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COMMUNITY NEWS Hudson pride on display for Boston 25 Zip Trip

Zip Trip | from page 1 downtown street where on a random morning at 6 a.m., people wanted to come out and tell us about their community,” Hopkins said.

She added that the town had been extremely welcoming to the Boston 25 production team, and that she was “absolutely charmed” by downtown Hudson.

“It’s no surprise that this is the best downtown in the country,” Hopkins said, referring to a 2021 award Hudson won for the Best Main Street in the nation.

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One of the people Hopkins interviewed was Sue Waudby, a co-founder of the Fresh Start Furniture Bank, which is a volunteer-run charity that distributes free furniture, linens and housewares to Massachusetts families in need.

Waudby said Fresh Start has helped settle 577 Afghan refugees in six months and delivered more than 23,000 pieces of do-

Above: Shiri Spear, Lilly Hopkins and Catherine Parrotta speak during the Zip Trip broadcast.

Top right: Catherine Parrotta and Lilly Hopkins talk with Eric Ryder during a segment on the Department of Public Works.

Right: American Heritage Museum’s Hunter Chaney talks with Catherine Parrotta.

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nated furniture to 388 families.

At the Digital Federal Credit Union booth during the broadcast, representatives of the credit union presented Fresh Start Furniture with a Home Town Hero award.

The anchors also spoke with town officials, such as Department of Public Works Director Eric Ryder and Select Board Chair Scott Duplisea.

Duplisea said it was good to see so many residents from the town come out for the broadcast and that the Zip Trip crew told him the town had been great to work with.

“I think it’s fantastic that they came here today,” Duplisea said. “It really goes to show you how far Hudson has come in terms of popularity.”

Zip Trip brought out a lot of unique residents who wanted to show their pride in Hudson. One was Esperança Stevens, who hula hooped throughout the entire broadcast holding a sign that said, “Trust, peace, joy, love for all!”

She started hula hooping four years ago, and she would hula hoop everywhere when the pandemic started because she could do it while socially distancing from other people.

Stevens, who immigrated from Portugal when she was 7, loves Hudson. She is also a big fan of Zip Trip and previously went to a broadcast from Millbury when she lived there.

Speaking to the Advocate after the broadcast, Spear said that she felt like she was in a Hallmark Channel movie standing in Hudson’s downtown area.

Noting how enthusiastic the residents at the broadcast were, Spear said the pride Hudson’s people – from government officials to everyday residents – had for their community was remarkable.

“Everyone had such amazing things to say about this town,” Spear said.

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