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HOPKINTON INDEPENDENT Vol. 22 | No. 11 | June 2, 2021
Town voters stick with incumbents, support questions By Jerry Spar Managing Editor
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IN TRIBUTE
Kindergartner Sloane Crowe from Daisy Troop 83123 places an American flag next to the gravestone of a veteran buried at Evergreen Cemetery on Wood Street a few days before the Memorial Day ceremony there.
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INSIDE
Memory of Hopkinton twins inspires playground communication board Twins Annie (left) and Charlotte Masters, who passed away during the 2019-20 school year, inspired the playground communication board project.
By Mary Ellen Gambon Contributing Writer
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nnie and Charlotte Masters were twin sisters from Hopkinton who loved playing outdoors during their brief lives. Despite battling a neuromuscular disease and then epilepsy, the girls communicated their joy through their radiant smiles, according to their speech pathologists at Marathon Elementary School, Myah Stone and Lynn Conroy. Charlotte passed away in November 2019 at the age of 5, and Annie died less than three months later, shortly after turning 6. As a lasting tribute to their lives, their teachers decided to create a communication board at their school playground to
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he May 22 Town Election, like Town Meeting two weeks earlier, included a small turnout and no surprises. In the only contested race, incumbents Amanda Fargiano and Meg Tyler easily won the race for the two available seats on the School Committee. All four questions — which already had passed at Town Meeting but needed majority support at Town Election as well — passed by substantial margins. Question 1, the addition to Marathon School, passed 529-243. Question 2, an HVAC upgrade at Hopkinton Middle School, passed 610-160. Question 3, roof repair at Hopkins and the middle school, passed 613-159. Question 4, roof repair at the Hopkinton Police Station, passed 589-181. Fargiano, who serves as School Committee chair, had 584 votes, while Tyler totaled 516. Newcomer Jared Pray recorded 325 votes.
NEWS
Sandy Beach opens with adjustments to policies
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MIKAYLA MILLER
Family, supporters continue push for new investigation
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SCHOOLS
Masks not required outside, but still necessary indoors
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