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HOPKINTON INDEPENDENT Vol. 21 | No. 9 | May 6, 2020

Marathoners look forward to unique Boston

By Jerry Spar Managing Editor

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reparing for a marathon is tough enough. Having it pulled out from under you a month before it was to happen and rescheduled to five months later can present a new set of mental and physical challenges. But local runners we spoke to say they’re taking it all in stride.

“I am excited to train from May to September,” said Amy Dorfman. “I just find it easier, you just have shorts and a shirt, your shoes. You don’t have to worry about all your layers. … It’s a positive for me.”

Fellow resident Chris Hart agreed.

“I’m looking forward to not training in February,” he said. “That’s one of the hardest parts about the April date of the marathon. It’s cold, but maybe even worse than the cold is the lack of sunlight. It’s dark, there’s just not a lot of sunlight hours, which makes it tough if you work. It’s tough to train in

HATCHING UP WITH FRIENDS Hopkinton residents (from left) Amy Morrissey, Aimee Graeber and Cathy Schaefer practice social distancing during a recent get-together at the parking lot next to Hopkins School.

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Say it isn’t solar

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Residents oppose commercial installations

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By Jerry Spar Managing Editor

Amid uncertainty, town institutes hiring freeze

Golden Pond tries to manage outbreak

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eeking to update the bylaw to give the town more control over where commercial, ground-mounted solar installations are located, the Planning Board has been hearing from frustrated residents as well as property owners who have expressed an interest in having their land approved for solar.

“Zoning is always a little tricky, and this one is a big deal,” Planning Board chair Muriel Kramer said. “People feel passionately on both sides. I think everybody understands it from everybody else’s angle, and people

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The RE/MAX Executive Charitable Foundation, represented by Sandy Lucchesi (far left) and Bill Wright (far right) recently donated meals to staffers at Milford Regional Medical Center. Receiving the order for MRMC were Dr. Celeste Gagnier (in scrubs) and administrative assistant Jean Kirby.

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ike many of us, longtime Hopkinton resident Sandy Lucchesi and her fellow real estate brokers from RE/MAX Executive Realty wondered how they could INDEPENDENT help once the COVTHOUGHTS ID-19 pandemic hit.

Broker Bill JERRY SPAR Wright, who founded the RE/MAX Executive Charitable Foundation, which helps provide assistance to individuals and families throughout the Metrowest area and beyond, had an idea to brighten some medical providers’ day by providing them with a free meal.

“Seeing all the stuff about the first responders, everybody’s sitting at home thinking, ‘Gosh, what can we do?’ ” Lucchesi said. “Bill said, ‘How about if we were to bring meals to as many hospital staff members as we could?’ So the board quickly jumped on top of that and figured out how to implement it.”

Thus Project Feed the Frontline was born.

They started with Milford Regional Medical Center, partnering with Restaurant 45 in Medway and driving the meals over to the hospital. Then they arranged similar giveaways at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick (with food from Marathon Deli in Ashland) as well as UMass hospitals in Worcester and

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Marlborough, targeting the COVIDspecific staff there.

“Our whole thinking was we were doing two things: feeding the hospital staff and giving business to a local restaurant [which provided a discount],” Lucchesi said. “That was really our goal. We felt it was a win-win.”

Lucchesi said the response was heartwarming.

“Every hospital we went to, the folks were ecstatic — extremely appreciative to receive the meals,” she said.

After delivering 425 total meals to the four hospitals, the foundation board — which includes Hopkinton residents Steve Lindquist (RE/MAX agent) and Brian Brown (Guaranteed Rate mortgage broker), while Chuck Joseph is one of the company’s owners — was inspired to continue its charitable efforts. For its second round of giving the board turned its focus to assisted living facility staffers and supermarket employees.

“We thought these people really needed some support and to help keep up their morale,” Lucchesi said. “The grocery store employees are a major component in our daily lives. We’re all anxious to get our food and our toilet paper. Without them, if they stop going to work we have nothing.

“And the nursing home employees, we just feel that they are surrounded by such monumental issues because not only do they have patients that may develop COVID, but [many of] these patients are very needy to begin with.

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And we also know that they are going through the whole emotional rollercoaster of not being able to see family.

So we felt that they have a lot going on and need a little support.”

Golden Pond assisted living facility in Hopkinton is one of the recipients. Staffers there will receive a thank you note along with a gift card to Hiller’s Pizza.

Also being recognized are assisted living facilities in Medway and Wrentham as well as supermarkets in Framingham, Grafton and Franklin.

The slogan of the RE/MAX Executive Charitable Foundation is “Neighbors helping neighbors,” and Lucchesi said she is seeing that in action.

“Initially it was to increase the morale of the hospital staff or the nursing home staff, but what I see is we ask who wants to be involved in our community, and it’s amazing the number of agents who want to help and people who want to donate.

“As busy as everybody is doing their daily job, this has taken on a life of its own. On one hand people are like, ‘I’m so busy working,’ but then again they can’t wait to get this going.”

Donations to Project Feed the Frontline can be made via Sandy Lucchesi at SandyL@remaxexec.com.

Relay for Life goes virtual The Hopkinton Relay for Life, a popular annual event that benefits the American Cancer Society, will take place as scheduled on May 15, but it will move online and be condensed into four hours.

The event, normally held overnight at the Hopkinton High School track and playing fields, will run from 4-8 p.m. Organizers will use Instagram and Facebook to share photos and videos, and there will be activities for people to do in their homes, including trivia, a driveway chalk challenge and virtual opening, closing and luminaria ceremonies.

Families are encouraged to get involved and share pictures.

Visit @hopkintonrelayforlife on Instagram or Relay For Life of Hopkinton MA on Facebook for more details.

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The inaugural Hopkinton Basketball Association 4K Shot Challenge drew 85 participants in April, and those who were able to make 4,000 baskets in the month were to receive a commemorative T-shirt and be entered into a raffle for a gift certificate to a local business.

Additionally, with the Hopkinton Independent signing on as the event’s sponsor, a donation of $1,000 — representing $20 for every player who hit the 4,000-shot mark — was to be made to Project Just Because food bank.

The event, inspired by a similar challenge put on by Hopkinton High School girls varsity coach Mike Greco, is designed to give kids an activity and a goal during the stay at home restriction, as well as improve players’ skills via consistent practice.

A new challenge was started for May. If you have a basketball player in Grade 3-8, hurry up and check the HBA website at HopkintonBasketball.org.

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Hopkinton named safest in state HHS ranked No. 3 by U.S. News

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he independent review website SafeWise named Hopkinton the safest city in Massachusetts for 2020. It marks the town’s second straight year being ranked No. 1.

Last year SafeWise also ranked Hopkinton the No. 1 safest city in America.

The national rankings have not yet been released for this year.

Hopkinton earned the top spot by reporting a violent crime rate of 0.1 incidents per 1,000 and a property crime rate of 1.6.

Franklin, Shrewsbury, Milton and Norton round out the top five, while neighboring Holliston ranks 11.

Meanwhile, Hopkinton schools continue to receive strong marks from national ratings organizations, as U.S. News & World Report ranked Hopkinton High School third in the state for 2020.

Superintendent Carol Cavanaugh shared the news with the schools community April 21, writing in an email: “Congratulations to the High School administration, faculty and staff, and also to educators in the other four schools, HMS, Hopkins, Elmwood and Marathon, who prepare all of our children along the way. And thank you to you, the community, who support your schools with money, time, and resources. This ranking is quite an honor.”

Boston Latin School was ranked No. 1, while Sturgis Charter Public School in Hyannis was No. 2. Following HHS were Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School in Marlborough (4) and Dover-Sherborn Regional (5). The survey considers 345 schools in the state.

Factors used in the rankings include college readiness, math and reading proficiency, math and reading performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rate.

HHS is ranked 190 nationally, out of 17,792 schools.

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It helps to realize that the brain has an evolutionary-based negativity bias.

Because it’s still doing an outdated and obsolete job: keeping us safe from imminent physical danger so we can pass on our genes. We forget that since we’ve been walking upright for 4 million years, 5,000 years is a drop in the bucket. But the rate of change of human technological and societal progress has been off the charts throughout the last 500 years. Our poor brains have not been able to keep up. We evolve too slowly from genetic mutations. The brain is in desperate need of an update from the app store. The sad truth is our brains don’t care about the quality of our lives. That’s not relevant to its mission. The more anxious and vigilant you are, the better its chance to fulfill its mission of keeping us alive.

The default state of our brains is spontaneous wondering. Speculating on what’s wrong and what could go wrong.

To come up with dirt. They present thoughts that masquerade as truth or logic. They create internal fake news that appears as breaking and headlineworthy front page news. Studies show that for most of us, 77 percent of our daily thoughts are negative or counterproductive. If we’re not careful, we can allow any one of them to become a major “story” in our lives.

I’ve been so relieved to grasp that a thought is just a thought. Nothing more. Here is how I define a thought: a brain secretion. Just because my brain created the thought doesn’t mean I have to own it, that it’s true, or worthy of rumination. A thought has no power unless you give it some. The problem isn’t that we have negative thoughts; the problem is that we pay attention to them. People who aren’t anxious or depressed have the same negative thoughts everyone else does. They just have a different relationship with them.

One disclaimer is if you have a diagnosis, like my brother with bipolar disorder. Some of us have a chemical imbalance and need extra help in the form of medication and professional services to deal with thoughts and mental activity.

But most of us can do a better job at catching ourselves sooner, before we allow our thoughts to become frontpage news. We can interrupt a train of thought. We can stop a mild anxiety or depressive episode from turning into a clinical or debilitating one.

The best thing to do is think of the mind and the brain as two separate things. Realize that the brain is the creator of the thoughts, but you are the director and producer. Use your mind to train your brain. You decide which trains of thoughts will play on screen of your consciousness. The goal isn’t to think only positive thoughts, that’s exhausting. The goal is to only entertain positive trains of thought.

Catching myself and simply defining it as a thought takes its power away. It’s liberating. So, “Should I try to make my own ventilator?” I simply declare to myself, “There’s a thought!”

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Animal rescue organizations remain busy during pandemic

By Sandy Quadros Bowles Contributing Writer

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nimals in need of homes can still find shelter through the storm.

As the nation slows down during this pandemic, Hopkinton-based animal rescuers remain busy connecting pets with new families while adapting to the new realities of the crisis.

Closing of greyhound racing tracks in Florida during the crisis has led to an influx of dogs available for adoption through Greyhound Friends in Hopkinton.

In the area of Jacksonville, Florida, about 1,500 dogs have been freed up for adoption at organizations throughout the country, said Theresa Shepard, kennels and operations manager of Greyhound Friends.

Some of these dogs have made their way to Hopkinton, where they will be adopted out.

“We’re happy to be doing our part,” she said. “We’re very happy we’re able to be part of the solution.”

The number of potential adopters exceeds the number of available dogs, leading to a waiting list, Shepard said.

The biggest challenge for staff members is scheduling the dogs for veterinary visits for the needed health and wellness checks and spay/neuter procedures, Shepard said. “Vets are swamped,” she said, but the greyhounds are getting appointments.

In mid-April two cats in separate areas of New York state became the first pets to test positive for COVID-19 in the country. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that while public health officials are still learning about the disease, “There is no evidence that pets play a role in spreading the virus in the United States. Therefore, there is no justification in taking measures against companion animals that may compromise their welfare.”

Shepard noted that the dogs are checked by four veterinarians between their departure from Florida and their adoptions out of Hopkinton. They are seen by veterinarians in their home state of Florida, in Connecticut, where the dogs initially arrive, then again in Massachusetts, where they are quarantined for 48 hours as per state law.

The last exam is done by a local veterinarian, where the dogs are brought for a final check and to receive any necessary procedures such as spay/ neutering.

Shepard said she is not aware of any cases of COVID-19 in greyhounds.

The dogs are not specifically tested for the virus, but all state regulations are followed, she said.

The Saddle Hill Road shelter is closed to visitors. Adoptions are by appointment only and are being done outside the doors of the facility.

Many shelters across the country are seeing a demand from people seeking to foster animals during their time of confinement. Animals that are fostered during this crisis are taken in temporarily to be cared for and socialized with individuals who usually return the animals to the shelter for permanent adoption once they are allowed to resume their usual activities.

Greyhound Friends is not accepting fostering applications because of the huge demand for adoptions. As soon as dogs come in, “They’re going out as soon as we can get ready to go,”

The pandemic has presented a new set of challenges for local animal shelters such as Greyhound Friends, which has been trying to help former racing greyhounds find new homes.

she said.

The organization maintains a waiting list of potential adopters, who can submit an application via the organization’s website at greyhound.org.

Fostering has been popular at Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton.

“So many people are reaching out” to foster animals during their time at home, said Elizabeth Jefferis, executive director.

Dogs are no longer being transported because of safety concerns for

the individuals involved in bringing the animals from shelters elsewhere in the country, she said. But Baypath still has a few dogs that it obtained through local animal control officers or as local surrenders.

The shelter still is taking in local cats, including a few surrenders and some strays. Baypath recently brought in two kittens found near a dumpster in Worcester, for example. “We’ve taken in a fair number of cats,” Jefferis said.

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cility because the building is too small to allow for safe social distancing, she said.

Animals headed out for fostering are being transferred to the vehicles of those taking them in in the parking lot of the facility, with staff members wearing masks and gloves and using proper sanitizing steps, Jefferis said.

Jefferis hopes the increased interest will lead to more people becoming involved in Baypath, which also offers emergency assistance during the crisis, with information available at the organization’s website: baypathhumane.org.

Another Hopkinton-based organization, Brown Dog Coalition, has received a “generous outpouring of foster and adoption applications,” said Annie Covino, who is one of the organization’s founders. “We feel so supported during these challenging times,” she said.

Covino said that agencies in their network and those transporting animals “have worked overtime to adapt throughout the pandemic to optimize social distancing and sanitation.

Change is hard, but we can safely continue rescuing and adopting out animals with the proper precautionary measures in place.”

Like so many, she watches the governor’s informational updates each day and pays particular attention to the essential services list. Organizations and workers responsible for the care and custody of animals, pets and livestock are considered essential, Covino said, and their work continues.

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Hopkinton, Golden Pond hit hard by COVID-19 in April Golden Pond assisted living facility reported that 37 residents tested positive for COVID-19 in mid-April.

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he COVID-19 pandemic truly hit home in late April, as six residents passed away after contracting the disease.

Four had been residents of the Golden Pond assisted living facility, where 37 residents had tested positive in mid-April.

According to Shaun McAuliffe, the town’s Health Department director, three of the Golden Pond residents were in Alzheimer’s hospice care, where the majority of the facility’s COVID-19 cases reside.

McAuliffe said his department has been working with Golden Pond on an almost daily basis, and while the facility is doing what it can, state regulations are making it impossible to be able to provide the proper care needed.

“The main issue is assisted living facilities are not created to provide medical care,” McAuliffe said. “We had to get permission from every health care proxy and related physician to be able to get their temperatures. Golden Pond has implemented the programs that the CDC and the state recommended, and they’ve been bolstering processes to meet all of the standards — the new medical standards that just came out within the last two days. They’re rising to the challenges. It’s not an issue that they’re not providing care or they’re providing less care than any other assisted living facility. It’s that assisted living facilities just aren’t designed to provide the type of care that’s needed to take care of COVID patients.”

McAuliffe noted that while nursing homes are overseen by the Department of Public Health, assisted living facilities are managed under the Executive Office of Elder Affairs. “[Golden Pond staff] collect the temperatures every day, and that’s how we gauge someone might have an infection and might have COVID,” McAuliffe said. “But if they register a temperature, the staff aren’t able to act on the temperature. To prescribe a Tylenol or any fever medication they’ve got to get permission from the health care proxy. They’re not equipped and not able by license to respond to that. Their response is to call the Fire Department, have the Fire Department pick them up and transport them to Milford [Regional Medical Center] or UMass Memorial [in Worcester] and have them assessed there. And then the physician at the hospital, sometimes in consult with the health care proxy, will put together a plan and add that medication regimen

or whatever. But they don’t have intubators and all this other equipment at their facility.

“It’s really just for comfort, to make sure that they’re being fed and changed. And especially at the hospice and dementia units. So, how do you provide COVID care in an environment like that? That’s been the battle I’ve been having with the state over the last month, that the current situation is just not tenable. You’ve got people who need to be monitored, who need to have care plans, who need to have people who can respond to the changing conditions without having to call the Fire Department to have them transported.”

Moving all patients out of the facilities is not a viable solution either, McAuliffe said.

“Say Framingham and Hopkinton, if we decided not to allow our assisted living facilities to provide care or to take patients on site, we’d flood any nursing facilities and likely the hospitals, then

no other communities would have bed space for patients,” he said. “There’s no good solution at this moment.”

McAuliffe said he and other health officials have been pushing the state for more action, and it finally appears to be making a difference.

“I’ve been on the phone with the DPH and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs 2-4 times a week crying out for assistance,” he said. “Then I had a discussion with some of the aides to the state representatives this week also. As we started getting a little more vocal and some other newspapers started really reporting on this, the governor has stood up an infection control group and a nursing assistance group. I think [April 28] they were at the Soldiers’ Home out in Holyoke [where 82 residents have passed away in the past five weeks] working with their staff to educate them on infection control, proper PPE use, donning and doffing the PPE, how to improve their hygienic practices, how to better monitor and how to put together plans for patient care. Those units are supposed to be cycling through the commonwealth to help stand up other assisted living facilities throughout the state.”

In the meantime, McAuliffe and Hopkinton’s public health nurse, Kasey Mauro, are providing Golden Pond with advice and assistance as needed.

“Your gut is telling you there’s so much more that can be done, but you’re running into this bureaucracy,” McAuliffe said. “It’s just a terrible situation.”

Check the Hopkinton Independent website (HopkintonIndependent.com) for up-to-date COVID-19 information.

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Hopkinton 1918: An earlier pandemic that he was “the last Hopkinton young man to enter the service” and died at Fort Andrews in Hull on Nov. 6, 1918.

McIntyre was buried in town at Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Looking closely at individuals makes this all real. Like many other young men of that time he contracted the disease at a WWI camp.

A second young man named Stephen H. Pond had parents who retired to the bucolic location of Hopkinton.

Stephen died at Fort Devens in Ayer, and his cause of death was stated as influenza. The Ponds remained in our town for some time following the premature death of their son.

By Linda Connelly Special to the Independent

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n late March, when we were dealing with a rising tide of new coronavirus cases, I sought solace in the past. Hopkinton had gone through an epidemic of influenza just following the first World War and had come out in one piece at the other end. It must have, because we’re all here today, right?

How did the officials and residents of our town deal with that particular infection? What kind of a town was it in that year and under those circumstances?

As a librarian with a background in archival studies, I have browsed through Hopkinton’s archival resources for quite some time now. I hope to produce a picture with the little information I have from a library log book and from a 129-page Town Report of 1918.

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The so-called Spanish flu of 1918 (it actually originated in China) is considered one of the most deadly pandemics in human history, killing perhaps one-fourth of the world’s population. The 1918 flu pandemic and World War I happened simultaneously and certainly are connected.

There were two outbreaks of the 1918 pandemic, the second considered more virulent. In terms of Massachusetts, the second reappeared in September 2018 at the Boston Navy Yard and at what is now Fort Devens in Ayer, specifically killing young soldiers.

Hopkinton was a town of approximately 2,300 people (compared to 17,800 in 2019). Apparently the influenza virus reached Hopkinton in September. The sole librarian, Caroline Wilbur, recorded some details about the library’s reaction to the outbreak. The library was closed for nearly three weeks and books were not loaned to persons who had the illness.

“Books are not allowed to go where there are cases,” she noted.

Wilbur indicated that books returned to the library by known sick persons were “fumigated” and, thank goodness, out of compassion all fines, two cents per day, were forgiven.

The Annual Report of the Town of Hopkinton provides a potentially expanded view of events. The War to End All Wars was in its final year.

Hopkinton sent 111 young men, and three had died. The Annual Report tells us that two individuals died from influenza, however I had to consider the Town Clerk (Patrick Dolan) recorded an additional seven people dying of pneumonia. I question how in 1918 they were able to tell the difference between the flu and pneumonia.

Life in Hopkinton was hard — 52 people were buried in the town that year, including six children under 5 years of age! People’s lives were much more at risk than ours are today in spite of COVID-19. Children were especially vulnerable; this was something that became evident and stunned me while I was adding information to a library spreadsheet listing cemetery records. This was only 102 years ago and it was not uncommon for children to die — three under age 5 died the following year, in 1919.

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Spanish flu was devastating

John Stanley McIntyre apparently contracted the flu while training for World War I at Fort Andrews in Hull and died on Nov. 6, 1918. His grave is located in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Town focus was on WWI A large part of the Annual Report from 1918 dealt with WWI. After paragraphs of patriotic rhetoric, discussion in the report abruptly and seemingly out of context shifts to a paragraph referring to the flu.

“During the latter part of the year a large number of our citizens were stricken by the epidemic, Spanish Influenza, the Board of Health had to take extraordinary measures to relieve suffering and prevent the spread of the disease,” it reads.

There are no specific details in this paragraph but it noted that the Board of Health’s account went over budget by $625.

A point of interest involves the payment of “wages” by the town to several individuals in “quarantine.” The names are as follows, and these people will be researched via Ancestry. com: John Sellar, Walter F Kimball, X.J. Rollins, C.N. Linnell, Bernice Sweet, Angelo Cardesso and Harry Hamilton.

All were paid a single sum of money, generally $22-$24 per payment.

However, John Stanley McIntyre of Pleasant Street, aged 22, likely died of the flu. His more lengthy obituary indicates

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What we know is that at least two young men died, both victims because of their WWI exposure to the illness.

In addition, a 16-year-old girl was paid by Hopkinton for “nursing” and six people were paid to remain in quarantine, at least three living in households on Grove Street. Schools were closed from Sept. 22 through Oct. 23, as was the library. Druggists were paid to “fumigate.”

The quarantined likely were bored and anxious in varying degrees, as we all are in 2020. Unlike today, death and illness were not necessarily unusual occurrences in the town of 2,450. We can only imagine reactions and attitudes toward the disease as it became overshadowed by the latter stages of World War I and attitudes toward that global situation. They made it OK, and so will we.

By 1919 the influenza epidemic disappeared. There is no mention of it in Hopkinton’s Town Report other than one woman being paid while in quarantine. There were parades, banquets and celebrations for the boys who fought, but there was no local celebration for the end of the epidemic in the country and the world. Perhaps they just collectively let out a sigh of relief.

A more comprehensive version of this article appears on the Hopkinton Public Library website (hopkintonlibrary. org). Information courtesy of Hopkinton Public Library and Hopkinton Historical Society.

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in general really support solar. So it’s an interesting tangle.”

According to the town’s current bylaw, commercial, ground-mounted solar installations are allowed anywhere in town.

They are subject to Planning Board and Conservation Committee review, with screening and setback restrictions as well as wetlands protection. But if a project meets the special permit criteria and is not requesting any waivers, the Planning Board cannot deny the application, and neighbors are virtually powerless to stop it.

“We cannot legally reject something if it meets all the criteria,” Planning Board member Mary Larson-Marlowe explained during the April 27 Planning Board meeting. “All we can do is negotiate appropriate setbacks and screening.”

The proposed amendment to the town’s solar bylaw would add a commercial solar overlay district to the zoning map in order to place some town control on new installations, with the goal of minimizing deforestation, limiting the detrimental effect on residential neighborhoods, and balancing the rights of property owners with abutters.

The Zoning Advisory Committee researched options for solar bylaws that would comply with state law and discussed it at five ZAC public meetings between October 2019 and January 2020, then put together a preliminary overlay map in January.

“It was just a matter of trying to identify places where solar would be universally unobtrusive and not problematic and likely welcome,” Kramer said.

Parcels included in the overlay district still would require a special permit, including Planning Board and Conservation Commission approval process to review adequate screening, setbacks, protection of wetlands, stormwater management and more.

Projects not included in the overlay district would require a two-thirds vote at Town Meeting to be added before applying for a special permit.

After the original map was presented, some property owners reached

A solar array is plainly visible from the backyard of many homes on Alexander Road, in the Charlesview Estates neighborhood.

The solar panels are broadcast across the rolling hills and glare in the afternoon sun, creating an absolute eyesore even beyond the worst-case scenario we had imagined.

— Rick Voss out with requests to add parcels. Among them were multiple parcels that abut the Charlesview Estates neighborhood.

That raised the alarm for some residents there, as there already is a solar array that was constructed on a Lumber Street property that backs up to Alexander Road and is clearly visible from many homes there.

Numerous Charlesview residents participated in the public hearing portion of the April 27 Planing Board meeting and expressed disappointment with the effect the Lumber Street installation has had on their neighborhood since it was constructed in 2018.

“At the town meetings we were promised an adequate buffer zone, and that trees would be planted to shield the panels. Those statements could not be further from the truth,” Alexander

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Road resident Rick Voss said. “The solar panels are broadcast across the rolling hills and glare in the afternoon sun, creating an absolute eyesore even beyond the worst-case scenario we had imagined. … The loss of property value is immense and immeasurable.”

Added Teresa Road resident Laura Poovakad: “No one wants to buy a house with a solar farm in their backyard. No one wants to look at it. So why would it be a good idea to add another one?”

Teresa Road resident Sean Kimball, whose backyard abuts one of the properties proposed for a new solar permit, said his primary concern is water runoff if trees are cleared. He said he already pumps out up to five gallons a minute from his basement during the spring and fall.

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The primary counter argument is that owners should have the right to use their land as they desire.

“I’m in favor of no map,” said resident Craig Nation. “I agree that solar doesn’t belong everywhere. But I think that putting a blanket over the town to me doesn’t feel like the right thing to do, with the stripping of property rights of land-owners. I think the better path would be to consider modifying the existing bylaws to make solar more palatable to abutters and others in town.

“I would caution the unintended consequences of banning solar,” he added. “Be careful what you wish for.

People have property and they intend to do something with it, I’m sure. Solar may have been a better option. If you ban it, they’re going to do something else with it, and we don’t know what that is.”

The Planning Board will continue the public hearing at its June 1 meeting.

The COVID-19 pandemic has added a new wrinkle. The Planning Board has forwarded an article to the Town Meeting warrant to reserve a spot for this item. However, Town Meeting was rescheduled from May 4 to June 22 and there is some speculation it could get pushed back to the fall, or only include emergency items (as Select Board member Brian Herr suggested at the April 28 Select Board meeting).

Even if Town Meeting is held as scheduled, the Planning Board could decide to hold off on putting an overlay map before voters — it will require twothirds support to become law — until the next Town Meeting. However, Kramer made it clear that the board does want to get something on the books so that the town has better control over the situation.

“Conceptually commercial uses being permittable in residential districts, I think that is problematic on its face.

I’m not really sure why that went in that way,” she said. “The press was, of course, to encourage solar, that’s true.

But I’m not sure why from the very start the town of Hopkinton didn’t ensure that ground-mounted solar was not permittable in residential districts.”

The proposed bylaw change likely would not stop projects already in the permitting pipeline, including the Seaboard Solar project on the Liberty Mutual property off Frankland Road, where 27 acres of forest are slated to be cleared.

This issue also does not affect residential or commercial solar roof installations, including parking lot structures.

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Bennett sworn in as police chief Joseph Bennett was officially sworn in as Hopkinton police chief during the Select Board’s April 28 meeting that was conducted via Zoom. It followed a contract negotiation that was finalized in an executive session.

“This is a true success story, not just for NEWS BRIEFS the Police Department but for the town of Hopkinton,” Select Board chair Brendan Tedstone said.

“Anytime you can hire someone as a police officer to be promoted to sergeant to lieutenant to deputy chief to chief, it speaks volumes for our department, our town, and the leadership that you had [from previous chiefs]. … You are a true testament to what we look for as police officers in the town.

“To all the younger [officers] that have just recently started, take note that the town of Hopkinton does appreciate the hard work that guys do, and we will reward you by promoting as possible.”

Former HPD Officer Pat O’Brien worked with Bennett for 20 years and offered his congratulations during the meeting.

“He’s always done things the right way and he’s definitely the right guy for the job,” O’Brien said. “I’m so happy that the Board of Selectmen saw to hire from within. You made a great choice, and I can see him leading this department for many years to come.”

After the Select Board unanimously voted to appoint Bennett to the position, Bennett’s wife, Wendy, pinned the chief’s badge on her husband. Town clerk Connor Degan, joining Bennett at the police station, then swore in the

new chief.

“I wouldn’t be here today without all the support and mentoring and help that I’ve gotten over the years, and I’m eternally grateful,” Bennett said.

“There’s no place right now that I would rather be than working beside these great men and women in service to this fantastic community.”

Marathoners stay away The town — along with state and race officials — pleaded with runners not to head to Hopkinton on April 20 to run the Boston Marathon course on the day the race originally was scheduled.

Police were situated at the Town Common as well as Hopkinton High School ready to turn away any potential crowds, but only a couple of runners were spotted.

“The running community’s response to Hopkinton’s request to support Governor [Charlie] Baker’s stay at home advisory was impressive, as almost no one ventured out on the Boston Marathon course,” said Select Board vice chair and Boston Athletic Association liaison John Coutinho.

“Much credit goes to the Boston Athletic Association, its charity teams and the media for getting the word out to a wide-ranging audience.”

Select Board members continue to encourage runners to look forward to what promises to be a unique and historic Marathon Day when Hopkinton welcomes marathoners and spectators to town on Sept. 14.

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Hopkinton brothers seek to make impact via sports Young duo starts charity to distribute athletic gear internationally

By Chris Villani Contributing Writer

H

aving some extra time to spend at home is just what a pair of Hopkinton brothers needed to get their charity project up and running.

Aarav Mehta, 11, and his brother Arjun, 8, have been fortunate enough to see more than a dozen countries and nearly two dozen U.S. states thanks to their family’s boutique travel business.

As they experienced different cultures and saw many children their own age, they noticed that their peers abroad often did not have the same quality of clothing or sports equipment or school supplies that they have been able to take advantage of in America.

“We realized children our age don’t live the same way we do,” Aarav said.

So they decided to do something about it. The brothers started a charity called ARM in ARM with the goal of connecting children around the world by gathering new or gently used sports apparel, gear, and educational supplies and donating them to kids in need.

The name has a double meaning: it’s both the boys’ initials and captures the spirit of their charity, joining arm-in-arm across different cultures.

provided the COVID-19 pandemic has abated enough to allow for international travel.

Their father, Rushik, grew up there, and the plan would be to spend a week or two doing volunteer work during the visit.

He said the boys’ charity idea is one that has been percolating for a while.

“We came back from a trip to Jordan and Israel in February before COVID-19 really hit and the kids noticed there were less fortunate children there,” Rushik said. “They came home and said, ‘We have got to do something about it because we have been talking about it for a year.’ ” On past trips, the boys had noticed children playing soccer in the streets without any shoes Arjun (left) and Aarav Mehta, shown during a trip to Jordan in February, have started a charity called or going to schools and having ARM in ARM to provide sports gear to needy to sit on the floor because they youngsters in other countries. didn’t have proper desks and other supplies. When the pan“Our plan is to do one large service demic left them homebound for project each year,” Arjun said. “And an extended period of time, it provided we’ll volunteer our time for smaller, lothe perfect opportunity to put their longcal projects during the rest of the year.” devised plans into action.

This summer, the brothers are plan“I told them, ‘You have all this time ning to travel to Tanzania for a month, at home and nothing going on except for

your schoolwork, come up with something,’ ” Rushik said. “That’s how they devised this idea.”

Aarav and Arjun have a web page on their family’s travel website, CoddiWompleJourneys.com, and a hashtag #ArmInArm. They are collecting sports apparel and gear to bring on their first mission to Tanzania and are looking for people in Hopkinton and other local communities to donate athletic apparel, footwear, gear, equipment and other new or gently used items for both boys and girls.

Arjun noted how excited he and his brother get when Rushik and their mother, Kinjal, buy them new sporting equipment or school supplies.

“We want to make sure that less fortunate children get to feel the same way we do,” he said.

People who wish to donate can visit the website, email TheMehtas13@gmail. com or call 781-454-9883 to make arrangements to drop off their items or to have them picked up. Rushik said the plan is for the boys’ charity to continue and tackle different projects through the years.

“I didn’t want them to do a project and just forget about it,” he said. “I want them to grow with the project.”

Anticipating financial issues, town initiates hiring freeze

By Jerry Spar Managing Editor

T

he Select Board voted at its April 28 meeting to place a hiring freeze on town employment effective immediately due to the anticipated financial issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The vote came shortly after a presentation by Town Manager Norman Khumalo, who offered some concerning potential scenarios.

Khumalo said the town’s Fiscal Year 2020 situation “remains very strong,” with more than $59 million in deposits and investments. However, he explained that while the state’s budget for FY21 called for Hopkinton to receive $8.9 million in local aid, “It seems extremely likely that we will receive substantially less than that because of COVID-19.”

“If the return to normal employment is slow, revenue impact will range from severe to extreme,” Khumalo added. “It all comes down to how quickly employment will recover.”

Khumalo presented two scenarios that showed Hopkinton’s local aid could see a reduction of between $1 million and $2.5 million.

“This is all dependent on the tempo of the recovery and how the state chooses to share the pain with local communities,” he said.

Khumalo noted that following the national recession that started in 2008, Hopkinton’s local aid was reduced by about 9 percent for 2010.

“Hopkinton realized a decrease in net state aid for three straight years and did not recover to 2009 levels until 2018,” Khumalo said.

Khumalo said he already was reviewing all new hires and planning to place them on hold until the town learns more about the effect the pandemic will have on finances. With the Select

Board’s vote — which was unanimous — a request now will have to be submitted to the town manager’s office and the Select Board for review prior to the position being posted or any interviews or offers being made.

Select Board member Brian Herr, who suggested the hiring freeze, said there was a similar freeze in town during the recession in 2008. Herr was on the board at that time as well.

Where will town go from here?

Khumalo presented a number of options that could be available to help the town through the anticipated financial crisis.

“While FY21 is a challenging budget year, we also have some tools available,” he said. “Number one, under the direction of the Select Board, staff and town counsel have been working to accelerate collection of funds due — some will say overdue — to us under the Host Community Agreement with Legacy Farms. Those funds could provide additional relief for school and public safety spending in FY21.

“Number two, over the years our Stabilization Fund has grown to approximately $3.6 million for operating and $312,000 for capital. Those funds were only off 3.5 percent during the COVID market downturn as a result of our conservative investment strategy for stabilization. Again, as we have said in the past, this is precisely the kind of situation that stabilization funds are designed to help with, and we are evaluating the reasonable application of those funds to help us through this emergency. The judicious use of some stabilization funds in FY21 could help us sustain operations while mitigating tax impact during a time of significant hardship in the community.

“Third option: The commonwealth

has authorized towns to operate with monthly budgets approved by the Select Board and Department of Revenue if town meetings cannot be held before July 1st. Subject to further guidance from the state, there may be merit in operating under monthly budgets through September, with a Town Meeting in the third week of September to pass an annual budget. We will know much more about the tempo of the recovery by then. And the future of state aid and all other revenue elements will be much more clear.

“We think this approach could work well for the town side of the enterprise.

But this approach could create problems for the schools, who need some level of certainty on funding to decide about any new teacher hires before the school year begins. …

“Fourth option: The state has authorized the carryover of free cash balances available at the end of FY20 for immediate appropriation in FY21.

“Next option: The commonwealth

is also looking at additional options for expanding flexibility for towns. One proposal would allow towns to run operating and revolving fund deficits in FY21. … This is similar to what we have in place for snow and ice expenditures.

“And finally, there is a proposal that would let the Select Board authorize tax levies in excess of the 2 1/2 percent limit without an override vote.”

Khumalo said Hopkinton is better prepared to handle this crisis than many other communities “because of the fiscally conservative actions we have taken in past years.”

He stressed that he was looking not just at FY21 but the effect this could have on the town for years after the COVID-19 recovery.

“I will continue to work with professional staff across the town enterprise and with the budget advisory group to manage through this challenging situation,” he said. “Together, as we’ve done in past years, we will come through.”

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ormally the Hopkinton High School Athletic Department hosts a breakfast event for all seniors planning to play college sports. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, that was canceled. Instead, HHS athletic director Rich Cormier has been spotlighting the student-athletes on Twitter.

The following SPORTS ROUNDUP individuals have committed to playing sports in college: Maggie Allen (Middlebury, track and field), Tommy Ambrosone (Wheaton, baseball), Alex Barker-Hook (Ithaca, baseball), Alex Brown (Boston University, cross country and track and field), Ian Cann (Stonehill, track and field), Jillian Ceddia (Wheaton, softball), Ned Dean (Bowdoin, golf), Matthew Epstein (William & Mary, golf), Schuyler Gooley (Cal Poly, cross country and track and field), Angie Grabmeier (Bentley, volleyball and track and field), Lexi Hasbrouck (Trinity, soccer), Seth Jenkins (Springfield, lacrosse), Luke MacDonald (Union, lacrosse), Cami McDonald (Colby, lacrosse), Delaney Mick (Providence, track and field), Olivia O’Connor (New Hampshire, lacrosse), Aidan Stewart (Ithaca, football), Connor Sullivan (Trinity, lacrosse), Tyler Zanini (Roger Williams, lacrosse).

Additionally, Sean Walsh plans to play a year of prep hockey at the Tilton School.

HHS boys lacrosse honored Coach Dan Norton and the Hopkinton High School boys lacrosse team were named winners of the Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse Officials Association (MLOA) Bill Miller Sportsmanship Award for 2019. They were to have received the award this season.

“Coach Norton and the Hopkinton program before, during and after games, whether they won or lost, displayed class, sportsmanship and respect to opponents and officials and are worthy recipients of the 2019 Bill Miller Sportsmanship Award,” the EMLOA stated in naming the Hillers as winners. …

Hopkinton High School’s Jean Cann was named Massachusetts State Track Coaches Association Indoor Girls Coach of the Year for Eastern Massachusetts.

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Local marathoners refocus training for Boston Marathon Ilana Casady had planned to do two marathons in a seven-week span.

Shortly before the stay at home restrictions were instituted Casady traveled to Virginia and ran the Newport News One City Marathon on March 1, finishing 67th overall, 11th among women and first in the female masters division (40 and over) in a time of 3 hours, 24 minutes, 3 seconds.

“Every year I run Boston and every year the weather’s bad or I get sick or something bad happens,” she said. “I didn’t want to put all my eggs in one basket, so I scheduled two races. I did Newport News, I had an awesome race.

And then right after that they canceled Boston. I was like, ‘OK, now I have a

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race to do in September.’ So I was in pretty good shape mentally. I was OK with it. I had done another race, so now I had more time to recover.”

Casady is looking forward to being a part of history — the first Boston Marathon held outside of April.

“I’m really excited to do Boston in the fall,” she said. “I think it will be super fun. I think it’s going to be really hot, so I’m just trying to prepare for the heat.

Besides that, I think it will be a unique experience. Instead of all the daffodils it will be all the different leaves changing, it will be different colors. It will just be a very different Boston experience in the fall.”

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that. So while the heat might be challenging, I’m looking forward to long summer days without the cold. That’s going to be a completely different experience for training.”

Dorfman, who previously ran Boston in 2018, said first-time marathoners might have a tougher time with the change. The event was moved from April 20 to Sept. 14 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Had this been my firstever marathon training and it got canceled, mentally that would have been really hard for me,” she said. “But the fact that I know if I keep maintenance and then do more focused training 16 weeks out I should be OK. “I have a lot of endurance, but I don’t have a lot of core strength. That’s where I tend to get injured. So I’m just using this time to try to get stronger.”

Hopkinton’s Ilana Casady said she didn’t mind the Boston Marathon getting pushed back to September and looks forward to running the historic race in warmer weather.

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HOPKINTON ORGANIZATION

RUNNER (HOMETOWN)

FUNDRAISING INFO

Cantys Underdog Scholarship

Kayla McCann (Hopkinton)

gofundme.com/f/brad-canty-underdog-scholarship-fund

Dignity Matters

Kayla Hopkins (Lakeville)

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/the-2020-boston-marathonrun-for%20-dignity-matters/kaylahopkins

eHop

Matt Lerner (Needham)

ehop.org/marathon/

Enter Stage Left Theater

Damian Carter (England)

enterstagelefttheater.org

Friends of Hopkinton

Tom Khoo (Malaysia)

friendsofhopkinton.org/2019/01/11/marathon-runner/

Friends of the Hopkinton Seniors (Hopkinton Senior Center) (2)

Jon Kalus (Ashland)

Sam Wheeler (Southborough)

mightycause.com/team/2020marathon

Friends of Hopkinton SPEAC

Jill Chayoun (Framingham)

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/friends-of-hopkinton-sepacnavigator-scholarship/jillchayoun

Hopkinton Center for the Arts (9)

Ty Aronson (Florida)

hopartscenter.org Austin Burke (Seattle)

Joe Cox (Denver)

Joy Donohue (Hopkinton)

Ricky Howells (England)

Chris Mauchline (Scotland)

Sandra McCarty (New York)

Christopher Russell (Brookline)

Paul Wong (Hong Kong)

Hopkinton Community Partnership

Amy Rozenberg (Illinois)

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facebook.com/donate/635447843913180/

Hopkinton Education Foundation HOPKINTON ORGANIZATION

Heather Carneiro (Milford) RUNNER (HOMETOWN)

hopkintoneducationfoundation.org/marathon-2020/ FUNDRAISING INFO

Hopkinton High School Class of 2021

Brian Prescott (Hopkinton)

gofundme.com/f/prescott039s-run-for-21

Hopkinton High School Robotics/ Business Professionals of America

Dan DiStefano (Boston)

themerchspot.com/products/boston-over-everything

Hopkinton Historical Society

Mike Hovagimian (Hopkinton)

dell.yourcause.com/public#/fundraising/7951

Hopkinton Little League

Michael DelConte (Medway)

leagueathletics.com/UserForm.asp?

RegID=180139&org=hopkintonlittleleague.org

Hopkinton Lions Club

Heather Lemire (Uxbridge)

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/boston-marathon-2020-forhopkinton-lions-club

Hopkinton Middle School Desire to Inspire/Sky’s the Limit Courtyard

Matt O’Connell (Upton)

gofundme.com/f/mu2ytx-boston-marathon-desire-to-inspire

Hopkinton Music Association

Gabrielle Morani (Merrimac)

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/gabrielles-1st-bostonmarathon

Hopkinton Parent Teacher Association Lauren Melton (Hopkinton)

hopkintonpta.membershiptoolkit.com/fundraiser/291

Hopkinton Public Library Foundation

Roddey Dowd (North Carolina)

hopkintonpubliclibraryfoundation.org/bostonmarathon/roddeydowd/

Hopkinton Public Library Friends

Michelle Bartone (New Hampshire)

hopkintonlibraryfriends.org/donate

Hopkinton Tax Relief Fund

Steve Menard (Hudson)

paypal.me/SteveMenardJr?locale.x=en_US

Hopkinton Veterans Celebration Committee

Brian Caddigan (Newton)

gofundme.com/f/running-to-honor-veterans

Hopkinton Women’s Club

Dawn Barnes (Upton)

gf.me/u/w7nvky

Hopkinton Youth Lacrosse-Boys

Ali Balster (Hopkinton)

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/hoplax2020

Hopkinton Youth Lacrosse-Girls

Amy Dorfman (Hopkinton)

hopkintongirlslax.com

KeepSmilin4Abbie Foundation (2) HOPKINTON ORGANIZATION

Christopher Hart (Hopkinton),

RUNNER (HOMETOWN) Paul Provost (Webster)

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/2020-boston-marathon4 FUNDRAISING INFO

Live4Evan

Hali Dengenis (Dennis)

firstgiving.com/fundraiser/hali-dengenis/Live4Evan-BostonMarathon-2020

Mental Health Collaborative

Will Huebner (Hopkinton)

gofundme.com/f/mental-health-collaborative-marathon-fund

Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center Names can be found at the (60) center’s charity page

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/michael-lisnow-respitecenter2

National Brain Tumor Society

Abigail Clinton (Framingham)

nbtsevents.braintumor.org/fundraiser/2537466

Project Just Because

Kaitlyn Giatas (Douglas)

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/kg-takes-on-the-bostonmarathon-for-project-just-because

Project Just Because Food Pantry

Ann-Michele Dragsbaek (Hopkinton)

gofundme.com/f/trq5tg-boston-marathon-2020? utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_linktip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Sharon Timlin Memorial Event to Cure Marty Levenson (Danvers) ALS

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26.2 Foundation Team Inspire (65)

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become the right time.

“A huge part of my network is the restaurant business, my good friends are restaurant owners, and a lot of people I know and family I have are in the food business, and that’s a particularly tough-hit industry right now,” he added.

“So I’ve just put it on the back burner.

In the summer, once we get a month or so out from the race, hopefully we’re in a little bit of a happier place and we’ll pick it back up.”

Editor’s note: We have included a list of Boston Marathon runners from Hopkinton as well as a list of Hopkinton organizations that have runners fundraising on their behalf. Thanks to Claire Wright for her help compiling these lists.

HOPKINTON RUNNER

ORGANIZATION

FUNDRAISING PAGE

Ali Balster

Hopkinton Youth Lacrosse-Boys

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/hoplax2020

Kendall Burdick

OneLove Foundation

fundraise.joinonelove.org/2020-boston-marathon/kendallburdick

Jennifer Carter

Team Walker

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/walkerboston2020/ jennifercarter45

Runners who are using the race as a fundraiser are finding a new challenge there, as many people understandably are choosing to direct donations to organizations helping people get through the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Fundraising definitely has been impacted,” said Hart, who is running for the KeepSmilin4Abbie Foundation, a Hopkinton-based organization that works on developing early detection and treatment for anaphylaxis. “I don’t feel comfortable reaching out to my network, to my friends and my family, right now asking for fundraising when a lot of people are going through a tough time. It feels like it’s not the right time, so I’m just waiting for it to

Ilana Casady

None

Aimee Cole

None

Timlin 5K shifts to virtual event

Below is a list of Hopkinton residents registered for the 2020 Boston Marathon.

For those who are raising funds for charity, we have included that here. Those listed without information means we were unable to get in touch with that runner (if you are one of those runners, you can email us and we will include your information on our website).

Matthew Bruno

Amy Corsini Mia Coutinho

26.2 Foundation Team Inspire

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/teaminspire262/miacoutinho1

Leah Curtin

Semper Fi Fund

runsignup.com/Race/27667/Donate/qLy9sz0h7Kjocadm

Joy Donohue

Hopkinton Center for the Arts

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/2020-boston-marathon-charityrun/joydonohue

Amy Dorfman

Hopkinton Youth Lacrosse-Girls

hopkintongirlslax.com

Ann-Michele Dragsbaek

Project Just Because Food Pantry

gofundme.com/f/trq5tg-boston-marathon-2020? utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_linktip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

Arva Ferguson

Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/michael-lisnow-respite-center2/ arvaferguson

Carly Grant

Team With a Vision

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/teamwithavision2020

HOPKINTON Michelle HarrisRUNNER

ORGANIZATION

FUNDRAISING PAGE

Christopher Hart

KeepSmilin4Abbie Foundation

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/2020-boston-marathon4

Jeremy Hartman

Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center gofundme.com/f/1v1ye54fk0

Michael Hovagimian

Hopkinton Historical Society

dell.yourcause.com/public#/fundraising/7951

Will Huebner

Mental Health Collaborative

gofundme.com/f/mental-health-collaborative-marathon-fund

Alan Lotvin

Women’s Lunch Place

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/wlp-2020-boston-marathon

Kristina MacPherson

None

Jaimee Demone

Anne Jones Scott Lennox

Aimee Mannix Kayla McCann

Cantys Underdog Scholarship

gofundme.com/f/brad-canty-underdog-scholarship-fund

Lauren Melton

Hopkinton Parent Teacher Association

hopkintonpta.membershiptoolkit.com/fundraiser/291

Robert Paolini

Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/michael-lisnow-respite-center2/ stephaniepaolini

David Pete

Wonderfund

Not yet active

Brian Prescott

Hopkinton High School Class of 2021

gofundme.com/f/prescott039s-run-for-21

Mitch Riesenberger

American Liver Foundation

liverlifechallenge.org/boston/support/#p2p/188705

Elizabeth Schuster HOPKINTON RUNNER

Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/michael-lisnow-respite-center2 ORGANIZATION FUNDRAISING PAGE

Carly Seidewand Marjory Selig

Team None Walker

Jill Shugart

None

Mario Sousa

Michael Carter Lisnow Respite Center charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/michael-lisnow-respite-center2

Christopher Stevenson

American Liver Foundation

Jessica Pineault

charity.gofundme.com/o/en/campaign/walkerboston2020/ carlyseidewand

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Participants to run/walk on their own June 20

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hile local traditions continue to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, organizers of the Sharon Timlin Memorial Event have plans to make this year’s event memorable in a new way.

The Timlin 5K road race, scheduled for June 20, is shifting to a virtual activity.

Runners and walkers will have a 10-hour window on June 20 to complete 3.1 miles on their own.

“While we are sad and disappointed our 17th year won’t be the live event the Hopkinton community has grown to love and celebrate, we are really excited to take the Sharon Timlin Memorial Event to a virtual platform this year,” co-event director April Galanek said. “The event has always been about gathering together, in a fun environment, with the key point of raising awareness and funds for ALS research.”

Both the 5K and ensuing Family Fun Day are popular events, annually drawing more than 2,000 people.

The virtual event will take place on June 20 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. During this time, registrants can run or walk a 5K route of their choosing. Organizers are encouraging participants to follow CDC guidelines

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that are in place at that time, and asking runners not to run the Timlin route so as to avoid crowds.

Part of the day’s experience will include links to opening remarks and inspirational messages from Mike Timlin (a former Red Sox pitcher whose mother was the inspiration for the event), Rich Kennedy (president of the Angel Fund) and Dr. Robert Brown (director of research at UMass’s Cecil B. Day Laboratory).

Runners also can listen to the national anthem, sung by Hopkinton teenager Kelsey Breslin, and tap into the race’s Spotify playlist.

While it won’t be a competitive race, runners can upload their times to the website (sharontimlinrace.org). Photo and video submissions will be shared on the event’s social media platforms as runners complete their course. The hashtag is #SharonTimlin2020.

“We anticipate sharing a day of memories and experiences with everyone through these posts,” Galanek said.

A silent auction will be offered through the event website.

The day will wrap up at 5 p.m. with a live toast for everyone to raise a glass and celebrate their accomplishment.

Galanek noted that the virtual platform offers an opportunity for people outside the Hopkinton and MetroWest area to be a part of the event. Already there are registrants from California, Colorado, Kentucky and Ohio.

“The opportunity to bring this message across the country to many different venues outside of Hopkinton is uplifting and is an example of ‘Together at a Distance,’ ” Galanek said.

Galanek also said that the event typically has about 200 volunteers, and this year they will have the opportunity to run the race.

With families being quarantined, organizers decided to offer a family registration package, which allows up to five members to register at a discounted price.

“Since so many families are quarantined we thought it would be a great activity to be a part of the Timlin together,” she said.

Participants will receive (via mail) a race bib and a technical T-shirt — guaranteed to those who register by May 20 — as well as some additional “fun swag.”

“I’m actually very interested to see how this will go,” Galanek said. “We’ve been working on making it an event that people can appreciate and has some value.

We’re hoping to reach a wider audience, and we’re really excited to see how it works out.”

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he news that Hopkinton schools, like the rest of the state, will remain closed through the end of the school year “creates a sense of loss for all of us,’’ Superintendent of Schools Carol Cavanaugh said.

“The loss of classroom community sits heavily on us,’’ she stated.

Cavanaugh urged parents not to worry about whether their students will progress to the next grade, or, if they do, whether they will fall behind.

The state’s commissioner of education plans for every student to advance a grade, she said. The commissioner is working on establishing “power standards,” defined as the most critical learning for all children, she added.

Hopkinton identified “power standards” before launching online remote learning. “Our students have had access to high quality, standards-based remote instruction for quite a while,” she said.

This means that as students move forward with online learning, “they are right on track,” she said, “or as on track as kids can be in pandemic.”

The school community has “gathered our strength and continues to learn and live within the stay-home order,” she said. She thanked administrators, faculty, staff, families and students for making this happen. “You have all been amazing,” she said.

Although the remote learning “is of the highest quality,” she acknowledged that “nothing replaces the face-to-face instruction students get in the brick and mortar classroom each day.”

She reassured the school community that “in the fall, we will revisit the learning that didn’t take place this spring, and we will remediate as necessary.”

The main focus now, she said, should be on “our health, both physical and mental. That’s what matters most.

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The loss of traditional senior activities has been “devastating for all seniors” as well as staff, Hopkinton High School principal Evan Bishop said.

“Hosting a traditional graduation probably won’t be allowed,” he said.

“We’ve got to come up with another way to celebrate this class.”

He described the class of 2020 as “a wonderful class.” The loss, he said, has “hit them pretty hard.”

He said he hopes to receive more guidance on the specifics of the graduation ceremony in the weeks ahead.

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“We are extraordinarily pleased that Dr. Brooks is the new chair of radiology,” said Leslie Selbovitz, Milford Regional’s chief medical officer and senior vice president for medical affairs. “In addition to his fellowship training in breast imaging, Dr. Brooks has been one of the key members of the interdisciplinary Pulmonary Nodule Board dedicated to the early diagnosis and

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According to a Massachusetts State Police report, at approximately 8:42 p.m., the State Police-Millbury Barracks received reports of a wrong-way driver on I-495 Southbound, near Exit 21 in Hopkinton. Shortly thereafter, callers reported a head-on crash on I-495 Southbound just north of Exit 22 in the town of Westborough.

Upon arrival, troopers discovered one of the two vehicles involved in the crash matched the description of the wrong-way vehicle. Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2017 Volvo XC60, driven by 43-year-old Viktoria I. Staskievich of Braintree, was traveling northbound on I-495 Southbound, when it struck a 2018 Chevrolet Trax head-on. Staskievich was the only occupant of the Volvo. The Chevrolet was driven by 27-year-old Adam Nazare of Attleboro.

Staskievich and Nazare died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, the police report said. Nazare’s passenger, reported by The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro to be his 83-year-old grandmother, Camila Nazare, was transported to UMass Lakeside in Worcester, where she was in critical condition.

During the crash investigation and reconstruction, all lanes were closed to travel, with traffic diverted off I-495 at Exit 23A/B in Westborough. All lanes were opened at approximately 11:47 p.m.

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Editor’s note: Due to space limitations, this is an abbreviated version of the Police Log. For the full Police Log visit the Hopkinton Independent website at HopkintonIndependent.com.

April 14

10:01 a.m. A walk-in handed in a driver’s license found on the side of the road on West Elm Street.

12:06 p.m. Officer Moira McGaffigan reported a large truck took down primary wires on Wilson Street. Eversource was notified.

3:43 p.m. A caller reported a group of youths on Chamberlain Street not practicing social distancing per the governor’s orders. Officer Tyler Brabham responded and advised the group of the 6 feet rule.

April 15

8:42 a.m. A Stoney Brook Road resident reported someone illegally dumped trash in his dumpster. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and investigated and spoke with the involved person. She stated she would return and remove her trash.

8:57 a.m. A Pond Street caller reported his neighbor was on his property and refused to leave. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officers Brian Sanchioni and Moira McGaffigan responded and spoke with both parties and determined it to be a civil dispute.

11:38 a.m. Officer Philip Powers removed a person who was trespassing on the high school turf field on Hayden Rowe Street.

11:45 a.m. A caller reported losing her wallet on Cedar Street and wanted the incident logged.

3:18 p.m. A Highcroft Way resident reported someone attempted to open an account using her son’s social security number. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded and took a report of fraud.

3:48 p.m. A caller reported the Roosevelt Farms sign was stolen from Roosevelt Road.

6:59 p.m. A caller complained of a black Mercedes with two males speeding up and down Hayward Street. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded.

The vehicle was gone upon his arrival.

10:35 p.m. A Main Street caller reported intruders around his house banging on the door. Sergeant Matthew McNeil and Officers Tyler Brabham and Preston Mucciarone responded and checked the area with a negative find.

April 16

1:56 p.m. Multiple calls were received about a Grove Street garage on fire. Sergeant Matthew McNeil and Officers Jay Deiana, John Corridan and Philip Powers responded along with the Fire Department and the fire was subsequently extinguished.

2:11 p.m. A caller reported a damaged mailbox on West Elm Street.

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3:49 p.m. Officer Jessica Ferreira removed youths from the high school turf field on Hayden Rowe Street.

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10:50 a.m. A caller reported a semi truck was stuck on Lyford Road, unable to back up. Officer Philip Powers responded along with a tow truck, and the vehicle was removed.

12:23 p.m. A Piazza Lane caller reported someone was clear-cutting on his property and they were not supposed to do that. Sergeant Matthew McNeil and Officer Ryan Polselli responded and spoke to the caller about the dispute. A report was to follow.

2:23 p.m. A Woodview Way resident reported her package was stolen.

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3:24 p.m. Officers Benjamin Stickney and Tyler Brabham removed youths trespassing on school property on Hayden Rowe Street.

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April 18

9:13 a.m. A walk-in reported a strange green substance in the roadway of Grove Street. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and reported it was a fluid leak. The DPW responded and reported a minor leak that may have come from one of its vehicles.

10:38 a.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officer Moira McGaffigan responded to a minor vehicle accident on Hearthstone Road. No personal injuries were reported.

April 19

12:43 p.m. A caller reported multiple damaged mailboxes on Pond and Spring Streets. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officer Jay Deiana responded and took a report 12:56 p.m. A caller reported a house party on Hayward Street. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded.

12:59 p.m. A caller reported several people on the Fruit Street fields. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and removed them and secured the gate.

5:27 p.m. A walk-in handed in a license found at the State Park.

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1:33 p.m. A West Main Street store employee reported suspicious parties hanging around the store and said they had stolen items. Officers Matthew Santoro, Brian Sanchioni and Moira McGaffigan responded and spoke with store management and all parties. The individuals would no longer be allowed on the premises.

April 21

4:02 p.m. Officer Preston Mucciarone found a fallen street sign on Hill Street and notified the DPW. 6:40 p.m. A caller reported a suspicious vehicle on Daniel Road after an Amazon package was delivered to his residence. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded and took a report.

April 22

2:25 p.m. A caller reported a turkey stuck in the Elmwood School playground on Elm Street. The animal control officer was notified and freed the bird.

April 23

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6:33 a.m. Officer Robert Ekross responded along with the Fire Department to a chimney fire on Chamberlain Street caused by an oil burner backfire.

9:35 a.m. A caller reported a large group of youths playing soccer on the high school field on Hayden Rowe Street in violation of the governor’s orders. Officers Jay Deiana and Moira McGaffigan responded and removed all the soccer players.

12:44 p.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil checked on Wood Street after Officer Benjamin Stickney reported more than 100 vehicles in the area. The Environmental Police were notified.

1:15 p.m. A caller reported four youths playing baseball on the high school field on Hayden Rowe Street in violation of the governor’s orders.

Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and removed them.

2:04 p.m. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officer Benjamin Stickney assisted the Ashland Police Department, the State Police and the Environmental Police at the State Park on Cedar Street with crowd dispersal.

5:15 p.m. A caller reported a group of people socializing at a Daniel Shays Road residence in violation of the governor’s orders.

Officer Derek Morton responded and removed youths.

9:13 p.m. A Woodview Way resident complained of a group of about 20 people making noise around the fire pit next to the leasing office. Officers Brian Sanchioni and Preston Mucciarone responded and advised two females to head inside.

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7:40 a.m. A caller reported a brush fire on Commonwealth Avenue. Sergeant Timothy Brennan and Officers Brian Sanchioni and Moira McGaffigan responded along with the Fire Department, and an illegal burn was extinguished.

10:54 a.m. A caller reported an erratic operator driving on the wrong side of the roadway on Front Street.

Officers Bran Sanchioni and Moira McGaffigan responded and caught up with driver, who stated he was attempting to avoid potholes.

5:43 p.m. A caller reported a vehicle hit a telephone pole on Granite Street and the operator continued to drive away. The caller pushed the resulting debris off the roadway.

Officers Tyler Brabham and Preston Mucciarone responded and found debris from a black Hyundai, which would have had severe right front damage. Verizon was notified of the pole damage. A report was to follow.

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Obituaries Bill Palmer William C. Palmer III, 72, of Ashland passed away April 7 at the Timothy Daniels House in Holliston. Born in Natick, he was the son of the late Alice (Slack) and William C. Palmer Jr. William grew up in Ashland and then Hopkinton in his early years. He was most proud of his service in Vietnam in the Navy as a BT3 (boiler man petty officer third class) from 1966-70. He was deployed on the USS Oakhill LSD-51 (landing ship dock), commissioned with launching and repairs of landing craft and amphibious vehicles. In 1967 he was deployed with the USS Duluth LPD-6, a landing platform/dock amphibious warfare ship, used to land Marines on the shore. The Duluth motto was, “Fortiter In Re” (Bold in Action). Lastly, he served on the USS Haleakala (AE-25) a Nitro-class ammunition ship supplying the Navy in both blue and brown water with ports into Da Nang and Subic Bay. Bill returned to Massachusetts and lived in Medway and worked as a mule team plow driver for Weston Nurseries, a pipe fitter assistant, a long haul semi tractor trailer driver, and a school bus driver for Framingham Schools. Bill bought 10 acres of land in Wolcott, Vermont, and lived there occasionally in a cabin he built, while working as a bus driver. He came back to Massachusetts to become his elderly mother’s primary caregiver and took care of her for over a year before she passed. In the last few years, he offered his Bill’s handyman/ lawn service to various residents.

He enjoyed country music, working, fishing, enjoying the variety of trees in the outdoors, and having a beer afterward with his many friends at his favorite establishments (the VFW, Rose Garden, T.J.’s). He also loved his daily walks, meeting up with friends and family around Cushing Memorial Park. He will be missed by many. He enjoyed his family and friends and being “Uncle Butch” to his nieces, nephews and grandnieces/nephews.

William is survived by three brothers, Tracy Palmer and his wife, Debra, Edward Palmer and his wife, Angela, and Christopher Palmer and his wife, Joyce Pimental; two sisters, Katharine Thompson and her husband, Wayne, and Roxanne Lareau and her husband, Michel, as well as 12 nieces and nephews, Heather Lannon, Erin Andreola, Jason Thompson, Gabriel Thompson, Ellen Levasseur, Melissa Gromelski, Beckey Palmer (Ramirez), Adam Palmer, Brian Palmer, Jenna Palmer, Christopher Palmer and Spencer Palmer.

Services will be held at a later date at the Ashland VFW (or other local location), with interment happening in Bourne National Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to VFW.org (Bill was a member in Vermont and Medway) or VeteransInc.org (a Worcester location and to help patients and families being treated in the Boston VA hospitals). Visit the funeral home website for full donation addresses.

Carol Bronder Our beloved mother, Carol P. Bronder, 84, of Hopkinton passed away April 16 in the virtual embrace of her family. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Mary (Gora) and Paul Partlow, and celebrated 50 years of marriage with her loving, late husband, Patrick J. Bronder Sr. Carol earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Lesley University in 1982, and then worked for the North Shore Council on Alcoholism as an educator and substance abuse counselor. Following that, Carol joined the fledgling Framingham Court Mediation Program, where she soon became executive director. For 35 years she advocated for the increased role of mediation in the criminal justice system and in high schools, and for the media-

tion process as a model for healthy communication and personal relationships. She mentored countless people along the way.

Carol leaves many cherished friends with whom she shared her love of fine art, literature, music and film. She valued the Hopkinton community, where she came to make her home and raise her children, and she was a loving and beloved member of the St. Mark’s Parish in Southborough, where she found her spiritual home.

Carol is survived by her loving children, Pam Bronder-Giroux and her husband, Philip, of Malden, Michael Bronder and his wife, Mary Kate, of Andover, Tom Bronder and his wife, Leslie Collins, of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Pat Bronder and his wife, Deb, of Florissant, Missouri, and her sonin-law, Philip Major of Syracuse, New York. She is predeceased by her daughter, Nancy Bronder.

She also leaves behind 11 grandchildren, Leo, Luc, Amelia, Justin, Ali, Scott, Eric, Eleanor, Noah, Morrissey and Madeline, and is predeceased by her granddaughter, Kylene. Carol is also predeceased by her treasured siblings, Jane Beres, Ronald Szary, Rita Kowalczyk, Roberta Pabers, Leland and Ted Partlow.

A small memorial service will be held at St. Mark’s Parish in Southborough. Interment will be held at Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Hopkinton at a later date. A celebration of Carol’s life will be planned at a post-COVID time. Visit ChesmoreFuneralHome. com to leave messages of condolences or view photos in the gallery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Carol Bronder Scholarship at MetroWest Mediation Services: metrowestmediationservices.org/donate.

Ned Leger Edmund “Ned” F. Leger Sr., 93, of Hopkinton died peacefully after a short battle with COVID-19 on April 23. Born in Walpole in 1927, he served in the Coast Guard on troop transport ships during WWII. He was director of maintenance at the Charles River Hospital in Wellesley for many years.

He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas and Ellen, and siblings, Eleanor Huff and Paul Leger. He lost his wife, Dotty, and daughter, Kim, in a tragic house fire in 1970, and his son, Chip, died in 2014. He was also predeceased by his longtime best friend, Phyllis Bishop, and her youngest son, Leicester B. Bishop, Jr. Ned leaves Phyllis’ remaining children, Brooks Gernerd and her husband, Fred, and their daughter, Elisabeth and her husband, Johnny Webster; Gordon Bishop and his wife, Sherion; and Leicester’s widow, Debby Bishop and their daughter, Victoria Ellis.

He was a loving and proud grandfather to Elisabeth and Victoria. Armed with a quick wit and always ready with a joke, he had friends wherever he went. He was happiest at his little bit of paradise on the lake in Hopkinton.

Private arrangements are under the care of the Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton. Donations may be made in his memory to the caring staff at Mary Ann Morse Rehab Center in Natick (maryannmorse.org).

Dana Marchant Dana Marchant, 67, formerly of Hopkinton, passed away peacefully on April 17 in Stuart, Florida, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Dana was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sept. 21, 1952. He graduated from HamiltonWenham Regional High School in 1970. Dana went on to graduate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he received a bachelor’s degree in political science. After graduation he had a successful 35-year career in the insurance industry, spending most of his time at Commercial Union

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Dana married his high school sweetheart, Mary (Mollie) Gray, on Oct. 10, 1976, and they went on to have 44 wonderful years of marriage. Dana was a proud Eagle Scout, father, and grandfather. He was an avid Red Sox fan and golfer. He also was an active member of his community, serving as the president of the Lone Tree Council, BSA in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Dana is survived by his wife of 44 years, Mollie Gray Marchant; his sons, Benjamin Marchant and his wife, Kristina Marchant, and Peter Marchant and his wife, Brenna Marchant; his three adoring grandchildren, Rylee, Lucas and Addison; and his siblings, Richard Marchant of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and Patricia Culver of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Dana is preceded in death by his father, Wilbur Marchant; his mother, Jean Marchant; and his sister, Deborah Mahan.

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Milford Regional / Emergency Department Safety Created 4/27/20 Hopkinton Independent / Half Page (10.25 x 7.5) 20 • The Hopkinton Independent • May 6, 2020

YOU’RE SAFE WITH US...

Don’t Delay Emergency Care Emergencies and other illnesses do not simply stop due to the Coronavirus outbreak. We are extremely concerned that patients are avoiding the emergency department out of fear of being infected with the virus. This delay in care is leading to worse outcomes with many patients postponing the care they need.

There is a misperception that emergency departments are so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients that they cannot provide safe care. This is absolutely NOT the case in the emergency department at Milford Regional.

We have made a concerted effort to ensure that all patients are safe from the moment they enter the Medical Center.

To underscore this commitment, Milford Regional has just received its fourth consecutive distinction as one of the safest hospitals in the country. Your safety is our top priority.

For a special video message from our Medical Director of Emergency Services, please visit milfordregional.org/safe-with-us

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