5 Things You Missed at the Selectmen's Meeting

1. Fire Chief Kenneth Clark presented the selectmen with information regarding storm cleanup. Clark said at this point there are under 400 houses without power in town. NStar reported to him that they had two areas, each with around 75 homes, as a priority on their list.

2. The 300^th Anniversary Celebration Committee updated the selectmen with their plans moving toward the big celebration in 2015. The committee is meeting once a month and is in the process of drafting rules for a logo design competition. They are also planning large community meetings for late January.

“Hopkinton has a unique history, so we can really exploit that in a positive way,” Chairman Anne Mattina said.

3. The Fields Study Group, comprised of School Committee members and members of the Parks and Recreation Department, presented where they are in the process of organizing and maintaining all of the town's fields. They said they are currently at the end of the data gathering stage and are planning on meeting with the groups that use the town's public fields soon.

4. Police Chief Richard A. Flannery asked the board for permission to post signs on the town's Fruit St. property explicitly prohibiting the discharge of firearms. The area, which is now used for soccer fields, was previously a wooded area where hunting had been permitted in the past. 

5. Brian O'Keefe and Ken Driscoll of the Parks and Recreation Department presented their findings from a survey asking residents what they liked about the department's facilities as well as what they would like to see added in the future. Stay tuned for Patch's By the Numbers later this week for a complete readout of all of their findings.