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Dear Friends of the Hopkinton Community,

Our town is still dealing with feelings of shock and grief since recently losing two of our college-age youth to suicide. Many people are wondering what we as a town of caring citizens can do. Hopkinton is not alone in dealing with this issue. As suicide is becoming a more common incident within our society, we need to understand and address it more openly with prevention in mind as community.

Post Prom is looking for volunteers to chaperon the post prom event on Friday, May 27th from 11pm to 5am. Traditionally, parents from the sophomore class are the chaperones for the Junior Post Prom party. Post Prom committee member Kristrina Parsons says that , to date, eight chaperones have volunteered, but more are needed.

"We need about 25 chaperones in total," said Parsons.

At their Monday, April 11th meeting, members of the Hopkinton's Women's Club will hold a special luncheon to celebrate the Club’s 91st anniversary. There will also be a presentation about the Club’s history, called "Down Memory Lane". Held at the First Congregational Church, 146 E. Main Street, our regular meeting will start at 10 a.m., followed by a social time at 11 a.m. Luncheon is at 11:45 a.m., and the presentation will begin at 12:45 p.m.

The Hopkinton High School counseling department will present a parent program entitled Depression and Suicide: Safeguarding Youth, Preventing Tragedies and Building Resiliency. The featured speakers for the program will be Kelley Cunningham and Kim Kates from Samaritans Inc., a national organization aimed at preventing suicide. The program will be held on Wednesday, April 6th at 7pm in the high school auditorium. All interested parents, students and community members are invited to attend.

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Results from today's Special Town Election are in:
YES votes = 895
NO votes = 2302
Total Votes = 3197

The ballot question fails.

HCAM News will be reporting from the Hopkinton Middle School as soon as the final election counts are available. While we will not be broadcasting live, the results of the ballot question for the proposed elementary school at Fruit Street will be posted on our website, on Comcast Channel 8 and Verizon Channel 30 and on our Facebook page as soon as results are available.

Stay tuned to HCAM for the latest election coverage!

Parking Restriction Announcement
Boston Marathon, April 18, 2011

To the Editor:
On behalf of the HPTA I would like to send out a huge thank you to the wonderful student volunteers who helped with the babysitting during Monday’s Special Town Meeting. Students from the National Honor Society, the Hopkinton Leo’s Club, CommuniTeen, St. John’s and elsewhere helped take care of almost 50 children throughout the evening.