Monday Essentials: Walking Tour Scheduled of Hopkinton Schools

1. The Hopkinton Elementary School Building Committee will host site walks of both the Elmwood and Center School properties during its meeting on Thursday, August 1. The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. at Elmwood Elementary, 14 Elm St., after which the committee will tour the Center School property, 11 Ash St..

2. The fourth and final community meeting hosted by Foxwoods Massachusetts will be Wednesday at Milford High School, and will focus on the site design. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Milford High School. Previous meetings can be seen on the Milford TV YouTube channel. 

3. If you commute into Boston along the Mass Pike, the state DOT said it plans to make some slight changes to a new congestion relief effort at I-90 and I-95 in Weston. The state on Monday night will install more signs and reposition them on the lane closure location slightly further south on I-95. From its release: "A third of all traffic on I-95 NB exits at Exit 23-24-25, and a recent traffic count showed 10 percent of vehicles continuing north on I-95 utilize the right lane. During the trial period, thru traffic on I-95 Northbound should stay to the left. Hesitation is common around new traffic patterns and public awareness will be key." The idea is to prevent backups on to the Mass Pike at this juncture.