives and friends to see if someone could donate one of theirs (most people can get along fine with just one of their two kidneys). No one who was tested matched her blood type — even her sister, who does not have the disease. It doesn’t help that most of her relatives are in England, where she was born and spent her first 8 years before moving to Toronto. So now she waits for either a living donor or a cadaver kidney, for which the average wait is five to six years. Meanwhile, she is on daily — actually nightly

would be more accurate — dialysis at home. She had a catheter surgically placed in her abdomen that she connects to the dialysis machine each evening. During the night, the machine sends fluid into her peritoneal cavity (which covers the abdominal organs). Via osmosis the fluid draws waste out of her blood through the peritoneal lining. The waste is removed and clean fluid is sent back into her body. This process occurs six times per night. While Graham sometimes is able to sleep through the process, she often wakes up due to the machine beeping with an error message or from pain caused during the draining when the suction causes the catheter to stick to her internal organs. And yet she generally considers herself among the fortunate ones. “I feel like I’m luckier than most people because I’m able to do this type of dialysis at home,” she said. “A lot of people have to go to dialysis centers, and that is very grueling, very difficult on the body. People have to do that three or four times a week, and on their off days they’re usually in bed. It’s very, very tiring. So I’m one of the lucky ones that’s able to do it at home.” Graham also feels fortunate to have learned early on that she had the disease. While there is no cure, those afflicted can help their cause by staying healthy, especially controlling their blood pressure. “There isn’t anything that you can do to stop the progression of the disease,” she said. “There’s no medicine, there’s no cure. Of course, if you eat properly and exercise — like everyone is supposed to do — that certainly helps as far as overall general health, because your kidneys control your blood pressure. So as your kidneys fail you can get increased blood pressure, which leads to strokes and other illnesses. So if you can eat properly and exercise to maintain a Graham | 3

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good blood pressure, that’s really the only thing you can do. But there’s nothing to stop the actual disease.” Added Graham: “With this particular disease, the good thing about it is if you can control your blood pressure usually you can feel pretty good and have a pretty normal life. You feel good, other than being a little bit tired. Actually, this disease is more common than a lot of people realize, because until your kidneys have declined to about 10 percent of their function you don’t really get any symptoms.” Graham said she has “an active, normal life,” aside from the fact that she has to schedule everything around the dialysis, which takes about 10 hours including preparation and follow-up work — each morning she has to track and report to her dialysis center her blood pressure, weight and temperature. Additionally, she only has about 20 feet of tubing, so she can’t stray far from the machine while she is connected. Meanwhile, she is energized by championing the cause of organ donation. Certainly saving herself is foremost on her mind, but she also hopes to help make a difference for the approximately 125,000 others who are similarly in need of an organ transplant. Graham does volunteer work for New England Donor Services, the organization that coordinates organ transplants in Massachusetts, going out into the community and talking to people about organ donation. “It’s a matter of educating people,” she said. “About half the people are already registered, which is great. The other half aren’t interested in organ donation, and it’s usually because they’ve been given false information. The biggest objection I hear from people is that, ‘If I get into a car accident or I go to the hospital if I’m sick, the doctors and nurses will not try as hard to save my life if I’m an organ donor,’ which is completely false. I don’t know why people believe that, because nobody — no doctor, no nurse, no EMT — wants anybody to pass away on their watch. They do everything they can to save your life. And the decision as to who is going to be an organ donor is not made by the doctors and nurses at the hospital you go to anyway. It’s administered by New England Donor Services. So that’s absolutely false, but people think that. “The other reason they don’t want to register is they say they’re too old. Now, for bone marrow I believe they

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don’t let people donate after the age of 60, and I don’t know why. But for organ donation there is no age limit. There was actually a lady in Scotland who was over 100 who donated her corneas to a blind person. A lot people say, ‘Oh, you don’t want my organs, they’re really old,’ or, ‘I have really poor eyesight, you don’t want my eyes.’ Well, to a blind person, poor eyesight is great. They’d love to have any eyesight. So nobody should count themselves out from being an organ donor for any reason. “I encourage people to register, because if you can become a donor, that’s great. But if you pass away and you haven’t registered we lose that opportunity to save a person’s life. And one donor can save up to eight people with a heart, lungs, two kidneys, liver — it’s organ and tissue, also, so skin for burn victims, corneas for blind people.” She also seeks to educate people that not only can they register to donate their organs upon their death, as many already do, a kidney is something that can be donated by a living person. We are born with two kidneys, and if one is removed the other enlarges on its own and handles the job itself. Someone willing to donate a kidney would go through stringent testing — including psychological analysis — to minimize the chance that there would be future health issues. And, Graham noted, “If anything did happen to their remaining kidney, because they had been a kidney donor they would shoot right to the top of the

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soon forget. Her journey began when she took an online quiz through the show’s website. “This was my second time taking the online test,” said Meyer, who also unsuccessfully tried out for the “Jeopardy!” Teen Tournament back when she was in high school in Staten Island, New York. “Everyone who gets on the show starts the same way, with the online test. They offer it a couple of times a year. It takes about 15 minutes. You have 12-15 seconds to type in an answer, and there’s 50 clues. I knew I had done pretty well on that. Then you wait. And if you get lucky they call you.” Meyer eventually did get a call, and she was invited to an audition being held at the W Boston hotel. In case she wasn’t nervous enough, Meyer had a personal reason to be even more worried. “I told this story on the show about my son, who will be 2 in September,” she said. “Well, when I auditioned he was 2 months old. It was November of 2017. It actually was the first time I had left my son for more than like an hour, hour and a half, because he was still so little.” For the in-person audition, candidates take a written test and are taken three at a time to play a mock game, which is videotaped. They are told the show will keep their information on file for 18 months. Meyer’s window was closing when she finally for the call this past March, some 16 months after her audition. “I really had given up hope,” she said. “I was shocked when they called. It was March 15th and they said, ‘Can you come on April 6th?’ And I was like, ‘OK!’ And then I hung up and was like, well, now I have to figure out that whole part of getting there. Do we bring our child, do we leave him home? We hadn’t left him overnight with anybody. So there was a lot of logistical things to figure out fairly quickly.” She also needed to get in some final preparation. In addition to catching up on past episodes of the show, which she

They tell you when you’re in the contestant room that something like 40,000 people a year take the online test, they have about 4,000 audition and they have 435 spots for a season. — Shari Meyer had sitting in her DVR, she listened to a couple of trivia-based podcasts during her commute to and from work. Meyer, a Boston University graduate who is heading into her ninth year teaching at HHS, said she didn’t spend much time on her weaker subjects like physics and astronomy, feeling that she had too much ground to make up and not enough time to do it. So she just hoped that they would not be categories when she played. “Being a teacher is a pretty demanding job, and having a toddler at home, it’s a lot,” she said. “And I live in Somerville, I drive an hour each way for work, so it doesn’t leave a whole lot of extra time for studying. So what I decided to do was shore up some areas that I felt were strengths. I didn’t work on my strongest strengths — I didn’t study lists of authors of books, like I really know that stuff. But I borrowed a couple of other teachers’ [study aids], like the history teachers, I got AP flashcards from them. And I did buy a little atlas and I studied maps a little bit just to get a sense of what bordered what. So, stuff that I felt like was a little refresher — like, I knew this at one point in my life, and if I can refresh it it would be good.” Meyer and her husband — their son ended up staying back with his grandparents — flew to Los Angeles on a Friday, the day before the taping. The show films five episodes in one day, and because they were the final five games of the season, with a months-long break before the next taping, Meyer knew that even if she won she could return on Sunday and be back at Hopkinton High School for classes on Monday.

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On Saturday morning, Meyer was picked up by a shuttle at her hotel at 7 a.m. “They do a pretty lengthy contestant briefing session in the morning with lots of rehearsals,” she said. “Then they tape three shows. Then there’s a lunch break, and they provide lunch for anyone who wasn’t on the first three shows. After the lunch break they film the next two.” After lunch, Meyer was tabbed to appear on the first afternoon game. Her opponents were Eric Kaplan, a retired physician from Southern California, and defending champion Jason Zuffranieri, a math teacher from New Mexico. When Meyer left Boston, shows had just started to air featuring James Holzhauer, the Las Vegas gambler who went on a record run on the show, winning 32 games and almost $2.5 million. Meyer was relieved when she got to the taping and Holzhauer was nowhere to be found, as he was one of the most dominant players in the show’s history. Her show finally began, and she quickly realized it was going to be more challenging than she thought — mainly because contestants have to time their buzzer just right in order to even have a chance to respond to the clue being read by legendary host Alex Trebek. “I tried to buzz in on many more of those clues, which is so obvious if you watch it on TV, you can see me furiously ringing in,” she said. “There are lights alongside the board that you can’t see on television. When Alex finishes reading the clue, there’s someone sitting on the side who then flips a switch, those lights go on, and those lights are the cue that, OK, your buzzer will work now. So it’s not just do you know the stuff but can you time the ringing in of the buzzer. I went through many, many scenarios of things that could go wrong, and one of them absolutely was I wasn’t going to get the hang of the buzzer.” After the first round, Meyer had $3,200. Kaplan led with $6,800 and Zuffranieri was at $6,000. In the second round, in which the money values are

doubled, Meyer had her only miss in 11 responses during the first two rounds, a question about the movie “Captain Marvel,” and it was a costly one: $1,200. Meyer said as the game went on and she sat firmly in third place, it started to affect her. “I feel like I spent way too much time looking at the scores and looking at how poorly I was doing relative to the others in the second round,” she said. “It started to build some frustration, and I wonder if I’d just been more focused on ‘Clue, ring in, respond,’ ‘Clue, ring in, respond,’ if I would have been a bit better on the buzzer.” Heading into Final Jeopardy, which consists of one last question, Meyer was in third place with $6,000 but still in striking range, as her competitors had $14,400 and $12,000. Had she been able to answer the final question she would have won, as the other two players also got it wrong. However, she bet all $6,000 — bets have to be made before the clue is revealed — and had no response. She joined Kaplan with no money in the end, while Zuffranieri finished with $4,400. The Final Jeopardy clue, in the category “1970s Album Reviews,” was a tough one: “[The magazine] Rolling Stone said this 1976 album had ‘the best and worst tendencies of LA-situated rock’ and was an ‘unflattering portrayal of the milieu.” “I went through a classic rock phase, and I really hoped it was going to be about Pink Floyd, ‘Dark Side of the Moon,’ then I’ve got this,” Meyer said. “I’m just going to put the bet and hope for the best. It just didn’t work out that way.” Meyer left her response blank, after what she called “the fastest 30 seconds of my life.” The answer was the Eagles’ “Hotel California.” As it turns out, she could have won the game had she bet nothing — although she obviously had no way of knowing the other competitors would miss the clue as well. But that made her second-guess herself. “That’s another thing that people say you should be prepping before you go on the show, is really learning how to do that wager math,” she said. “My other nightmare was I would have no idea what to do with the knowledge of how much money separates each person, and sure enough, I had no idea what to do. … I guess I went for a Hail Mary, wagering everything.” Meyer | 5

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After her wager and response were revealed, she looked into the audience in the direction of her husband, who was sitting toward the back. “I looked over to him — you can see it a little bit on camera — right after it was revealed I didn’t have an answer,” she said. “I looked at him and made some sad eyes. I had a couple of friends who came as well, who live out in California. So I wasn’t just looking at him, I was looking for any empathy I could get from my mini-cheering section. It’s really intense up there.” With her appearance complete, Meyer stayed to watch the taping of the season’s final episode. A number of well-known past champions had showed up to support Trebek, who recently was diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Although there was speculation he might retire, Trebek has returned for the 36th season, which recently started taping. As for her interactions with Trebek, Meyer said: “It is what you see on TV, and that is it.” “I think he has to keep distance so that everything’s on the up and up, legally speaking,” she said. “I was pretty neutral on him going in. I’m not a super fan the way some people are. But he really is the show. And he’s a consummate professional. He’s funny, he’s gracious, he answered so many of the audience’s questions during every single commercial break.” The next day, Meyer returned to Boston, and she was back in school that Monday. She had to sign a nondisclosure agreement that stipulated she would forfeit her prize money if she revealed results of her game and it became public.

She informed her parents and in-laws, but kept the details a secret at school. “The people who asked the most questions, probably not surprising, were my students,” she said. “Some of them were really persistent during the [James Holzhauer] era, because they wanted to know if I had to play against him. It was kind of fun having that be a secret that I knew and they didn’t, like, nope, he will lose eventually, and it will be before I get there.” In all, Meyer looks back on her whirlwind experience with pride. “They tell you when you’re in the contestant room that something like 40,000 people a year take the online test, they have about 4,000 audition and they have 435 spots for a season,” she said. “So, you’re really already in the 1 percent. And I kind of thought about it, two-thirds of the people who go on the show lose on every episode. And when you catch a champion on a streak … “I did feel sorry for myself a little bit. And there was some emotional processing that I needed to after the loss. But he beat us all. He beat everyone. He’s a Tournament of Championscaliber player. He’s another teacher. He was a nice person. So I tried to keep my pity party in check.” In the following game, Zuffranieri trounced his two competitors, ending the season as a six-day champ, with $137,300 in total winnings. Meyer, meanwhile, received $1,000 for finishing third, along with a tote bag, a hat and a pen. “I can’t complain losing to a Tournament of Champions-level player,” Meyer said. “I’m still glad it wasn’t [Holzhauer]. All those contestants, it’s their lifelong dream, too, and he basically mowed everyone down. So I’m glad like I felt like I had a fighting chance.”

One woman’s personal mission to encourage organ donation Graham | from page 3

list for a kidney transplant. Donors are really well taken care of.” That includes the financial side of the process. “There’s absolutely no cost to a donor,” Graham said. “If somebody came forward to volunteer a kidney to me, my insurance company will pay for all of their testing, all of their surgery and all of their followup care.” Graham is registered at two transplant centers in Massachusetts — UMass Medical Center in Worcester (508-334-1269) and Mass. General Hospital in Boston (877-644-2860). She encourages anyone with interest to reach out to one of those facilities, keeping in mind that they always can decide to back out at any time. “I think if anyone would consider it,

if they would just make the phone call and go into UMass or Mass. General, talk to the people there, go armed with all of your questions,” she said, “and at any point in the process if you’re not comfortable you can just say, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ But if people could just consider it it would be phenomenal. It would save my life, because I have the dialysis treatment right now, but you can only survive on that treatment for an average of six years. I’m 57 right now. I’m not going to be able to get to 80, 85, 90 without a kidney transplant. I can’t survive on dialysis for that long. And unfortunately there’s over 120,000 people in this country just like me.” Added Graham: “For anybody to consider donating a kidney and becoming an organ donor would mean the world to me. They would save my life.”

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Resident jailed after alleged assault on father Hopkinton resident Kyle Connors has been held without bail since an incident in late June in which he allegedly tried to drown his father. Connors, 34, was arrested on June 24 at the home where he lived with his father at 4 Cranberry Lane. Hours earlier he had been released from jail following his arrest for suspicion of driving while intoxicated. That led to his father demanding that he move out, which prompted the assault, according to prosecutor Pavan Nagavelli, who represented the state at a hearing in Framingham District Court on June 28. In a 911 recording played for Judge David Cunis, Connors’ father could be heard yelling, “He’s chasing me! Help! Help! Help!” Connors allegedly pursued his father past their driveway and held him in a neighboring pond, where witnesses told police Connors punched his father in the face and dunked his head in an apparent attempt to drown him. A neighbor intervened and separated the two. “Some people may say it is foolhardy to get involved in a situation like this, but I’d say this man was pretty courageous,” Cunis said, according to a report in the MetroWest Daily News. “A hat’s off to him, whoever he is.” When police arrived they shocked Connors with a Taser to get him under control. Connors was charged with attempted murder, strangulation, two counts of assault and battery on a person older than 60, and malicious destruction of property, causing more than $1,200 worth of damage. Nagavelli, citing the threat to Connors’ father and the public, asked the judge to hold Connors without bail for 120 days. Cunis agreed, ordering Connors held as a danger.

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At its last two meetings (June 25 and July 9), the Select Board announced a number of appointments to town boards and committees. John Morris, Beth Ann Malloy and Amman Haidri were appointed to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board. Ed Harrow, Jim Ciriello and Melissa Recos were appointed to the Conservation Commission. Don Wolf and John Palitsch were appointed to the Council on Aging. Don Wolf, Andrea Wilk and Meena Kaushik were appointed to the Cultural Council. Beth Watson, Nanda Barker-Hook and Christine Rembry were appointed “The Big Picture in a Small Town”

to the Historical Commission. Ruth Knowles was appointed to the Keefe Tech Regional Technical School Committee. Adam Munroe and Tab Kadlik were appointed to the Marathon Committee. Colleen Charleston and Carole Nathan were appointed to the Marathon Fund Committee. Robert Scott and Michael DiMascio were appointed to the Permanent Building Committee. Patricia Sinacole was appointed to the Personnel Committee. John Morris was appointed to the Tax Relief Committee. Kenneth Parker and Jamie Wronka were appointed to the Trail Coordination and Management Committee. Jane Moran, Barry Rosenbloom and Select Board member John Coutinho were appointed to the Upper Charles Trail Committee, with Brian Fitzgerald named an alternate member. Sean Davan and Tina Berlad were appointed to the Woodville Historic District Commission. Alice Joyce, Tracey Ferenscik and Dawn Ronan were appointed to the Youth Commission. The Select Board unanimously voted to appoint Miyares & Harrington LLP (J. Raymond Miyares) as town counsel and the firm of Mirick O’Connell (Nicholas Anastasopoulos) as labor counsel, both for one year. The Select Board also affirmed the following town manager appointments: parking clerk Geri Holland, animal control officer William Proctor, inspector of animals Elizabeth Jefferis, plumbing and gas inspector Charles Dabritz, assistant plumbing and gas inspectors Peter Zereski and Dan Hunt, wiring inspector/person to cut wire in case of fire Ed Hicks, assistant wiring inspectors James Melnick Jr. and Kevin Bouret, mutual aid building inspector Michael Crisafulli, sealer of weights and measures Louis Sakin, and public weighers John Palmer, Jaynne Adams, Jessica Palmer, Jaime Wright, Chelsea Adams and William Robinson. Additionally, the Select Board voted to appoint the following as traffic constables: Jon Kraus, Dan Smith, Evan Brooks, Meaghan DeRaad, Jane Goodman, Deric McGill, Darlene Haines, Stephen Iadarola, John Litchfield, James Collins, Douglas Lewis, Carl Harris, Stephen Slaman, Douglas Oliver, Stuart Montgomery, Thomas Poirier, William Proctor, Robert Santucci, Richard Flannery, Thomas Griffin, Cynthia Valovcin, Braeden Luiz, David Shane and Charles Wallace.

Openings for ZAC The Planning Board is seeking Hopkinton residents interested in serving on the Zoning Advisory Committee in varying capacities. The purpose of the ZAC is to review and develop proposals for zoning bylaw and zoning map amendments, and to make recommendations to the Planning Board in preparation for Annual Town Meeting. The board is looking for residents committed to addressing various zoning-related topics in depth, and committed to attending regular evening meetings year round. Positions available are: two at-large members (two-year terms), one member from the Chamber of Commerce (one-year term), one member from the Conservation Commission (one-year term), one member from the Board of Appeals (one-year term) and one member from the Planning Board (one-year term). The Planning Board also may appoint up to five non-voting associate members to serve a oneyear term. Applicants should send a statement of interest of 250 words or less to John Gelcich (jgelcich@ hopkintonma.gov) by noon on Aug. 9. For more information, email or call Gelcich (508-497-9745).

CPC accepts funding applications The Hopkinton Community Preservation Committee is accepting draft project funding applications for the fiscal year 2021. Applications are due by Friday, Aug. 9. Projects allowable under the CPA include the creation and preservation of open space, the preservation of historic sites, the creation and preservation of affordable housing, an the creation and preservaNews briefs | 7

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Final Concerts on the Common Aug. 11, 18

Hopkinton Parks and Recreation presents free Sunday night Concerts on the Common. The performances start at 5 p.m. at the Town Common. The last two concerts of the season are Aug. 11 (Music Matters) and Aug. 18 (Southbound Train). For more information, visit the Parks and Recreation website at hopkintonrec.org.

Weston Nurseries Family Movie Night Aug. 26

Weston Nurseries (93 East Main Street) will host a free Family Movie Night on Monday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. with a screening of “The Incredibles.” Moviegoers are encouraged to bring a blanket and a picnic. For more information, visit westonnurseries.com/events.

Town tennis tournament Sept. 13-15

The 12th annual Hopkinton Tennis Tournament will be held Sept. 13-15 at the Hopkinton High School courts. The tourney is open to Hopkinton residents 18 and older. There are competitions

for singles, doubles and mixed doubles (mixed doubles can be one Hopkinton resident and one out-of-town guest), and there are intermediate and advanced divisions. Entry fee is $22 per person, per event (includes T-shirt). Registration closes at noon on Sept. 10. Register via the Parks and Recreation website: hopkintonrec.org. For more information, email Lyn at CampCalks@aol.com or Dex at siglin@gmail.com.

Hopkinton Family Day Sept. 14

The third annual Hopkinton Family Day, featuring live entertainment, games, activities, food trucks and a fireworks display, will be held Saturday, Sept. 14, starting at 3 p.m. All activities except the food trucks are free. For more information about helping with sponsorship (businesses or individuals), organizing an activity (in-town organizations only) or volunteering to help on the day of event, visit friendsofhopkinton.org or email annclick143@gmail.com.

Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk Sept. 22

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Registration is open for the annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, which will be held Sunday, Sept. 22. The full marathon walk starts in Hopkinton and follows the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon course into Boston. There also are shorter options — half-marathon, 10K and 5K. Walkers must commit to rais-

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News briefs: CPC accepts applications tion of outdoor recreational facilities. For more information or to receive an application, call 508-497-9745 or email Shannon Soares at ssoares@ hopkintonma.gov.

Police conduct public survey In an effort to evaluate and formalize the vision for the Hopkinton Police Department, Chief Edward Lee has launched the process of developing a strategic plan for the department. “All you have to do is drive around town and you can see all the change that is happening in town,” Lee said in a press release. “It is a very exciting period of growth and we want to ensure that the police department is poised to continue delivering the highest level of service to our community.” The first phase of the strategic plan development process is to conduct a community survey in order to understand the community’s expectations. The survey — available online at tinyurl.com/y3mowmnr — will be used to determine what the police do well, what

Personnel from the Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project started spraying for mosquitos in late July and are scheduled to make 10 visits over a one-month span. The remaining sprayings are slated for Aug. 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28, although these dates are tentative, subject to change due to weather conditions, mosquito populations, mosquito virus activity and special event spraying. More information, including the updated spray schedule, can be found online at cmmcp.org. Homeowners who do not want their property sprayed can put in a request via the website.

The Live4Evan Run+Fun Octoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 5, features the Evan Girardi Memorial 5K road race that starts at Hopkinton High School and finishes at EMC Park, where there is live music, a corn hole tournament, an animal show, food trucks and a beer garden. For more information, go to live4evan.org.

Farmers Market open through Oct. 13

The Hopkinton Farmers Market is held on the Town Common on Sundays from 1-5 p.m., starting June 9 and running through Oct. 13. The market provides a venue for local farmers, artisans and handcrafters to sell their products, to improve nutrition by providing greater access to fresh local produce, to educate residents about nutrition and sustainable agriculture, and to build community while contributing to a vibrant town center in downtown Hopkinton. Volunteers are needed to help with set-up and breakdown. For more information, visit hopkintonfarmersmarket.com.

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they could do better and what additional services could be provided. During the survey phase information also will be collected from other sources, including the business community, public officials and HPD members. The survey will be available through Oct. 31.

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The band Hot Acoustics played to a large crowd on July 28 as part of the Concerts on the Common series, which continues on Sunday nights through Aug. 18. Check the Hopkinton Parks and Recreation website for more information.

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Planning Board picks up Legacy Farms North school bus issue By Jerry Spar Managing Editor

hile Legacy Farms continues to add homes and families, the main road through the north side of the development remains a private way and is scheduled to remain so until the development is closer to completion. As such, the town’s school buses will not drive on it, so students (and parents in cars) have been gathering at the edge of the development, at the intersection of Legacy Farms Road North and Frankland Road, for their ride to school. This has created traffic and safety issues, which a group of residents recently brought up to the Select Board. The Planning Board took up the issue at its July 22 meeting, with input from Select Board member John Coutinho. Coutinho said a police officer was on site at least once per day the final month of the past school year to monitor traffic and warn speeders. He also reported that the developer has considered enlisting a private bus to either take students to the bus stop or all the way to school. It was suggested that residents could work on their own to create carpools. “The developer has been very cooperative in this, saying that they wanted to be part of [the solution],” Coutinho said. “But then again, as well all know, the town, we’re supposed to get our children to the schools. And they really only have to get to Frankland Road, as far as carpooling.” Said Planning Board chair Muriel Kramer: “It’s not a solution to carpool to Frankland Road. It’s not. It’s frankly not. It is so unsafe at that corner, standing there watching it. The only solution is to carpool to the schools, and I don’t disagree that that is potentially [a temporary solution]. This is my perspective.” As of April there were 118 students in the development, including 41 who

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It’s not a solution to carpool to Frankland Road. It’s not. It’s frankly not. It is so unsafe at that corner, standing there watching it. — Muriel Kramer attended Marathon School (kindergarten/first grade), and there were three pickups and three drop-offs each day. There was general consensus that the best solution would be to accept the road as public with conditions, although that would require a recommendation from multiple boards and then approval by a Special Town Meeting. The Planning Board made plans to reach out to the Department of Public Works to see if that would be feasible before moving forward. “I am a proponent of exploring this idea of accepting the road for sure,” Kramer said. “I don’t necessarily know that it is the best solution or even a solution, so I want to encourage us all to be open to whatever the feedback is from the professional staff [DPW] as to what the best plan is going forward to tackle this. “So it seems like the thinking to me, it’s constructive thinking to find a way to accept the road and solve the problem that way. In many ways it seems like the neatest, quickest, most permanent solution. But I think the best way forward is to engage the professional staff to come up with short-term, interim, long-term ideas, solutions in the pathway that makes the best sense forward. It may not be accepting the road on an accelerated path, it may be something else.”

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Hopkinton Women’s Club celebrates 100 years of service Marie Smith (left) and Barbara Buchner are leading the Hopkinton Women’s Club into its 100th year serving the community.

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Senior Snippets Pound Class

Wednesdays, 5 p.m. Instructor Rebecca Tredeau leads the world’s first class jam session inspired by the infectious, energizing and sweat-dripping playing of the drums. Designed for all fitness levels and any age. Pound sticks are available for 25 people, and some yoga mats will be available. Class size is limited. Seniors 55-plus take precedence. Sign up in advance. The cost $3 per class (paid monthly). No child care services are provided.

Yoga: Slow Flow

Wednesdays, 6 p.m. This class is suitable for all levels of yoga practitioners, with or without yoga experience, looking to explore the asanas (l poses) through slow and clear alignmentbased practice. The focus is on building strength and stability through fundamental poses from the ground up. Fundamental standing poses, sun salutations, seated poses and twists, pranayama (breath control) and meditation will be taught in each practice. The instructor is Crystal Lee. The first class is free, then it’s $5 per class, paid monthly. Call to register.

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Bike Rides

Thursdays, Aug. 8, 15, 22 and 29, 10 a.m. The Senior Center is introducing a series of easy 15-mile bike rides back and forth on the Upper Charles Trail in Milford intended for those looking for a more casual ride or just getting back into cycling. All who have cycling experience are welcome. The group will meet at the trail parking lot just over the Hopkinton border in Milford, on the northbound side of Route 85. The bike route is essentially flat, with a few short hills. Riders should have a bike in working order with tires inflated and a helmet (required) and be able to maintain 10 mph on the flats, as the ride leader will keep the group together. The leader is Eli Post, a Hopkinton resident who has extensive experience organizing and leading rides. Email Eli at elipost@ comcast.net with questions. Participants must sign a waiver before participating and leave an emergency contact on file. Preregistration is required. Rides will be canceled if there is rain.

Chi Gong

Fridays, 10:30 a.m. Chi Gong combines deep breathing with whole body movements to harmonize mind and body to promote energy, prevent illness and accelerate healing. The instructor is Linda Bellefeuille. The cost is $5 per class for drop-ins or $3 per class paid monthly.

Mosaics Class

Monday, Aug. 12, 12:45 p.m. Meet at the Senior Center at 12:45 p.m. for a trip to Cheryl Cohen Mosaics Art Center (360 Woodland St., Holliston), where Cheryl Cohen will host a 2 1/2-hour class on mosaics. Participants will have the option to create a coaster, light switch cover or two pendants. Note that the studio is not handicapped-accessible, as it is located on the second floor and there is no elevator. The cost of this program is $15, and preregistration is required. Group transportation is available.

Our Time Memory Café at the Hopkinton Public Library

Tuesday, Aug. 13, 1-3 p.m. Our Time Memory Café, which meets every second Tuesday of the month at Hopkinton Public Library, is a welcoming gathering for those experiencing forgetfulness, mild cognitive impairment or living with dementia, and their care partner, family and friends. The monthly events are free, offering conversation and refreshments in a relaxing atmosphere. A care partner must accompany anyone who requires assistance. Registration is requested but not required. For more information, call 508-497-0108 or email info@ourtimememorycafe.org. Our Time Memory Café is a joint venture between the Hopkinton Senior Center and the Hopkinton Public Library.

Tick Talk

Thursday, Aug. 15, 12:30 p.m. Board of Health director Shaun McAuliffe will discuss the tick species that are present in Hopkinton, the tick life cycle, the life stages of greatest concern,

the diseases that ticks carry, why the rate of disease is increasing in Hopkinton and Massachusetts, and what residents can do to prevent infection. Documents and demonstrations will be presented along with an explanation of the actions that Hopkinton and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health are doing to reduce the risk.

Senior Picnic Hosted by Carolyn Dykema

Wednesday, Aug. 21, 12-2 p.m. The picnic will be held at Faith Community Church of Hopkinton, 146 East Main St. Preregistration is required by calling the Senior Center. Shuttle service will be available for all those who register.

Conversation and Coffee

Thursday, Aug. 29, 10 a.m. Director of senior services Amy Beck and assistant director Ashley Shaheen will host another conversational coffee hour. Residents are invited to bring their ideas to help with plans for the upcoming year. The department already has incorporated some of the ideas suggested at the June meeting into the program schedule.

Historical Hike: Hopkinton Springs

Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1 p.m. About 200 years ago there was a “big blow,” also known as a hurricane, in Hopkinton. So many trees came down that Joel Norcross found three springs on his land: a magnesia spring, an iron spring and a sulfur spring. Knowing their health benefits, he advertised them and built a hotel to accommodate his guests. This hike will visit the remains of these structures and view historical plaques that were put up several years ago as an Eagle Scout project. The Historical Society will organize this guided hike, departing the Senior Center at 1 p.m.. Note that the walk involves a steep hill walking down and back and no real places to sit.

Volunteer at Senior Center

Many volunteer opportunities are available at the Senior Center, in particular prep cooks who assist the cook in preparing salads and sandwiches for daily lunch. There also is a need for lunch waitstaff, computer room tutors and greenhouse workers. Volunteers have the choice to help once a month, every week or every day. For more information, stop by the Senior Center (28 Mayhew Street) or contact volunteer coordinator Sue Stewart at 508-497-9730, ext. 1618, or sstewart@ hopkintonma.gov.

Senior Solutions Guidebook

The town has prepared a new Senior Solutions Guidebook for seniors, veterans and their families on the tax relief programs that are available through the Town of Hopkinton. It also contains information on the new means-tested senior exemption that is available this year for the first time. This guidebook is available at the Senior Center and will soon be available online. Anyone with questions about the various exemptions available to residents should call Stuart at the Assessor’s Office at 508497-9720.

All activities unless otherwise noted are at the Hopkinton Senior Center, 28 Mayhew St. The Senior Center is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday from 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m., and Friday from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Call 508-497-9730 for more information or to register for a program. For a more extensive listing of programs check Ourseniorcenter.com/find/Hopkinton-councilon-aging or www.hopkintonseniorcenter.com.

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MassDOT discusses ideas for safer I-495/I-90 interchange MassDOT | from page 1

The designs proposed by McNeill and company emphasize “operational efficiency” and “safety” as phrased by consultant project manager Joe Cahill, from the infrastructure solutions firm HNTB. Main concerns include the layout of ramps, weave movements and space for vehicle merging. All four concepts introduce changes to acceleration and deceleration lanes and replacing the highway bridges carrying I-495 over the Massachusetts Turnpike and Worcester rail line. A northbound auxiliary lane from I-495 to Route 9 also would help reduce “traffic friction between people coming on 495 from the northbound onramp and exiting on Route 9,” according to Cahill. Concept 14-5’s key components include the addition of a flyover to the left of lanes on I-495 South and lessening the tight radius of curves on the northward ramp, which contribute to backups and can facilitate crash clusters. Concept 22-3 meanwhile, introduces a flyover from I-90 eastbound to I-495 northbound to act as an acceleration lane merging onto the three-lane highway. Like

the previous concept, 22-3 also eliminates some of the tighter loop ramps. Concept C-2 attempts to eliminate high left-hand entering flyovers by replacing them with lower ramps that cross over the MassPike and go through the toll zone. It was the last concept, C-2 that MassDOT selected as its preferred design to reach 25 percent design, which McNeill also called a base technical concept. At that point, the department would prepare to submit the necessary environmental permits required for reconstruction. Wetland areas like the Cedar Swamp contain environmentally sensitive resources, so MassDOT wants to make certain those areas still have room to thrive. At an estimated $160 million cost to users during construction, Concept C-2 proves the cheapest option to drivers on the interchange during its reconstruction period, which currently sits between 2022 and 2026. McNeill said he does not expect much nighttime construction during the rebuilding of the interchange, citing the noise complaints from the Canton bridge project earlier this summer. On occasion however, night work may prove more feasible.

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EcoTarium: Earth’s Place in the Universe

Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2-2:45 p.m. How do the relative positions of the sun and earth change over the course of the day and the course of the year? Measure these changes through handson activities and demonstrations and discover the reason for the seasons. Ages 7-10, maximum 30 participants. Signup is required and begins July 17.

Rover Engineering — All-Ages Astronaut Engineering Workshop

Tuesday, Aug. 13, 10:30-1:15 a.m. Ed Morgan is better known in Greater Boston as “The Music Man.” For more than 10 years he has delighted kids and grownups alike with his interactive blend of original and traditional children’s songs. No registration required.

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MassDOT’s next main step following the round of July meetings pertains to publishing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) after sending a draft to the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office for review. This report will be available to the public for those interested in the environmental consequences of the project.

Further details on the project and its timeline are available on the Massachusetts government website (mass.gov/ massdot/495-90interchange) or by emailing 495-90improvements@state.ma.us. McNeill also said he also planned to have the slideshow from the meetings posted about in early August.

Richardson announces engagement Terry and Sharon Richardson joyfully announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Margret Richardson, to Paul Amandus Weinand, son of Dieter and Nancy Weinand of Pennington, New Jersey. Kate graduated from Boston College in 2014 with a B.S. in biology and received a master’s in nursing from Regis College in 2017. She is employed as a nurse practitioner at New Jersey Pediatric and Adolescent Care in Wayne, New Jersey. Paul also graduated from Boston College in 2014 with a B.S. in physics and received his J.D. from Georgetown University in 2017. He is a patent lawyer with the law firm of Baker Botts in New York City. An October 2019 wedding is planned on Cape Cod.

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Adult Space Science Book Club

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which will be the home of the district’s 1822 program, and the approval of a $50,000 capacity study at the spring Town Meeting. The goal, which is tied directly to the district’s strategic plan, said Cavanaugh, also would be tied into the capital budgeting process. “I think the community is feeling a little unease about the growth [in the district], so this is a great pathway for how we are going to move forward and be proactive,” commented School Committee vice chair Nancy Richards-Cavanaugh. School Committee member Amanda Fargiano asked that Cavanaugh include a study of “non-classroom” space such as hallways, study halls, cafeterias, afterschool program spaces, etc., into the goal. Cavanaugh’s second goal is “understanding that staff growth in the area of diversity, sensitivity, equity and inclusivity cannot be fostered by professional development alone; continue grass roots methods to build the repertories of administrators, facility and staff with the hopes of ensuring greater social and psychological safety for all students.” Acarryover from last year, this goal will continue to be ongoing within the district and not just a one-day professional development presentation, Cavanaugh explained. Enrollment | 13

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HHS’ Scott finalist for national teaching award opkinton High School engineering and robotics teacher Doug Scott was announced one of five finalists from Massachusetts for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). According to the Massachusetts Department of Education, the PAEMST are the highest honors bestowed by the U.S. government specifically for K-12 math and science (including computer science) teaching. Congress established the awards in 1983, and the president may recognize up to 108 exemplary teachers every year. Scott was nominated by Dr. Leigh Estabrooks and SCHOOLS ROUNDUP Tony Perry of the Lemelson-MIT program, and the recognition was unexpected. “I was surprised,” Scott said. “Jim Cozzens of HCAM helped me film my class lesson which involved the Hopkinton Police Department, then I broke down the lesson and submitted a reflection in late April. I was not sure of the outcome until a friend sent me the notice of the finalists that had been posted online.” Scott said the honor is one that comes only with a great deal of support. “I am honored to be recognized amongst strong educators in Massachusetts and am glad to represent Hopkinton at the state level and hopefully will move through to the national level,” Scott said. “The example lesson that I submitted is a testament to the students in Hopkinton who show up every day ready to learn and staff, administration and community who are supportive of student learning.”

Bernardo earns regional honor Hopkinton resident Haley Bernardo, who attends Norfolk County Agricultural High School in Walpole, recently earned an honorable mention in a New England high school science reporting competition sponsored by the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research (MSMR). MSMR’s 28th annual student competition recognized students who investigated recent biomedical research breakthroughs and then created compelling and informative essays, posters or websites about them. A volunteer panel of 15 biomedical professionals from across the region judged the entries. Winners were honored and had their work displayed at the annual meeting of MSMR on June 21. Bernardo’s poster was titled “Disturbance in Thyrotrope Function and Proliferation Cased by Low Thyroid Conditions in Zebrafish.”

“This year we are taking the focus away from just working with the adults in our schools and thinking more about the relationships between the adults and the kids,” she said. Part of this goal will be to review the curriculum to “ensure its responsiveness to sensitivity to all students.” School Committee chair Meenah Bharath suggested that a concrete way to measure the effectiveness of this goal and its impact on the students should be developed. The committee and Cavanagh agreed to consider how to develop a way to measure this goal, even if it was over a longer period of time. The third goal is to “grow communication between families and the superintendent and grow relationships with elected officials.” “I started with my first year [as superintendent] last year with some good community outreach, but I think there are other ways I can reach out to the community; to reach out to families with more frequency,” Cavanaugh said. “I think this is a place where I can

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personally and professionally grow.” Part of that goal will be a new blog written by the superintendent that will be posted to the district’s website on a weekly basis, an idea that was well received by the School Committee. “I love the blog idea,” Fargiano commented. “I have learned a lot through your voice and experience and am glad people will be able to hear your ideas as well.” The fourth goal is to “launch initiatives that build innovative learning opportunities for students.” Cavanaugh said that the district is in line to receive a “substantial” grant that will allow it to hire a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) coordinator to help bring new and innovative leaning programs to the Hopkinton Public Schools as part of this goal. Now that the draft goals have been presented, Cavanaugh will present them again at the next School Committee meeting with the suggested revisions for formal approval.

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engineering, while Jake Scumaci received a B.F.A. in film and animation. … At Bryant University’s commencement exercises in May, Jason Bartolini graduated cum laude with a B.S. in data science, Annie Campbell graduated with a B.S. in business administration, and Reed Heim graduated with a B.S. in data science. … Gregory J. Holler graduated magna cum laude from Elon University College with a B.S. in business administration after majoring in finance. Holler was named to Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. He will attend Columbia Law School in the fall. Editor’s note: Information for college honors is provided by the schools. Those interested in being included in this section should request for the school to email the information to: editor@hopkintonindependent.com. “The Big Picture in a Small Town”

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opkinton High School rising senior Simon Rutter traveled to Morocco this summer to study Arabic in the West African nation and ended up making a lasting impact on his temporary community by helping to create a soccer program to benefit hundreds of students and local orphans. “The love for soccer in Morocco is unbelievable,” Rutter said. “A friend of mine from the summer program and I decided to coordinate with the director of the school where we were studying and a local orphanage to lay the infrastructure for a youth soccer program.” Rutter and his friend, Michael Holly of Grapevine, Texas, set an ambitious goal of trying to raise enough money to fully fund the program for five years, covering the cost of fields, coaches, equipment and other necessities. They turned to their respective communities for help through an online fundraising drive (gofundme.com/f/free-soccer-programfor-moroccan-youth/), and both the Bay State and Lone Star State responded. “It’s amazing to see our Hopkinton community come together to support a program that will help the community here in Morocco,” Rutter said. As of late July, the fundraising page showed nearly $7,000 raised, with a goal of $10,000 to get the program up and running. In addition to studying Arabic sixplus hours per day at the Center for Language and Culture, Rutter and Holly poured numerous hours into tackling the logistics needed to start the soccer program. They worked with teachers and student leaders, who took over the teams after Rutter and Holly headed back to the states. Rutter said the school is broken up into different classes, which could help spawn some friendly rivalries within the school, and as many as 30 to 40 percent of the participants in the program will come from a local orphanage called Maison de l’Enfant Bab Ghmat. Tournaments will be held every trimester, Rutter said, and the program will include girls teams, which he said is “completely unheard of” in the region. “In North Africa and Morocco, there is a lack of extracurriculars, there is not a lot of initiative and funding for them,” Rutter said. “There are not many girls soccer teams and no youth women’s soccer programs, so this is going to give women a huge opportunity to play soccer.” Rutter ended up in Morocco after he was selected for the U.S. Department of State’s National Security Language Initiative for Youth program. An HHS teacher initially recommended Rutter for the NSLI-Y program as a student of Chinese, but he wanted to tackle a language he had not studied and applied for the scholarship to study Arabic. He spent six weeks in Marrakesh, a densely-packed city of about a million people located in the center of the country near the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. Rutter then was to fly to Washington to give a speech at the State Department, touting the program and its benefits to students.

college search process and said he is looking to study international business and continue to pursue his interests in foreign languages and cultures. He said he will miss a number of things about Morocco, including the food. He spent most of his summer feasting on tajine, a traditional dish of steamed vegetables and meat that is cooked in a pot. “The food is really good,” Rutter said. “Everything is so fresh.”

“I felt really welcomed here,” Rutter said shortly before departing Morocco on July 31. “There is this notion that Africa is underdeveloped, and that’s a preconceived notion I had going into this trip and this experience, but I got here and living in Marrakesh is not that much different than living in a city in the United States.” After the positive experience abroad, Rutter said he was looking forward to returning to the states and seeing his friends before he enters his final year at HHS and his last season playing soccer for the Hillers. He also is beginning the

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Sports King’s departure leaves void in HHS athletic department By Melissa Orff Contributing Writer

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he search is on for a new athletic director at Hopkinton High School, after Dee King announced she was stepping down due to family reasons. King, who has served as the school’s athletic director since 2016, announced her decision in an email to the HHS athletic community on July 23. “Though this is not a change I anticipated coming and a very tough decision for me to make personally, I am very grateful that I will now have the chance to be more present at home in order to provide better support for my family,” King wrote. “I also feel very blessed that I will have the opportunity to continue working in the district this fall as a counselor at the high school.” Prior to becoming athletic director, King had served as a guidance counselor for the district since 2008. The Framingham native is a graduate of Trinity College and earned her master’s in education/school counseling at Boston University. With a strong background in athletics — primarily as a standout basketball player and coach — King made the switch to become HHS athletic director in 2016. This past school year, King oversaw a highly successful program. The golf team won its second straight state cham-

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pionship in the fall, while girls soccer, boys hockey and baseball all made state title game appearances. The coaches credit King with setting a positive tone for how the athletic department should be run. “Dee has been so supportive of our program during her time as AD,” HHS girls basketball coach and math teacher Mike Greco said. “She’s been an invaluable resource to me, personally, and she’s been such an enormously positive influence for so many students

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King, in an interview, said she values much more than the success of the Hillers on the scoreboard — specifically noting the addition of a couple of new teams. “I am really proud that we were able to introduce a unified sports program to Hopkinton,” she said. “Athletics is a passion of mine and has shaped me as a person, so I am happy that we were able to create a program where all kids could have that same opportunity.” Unified sports is a program that joins students with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. The students train and play in games together as a way to foster friendship and inclusion. During King’s tenure, HHS has added both a unified track and field and basketball program. King said that stepping down from her position as AD will be “bittersweet,” as she was always amazed at the strength and compassion of the HHS studentathletes. “Beyond having exceptional athletic careers, they are just great kids,” she said. “It is so refreshing to see kids that can be so good at something and still be so humble. To see them excel in so many areas and still be such kind people is a nice thing to witness.” With the start of the fall sports season just weeks away, the district had to move quickly to initiate the search process for King’s replacement. King said she has no worries that the school will find a qualified individual to move the program forward. “[HHS principal] Evan Bishop is very good at hiring excellent teachers and staff members, and I feel very confident that he will find the right person to fill this role,” she said.

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2:02 a.m. Officers Stephen Buckley and Brendon Lyver checked on a vehicle parked on Lakeshore Drive and subsequently arrested Stefani J. Miller, 37, of 102 Hopedale St., Hopedale, on a warrant charge. 4:43 p.m. A caller reported a fight in a Lumber Street parking lot. Sergeants Matthew McNeil and Aaron O’Neil and Officers Benjamin Stickney and Derek Morton responded and a foot pursuit ensued. Angelo Omar Maisonet, 18, of 16 Constitution Court, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and assault and battery on a police officer. An ambulance was requested. The patient refused treatment.

July 18

7:41 p.m. Officers Preston Mucciarone and John Corridan conducted a motor vehicle stop on Ash Street and subsequently arrested Yarimar I. Burgos, 26, of 64 Water St., Milford, and charged her with speeding in violation of special regulation, operation of motor vehicle with license suspended, and motor vehicle operator refusal to identity self.

July 28

3:59 p.m. Sergeant Matthew McNeil conducted a motor vehicle stop on West Main Street and subsequently arrested Derek S. Chace, 23, of 31 Brook St., Whitinsville, on a warrant and additionally charged him with carrying a firearm without a license.

July 9

3:31 p.m. A Chestnut Street resident reported a man causing a disturbance at the end of his driveway. Officer Derek Morton responded and the man was gone upon his arrival. 6:23 p.m. A Fruit Street caller reported a social security scam. Officer Derek Morton responded and assisted. 7:23 p.m. A caller reported a solicitor on Hayden Rowe Street with no identification. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and spoke with the solicitor and gave him a courtesy transport downtown.

July 10

2:49 a.m. The Holliston Police Department requested assistance locating an individual on Clinton Street. Officer Stephen Buckley responded but did not

locate the person. 8:43 a.m. The Natick Police Department requested assistance locating a Hayden Rowe Street resident wanted on a warrant. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officer Matthew Santoro responded and were unable to make contact with the individual. 9:41 a.m. A detail officer reported a male party giving a construction crew on Valentine Road a hard time. Officer Jay Deiana responded and advised the man to stay away from the construction site. 6:57 p.m. A caller reported a fallen telephone line in the roadway of Saddle Hill Road. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and Verizon was notified. 6:58 p.m. A Holt Street caller reported her purse was stolen from the State Park earlier in the day. Sergeant Matthew McNeil responded and deter-

mined the incident took place in Ashland. The Ashland Police Department was contacted. 8:15 p.m. A caller complained of a vehicle parked in the middle of the roadway of Mechanic Street. Officer Derek Morton responded and spoke with the owner, who was to move the car.

July 11

1:19 a.m. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officer Stephen Buckley found a door of a construction trailer open on Legacy Farms North. All looked intact, and the officers secured the door. 8:06 a.m. Officer Jay Deiana notified Verizon of a hazardous leaning telephone pole on Pond Street. 8:10 a.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle accident on West Main Street. Officers Benjamin Stickney and Jay Deiana responded and reported no injuries. A tow truck removed the vehicle, and a courtesy transport was provided to Grafton. 9:18 a.m. A Weybridge Lane resident reported a suspicious vehicle with a door open and a person sleeping in it for the previous two hours. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and spoke with the parties inside the vehicle who stated they were staying in their friend’s father’s vehicle. The owner of the vehicle stated he did not want them in his vehicle. They were sent on their way. 10:20 a.m. A Hopkins Road caller reported a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident that took place the previous night. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and took a report. 11:17 a.m. A caller reported finding a small gray poodle on Walcott Valley Drive. The animal control officer was contacted. 11:33 a.m. A caller reported losing her keys and wanted the incident logged. 1:11p.m. A Ralph Road caller reported her security alarm was going off and she was unsure if anyone was inside her home. Officers Jay Deiana and Benjamin Stickney responded and checked the house and found all secure.

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2:14 a.m. A Lakeshore Drive resident complained of loud yelling and screaming from a house. Officer Stephen Buckley and Sergeant William Burchard responded and reported the person making the noise had left the residence. A report was to follow. 6:31 a.m. A caller reported his car ran out of gas on West Main Street. Officer Stephen Buckley responded and reported the car was safely on the side of the road and the driver would be contacting the company for whom he drives. 8:49 a.m. A caller reported a telephone pole on fire on Ash Street. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded along with the Fire Department. The fire was under control, and power remained intact. Eversource Electric was contacted. 4:01 p.m. A walk-in brought in a stray dog found on School Street. The owner was contacted for pickup. 4:43 p.m. Multiple callers reported the street lights in the center of town were all out. Officer Preston Muccioarone responded, and Sergeant Arthur Schofield responded to assist. The DPW and Eversource Electric were contacted. 7:37 p.m. A caller reported a dead goose on Priscilla Road. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded and removed the bird. 10:03 p.m. A caller reported a deceased deer in the roadway of South Street. Sergeant William Burchard and Officer Preston Mucciarone responded and removed the carcass.

July 13

1:31 a.m. A Glen Road caller reported locking himself out of his house. Officer Stephen Buckley responded and was canceled en route, as the caller found his key. The person called again and stated his key was not working. Officer Buckley responded and assisted the gentleman in gaining access to his home. 2:07 a.m. A caller reported suspicious activity on Lumber Street, where two individuals walked down the street. Sergeant William Burchard and Officer Stephen Buckley responded and checked the area with a negative find. 7:56 a.m. A Highcroft Way resident complained of vehicles lining up on the side of Route 85 in order to enter the State Park and forcing a single lane of travel. Sergeant Timothy Brennan Police log | 19

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responded and reported the vehicles had already entered the State Park. 8:32 a.m. A caller complained of large trucks speeding on Hayden Rowe and Pleasant Streets. The caller requested traffic enforcement in the area. Sergeant Timothy Brennan responded. 10:32 a.m. Sergeant Timothy Brennan notified the animal control officer of a deceased deer on South Street. 5:24 p.m. A Lumber Street caller reported a phone scam in which a person claiming to be an Eversource employee requested a large sum of money otherwise the caller’s gas would be turned off. The caller wanted the incident logged. 10:15 p.m. A caller reported a dumpster fire on Main Street. Officers Derek Morton, Preston Mucciarone and Brian Sanchioni responded along with the Fire Department and the fire was extinguished. The owner was notified.

July 14

11:23 a.m. A caller reported a vehicle parked in the boat trailer area on Lakeshore Drive. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and issued a parking citation. 11:27 a.m. A caller reported a dog inside of a locked truck in a West Main Street parking lot. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and located the owner and spoke to him. 12:10 p.m. A detail officer reported a fight inside the State Park on Cedar Street. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officers Matthew Santoro and Moira McGaffigan responded to assist. 12:33 p.m. A caller reported the smell of sewage on Fruit Street. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and reported the odor appeared to be heat and algae related. 2:00 p.m. A caller reported a dead raccoon on Pleasant Street. The DPW was notified. 5:27 p.m. A Revolutionary Way resident reported the odor of natural gas outside of his apartment. Officer Derek Morton responded along with the Fire Department. Eversource responded and located the problem in another apartment and mitigated it. 8:03 p.m. A concerned caller reported a dog locked in a car with the window open just a crack in a Lumber Street parking lot. Officer Derek Morton responded and later spoke with the owner, who stated she had been monitoring her dog. 8:12 p.m. A Walcott Street resident reported kids threatening him via social media and stating they were going to visit and harass him. Officers Brian Sanchioni, Derek Morton and Ryan Polselli responded and spoke with the reporting person.

July 15

1:13 a.m. Sergeant William Burchard found vehicles parked on Lakeshore Drive and spoke to a male and a female who were making arrangements to be picked up. 6:25 a.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle accident involving three cars on West Main Street. Officers Brendon Lyver and Ryan Polselli responded and reported no injuries. A tow truck was requested. A report was to follow. 12:54 p.m. A caller reported a youth driving a motorbike with no helmet and

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talking on a cell phone on Wood Street. Officer Matthew Santoro responded and was unable to locate him. 4:56 p.m. A walk-in reported a male acting strangely toward her at her workplace. Officer Philip Powers took a report. 11:45 p.m. A Fruit Street resident reported someone banged on his front door and was gone when he answered it. Officers Stephen Buckley and Brendon Lyver responded and checked the area with a negative find.

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July 16

1:24 a.m. Officer Brendon Lyver issued a verbal warning to a motorist for a marked lanes violation on School Street. 8:57 a.m. A Hearthstone Road caller reported a skunk was trapped inside the trap she set up at the top of her driveway. The animal control officer spoke with the resident and reported the trap has been opened. 1:09 p.m. A DPW employee handed in a walkie-talkie found on Wildlife Drive. 2:26 p.m. A walk-in requested to speak with an officer about his mother having problems with her Davis Road neighbors. Officer Jay Deiana assisted. 3:51 p.m. A caller reported finding Fidelity cards in the roadway of Greenwood Road. The owner was to be notified. 5:29 p.m. A caller reported a case of unemployment fraud. Officer Benjamin Stickney assisted and a report was to follow. 5:40 p.m. A West Main Street resident reported finding a mountain bike and a backpack in his driveway. Officer Derek Morton responded and was unable to locate the owner. 11:46 p.m. A C Street caller reported a case of fraud and was to go to the station later to file a report.

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July 17

8:44 a.m. Officer Moira McGaffigan assisted two people in an argument over a parking space on West Main Street. A report was to follow. 9:01 a.m. A caller reported a skunk was in a neighbor’s trap on Ash Street. The animal control officer was notified. 10:40 a.m. A Whirty Circle caller reported a bird in his attic. The animal control officer was notified. 3:33 p.m. A caller reported a lightning bolt hit a telephone pole on West Main Street. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officer Preston Mucciarone responded and reported no damage was incurred. 3:54 p.m. A caller reported fallen power lines across her West Main Street driveway. Sergeant Arthur Schofield responded and stood by while Eversource responded. 3:55 p.m. A Cross Street caller reported a tree fell across her driveway. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded and notified the DPW. 9:57 p.m. Sergeant Arthur Schofield checked on a motor vehicle parked on East Main Street and informed the driver of his registration status. The driver made other transportation arrangements.

July 18

8:03 a.m. A motorist complained of a paving crew taking up a lane of traffic on Fruit Street without a detail officer Police log | 20

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present. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and reported the crew was to be done shortly. 3:52 p.m. A Revolutionary Way caller reported her 9-year-old neighbor broke her son’s cell phone. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded and spoke to all involved parties and explained it was a civil matter. 8:55 p.m. A Montana Road caller complained of people setting off fireworks in the area. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded and found all quiet.

July 19

1:02 p.m. A caller reported an unleashed dog jumped on her car on Deer Run. The animal control officer was contacted to handle the incident.

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3:58 p.m. A caller reported being harassed by landscapers when she runs on Greenwood Road. Officers Brian Sanchioni, Preston Mucciarone and Robert Ekross responded and spoke with the reporting person. 8:39 p.m. A caller reported being attacked by a stray cat while walking his dog on Church Street. The caller’s leg was scratched. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded along with the animal control officer, who picked up the cat. 9:41 p.m. A caller reported an injured fox in the roadway of Forest Lane. Officer Derek Morton responded and the animal was gone. 11:15 p.m. A Constitution Court resident complained of neighbors being loud. Sergeant William Burchard and Officer Ryan Polselli responded and

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July 20

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wanted the incident logged. She was given information on how to protect herself from fraud. 11:04 a.m. A caller reported an elderly Davis Road woman had fallen and needed a lift assist. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded along with an ambulance and assisted the woman. She refused a ride to the hospital. 9:13 p.m. A Hayden Rowe Street caller reported his French Bulldog ran away. Officers Brendon Lyver and Brian Sanchioni responded and reported the dog was located by another person on Church Street. The dog was returned to its owner.

July 21

4:11 p.m. Multiple callers reported a disabled motor vehicle partially in the roadway of West Main Street. Officer Derek Morton responded and requested a tow truck. 5:23 p.m. A caller on East Main Street reported it appeared like someone threw an object through her car window. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded, and a report was to follow. 11:00 p.m. A caller reported three men standing outside of the State Park on Cedar Street. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officer Brendon Lyver responded and checked the area with a negative find.

July 22

12:33 a.m. A Fruit Street resident reported someone banging on her door. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officer Brendon Lyver responded and reported the homeowner’s security camera showed kids knocking on the door. The officers checked the area for the youths with a negative find. 11:04 a.m. An East Main Street caller reported someone stole her credit cards and used them. Officer Philip Powers responded, and a report was to follow. 2:06 p.m. An East Main Street caller reported credit card fraud. Officer Matthew Santoro responded, and a report was to follow. 4:42 p.m. A caller reported a loose chicken on Ash Street. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and reported the owner had retrieved their fowl.

July 23

1:22 p.m. A Daniel Road resident complained of unregistered solicitors in the neighborhood. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and checked with the solicitors, who confirmed they were properly registered. 6:32 p.m. A Woodview Way walk-in reported an aggressive dog in the neighborhood while she was walking her dog. Officer Brian Sanchioni took a report. 8:04 p.m. A caller reported a dog on Appaloosa Circle that escaped its electric fence and chased the caller’s dog. Officers John Corridan and Brian Sanchioni responded and spoke with both involved parties and notified the animal control officer.

July 24

12:17 a.m. The Upton Police Department requested assistance in searching for a black SUV with front end damage that hit a parked car in Upton and drove away. Its direction of travel was unknown. Officer Stephen Buckley checked Police log | 21

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West Main Street with a negative find. 10:37 a.m. A Breakneck Hill Road caller reported a harassment prevention order. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded, and a report was to follow. 11:31 a.m. A Forest Lane resident reported finding a dead bat in her shower. The animal control officer was notified. 1:38 p.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle accident on Ursla Drive. Officer Jay Deiana responded. No injuries were reported. A report was to follow. 10:31 p.m. Sergeant Arthur Schofield checked on a motor vehicle parked at an Ash Street building and found that it belonged to the person cleaning the facility.

July 25

10:06 a.m. A Pond Street caller reported a chocolate Labrador retriever with a leash running through the neighborhood. Officer Moira McGaffigan was unable to locate the dog and contacted the animal control officer. 11:36 a.m. A contractor reported a hit and run at a West Main Street job site. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and took a report. 12:40 p.m. Several South Street employees reported hearing a single gunshot behind their building that did not sound like the usual sounds from the neighboring gun cub. Officers Matthew Santoro and Moira McGaffigan responded and were unable to locate anything unusual. The callers were advised to call back if they hear the sound again. 4:44 p.m. A concerned caller reported an elderly gentleman attempted to enter her vehicle at the intersection of Wood and West Main Streets. Officers Brian Sanchioni, Preston Mucciarone and Robert Ekross responded and provided the man with a courtesy transport back to Golden Pond. 7:59 p.m. A Davis Road caller reported kids playing on the construction equipment in the neighborhood. Officers Brian Sanchioni and Robert Ekross responded and found them playing on the dirt pile. The youths were removed.

negative find. 10:41 p.m. Sergeant Scott van Raalten and Officers Brendon Lyver, Preston Mucciarone, Brian Sanchioni and Robert Ekross responded to a report of a past breaking and entering on Wedgewood Drive. A report was to follow.

July 27

12:21 a.m. Officer Brendon Lyver assisted a disabled motor vehicle that ran out of gas on Grove Street. 2:09 a.m. Sergeant William Burchard issued a citation for parking in a handicapped spot. 2:56 p.m. Hikers lost in the woods off Donna Pass during a thunderstorm requested assistance. Sergeant Timothy Brennan talked them out of the woods and then provided them a courtesy

transport home. 8:00 p.m. A caller reported water coming out of the roadway of Woody Island Road. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and contacted the Water Department.

July 28

12:38 a.m. A Hayward Street caller complained of a car parked illegally in front of her house. Officer Brendon Lyver responded and advised the caller that the vehicle was legally parked. 10:55 a.m. A Hayden Rowe Street caller reported either a wolf or coyote in his backyard. Sergeant Timothy Brennan responded and reported it was a coyote. 11:04 a.m. The Ashland Police Department requested assistance with a vehicle stopped on Cedar Street. Ser-

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1:55 p.m. A caller reported an injured raccoon in the roadway of Coburn Road. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded. The reporting person was to take the raccoon to Tufts. 4:03 p.m. A caller reported the streetlights on West Main Street were staying green for only six seconds, causing him to be late for work. A message was left for the Highway Department. 6:23 p.m. Officers Preston Mucciarone, Brian Sanchioni and Robert Ekross responded to a report of a collision between a motorcycle and a deer on Legacy Farms South. One person with injuries was transported to the hospital. A tow truck was requested. 8:23 p.m. A Hillcrest Drive resident reported a solicitor selling magazines in the neighborhood with no identification. Officers Brian Sanchioni and Robert Ekross responded and spoke with the person. 8:50 p.m. A West Main Street caller reported a male knocked on her door and then sat across the street. Officers Brian Sanchioni and Robert Ekross responded and checked the area with a

geant Timothy Brennan and Officer Jay Deiana responded and reported a verbal altercation between two parties, who were sent on their way. 1:01 p.m. A walk-in from West Main Street reported his wallet was stolen. Officer Jay Deiana took a report. 2:04 p.m. A caller reported a woman in distress at the Hopkinton Farmers Market on the Town Common. Officer Matthew Santoro responded and assisted. 4:00 p.m. A Woodview Way resident requested assistance gaining access to her apartment. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and assisted. 11:01 p.m. A concerned caller reported kids throwing alcohol in to a fire on Hayden Rowe Street. Officer Stephen Buckley responded and spoke with the involved parties.

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Obituaries Cassie-Leigh Stock Cassie-Leigh Stock, age 34, died unexpectedly as she slept on the morning of July 15. She is loved by all who ever met her. Cassie-Leigh was born in Framingham and grew up in Hopkinton. She graduated Hopkinton High School, where she met and adored her first and forever love, James Stewart. She attended Cape Cod Community College for a short time; but, her life force led her to the protection, saving and resourcing for abused or neglected dogs that just needed some help with guidance, training, trust and love. She attended numerous certification classes and studies to prepare herself and to mentor others. Her company, HEX Dogs (Higher Expectation) of Mendon, was founded, promoted and passionately loved by Cassie-Leigh. Her devotion to this cause will live on beyond her. We cannot underestimate the value of her contribution, and her partners’ contributions as she mentored them, in this cause. Cassie-Leigh’s mother, Cheryl Ann Hutchinson Stock, passed away eight days after Cassie-Leigh. CassieLeigh is survived by Cheryl’s husband, William H. McGrath of Milford, her

adoring sister and best friend, Randle Rae Stock Sbordone and her husband, Christopher, now of Worcester, her life companion and first and last love, James Stewart, of Bellingham, and his family of Hopkinton, as well as Spark Plugge, Patches, Dually and Daria. Also, her grandmother, Pauline M. Hutchinson of Hopkinton, her grandmother Shirley O. Stock of New Hampshire, her uncle Steve, cousins Ricky, Tera, Karie, Meghan and Nicole, her aunts Toni and Bonnie and their families, her uncle Mike and cousins Mikey and Katie and their families. She also is survived by innumerable friends she considered family and a community of humans and dogs whose lives she touched and who were so truly special to her. She loved each and every one unconditionally, as they love her. She is predeceased by her dad, Donald A. Stock, her uncle Richard Stock, and dear friend Christine Warren, all of whom have her now. All those who loved Cassie hope that you will seek out safe places and loved ones, both two- and four-legged, at this most difficult time. A memorial service was held at the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home in Hopkinton (callanancronin.com) on July 20. In lieu of flowers, donations are encouraged to the humane society of the giver’s choice. A celebration of life will be held around the time of what would have been her 35th birthday. Announcements will be made closer to that time in October.

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Cheryl Hutchinson Stock Cheryl A. Hutchinson Stock, 62, died unexpectedly July 24 at Milford Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was the daughter of Pauline M. (Greene) Hutchinson and the late Roland Hutchinson. Cheryl was born in Peterborough, New Hampshire, and grew up in Hopkinton. In 1974 she graduated Hopkinton High School, where she first met her longtime partner and best friend, William McGrath. She raised two daughters, Cassie-Leigh, who precedes her at the river by just eight short days (Oct. 23, 1984 to July 15, 2019) and Randle Rae Stock Sbordone, who will love and honor the two of them for the rest of her life. She was known as “Mama Stock” to innumerable young people wherever she went and lived her life with an open-door policy to offer love, support and her beautiful smile to anyone who crossed her path. Although she was petite in stature, as her daughter, CassieLeigh, she lived her life with a vigor and heart that immediately filled the spaces she entered. She enjoyed gardening, old movies, laughing and spending time in the beautiful home created by herself, William, and their adoring cat, Irma. Her lasagna and desserts will continue on as family legend. She was glamorous, welcoming, smart, silly, creative and so, so special to all those who love her. Cheryl also will be loved and remembered by sister Sharon Hutchinson, brother Michael Hutchinson, nieces Kaylyn, Tera, Karie Ann, Meghan and Nicole, and nephews Johnny, Rick and Mikey, as well as Christopher, husband to her daughter Randle, and Jamie, lifetime partner and BFF to her daughter Cassie-Leigh, and all of her “lake kids” and assuredly everyone else she met.

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Edward L’Antigua E d w a r d F. L’Antigua III, 86, of Hopkinton and a former longtime resident of Holliston, passed away July 22 at the Blaire House in Worcester. Born in Boston and raised in Watertown, he was the son of the late Mary (Lehan) and Edward F. L’Antigua Jr. He was the husband of 64 years to Joyce (Alexander) L’Antigua of Hopkinton. Ed was an Air Force veteran of the Korean War. He was known for his love of the military. Edward’s sons and three grandsons followed in his footsteps. After the Air Force, Ed attended East Coast Aero Tech to obtain a commercial pilot’s license. Ed also was in sales, winning many awards, both national and regional. He also served as manager of the American Legion in Holliston. Besides his wife, Edward is survived by four children, Mark L’Antigua and his wife, Daniela, of Alabama; Denise Fishlock and her husband, Kyle, of Colorado; Janine Pandolfino and her husband, Paul, of Holliston; and Edward A. L’Antigua and his wife, Martha, of Texas. Edward also leaves behind three sisters, Mary “Bunny” Detlefsen and her husband, Stu, of New York; Judy Lynch and her husband, John, of Long Island; and Brenda Kadlik of Bellingham, as well as 15 grandchildren. A funeral service was held Aug. 3 at the Chesmore Funeral Home of Holliston (ChesmoreFuneralHome.com), followed by burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675 (wounded-

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Helen Daher Helen Daher, 85, passed away peacefully July 20 at her home in Hopkinton. She was the widow of George F. Daher, who died in 1991. Born in Kallithea, Athens, Greece, she was the daughter of the late Kalliope (Zaharothi) and Michalis Gouliemos. She graduated high school in Athens, Greece. She was an actress, model, hairdresser and manager of a women’s clothing store. As a military wife she traveled extensively throughout the world. Helen is survived by her daughter, Therese Lisciotto of Hopkinton, her son, Richard Daher of Paris, France, and her sisters, Visandia Arvanitis and Kleopatra Loulis of Athens, Greece, and Maria Zakaib of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She also leaves her grandchildren, Nicholas and Anthony Lisciotto of Hopkinton. A funeral service was held July 25 in Saint Mark of Ephesus Orthodox Cathedral in Westwood. Burial followed at Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne. Funeral services were under the care of the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home of Hopkinton (callanancronin.com). Donations can be made to The National Institute of Mental Health Gift Fund, 6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8104, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Mary Flynn Mary Rosalind (Begee) Flynn of Hopkinton, formerly of West Roxbury, passed away peacefully on July 5 at the age of 97. The dear daughter of Benjamin Begee and Maria L. (Freda) Begee, she was the adored wife of the late Daniel J. Flynn, Jr., with whom she shared 57 years of marriage before his passing in 2005. She was the cherished mother of Lisa M. (Flynn) Curry and her husband David of Hopkinton, and Kevin D. Flynn and his wife Evelyn of Leominster. She also was the proud and beloved nana to Aidan and Declan Curry of Hopkinton, and sister to Alma Costa of Nevada. A funeral mass was held July 29 in St. Theresa Church in West Roxbury, followed by interment at St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, a donation in Mary’s name may be made to Brookhaven Hospice (brookhavenhospice.com). The family is very grateful for Brookhaven’s exceptional compassion and kindness. Funeral services were under the care of Gormley Funeral Home of West Roxbury (gormleyfuneral.com).

Mona Komari Mona A. (Chamoun) Komari passed away at her home in Westborough on July 21, surrounded by her loving family. She was 77 years old. Mona was the

dear devoted wife of the late Adib Komari. She was the loving mother of Lily Komry and her husband Victor of Canton, Hala Chamoun and her husband Antoine of Grafton, Rima Mallouh and her husband Joseph of Hopkinton, Tony Komari and his wife Suzanne of Rhode Island, Maroun Komari and his wife Hillary of Franklin, and John Komari and his wife Christine of Westborough. She was the beloved grandmother “Tata” of 15 grandchildren and cherished great-grandmother “Big Tata” of three great-grandchildren. She was the dear sister of Joseph Shamoon of Westwood, Jannette Zaatar of Lebanon and the late George Chamoun and Rose Nackley. She also is survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Mona’s funeral service was held July 24 at St. Matthew’s Syriac Orthodox Church in West Roxbury, and she was laid to rest with her beloved Adib at St. Luke’s Cemetery in Westborough. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Mona’s memory may be made to the church. Services were under the care of the Kfoury Keefe Funeral Home in West Roxbury (kfouryfuneral.com).

Born and raised in Framingham and a longtime resident of Ashland, Anne was the owner and operator of the Framingham Baking Co. until her retirement in 1995. She was an active member of the Ashland seniors and will be fondly remembered by her many friends and patrons for her infectious laugh. She is survived by four children: Cheryl Thomas and her husband, Vincent Petruccillo, of Narragansett, Rhode Island; Joan Thomas of Framingham; Ernest Thomas and his girlfriend, Deborah Bishop, of Hopkinton;

and Kathryn Rich and her husband, John, of Mendon. She also leaves five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and one sister, Mary Bertolino of Hawaii. She was the sister of the late Aurellio Bertolino and Theresa Mahoney. A funeral service was celebrated July 11 in the chapel of the Matarese Funeral Home in Ashland, followed by burial in Wildwood Cemetery in Ashland. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Ashland Emergency Fund, P.O. Box 112, Ashland, MA 01721.

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