Planning Board continues 75 Plain Street bond discussion. The board deferred release of a $20,000 stormwater management performance bond for 75 Plain Street, requiring a site visit and full documentation review before approval, with board member Chris Chase coordinating an inspection of the
Bancroft Memorial Library Board approves FY27 budget with staff expansion. The Board of Trustees unanimously accepted the FY27 budget, which includes a 9 percent increase driven by reclassifying one position from Library Page to Library Assistant and funding a new Page position for eight additional
Park Commission unanimously backs expanded Town Park project using $400,000 budget surplus. Chair Michael Costanza, along with Members Jason MacDonald and Mark Wyspianski, approved scope amendments to add a baseball field and varsity field hockey field at Draper Field after engineers and Mountain
The Hopedale Conservation Commission unanimously approved an Order of Resource Area Delineation for 300 South Main Street during a virtual meeting on May 28. Chair Michele LaReau-Alves presented the draft ORAD; member Bernard Stock moved approval and Morris Kromah seconded. All present members
Hopedale Select Board backed a plan to fund Draper Field renovations using surplus funds from the completed Town Park project. Town Administrator Mitchell Ruscitti reported meeting stakeholders to confirm the proposed Draper Field work falls within the scope of the original Town Meeting article
Park Commission hires two summer employees and approves pond management plan. The Hopedale board unanimously hired Matt Stone and Adin Iadarola to assist the Highway Department for eight weeks, with work to begin immediately. Chair Michael Costanza reported the Park Commission entered an agreement
The Hopedale Council on Aging approved April minutes and addressed a significant budget discrepancy for fiscal 2027. Director Claire Hill reported that the town meeting materials presented a budget of $130,425, which differed from both her preliminary December submission of $130,925 and her final
Hopedale town meeting approves $34.3M FY27 budget. The 91-voter assembly, called by Moderator Eugene N. Phillips, voted unanimously on the main operating budget of $34,341,185, which transfers $540,000 from enterprise accounts with the balance raised by taxation. Separate water and sewer enterprise
Hopedale Select Board reelected Glenda Hazard as Chair and approved the Larry Olsen 5K for August 15, 2026. Ms. Hazard was elected 2-0 with one abstention; the 5K was approved unanimously. The board also voted unanimously to send a formal response to two Open Meeting Law complaints filed over
Hopedale Park Commission heard Town Park construction progress and two competing quotes for a field hockey facility at Draper Field but took no formal action. Project coordinator Sally DeCelles reported drainage systems complete, well-drilling underway, and playground installation begun, with
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