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HOPKINTON INDEPENDENT Vol. 21 | No. 4 | February 26, 2020

Parents vent about ‘unsafe’ bus stops By Melissa Orff Contributing Writer

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ON TRACK FOR A TITLE Members of the Hopkinton High School girls indoor track and field team celebrate after winning the MIAA Division 3 championship on Feb. 14 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston. For more, see Page 6.

LaGoy in elite company with 6-decade marathon mark By Gethin Coolbaugh Contributing Writer

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s the decades have run by, Peter LaGoy has never stopped running. The 60-year-old Hopkinton resident joined elite company on Feb. 8 when he became one of three people in the world recognized for having completed a sub three-hour marathon in six decades, running the Phoenix Marathon in a time of 2 hours 58 minutes, 33 seconds. “There’s a lot of people who can run faster marathons than I can, or faster runners. But it’s sort of a duration, having done it over lengths of time, and there’s some just luck of having hit those years,” LaGoy said. “To be one of three people in

the world to have done something is pretty cool.” LaGoy is part of a group of 40-some people who have run verified sub-three-hour marathons over a five-decade span, according to research by the Association of Road Race Statisticians. In search of a race in early 2020 to reach six decades, the group settled on the Arizona race, which originated in Mesa before moving to Phoenix. “Two [people in the group] did it in Houston, and they both ran [2:58] as well,” LaGoy said. “So they were the first two to get to six decades. And then three of us tried it in Mesa, and I was the only one in that group to get under [three hours].” Elite | 5

group of Hopkinton Public School parents have expressed concern that the district has “put policy and operational procedure over children’s safety.” During the Feb. 6 School Committee meeting, Hopkinton parent Margaret Post was the main spokesperson for approximately 30 parents who have had issues with bus transportation in the district. “We came together out of a concern that this district’s decisions about bus stops, bus routes and appeals have put children’s safety at risk rather than using a sensible, respectful approach that engages families in the common-sense solutions,” she said, reading from a prepared statement. Post told the Committee that the group was formed after a feeling of “extraordinary frustration” due to perceived lack of response from administration to address families’ concerns Bus stops | 10

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Resident advocates for awareness of albinism

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Peter LaGoy has run sub-three-hour marathons in six consecutive decades.

HPS again pushes for Elmwood replacement

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Hopkinton’s Carmen Camacho (front row, fourth from left) traveled to Paris last month to take part in an international meeting for leaders in the albinism community.

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opkinton resident Carmen Camacho knew she had albinism when she was growing up in Puerto Rico. It was not until she was an adult, however, when she learned she had a more serious form of the condition. She since has become an advocate for people with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS). Last month, as the New England coordinator for the HPS Network, she traveled to Paris to take part a conference for INDEPENDENT in leaders in the albinism THOUGHTS community and also to spread awareness JERRY SPAR of HPS. “It was a great step in human rights for people with albinism around the world,” she said of the meeting, where it was decided to move forward with creation of a Global Alliance of Albinism. Albinism is a condition in which a person lacks pigment in their skin, hair and eyes, and includes visual impairment. HPS is a rare disorder with more serious symptoms. “HPS is everything with the albinism — the lack of vision, the lack of pigment — but we are missing the dense bodies in our platelets, so we don’t clot, so we have a bleeding dysfunction,” Camacho explained. “There are 10 subtypes of HPS. HPS-1, 2 and 4 develop pulmonary fibrosis 100 percent of the time.” Camacho was diagnosed with HPS-1 in 1989, when she was 24 years old. She was working toward her master’s degree at SUNY-Binghamton when she got a call from her mother in Puerto Rico. A relative had died at age 39 from lung disease. Two other relatives eventually were diagnosed with HPS-1 and died young as well. “My mom called and said, ‘Your

cousin passed away,’ and she passed away from this condition that we didn’t even know existed,” Camacho recalled. “She’s like, ‘I think you need to go get tested.’ My professor at the time knew a hematologist at Hershey Medical. So we went and they tested my blood and they found that I had no dense bodies, so they said I had HPS. It was later on that they tested genetically, and the gene test said HPS-1, which I knew I probably would have because my cousin had that.” Camacho, who works as a clinical therapist, has 20/400 vision in one eye and 20/600 vision in the other. So while she can see — and technology in the form of things like her iPad has helped her live a relatively normal life — she is considered legally blind and cannot get a driver’s license. But that is a less-serious challenge than the one that awaits her. “I have HPS Type 1, so I am developing the pulmonary fibrosis and at some point I will need [a lung transplant],” she said. “I’m not ready to have a lung transplant yet, but the beauty of diagnosis is you know that you are going to get it so you can work on things ahead of time. So I am getting evaluated at this point for a lung transplant. “So, for me, as a person with albinism, vision is kind of like [a lesser concern]. People are like, ‘Are you worried about not being able to drive?’ I’m like, ‘No, I’m worried about not being able to breathe.’ ” A mother of two adult sons — her husband is not a carrier of HPS so her children do not have it, as it is passed down only when both parents are carriers — Camacho is keeping busy promoting awareness and research by attending conferences and gatherings around the country. Locally, the HPS Network works with researchers at Boston University, UMass and Beth Israel Medical Center as well as the National Institutes of Health. Independent thoughts | 3

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Resident promotes albinism awareness Independent thoughts | from page 2

“It’s all with the ultimate goal of a cure where people would not need lung transplants anymore,” Camacho said. Meanwhile, Camacho will continue to be involved in the Global Alliance of Albinism, which is expected to be formally created next year. “When we thought about getting involved with the Global Alliance we saw it as a way to expose these other albinism groups, to tell them about HermanskyPudlak,” she said. “Because people don’t usually get diagnosed unless there is an issue. They get diagnosed with albinism — like, everybody knows we have albinism — but when they don’t get diagnosed appropriately things can happen. People can bleed to death or they can develop the fibrosis and not know they have it until they need a lung transplant. So for us diagnosis is very important. So we saw this opportunity to be part of the Global Alliance as a way to say, ‘We are here.’ And the Global Alliance is working on the human rights and well being for all people with albinism. So that fit in perfectly with what we wanted to do. “All these albinism communities, we have in common the albinism, but we also have in common the fact that because of lack of knowledge, lack of resources, we face challenges, medical challenges, challenges with human rights, challenges with medical disparities. So between these

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Scouts help with local events Hopkinton Boy Scouts will be helping out at a couple of annual events in town that have become local traditions. On Feb. 28-29, the Hopkinton Public Library will host Mini-Golf in the Library. The scouts will help set up the 18-hole course, which takes players throughout the building, and assist with registration and supervising the activity. There is no admission fee, although donations to Friends of the Hopkinton Public Library will be welcomed. The event, open to families and individuals of all ages, runs on Friday, Feb. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and on Saturday, Feb. 29, from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 4’s annual Pancake Breakfast is scheduled for Saturday, April 4, at St. John the Evangelist Church. The event, which runs from 7:30-11 a.m., features scouts serving a variety of pancakes (including ones for those with food restrictions) along with other refreshments. There will be a silent auction as well, and proceeds will help fund high-adventure trips for Troop 4 scouts, including hiking in the National Parks, camping and other outdoor opportunities. For more information on the breakfast, email Jennifer Donahue at donahue49@gmail.com.

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Eagle Scout project inspired by concern for those with special needs By Scott Liftman Contributing Writer

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o earn their Eagle Scout badges, Patrick Barnes and Jack Riley undertook a tremendous endeavor by building a pair of life-size, gravitypowered race cars that incorporated a different design. By modifying existing Soap Box Derby kits, they were able to add a back compartment to a car that normally is a one-person vehicle, enabling a racer with special needs to have a supervisor along for the ride. “It took us a year and a half to complete,” said Barnes, a senior at Hopkinton High School. “We started the project when I was a sophomore and when Jack was a junior.” Barnes, who drew particular inspiration from his mother’s work as a special education instructor as well as two cousins (one of whom passed away in 2010) who were born with

Hopkinton Eagle Scouts Patrick Barnes (left) and Jack Riley pose with the Soap Box Derby race car that they built to accommodate two riders, including one with special needs.

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Down syndrome, originally came up with the idea after seeing a similar car at an out-of-state competition some years back. The Soap Box Derby, a national organization that sponsors local youth race competitions, supplies all inclusive stock car kits to participants. There are several age divisions, in which racers can compete locally and at a national level. In the case of Barnes and Riley, they had to do everything from scratch. “They didn’t design a kit for what we were trying to make,” Barnes said. “The only things we used from the original design kit were the axles and braking systems.” Each custom-designed, twoseated stock car allows a special needs racer to have an adult or more experienced person ride along in the back. With the help of both their fathers, Barnes and Riley spent most of their time assembling the nearly 900 strips of wood that had been precisely cut to specification. But even with added expertise, the pair toiled on average four nights per week to see the project to its completion. In all, Barnes estimates the total time commitment was 800 hours. Barnes’ father, Bob, was particularly helpful since he had prior experience building these types of cars. “My dad had built a bunch of these cars from kits. He was really good at putting them together to make sure that the car would be fast,” Barnes said. “He is really big in the Soap Box community.” Riley, a freshman at Westfield State College, could not agree more. “Patrick’s dad was the mastermind behind the project,” Riley said. “He took us through all the steps on how to build the car.” The cars were finally finished last June, and the timing couldn’t have been better. Barnes, who had been participating in races since his grade school days, explained that the completion of the project coincided with a competition in Arlington, where the two cars would finally be unveiled and ultimately find a permanent home. It was in Arlington, the unofficial state hub for the Soap Box Derby, that a special needs rider became the first person to break in the two vehicles. “In all, there were three runs with the cars in Arlington. They had a special needs kid in front with an experienced female rider in the back,” Riley said. “The event started off with regular competition races then the special races took place, and after threes they went back to the regular races.” Although Barnes and Riley do not know for certain, the two cars may end up being taken to this summer’s world championships in Akron, Ohio, where riders from all over the United States and several foreign countries will converge. What is clear is that the generosity and goodwill of two Hopkinton Boy Scouts will be remembered and felt by the entire Soap Box community for years to come. This past August, in a ceremony that was the culmination of their hard work on this project as well their nearly decade-long stint in scouting, Barnes and Riley received their longawaited Eagle Scout badges.

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LaGoy completes sub-3-hour marathon for sixth decade Elite | from page 1

LaGoy’s group joined forces with a few other runners with similar goals. One runner dropped out at 11 miles after his hip gave out and another after 13, leaving LaGoy and one other to fend for themselves. “We just kind of kept the pace pretty even. So once I got to 20 miles, I was pretty sure I’d be able to do it,” LaGoy said. “It was pretty exciting. It also felt like a weight off, because if I didn’t do it then I would have had to run another marathon somewhere.” Now in his seventh decade of life, LaGoy believes he is a better runner today than in his earlier years. He recalls his best marathon, a near-2:45 time at the Big Sur Marathon in California, when he pushed himself too far. “I was probably the first person to go by where the [crowd] clapping went from supportive clapping to ‘Ooh.’ The medical people grabbed me when I finished, which was some indication,” LaGoy said. “I was running on empty, quite literally.” Now living in the mecca of marathons, LaGoy has been afforded plenty of opportunity to run the Boston Marathon. LaGoy has run Boston three times, once running the fastest time among Hopkinton residents at 3:02. His final attempt was memorable, too. “[I] tried to drop out the last one

but we had a little mix-up as to where I thought my family would be, so I ended up not dropping out and ended up finishing,” he said. “Frankly, I was pretty happy once I did get done with it.” Despite a lifetime of marathoning, LaGoy insists he is fine not being a regular participant in Hopkinton’s claim to fame. “For so many people, it’s just such a huge goal of theirs that, you know, it’s better for them to have a spot than for me,” LaGoy said. “I live right by the start line. I can walk down and get the Marathon experience, and most people can’t.” LaGoy has lived in Hopkinton for nearly 27 years after relocating from Walnut Creek, California, for a job and to be closer to family. He works as an environmental scientist conducting risk assessments to evaluate the health effects of chemicals. Not surprisingly, LaGoy enjoys spending much of his free time outdoors. He is the chairman of the town’s Trail Coordination and Management Committee and was an integral part in the fundraising and building process for the Center Trail and Echo Trail. “Building trails in town and working on trails I really love,” LaGoy said. “I like being outside, so cross-country skiing this time of year is really wonderful, running on trails, hiking, snowshoeing, mountain biking, all those kind of things I love doing.”

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Celebrating the MIAA Division 3 title on Feb. 14 were (from left) coach Jean Cann, coach Brian Prescott, seniors Delaney Mick, Schuyler Gooley, Caroline Estella and Maggie Allen, and coach Dan Collins.

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opkinton High School has a legacy of success in running sports, and the 2019 edition of girls indoor track and field added to that in a big way. At the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston on Feb. 14, the Hillers won the MIAA Division 3 championship. Paced by double-winner Schuyler Gooley, Hopkinton finished with 47 points, four ahead of runner-up Milford. “It was a really exciting night and a total team effort,” coach Jean Cann said. “I had talked to the team in the days before, and based on scoring according to entries and seed times/distances, we were slated to get second to Sharon by five points, with Hingham, North Attleboro, and Milford right behind. I told them we weren’t going to change the basics of what we’d being doing all season, but that the results on

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paper were just that and that any extra place they could pick up could make the difference. “They really get inspired by each other, so when a few people start doing well, it tends to snowball in a positive way, but when things don’t go right in one event, they are also good about not letting anything negative gather momentum. If someone else didn’t place as well as expected, the next event, it seemed like we’d have someone exceed expectations.” The title was the program’s first since 2005. “This is a special group with a lot of seniors, and I told them that the team had come very close, sometimes agonizingly so — half a point their freshman year — to winning this meet, but hadn’t since 2005, and that they had already had a very successful season no matter what happened, but that state D3 title and a banner in the gym would be a lasting testament to how strong this team is,” Cann said. Gooley led the way, winning both the mile (5 minutes, 16.65 seconds) and the 2-mile (11:00.29). Olivia Jones took second in the 2-mile (11:01.46). “Schuyler was amazing,” Cann said. “She went from never having won a divisional title in any season to winning two! We planned for her to run the mile tactically to save something for the 2-mile and also to avoid having Milton’s top girl sit on her and out-kick her like she did last year. She executed that race perfectly. In the 2-mile, she and Olivia were able to work together and had some help from a Billerica runner who pushed the pace for a while. For them to place 1-2 was a huge highlight and obviously a lot of points.” Kate Powers was second in the shot put, the 4x800 relay team (Jones, Hope DeLuca, Grace Joy and Gooley) Track | 7

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he HHS hockey team set a school record when it finished the regular season at 19-1 following a 9-0 rout of host Norton on Feb. 17. A day earlier, senior Sean Walsh became the all-time leading scorer in team history when he scored in the Hillers’ 8-1 victory over host Martha’s Vineyard in the championship game of the Fairleigh Dickinson Tournament. The Hillers were set to be the top seed in the Division 3 South sectional tournament. … The HHS girls basketball SPORTS ROUNDUP team clinched a spot in the state tournament in its penultimate regularseason game, a 59-40 victory over Algonquin at the Westborough Tournament on Feb. 16. Sophomore Kiki Fossbender scored 21 points to lead the Hillers. Sophomore Lauren Cho added 13 points and senior Cami McDonald added nine via three 3-pointers. The Hillers rallied to win six of eight games down the stretch in order to earn a postseason invitation, finishing with a 10-10 record. … The boys basketball team struggled to the finish line of the regular season, losing seven of its final eight games to drop to 10-10. However, the lone win in that stretch, an 80-51 rout of visiting Medfield on Feb. 7, clinched a postseason bid.

Dionne, Zaidi win wrestling titles At the Division 2 Central sectional wrestling meet on Feb. 16 at Marlborough High School, Hopkinton finished seventh in the team competition. Luke Dionne (113 pounds) and Mo Zaidi (126) won individual titles. Jake Sokol took second at 170 pounds. Also performing well for the Hillers were John Carlson, who took fourth at 106

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pounds, Will Tedstone, fifth at 138, Sebastian Losada, fifth at 145, and Hayes Pearson-Woodruff, sixth at 220. … At the Feb. 13 Central Massachusetts Conference Ski League slalom meet, senior brothers Max and Jack Rodgers finished first and second to lead the boys to a second-place team finish. Jackson Schlussel (fifth), Will Hutchinson (16th) and Cameron Hannah (21st) also qualified for the state championship, which is March 4 at Berkshire East in Charlemont. On the girls side, Cate Barry finished third in the Feb. 13 league race to lead her team to a seventh-place finish and qualify for the state championship. … Hopkinton High School sophomore Tess Weatherhead finished sixth in the 1-meter diving competition at the Division 2 girls swimming and diving state championship meet on Feb. 15. In the boys meet the following day, Alex Matsoukas finished eighth in the 100 breaststroke. The previous week at the South sectional meet, the HHS girls finished eighth (better than any other Tri-Valley League team), led by Weatherhead and Grace Cavanaugh, who was ninth in the 50 free. The boys finished 21st as a team. Matsoukas was fifth in the 100 breaststroke.

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Hopkinton’s Natalie Calkins, a freshman lacrosse player at Merrimack College, got her collegiate career off to a strong start, being named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week twice, for the first two weeks of the season. She scored three goals off the bench in her collegiate debut, a 19-11 loss to Vermont on Feb. 8. In her next game, she earned the start at attacker and scored two goals in a 15-9 loss to New Hampshire on Feb. 11. Then on Feb. 16, Calkins scored three second-half goals in a six-minute span as Merrimack earned its first victory as a Division 1 program, a 10-9 win at Canisius.

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finished second, the 4x200 relay team (Delaney Mick, Hailey Tolson, Caroline Estella and Maggie Allen) took third, and Mick was sixth in the 55-meter dash. All of the aforementioned athletes advanced to the All-State meet. Also for Hopkinton, Mick took seventh in the 300, Allen was seventh in the hurdles, Catherine Dacey was eighth in the 600, DeLuca took eighth in the 1,000, and the 4x400 relay team (Dacey, Sinead Herr, Sowmya Karthikeyan and Estella) finished eighth. “Our relays really helped,” Cann said. “We were only predicted to get fifth in the 4x200 and not score in either the 4x400 or 4x800, but we scored in all three. Caroline Estella was sick with a bad head cold for most of the week, so we talked to her and decided to pull her from her individual event [300] to maximize her potential in the relays. She was on both the 4x200 and 4x400. “We’re a very balanced team this

year, with scoring potential in every event,” Cann added. “Kate Powers has been an awesome addition to the team and she exceeded her seed with a second place in shot put. Every little thing like the relays and Hope DeLuca and Catherine Dacey running personal bests to score points contributed, as we only won by four points [over Milford].” On the boys side, the Hillers finished sixth as a team. Top individual performances came from brothers Alex Brown and Nick Brown, who were second and fourth, respectively. in the 2-mile. Ian Cann was fifth in the 1,000 and Harrison Prucher was seventh in the 55-meter hurdles. Hopkinton piled up points in the relays, as the 4x200 squad (Chris Benham, Devin Kelly, Aidan Rowell and Prucher) took third, the 4x400 team (Patrick Barnes, Benham, Kelly and Julien Fernandez) finished fourth, and the 4x800 team (Cann, Alex Brown, Cody Ottinger and Anthony Zeissig) came in seventh.

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he Hopkinton Public Schools will be throwing their hat in the ring again with the Massachusetts School Building Authority, hoping to be chosen to receive reimbursement funds for a new elementary school. The district’s application to the MSBA was declined in January, causing the district to reevaluate the next steps

regarding the future of its school buildings. “We were very hopeful that we would be invited in to be able to start a building project that would address some of our elementary building needs,” superintendent Dr. Carol Cavanaugh said in early January, after Hopkinton was informed that it was not chosen again this year. Hopkinton has submitted a statement of interest (SOI) for Elmwood School to the MSBA six times: 2008, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019. This past year 61 communities in

The district would like to replace the deteriorating Elmwood School with a new building, but the state has repeatedly passed over Hopkinton when it comes to eligibility for reimbursement funds.

Massachusetts applied to be included for partial reimbursement on new building or significant renovation projects, and 11 were invited into the process of getting reimbursement from the state. “I asked why, because with our enrollment issues I felt we had a pretty good chance [of being chosen],” Cavanaugh said at that time. “We were told that the invitations are based on need, and we were not as needy as those who were selected.” During the Feb. 6 School Committee meeting, Cavanaugh announced that her department was going to try again, with the SOI due to the MSBA by Feb. 28. Elmwood was built in 1964 and is showing its age, Cavanaugh said. The school, which was built on a Tennessee Gas line, contains significant asbestos. All of the windows open, but they do not have screens. “In June and September when the teachers would like to leave the windows open overnight to cool the classrooms down, but now that we are in the era of EEE [Eastern equine encephalitis], you can’t do this,” she said. The school’s cafeteria is markedly overcrowded even with four lunch periods, and the play area is too small to accommodate current, not to mention future, enrollment. The school also is a geographical outlier, which causes issues with transportation. “[Elmwood] currently has two modular classrooms [that have been in place for 14 years] and we will be adding four more [recently approved at Town Meeting],” Cavanaugh noted. “There is not another inch to put another modular on.” If that wasn’t enough, Cavanaugh said the current space also has major parking restrictions, electrical shortcomings, insufficient heating and cooling, technology limitations, and inadequate office space. Cavanaugh said a study done in 2012 indicated that Elmwood needed approximately $6.5 million in repairs, and to date only $2 million of those repairs have been done. With the rapid enrollment growth in the district over the past few years and the potential for an additional 1,000 students over the next 10 years, the district has been analyzing future possibilities for the school buildings. During a Dec. 5 public forum, the results of a recent capacity study and recommendations for

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restructuring the schools were presented. The proposals included building a new three-story Grade 2-5 school on the Todaro land (on Hayden Rowe Street, just south of Marathon School), renovating Hopkins School to enable it to hold Grades 6-7, and connecting the middle and high school, having Grades 8-9 primarily on the middle school side with Grades 10-12 on the high school side. A second option proposed was to build two new separate elementary schools — one for Grades 2-3 and one for Grades 4-5. Although it would mean that the grades could have separate spaces, it would increase initial capital and ongoing operational costs as they wouldn’t be able to share resources due to being in different buildings. The projects would have been funded partially by MSBA reimbursement, if Hopkinton had been invited into the program. The time from being invited into the program to the time the doors open would be approximately five years, according to Cavanaugh. “It will now be a six-year window,” she said. “There will need to be some serious decision-making in the town of Hopkinton.” The town used MSBA funding to build the Marathon School, receiving $13,779,363 in reimbursement on the total construction costs of $47,129,373, or 29.2 percent reimbursement. A district does not have to use MSBA funding for a school building project, but if it doesn’t it would bear the full cost of the project. “There is never a guarantee that Hopkinton will even be invited in [to the MSBA program], but in the meantime there are many, many kids at our doorstop and we are predicted to have many, many more over the next decade,” Cavanaugh said. Cavanaugh recommended that the district continue on with the feasibility study that would have been done as a first step of the MSBA process regardless. “This way in the event we are not invited in next year we will know what are the costs of some of our options,” she said. Several School Committee members commented on the importance of involving the community in the process. “This is going to be a big project and it is important that we bring the community along with us from the very start,” School Committee chair Meena Bharath said.

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March is important month for HPS musicians Canty’s Underdog T Scholarship he Hopkinton Public Schools Music Department had a number of students who earned selection into the Central District Massachusetts Music Educators (CDMME) Senior Festival, CDMME Junior Festival, and All-State Festival. Representing Hopkinton at the SCHOOLS Senior Festival, NOTEBOOK which took place Jan. 18 at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, were Advait Nene (band), Allison Chen (orchestra), Bryce Foti (chorus), Carly Ozmun (orchestra), Jacob Chastain (jazz ensemble), Jessie Franks (orchestra), Kira Sward (band), Luciano Duca (chorus) and Tony Weissinger (chorus). An-Chi Huang (orchestra), Andrea Liu (orchestra) and Linnea Pappas-Byers (chorus) were selected for both the Senior Festival and the All-State Festival, which is the weekend of March 5-7 at Symphony Hall. Representing Hopkinton at the Junior Festival, which is May 2 at Franklin High School, are Abigail Baskin (orchestra), Anjana Venkatram (chorus), Brandon Fu (band), Daniel Applebaum (orchestra), Holly Thompson (band), Jeffrey Wu (orchestra), Megan Cappetta (chorus), Peter Liang (band), Saahi Minocha (orchestra), Sean Miniman (band) and Tarun Prasanna (band). Meanwhile, March is Music in Our Schools Month, and Hopkinton will have a number of events. The Hopkins School concert is Tuesday, March 10, at 7 p.m. at the High School Athletic Center. The Grade 6 concert is Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m. at the Hopkinton Middle School auditorium. The Grade 7 band and chorus concert is Wednesday, March 18, at 7 p.m. at the HMS auditorium. The Grade 8 concert with the Grade 7/8 orchestra is Tuesday, March 24, at 7 p.m. at the HMS auditorium. Finally, the HHS concert band, symphonic band, chorus and orchestra will perform on Thursday, March 26, at 7 p.m. at the HHS auditorium. Then the weekend of April 3-5, HHS again will serve as one of the host sites for the Massachusetts Instrumental & Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) Concert Festival. The public is welcome at all evaluation sites, and a one-time admission fee gains admittance to every site throughout the weekend. For more information, visit miccamusic.org.

Scholastic Art award winners Students from the Hopkinton Public Schools Visual Arts Department won 23 state level awards in the Scholastic Art Awards Competition. Winners were selected based on three criteria: originality, technical skill and the emergence of personal voice or vision. Gold and silver key winners will be recognized at a regional ceremony on March 14 at Tufts University. Gold key award-winning work will be exhibited at the Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards regional exhibition at Breed Memorial Hall on the campus of Tufts University from March 14-22. Gold key winners also advance for national judging. HHS sophomore Cindy Yang had two gold key winners and two silver key winners, all in the drawing and illustration category. Sophomore Deeksha

Vaidyanathan had a gold key winner and honorable mention, both in digital art. Senior Madeline Mezitt had silver key winners in the drawing and illustration and art portfolio categories, as well as three honorable mentions in drawing and illustration. Other gold key winners included 10th-graders Joshua Blangeard (mixed media) and Emma Lucy (digital art). Silver key winners included 11thgrader Hope DeLuca (digital art), ninth-grader Casey Tourigny (design) and seventh-grader Mahnoor Haider (design). Honorable mentions went to senior Linnea Pappas-Byers, (drawing and illustration) junior Lily Vaughan (drawing and illustration), junior Soleil Randall (painting), sophomore Emma Hansen (painting), eighth-grader Lillian Gallagher (photography), seventh-grader Audrey Johnson (design) and seventhgrader Grace Losada (mixed media).

Canty’s Underdog Scholarship is being offered in memory of Brad Canty, HHS Class of 2018. There will be 10 $1,000 scholarships awarded to qualified seniors from Hopkinton who have been accepted to a post-secondary program. Brad had to work harder than most due to gastrointestinal and immune issues, causing him frequent school absences. This did not take away from him being a thoughtful, kind, compassionate young man who would go out of his way to make someone else’s day better. The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize a student who has strength of character, a deserving student who may have gone unrecognized while in high school. Applicants will have demonstrated good character, kindness and empathy toward others. Applicants also may have overcome health challenges, had to work

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safety concerns when it comes to the district’s transportation policy. “If policy is preventing our children from being safe, then it is time to change policy,” she said. Although Massachusetts General Law states that schools only must provide transportation to students in kindergarten through Grade 6 if they live more than 2 miles from schools, the Hopkinton Public School’s policy is to provide transportation for all students, regardless of distance. With almost 4,000 students to transport to and from school each day, the district has had to consolidate a number of bus stops over the past few years. Families can appeal their bus route via a form on the Hopkinton Public Schools website, but appeals are not reviewed until October. “When those appeals were denied, we were not given reasons why,” Post said. “We felt excluded from the decision-making process.” Appeals are reviewed by the superintendent, director of finance, school resource officer, bus dispatcher, and transportation coordinator before a decision is made on if a change to the bus stop is warranted. This school year a total of 53 appeals were filed, and 12 of them were approved while 41 were denied, according to superintendent Dr. Carol Cavanaugh. Last school year there were 57 appeals, of which 15 were approved. Mapping out bus routes and stops for those buses is a complicated process, Cavanaugh said. “We are a very large geographic footprint and have 3,916 students. That’s a lot of students to move across a lot of space,” she said of the 28.2 square miles that makes up Hopkinton. The district is looking at increasing the bus pass rate from $155 per student to $200 next school year (with a family cap of $400), but that extra revenue would go toward offsetting operational budget increases, not in adding extra stops. “We have three runs of 29 buses, there is not an awful lot of time [in between runs],” Cavanaugh said. Several School Committee members expressed sympathy to the parents and guardians who voiced complaints but agreed that it was a complicated issue. “We know there are safety concerns, and that is the hardest part, but we are still constrained with paying for all of this, too,” commented Jen Devlin. “We have to try and find a balance, there is no easy answer to the problem of transporting 4,000 kids.” In the meantime, the School Committee Policy Subcommittee will be reviewing the transportation policy while the administration looks at shifting to a two-tier bus route by adjusting school start times slightly and working to make bus stop appeal forms more accessible on the website. The overall transportation budget this year is $1,791,000. It’s due to increase to $2,024,000 next year, primarily due to contractual increases and the need for two additional buses to handle enrollment increases. The school is receiving a discount for housing the buses behind the high school in a bus lot that was constructed last summer. The transportation budget is 4 percent of the entire school budget.

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Senior Snippets 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 508497-9730 for more information or to register for a program. For a more extensive listing of programs check Ourseniorcenter.com/find/Hopkinton-council-on-aging or www.hopkintonseniorcenter.com.

50-plus Job-Seekers Networking Group

Mondays, March 2 and 16, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Those 50-plus and unemployed, underemployed, returning to the workforce or seeking employment, are eligible for this program. Learn the skills needed to obtain employment in the current job market, including resume writing that works, creating an elevator pitch, confronting ageism, managing stress and locating senior friendly employers. Ed Lawrence, a career coach, will facilitate each meeting. There will be time for networking as well. The multi-month series takes place the first and third Monday of the month. For more information or to register, contact Ashley Shaheen at 508-497-9730 or visit the website at www.mcoaonline. com/50plusregistration. This program is free thanks to a grant from the Massachusetts Council on Aging.

Memory Training Program

Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18 and 25, 9:30-11:30 a.m. This class, based on the UCLA Longevity Center’s program, is an innovative four-week educational program for improving memory. It meets for four consecutive weeks and teaches everyday memory techniques to help people remember names and faces, avoid misplacing objects, recall appointments and more. The class will be taught by certified trainers who demonstrate strategies and techniques in an interactive setting. Pre-registration is required. There is a $10 fee for materials.

Our Time Memory Café at the Hopkinton Public Library

Tuesday, March 10, 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

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who requires assistance. Registration is requested but not required. For more information, call 508-497-0108 or email info@ourtimememorycafe.org.

Aging Mastery Program

Wednesdays, April 1-June 3, 10-11:30 a.m. This fun, innovative program empowers participants to take key steps to improve their well-being, add stability to their life and strengthen ties to their community. Every week a new topic will be covered by an expert in the field. Topics include sleep, exercise, community engagement, medication management and so much more. Participants will make and maintain small but impactful changes in health behaviors, financial well-being and enrichment in later life. Get real incentives and rewards, such as free Senior Center lunch passes and fitness class tokens for taking small steps that can improve well-being. This program is funded by the Massachusetts Council on Aging. Pre-registration is required. Maximum of 20 participants.

Repair Café

Saturday, May 30, 9 a.m.-noon We all have items that don’t quite work right — lamps with ornery switches, rusty garden clippers, furniture with wobbly legs and so on. But they are too good to throw out. Repair Café is an event that brings together people in the community who have items that need fixing with volunteers who enjoy repairing things. Do you have items that need repairing or would you like to volunteer and help organize the event? The center is looking for volunteers who can assist with jewelry repair, sewing and bicycle repair. If you are interested in attending or helping out at the event, contact Ashley Shaheen at 508-497-9730.

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David Jeremiah concert at HCA Feb. 29

Grammy-nominated songwriter David Jeremiah returns to the Hopkinton Center for the Arts for a Leap Day concert on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 for students and seniors. For more information, visit the Hopkinton Center for the Arts website at hopartscenter.org.

Beth Tikvah open house March 1

Beth Tikvah Synagogue, a Jewish community in Westborough that serves Hopkinton residents, will hold a religious school open house on Sunday, March 1, from 9:15-11:30 a.m. at its community center (30 Oak St., Westborough). Attendees will have the opportunity meet religious school coor-

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Reading is Magic at HCA March 1

The Hopkinton Center for the Art’s children’s series presents Ed the Wizard’s Reading is Magic on Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m. Kids will leave smiling and in awe of this mesmerizing performance that demonstrates how inspiration can be found in a book and how a story can change one’s own life. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for kids. For more information, visit the Hopkinton Center for the Arts website at hopartscenter.org.

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HCA summer open house March 8

The Hopkinton Center for the Arts will hold an informational open house on Sunday, March 8, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. to share details on its summer programs. The summer session, which features new dance workshops and intensives as well as returning theater, fine art, ceramics, film and music classes, runs from June 29-Aug. 21. For more information, visit the Hopkinton Center for the Arts website at hopartscenter.org.

PJB Shamrock Shindig March 12

Project Just Because will host its fourth annual Shamrock Shindig on Thursday, March 12, from 7-10 p.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church in Hopkinton. The event will include auctions, raffles, mystery packages, delicious food by Chef McFall, wine, beer, non-alcoholic beverages, Irish entertainment and more. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit projectjustbecause.org.

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The St. Patrick’s Day celebration starts early with this Celtic concert from Stanley and Grimm on Saturday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. The duo takes on old and new interpretations of jogs, reels and songs played with lively fiddle, guitar and voice. There will be a cash bar featuring Guinness and a selection of wine and beer. Tickets are $25 general admission, $20 for students and seniors. For more information, visit the Hopkinton Center for the Arts website at hopartscenter.org.

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Harlem Wizards in Hopkinton March 17

The Harlem Wizards comedy basketball team will play a game at Hopkinton High School on Tuesday, March 17, at 6:30 p.m. against members of the HHS varsity teams, the unified basketball team, the Hopkinton Police Department and some school staff. Tickets can be purchased at HarlemWizards.org.

Garden Club presentation March 17

The Hopkinton Garden Club presents Jeffrey Doherty, from Hopkinton’s Angel Hilltop Gardens, talking about container gardening on Tuesday, March 17, at the Hopkinton Public Library’s large event room. The Garden Club’s general meeting will be held at 6:30, and the presentation will start at 7:30. For more information, visit hopkintongardenclub.org or email info@hopkintongardenclub.org.

Hopkinton Boosters Madness March 21

The Hopkinton Boosters will host their 10th annual fundraiser, Booster Madness, on Saturday, March 21, from 7-11 p.m. at Hopkinton Country Club. There will be a live and silent auction, a DJ and heavy hors d’oeuvres, and the March Madness games will be televised. Tickets are $90 per person or $175 per couple and can be purchased at hopkintonboosters.com.

Korbey 3v3 basketball tourney March 22

The fourth annual Mary Korbey 3v3 Basketball Tournament will be held Sunday, March 22, at Hopkinton High School. The event is open to anyone in fourth grade and up, including adult players. The event honors former Hopkinton youth sports coach Mary Korbey, who passed away in 2015. Proceeds from the event benefit local charities and scholarships. For more information visit the Hopkinton Basketball Association website at hopkintonbasketball.org.

Book Festival March 27

The Hopkinton Girl Scouts will host the fifth annual Edible Book Festival on Friday, March 27, from 4-5 p.m. at the Hopkinton Public Library. To enter, bring an edible creation that related to a book or reading to the library at 4 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category: child (through Grade 8), teen/adult (Grade 9 and up), family/group (collaboration by two or more people). For more information, visit troop65040.wordpress.com or email hopgstroop65040@gmail.com.

Boy Scouts Pancake Breakfast April 4

Boy Scout Troop 4 of Hopkinton will hold its annual Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, April 4, from 7:30-11 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Church (20 Church St.). The scouts will serve original and chocolate chip pancakes, as well as gluten/ dairy/nut-free pancakes. Breakfast will include sausage, juice, coffee and more. There also will be a silent auction. General admission is $6, seniors $4, veterans free. Tickets can be purchased from local scouts or at the door. Proceeds will fund high-adventure scouting trips. For more information, email Jennifer Donahue at donahue49@gmail.com.

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motor vehicle accident at the high school and wanted the incident logged. Sergeant Matthew McNeil assisted.

February 6

February 5

1:07 p.m. Officer Moira McGaffigan conducted a motor vehicle stop on Fruit Street and Officer Ryan Polselli responded as backup. Kazakiyah Hardy, 28, of 26 Fruit Street, was arrested on a warrant charge.

February 13

1:05 a.m. Officer Robert Ekross conducted a motor vehicle stop on East Main Street and found multiple occupants inside. Officers Stephen Buckley and Ryan Polselli and Sergeant Arthur Schofield responded as backup. Elicia M. Richardson, 26, of 591 East Street, Weymouth, was arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and OUI liquor, second offense. The Ashland Police Department assisted in transporting one person to the station. Two people were placed into protective custody. A tow truck removed the vehicle.

February 3

12:14 a.m. A walk-in reported being followed by a vehicle from a gas station. The individual did not want to speak to an officer or report the incident but wanted to sit in the lobby to make sure the person wasn’t following her. 11:41 a.m. A caller reported she was assaulted on Exchange Street and used pepper spray on the two assailants. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officer John Corridan responded along with an ambulance. The caller refused medical attention. A report was to follow. 1:13 p.m. A Front Street resident reported arriving home and finding a woman in her driveway who drove away once she saw the caller. Officers Matthew Santoro, Jessica Ferreira and Moira McGaffigan responded and checked the house and found nothing amiss. They were unable to locate the vehicle.

8:26 a.m. A caller reported a man who appeared agitated and was pacing on Hayden Rowe Street. Officers Matthew Santoro, Jessica Ferreira and Ryan Polselli responded and spoke with the man, who was going for a walk. All was OK. 10:04 a.m. Officer Jay Deiana reported a verbal altercation between two people at Price Chopper on West Main Street. Both parties were sent on their way. 6:21 p.m. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded to a motor vehicle accident involving two cars on Grove Street. No injuries were reported. A report was to follow. 6:31 p.m. A caller reported a big

hole in the sidewalk on Church Street. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and reported someone had made a cut into the pavement. He placed a traffic cone on it.

February 6

7:06 a.m. The school bus company reported a bus was stuck on ice on Connelly Hill Road. The DPW was contacted for sanding, and Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and assisted. 7:35 a.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officers Ryan Polselli and Moira McGaffigan responded to a report of a school crossing guard who was hit by a car on Hayden Rowe Street. An ambulance responded. No injuries were reported. A report was to follow. 11:48 a.m. A caller reported a man slipped and fell on Main Street. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded along with an ambulance. The man required

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February 7

1:09 p.m. A caller reported a motor vehicle accident on West Main Street. No injuries were reported. Officer Ryan Polselli responded. A report was to follow. 3:49 p.m. A caller reported a tree fell down on Maple Street Extension and was blocking the roadway. Officer John CorPolice log | 14

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ridan responded and notified the DPW. 6:03 p.m. A caller reported a burning smell in the basement of a building. Officer Derek Morton responded and contacted the wiring inspector and Eversource. 7:31 p.m. A Washington Lane caller reported clicking on a bad link on her work computer while looking for summer jobs, which set off an alarm and a pop up to notify Windows. Officer Brian Sanchioni advised the caller.

February 8

2:56 a.m. A Lumber Street caller reported his doorbell camera caught an undistinguishable hooded person attempting to gain entry into his home. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officers Preston Mucciarone and Robert Ekross responded along with K-9 assistance and checked the area with a negative find. A report was to follow. 10:13 a.m. A Teresa Road resident reported her mailbox was vandalized overnight. Officers Matthew Santoro

and Jessica Ferreira responded and took a report. 12:50 p.m. A Walcott Street caller reported multiple vehicles traveling down the one- way street in the wrong direction. Officer Matthew Santoro logged the incident. 3:30 p.m. A walk-in turned in boat flares. Officer Derek Morton took possession of them. 4:51 p.m. A caller reported a loose dog on Stoney Brook Road. Officer Preston Mucciarone checked the area with a negative find.

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7:01 a.m. Officers Matthew Santoro and Jessica Ferreira responded to a Lifeline alarm activation on Davis Road and found the situation in control. No EMS was required. 3:44 p.m. A caller reported an erratic operator who passed her on Route 135 going to Ashland. The vehicle was a dark blue Prius with a handicap placard on the front mirror. The Ashland Police Department was notified.

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7:00 a.m. A caller reported being locked out of her North Mill Street house while small children were inside. Officer Ryan Polselli responded and gained access to the home. 7:19 a.m. Officers Jay Deiana and Ryan Polselli responded to a motor vehicle accident on Hayden Rowe Street. An ambulance responded. No personal injuries were reported. 11:20 a.m. Officer Ryan Polselli responded to a report of unwanted youths smoking in a Wood Street parking lot. Officer Ryan Polselli responded, and the youths were gone upon his arrival. 5:15 p.m. A caller requested a person check of a white male wearing jeans and a blue hoodie and going door-to-door on Colella Farm Road. Officer Derek Morton responded and checked on the person, who was working for Power Home Remodeling.

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Obituaries George Brown George A. Brown, 85, of Hopkinton passed away at home Feb. 8. Born in Boston, he was the son of the late George and Laura (Fulton) Brown. He was the husband of 61 years to Mary

(Henry) Brown. One of George’s greatest passions was being a mechanic. He had the pleasure of teaching mechanics for more than 25 years at Keefe Tech, sharing his love of it with many students over the years. Even after his retirement, people would still call and ask him for trouble advice. George was also an avid bowler for many years. He proudly served in the U.S. Army both active and in the reserve. Besides his wife, George is survived by his son, Robert Brown of Hopkinton, and his granddaughter, Denise Powers and her husband, Patrick, of Framingham. He is predeceased by sons George Thomas Brown and Kenneth Scott Brown. A service was held Feb. 15 at the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton, (ChesmoreFuneralHome.com), followed by burial at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Hopkinton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Friends of the Hopkinton Senior Center, 28 Mayhew St., Hopkinton, MA 01748, or the American Heart Association at heart.org.

John Freniere John Freniere 88, of Marlborough and formerly of Natick, died unexpectedly on Feb. 5. He was the beloved husband of Judith A. (MacDonald) Miller and beloved father to Susan Freniere of Don Pedro Island, Florida, David Freniere and his wife, Diane, of Wellesley, Christine Meyers of Hopkinton, and John Barlow of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was a loving grandfather to Jacalyn Williams, David Williams and his wife, Crystal, Christian Freniere, Matthew Freniere, Abigail Meyers and Charlotte Freniere.

John had a brilliant mind for math. He received an engineering degree from Assumption College and worked as an engineer for Raytheon for more than 40 years on a variety of Department of Defense contracts for the missile division. John had many passions, among them playing and teaching chess and playing basketball with his kids and grandkids well into his 80s. John also enjoyed a nice Manhattan at the end of the day. John had a remarkable sense of humor and never failed to bring a smile to the face of everyone in his company. He could light up a room with laughter. John’s favorite place was Cape Cod, where he vacationed each summer for more than 60 years. John was drawn to the ocean and would often say that he was a fish — and he was. John would spend hours upon hours gracefully swimming the Cape Cod coastline as his family watched in awe from the shore. He would joke that Judy was going to join him in the water one day with shark bait. John was kind-hearted and generous with his time. He was loved by the ladies in his neighborhood for his daily simple acts of kindnesses and by the staff at Kennedy’s Pub, where he and Judy shared so many laughs and wonderful meals. John’s

greatest passion was his family. He was a dedicated, caring and loving husband, father and grandfather. He had a twinkle in his brilliant blue eyes when surrounded by his family. He will forever be in our hearts. A funeral service was held Feb. 9 at the John Everett & Sons funeral home in Natick (everettfuneral.com). In lieu of flowers, donations in John’s name may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

David Adelman David F. Adelman, 78, of Hopkinton passed away Feb. 14. Born in Queens, New York, he was the son of the late Edith (Lindholm) and John F. Adelman. He was the husband of 23 years to Karen (Temple) Adelman of Hopkinton. An Army veteran of the Korean War, David met his wife, Karen, at Prime Computer, where they both worked, and

they went on to be together for 30 years. He enjoyed woodworking and computers. David was a member of the Upton Historical Society for many years. Besides his wife, he is survived by his children, David Michael Adelman and Ladawn Marie Adelman, both of South Carolina, and his stepchildren, Laurie Ann Miller Day and her husband, David, of Florida, and Betty Kaye Ellis and her husband, Steve, of Florida. He also leaves behind his siblings, Frederick A. Adelman and his wife, Blanche, of New Jersey, Edith Kennedy and her husband, Richard, of New York, grandchild Benjamin Clarke Adelman of South Carolina, and seven step-grandchildren. He also leaves behind many nieces, nephews and greatgrandchildren. He is predeceased by his stepson, Donald Melvin Miller, and two siblings. Private family services were scheduled. Arrangements are under the care of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton (ChesmoreFuneralHome.com). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Legion at legion.org, to the Upton Historical Society at P.O. Box 171, Upton, MA 01568, or to the Upton Grange, 26 School St., Upton, MA 01568.

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