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Library Trustees approve January minutes, set weather closure policy

Hopedale library trustees approve weather policy, report strong year-over-year gains. The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the January minutes and accepted Director Keely Bethel-Penny's report detailing January 2026 visitor and circulation increases: adult visitors up 2 percent, children's

Hopedale Select Board approves donations, police hires, voting devices.

Hopedale Select Board approves donations and appointments, starts voting device planning. The board unanimously accepted a $70,725 donation to the Legal Donation Fund and appointed patrolmen Andrew Grenier and Justin Kulesza, effective February. Town Administrator Ruscitti advanced planning for

Zoning Board approves expanded signage at Airport Drive Extension.

Hopedale Zoning Board approves expanded signage for industrial park tenant identification. Chair Nicole G. Small led a unanimous vote to grant relief from Zoning Bylaw section 7.4(d) for applicant Andy Clark of Expo Signs & Graphics, Inc., permitting a 120-by-78-inch sign at 1 Airport Drive

Conservation Commission advances septic and construction hearings.

The Hopedale Conservation Commission closed the public hearing on a failed septic system at 4 Overdale Parkway Lot One and scheduled the Order of Condition for February 10, while continuing a companion hearing on construction of a home at Lot Two to February 17. Chair Michele LaReau-Alves directed

Water board approves $35,000 emergency funding for well repairs.

Water board approves $35,000 emergency well repair funding. The Hopedale Board of Water & Sewer Commissioners unanimously authorized the additional expenditure from emergency retained earnings to repair bedrock well #2, which requires pump motor and casing replacement and has been inactive.