This page is for articles about Hopkinton in the news.

• 3/6/2007: Town drops old assessing company

• 2/18/2007: SB2 grows roots in NH

• 2/15/2007: Mixed views on SB2

• 2/16/2007: Suit filed against Hopkinton ZBA

• 2/15/2007: Hopkinton residents air concerns over retreat

• 2/9/2007: Budget committee wants to cut school spending

• 2/7/2007: Arson case ongoing

• 2/7/2007: Election Filings

• 2/7/2007: Budget committee proposes some cuts

• 2/1/2007: Residents want spending curbed

• 2/1/2007: Hopkinton residents worried about spending

• 1/29/2007: Religious Center stirs up dispute

• 1/25/2007: Center feud - Residents want to look at options before rebuilding senior center

• 1/25/2007: Residents demand lower costs

• 1/24/2007: Town spending may increase

• 1/21/2007: NH is right

• 1/20/2007: Repairs push school spending up 8 percent

• 1/19/2007: Senior center may need money

• 1/18/2007: Slusser Center blaze ruled arson

• 1/18/2007: Senior center panel vows to rebuild

• 1/18/2007: Shocked, yes, but determined

• 1/17/2007: Hopkinton fire was deliberate, officials say

• 1/11/2007: Town wants 7% increase in budget

• 1/4/2007: NH Population declines. Especially young children

• 12/29/2007: Official hopes to expand industrial area

• 12/28/2006: School Board misinterprets Budget Committee's aim

• 12/21/2006: School Board votes on budget -

• 12/14/2006: Hopkinton Aims to limit budget jump - Can/Will they do it?

• 12/14/2006: Selectmen sign TIF contract - Study to see if TIF area is feasible

• 12/14/2006: Hopkinton may increase trash rates - Current rate is $10 per ton but cost is $42 per ton

• 12/01/2006: More Cash requested for repairs - Schools looking for another $450K

• 11/25/2006: Halt construction, taxpayer says - He wants voters' okay on maintaining center

• 11/17/2006: Plans dim for preserving Gould Hill - Owner claims taxes are $200 a day

• 11/09/2006: Slusser Costs under control - No new taxes for building

• 11/03/2006: Hopkinton selectman discuss assessment process - Almost 60 taxpayers show up

• 10/31/2006: Head of Avitar meets public - He defends assessing technology

• 10/26/2006: Hopkinton asks for tax clarification - Open space preservation and education extras all cost money

• 10/26/2006: That view will cost you - View tax ups assessments

• 10/26/2006: Official goes to work for assessing firm - LeMay had worked as assessor for Town of Hopkinton

• 10/24/2006: Residents may get tax answers soon - Residents stirred into action after Gary Roberge's Avitar Associates of New England used their assessing software for the town's recent property revaluation.

• 10/24/2006: Hopkinton Spending Hurts - Residents urged to take back town.

• 10/23/2006: Taxpayers hunt for mistakes in assessments - Many found.

• 10/23/2006: Hopkinton's tax bills could change the town - Family struggles to preserve Gould Hill Orchard.

• 10/22/2006: Angry, Hopkinton? Thank John Lynch - Concord Monitor implies that high property tax values mean Lynch should be considering a broadbased tax, and that this discussion elicits hysteria that we somehow would destroy the "New Hampshire advantage". The paper thinks that a broadbased tax will bring down property taxes even though history shows the opposite to be true.

• 10/21/2006: Hopkinton's billing system will improve - New Avitar Assessing System in place, town admits "a view factor was assessed..."

• 10/19/2006: SHOCK OVER HOPKINTON TAX BILLS - Taxpayers can file for abatements.

• 10/19/2006: TOWN SHOULD'VE FOREWARNED TAXPAYERS - In some cases, triple bills impossible to pay.

• 10/19/2006: Hopkinton tax bills spark public fire - Farmer will be paying $25,000 more in taxes for this year thanks to 'view' tax used to calculate assessment.

• 10/19/2006: Hopkinton taxpayers deserve an explanation - Avitar is the firm that assessed.

• 10/19/2006: Reassessments squeeze seniors - They can't do it anymore, says one.

• 10/18/2006: Projects put at risk by rising taxes - New bonds not justified in light of tax revolt.

• 10/17/2006: 'You've forced me out of town' - Many residents cite mistakes on their assessments.

• 10/14/2006: They bear brunt of tax frustration - 'Help the greedy, to hell with the needy' to quote one resident.

• 10/13/2006: Tax boost startles residents - Some feel their homes are overvalued.