Crime & Safety
Bomb Threat at Hopkinton High School
Hopkinton was one of at least ten schools on alert for threats in Massachusetts Monday morning.

Hopkinton, MA - Students sheltered in place at Hopkinton High School Monday morning, one of ten local schools to receive a bomb threat via robocall, according to the superintendent's office there.
According to the superintendent's office, the automated call came in about 8:18 a.m. The school convened a crisis team of local fire and police officials, who determined students should shelter in place (rather than fully evacuate) due to what they deemed to be the low-level of threat in this instance.
Officials conducted a thorough search of the school, according to the superintendent's office.
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It was one of several schools responding to bomb threats around the state today, all of which turned out to be specious.
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Police have also confirmed threats in high schools in Cambridge, Brookline, Ayer, Hudson and Leominster, while multiple people reported threats in Stoneham, Tewksbury, Lexington, Marlborough, Newton, and Wakefield.
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Patch updated this story at 2 p.m. Monday.
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