The town of Hopedale, in the heart of the Blackstone Valley, played an important role in the history of American industrial development. Today, Hopedale represents a slice of New England in transition from a self-contained company town to a...
Oct 2018
On Saturday night, the 8th of September, tragedy struck when a man fell off of the Provincetown II ferry into the waters of Boston Harbor. The incident happened near the southwest side of Peddocks Island, where Hopedale Troop 1 was camping...
Sep 2018
The Hopedale Board of Health is pleased to announce that its Recycle Center on Route 16 is now accepting recyclable items from non-residents.
The Recycle Center is open only on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Non-residents will need...
Sep 2018
On August 17th, 2018, Atria Draper Place’s resident, Joseph Manella, celebrated his 100th birthday with family and friends.
Joe was born and raised in Milford, MA during the 1920s and 1930s. After the fateful day of Pearl Harbor on December...
Sep 2018
If you’re a long-time Hopedale resident, or if your family hails from this awesome town, we want to hear from you!
The Hopedale Women’s History Project is hoping to find documents from Hopedale families that will help us recreate Hopedale’s...
Sep 2018
At the age of eight years old Hopedale’s Ben Tammaro picked up and swung a golf club for the very first time and was immediately hooked with the sport. Now almost 10 years later he’s a co-captain for this high school team and one of the more...
Sep 2018
Hopedale’s Robbie Siefring will be starting at quarterback for the fourth straight year for Blackstone-Millville’s football team and the veteran signal-caller would like to see the Chargers continue to build on the success they experienced last...
Sep 2018
On May 13, 1863, Charles H. Johnson married Elisabeth Williams, a woman he’d only known for a few weeks. Charles was living in the small town of Warren, Massachusetts, but had met Lizzie in Springfield, about 25 miles away. Their marriage...
Sep 2018
If you know a creative child who enjoys hands-on learning, experimenting, building, performing and working with their peers then listen up! Hopedale Destination Imagination is currently forming teams for the 2018-2019 season. You may have heard...
Aug 2018
Vendors are invited to submit an application to the 38th Holliston Historical Society Annual Harvest Fair that will take place on September 23 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (rain date September 30) at 547 Washington Street. This old-fashioned country fair...