Town Manager Weekly Update - October 2, 2025
Elaine Lazarus
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Creator Space at the Library - Grand Opening - Sunday, October 5
The Hopkinton Public Library is pleased to announce the grand opening of its new CreatorSpace on Sunday, October 5. The CreatorSpace is a room for adults and young adults ages ten and up to explore arts, crafts, and technology. Learn how to sew, explore the joys of paper quilling, or rediscover your knack for wood burning.
Library patrons can find the CreatorSpace in the lower level of the library, where the Classroom was. The Library will be hosting a “Meet The Space” event on Sunday, October 5 from 1pm to 3pm. Library patrons will see a selection of the equipment, meet the librarian who coordinated the setup of the CreatorSpace, and make their very first CreatorSpace craft.
Registration for free CreatorSpace memberships will start on Monday, October 6th. A CreatorSpace Card will be required for Creatorspace use. Cards are available for patrons ages ten through adult. Patrons ages ten through seventeen will need a parent’s or guardian’s signature for use of the space.
The CreatorSpace will be open at scheduled times for Drop-In Craft Hours and for Workshops. Library patrons should check the library calendar for these events.
The CreatorSpace was generously funded by the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation. A $10,000 grant from the Foundation covered costs of the furniture and equipment necessary to outfit the space. Find out more about the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation at hplfinc.org.
Read more about the CreatorSpace at CreatorSpace - Hopkinton Public Library
Fire Department Grant
The Hopkinton Fire Department is pleased to announce that it has received a $15,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from FEMA. The funding will be used to replace a 12-year-old PPE dryer, whose heating element is no longer working.
Learn About Dementia
The final 2025 Dementia Friends Information Session will be held at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts at 7 pm on Monday, November 3. These sessions are open to residents of all cities and towns. Sponsored by the Council on Aging, Hopkinton has hosted and facilitated 26 sessions in the past 4 years which have resulted in 400 new Dementia Friends. I have attended a session, and left informed and knowledgeable about dementia, and the information is presented in a relaxed and friendly environment. There are also a couple of daytime sessions on October 7 and 16 at the Library, please see the information below.
Upcoming Events:
- October 8 - Heat Pump Pizza Party sponsored by Hopkinton Sustainable Green Committee and Energize Ashland. At the Ashland Community Center, 6:30 pm. Registration link in the flyer below.
- October 11 - The Hopkinton Area Land Trust is sponsoring a free mushroom walk starting at 10 a.m. at the Fruit Street fields, 66 Fruit Street. Space is limited to 30 people. More information and registration is available at hopkinton land trust.org.
- October 18 - Friends of Whitehall fall lake and trail cleanup, from 9:00 am to Noon. Meet at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street. Gloves, trash bags, tools, bug spray and water will be provided, plus coffee and donuts for volunteers. More information is here: friendsofwhitehall.org
- October 19 - Fire Department Open House, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at the Fire Station, 73 Main St.
Public Library October Newsletter: https://groups.google.com/a/hopkintonma.gov/g/librarynewsletter/c/BWCTMwJYtKE
Public Meetings Next Week:
Monday, October 6:
- Sustainable Green Committee 6 pm
- Board of Health 6 pm
- Planning Board 7 pm
- Commission on Disability 7 pm
Tuesday, October 7:
- Design Review Board 5 pm
Select Board 6 pm
- Conservation Commission 7 pm
- Historical Commission 7 pm
Wednesday, October 8:
- Board of Appeals 7 pm
Thursday, October 9:
- Cultural Council 6:30 pm
- School Committee 7 pm
More meetings may be posted as we get closer, just check the online calendar on the Town website: Town of Hopkinton Scroll down to the Events Calendar.
The calendar listing for the meeting will also have the agenda (posted at least 48 hours in advance), and will indicate whether the meeting is in person, virtual, or hybrid. If there is a virtual component to a meeting, the link will be on the calendar and/or on the agenda itself. No one needs a reason to attend a meeting, curiosity is enough! Feel free to check one out.
If you can’t attend a live meeting, some are also available to stream anytime on YouTube, thanks to HCAM: HCAM.tv
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