Hopkinton's special town meeting dissolved for lack of quorum after voters rejected returning annual town meeting to weekday evenings. Town Moderator Zach Kosan ended the session 78-19 once a headcount showed 127 voters present, short of the 131 needed.
The Hopkinton Basketball Association has set its Tap-Off Tournament for Nov. 20-22 and is asking families to register by Nov. 1 to guarantee a roster spot. The association also told in-town clinic and league participants they will be contacted in early November with program details.
Hopkinton's Trails Committee voted to make the Hughes Trail its model for a new signage system and approved $8,575 in Community Preservation Act funds for storm repairs. Chair Peter Lagoy presided; Sean Kimball was absent.
The Hopkinton Select Board voted 5-0 to authorize Chair Shahidul H Mannan to sign a joint letter to the Federal Aviation Administration seeking additional environmental review of Amazon's proposed drone delivery program, joining a coalition the board said totaled 16 Massachusetts communities.