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102-594: Born in Hudson, Massachusetts , Cardinale-Beauchemin played soccer, basketball, and softball at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School . Girls ice hockey was not offered at the school, so she played in neighborhood youth leagues. During her first season as a member of the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey team, Cardinale scored 19 goals with 13 assists for 32 points. In her sophomore season she scored 15 goals and 20 assists for 35 points. Her junior season she

204-731: A Polish American club, and other Portuguese American clubs. In 2003 the Hudson Portuguese Club replaced its original Port Street clubhouse with a function hall and restaurant built on the same site. The Portuguese American community in Hudson traces its history to at least 1886, when a certain José Maria Tavares arrived in town. José's brothers João "John" and Manuel joined him the following year. In 1888 three more Portuguese immigrants reached Hudson: eighteen-year-old José "Joseph" Braga, and António Chaves and his sister Maria. In 1889

306-491: A broadband internet subscription. The Town of Hudson has an open town meeting form of government, like most New England towns. The executive assistant is an official appointed by the Select Board who is responsible for the day-to-day administrative affairs of the town. They function with authority delegated to the office by the town charter and bylaws. The current executive assistant is Thomas Gregory. The Select Board

408-604: A dry goods store in the hamlet from 1799 onward and served many years as a Marlborough selectman, town clerk, town assessor, and postmaster. Today, Felton remains immortalized in the Silas Felton Hudson Historic District and two Hudson street names: Felton Street and Feltonville Road. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 11.8 square miles (30.7 km ), of which 11.5 square miles (29.8 km )

510-417: A factory for waterproofing fabrics by rubber coating were constructed. Private banks, five schools, a poor farm , and the current town hall were also built during this time. The population hovered around 4,000 residents, most of whom lived in modest houses with small backyard gardens. Some of Hudson's wealthier citizens built elaborate Queen Anne Victorian mansions, and many of them still exist. One of

612-446: A fellow Lithuanian American, operated a silver fox farm. The community was large and active enough to support the social and recreational Lithuanian Citizens' Club, located on School Street from 1926 to 1960. Hudson's population hovered around 8,000 from the 1920s to the 1950s, when developers purchased some farms surrounding the town center. The new houses built on this land helped double Hudson's population to 16,000 by 1970. From

714-591: A few miles of paddling northeast until the mill dam in the Stow section of Gleasondale . On the border with Stow are Lake Boon , a popular vacation spot prior to the widespread adoption of the automobile but now a primarily residential neighborhood, and White Pond , which historically provided drinking water to Maynard and is still owned by that town. On the border with Marlborough is Fort Meadow Reservoir , which once provided drinking water to Hudson and Marlborough. The Town of Hudson owns and maintains Centennial Beach on

816-481: A fire that burned down 40 buildings and 5 acres (20,000 m ) of central Hudson. Nobody was hurt, but the damages were estimated at $ 400,000 in 1894 (the equivalent of approximately $ 11.1 million in 2018). The town was substantially rebuilt within a year or two. By 1900, Hudson's population reached about 5,500 residents and the town had built a power plant on Cherry Street. Many houses were wired for electricity, and to this day Hudson produces its own power under

918-426: A law. It is usually effective in ninety days. The day after the governor signs the bill is considered to be the first day, and each succeeding day, including Sundays and holidays is counted until the ninetieth. Laws considered "emergency" in nature take effect immediately upon signing if the legislature has voted to attach an "emergency preamble" to the bill. Adoption of the preamble requires a two-thirds standing vote of

1020-468: A portrait portraying one of the library's major benefactors: Charles Hudson, Lewis Dewart Apsley , and Andrew Carnegie. Apsley funded his own portrait as well as that of Charles Hudson, while the portrait of Carnegie was a 1935 gift from the Carnegie Corporation . These portraits are displayed on the landing of the stair going up to the third floor reading room. Hudson Public Library is a member of

1122-640: A quiet reading room, and also houses the periodicals collection, a community meeting room, and staff offices. In 1966 a two-story Modernist addition was added at the rear of the original building, more than doubling the library's size. The children's department, housed on the library's first floor, was expanded and renovated in 2002. The second floor serves as the adults' and teens' department. The Hudson Public Library's collection has grown to approximately 65,000 books, periodicals, audio recordings, video recordings, historical records, and other items as of 2020. As part of its collection HPL owns three oil paintings, each

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1224-518: A religion are likely Roman Catholics or Protestants , based on the churches existing in town. A small portion of town residents are Jewish , Muslim , Buddhist , or Orthodox , but there are not currently synagogues, mosques, temples, or Orthodox churches in Hudson. Nevertheless, the town lends its name to the 1907 Hudson Incident —a key event in the Albanian Orthodox Church 's formation—in which an Albanian nationalist died in Hudson and

1326-564: A sawmill on Tannery Brook, a tributary stream of the Assabet River today crossed by Main Street, in the mid-1700s. This was followed by another mill on the Assabet in 1788 and a blacksmith 's forge in 1790. Joel Cranston opened a pub and general store—the settlement's first—in 1794. Silas Felton (1776–1828) arrived in the settlement in 1799, joining Cranston in business: it was not long before

1428-632: A separate Marlborough , claiming the journey to attend Hudson's town meeting was "vastly fatiguing." Their petition was denied by the Massachusetts General Court . Samuel Witt later served on committees of correspondence during the 1760s. At least nine men from the area fought with the Minutemen on April 19, 1775, as they harassed British troops along the trade route to Boston. The area established itself as an early industrial center . Business partners Phineas Sawyer and Jedediah Wood built

1530-481: A separate town. They cited the difficulty of attending town meeting, as their predecessors had in 1743, and also noted that Marlborough's high school was too far for most Feltonville children to practicably attend. This petition was approved by the Massachusetts General Court on March 16, 1866. A committee suggested naming the new town Hudson after Congressman Charles Hudson , who was born and raised in

1632-725: A small but well-documented Lithuanian American community. This community originated in 1897, when Anthony Markunas arrived in Hudson. Another early Lithuanian immigrant was Michael Rimkus, who owned and operated a grocery store on the corner of Loring and Broad streets from 1908 to 1950. It appears Lithuanians came to Hudson from larger communities located in Nashua , Worcester , and Boston . Apparently Hudson's Lithuanians were known for their herb gardens—where they grew rue , chamomile , and mint —and beekeeping . For many years Mr. Karol Baranowski maintained on apiary on Lois Street (now Mason Street). His next-door neighbor Dominic Janciauskas,

1734-620: A state legislature in the United States. She was outed against her will following the election and served one term. As of 2018, the General Court was composed of 75 percent male and 25 percent female representation. There are 40 senatorial districts in Massachusetts, named for the counties in which they are located. There are 160 representational districts in Massachusetts, named for the counties in which they are located. The speaker of

1836-641: Is Hudson Public Schools , a district open to Hudson residents and through school choice to any area students. The superintendent of Hudson Public Schools is Dr. Brian Reagan. Prior to starting ninth grade Hudson students may choose to attend either Hudson High School or Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School . Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School is open to students from Berlin, Hudson, Maynard, Northborough, Southborough, Westborough, and Marlborough. The first public library in Hudson opened in 1867 thanks to $ 500 (~$ 10,900 in 2023) in financial assistance from Charles Hudson and matching funds provided by

1938-566: Is Rev. Thomas John. The First Federated Church on Central Street was built between 1967 and 1968. It is a Baptist – Congregational church associated with American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ . The Baptist portion of the federated congregation traces its origins to 1844, when Feltonville residents invited a revivalist preacher to hold services for them. This Baptist community grew large enough to build and open their own Feltonville Baptist Church building in 1851; it

2040-473: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hudson, Massachusetts Hudson is a town in Middlesex County , Massachusetts , United States, with a total population of 20,092 as of the 2020 census . Before its incorporation as a town in 1866, Hudson was a neighborhood and unincorporated village of Marlborough, Massachusetts , and was known as Feltonville . From approximately 1850 until

2142-647: Is a group of publicly elected officials who are the executive authority of the town. The Select Board was formerly known as the Board of Selectmen. The title was officially changed by an affirmative vote of Article 26 of the Hudson Town Meeting on May 1, 2021. There are five positions on the Hudson Select Board, currently filled by Scott R. Duplisea, Judy Congdon, Diane G. Bemis, James D. Quinn, and Steven C. Sharek. The Select Board elect from among their membership

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2244-549: Is a mostly suburban bedroom community with many residents commuting to Boston or Worcester . Before becoming a separate incorporated town in 1866, Hudson was a neighborhood and unincorporated village within the town—now city—of Marlborough , and had various names during that time. From 1656 until 1700, present-day Hudson and the surrounding area was known as the Indian Plantation or the Cow Commons . From 1700 to 1800,

2346-412: Is composed of six senators and eleven representatives. The standing committees schedule public hearings for the individual bills, which afford citizens, legislators and lobbyists the opportunity to express their views. Committee members meet at a later time in executive session to review the public testimony and discuss the merits of each bill before making their recommendations to the full membership of

2448-481: Is land and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km ) (2.87%) is water. The Assabet River runs prominently through most of Hudson. The river arises from wetlands in Westborough and flows northeast 34 miles (55 km), starting at an elevation of 320 feet (98 m). It descends through the towns of Northborough , Marlborough , Berlin , Hudson, Stow , Maynard , Acton , and finally Concord , where it merges with

2550-717: Is referred to the Senate or House Committee on Ways and Means after the first reading. Adverse reports ("ought not to pass") are also referred to the Committee on Steering and Policy in the Senate or placed without debate in the Orders of the Day for the next session of the House. Acceptance by either branch of an adverse report is considered the final rejection and the matter of the matter. However, an adverse report can be overturned. A member may move to substitute

2652-561: Is the dam, but upstream provides miles of flat water—depending on the season, as far southeast as the dam at Millham Reservoir in Marlborough. Another canoe and kayak launch exists farther upstream behind Hudson High School, accessible via an unpaved parking lot on Chapin Street. There is also boat access downstream of the dam at Main Street Landing, accessible from the paved Assabet River Rail Trail parking lot on Main Street, and providing

2754-678: The Azorean island of Santa Maria , with a smaller amount from the island of São Miguel , the Madeira islands, or from the Trás-os-Montes region of mainland Portugal. The Portuguese community in Hudson maintains the Hudson Portuguese Club, which was established in 1919. It has outlived Hudson's other ethnic clubs, including the Buonovia Club ( Italian American ), the Lithuanian Citizens' Club,

2856-521: The CW MARS regional library consortium and catalog. This allows Hudson cardholders to borrow items from other central and western Massachusetts public libraries and gives cardholders from those libraries access to Hudson's collection. In fiscal year 2008, the Town of Hudson spent 1.19% ($ 614,743) of its budget on its public library—approximately $ 31 per person, per year. The majority of Hudson residents who practice

2958-492: The East India Company . The freemen would meet annually to elect representatives in the form of a Royal Governor, a Deputy Governor, and a Council made from the directors of the company. These officials were to have royally assented governmental control of the colony and would be tasked with the management and defense of the colonial plantation. The first Court assembled would be made from these members to discuss and evaluate

3060-574: The General Court of Massachusetts , is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston . The name "General Court" is a holdover from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , when the colonial assembly, in addition to making laws, sat as a judicial court of appeals . Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780, it

3162-682: The Massachusetts Central Railroad and the Fitchburg Railroad , later the Central Massachusetts Railroad Company , and later by Boston & Maine , until both were closed in 1965. Railroads allowed the development of larger factories, some of the first in the country to use steam power and sewing machines . By 1860, Feltonville had 17 shoe and shoe-related factories, which attracted Irish and French Canadian immigrants. Feltonville residents fought for

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3264-701: The Sudbury River to form the Concord River , at an elevation of 100 feet (30 m). The dam in central Hudson is one of nine historic mill or flood control dams on the Assabet River. A portion of the Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge is located in Hudson. There are various public access points to the Assabet River in Hudson. The back of the Hudson Public Library parking lot provides access to launch canoes and kayaks. Downstream

3366-506: The Taylor Memorial Bridge to the town, connecting the public Wood Park and Apsley Park across the Assabet River. Today, the majority of Hudson residents are of Irish or Portuguese descent, with lesser populations of Brazilian, Italian, French, French Canadian, English, Scotch-Irish, Greek, and Polish descent. About one-third of Hudson residents are of Portuguese descent or birth. Most people of Portuguese descent in Hudson are from

3468-584: The legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts since the adoption of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780. The body was in operation before Massachusetts became a U.S. state on February 6, 1788 . The first sessions, starting in 1780 , were one-year elected sessions for both houses. This was expanded to two-year sessions starting with the 142nd General Court in January 1921. Thereafter,

3570-566: The 1970s through the 1990s high-technology companies built plants in Hudson, most notably the Hudson Fab semiconductor factory built by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1979. Just before Digital folded in 1998, Intel bought this facility. Under Intel's ownership, the plant continued producing silicon chips and wafers . At the height of the Great Recession in the late 2000s, Hudson lost many local businesses. Particularly affected were

3672-532: The 2000 census, there were 18,113 people, 6,990 households, and 4,844 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,574.4 inhabitants per square mile (607.9/km ). There were 7,168 housing units at an average density of 623.0 per square mile (240.5/km ). The racial makeup of the town was 94.12% White , 0.91% Black or African American , 0.13% Native American , 1.40% Asian , 0.06% Pacific Islander , 1.40% from other races, and 1.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.06% of

3774-703: The Assabet River intersected with the territories of three other related Algonquian-speaking peoples: the Massachusett , Pennacook , and Wampanoag . In 1650, the area that would become Marlboro and Marlborough was part of the Ockookangansett Indian Plantation for the Praying Indians . During King Philip's War , English settlers forcibly evicted the Indias from their plantation, imprisoning and killing many of them; most survivors did not return after

3876-457: The Assabet. Other early settlers include Jeremiah Barstow, who built a house near today's Wood Square in central Hudson, and Robert Barnard, who purchased the house from Barstow. The area became known as Hoe's Mills, Barnard's Mills, or simply The Mills throughout the 1700s. The settlement was originally part of the town of Hudson. In June 1743, area residents Samuel Witt, John Hapgood, and others petitioned to break away from Hudson and become

3978-497: The Azorean islands of Santa Maria or São Miguel. By 1916 immigrants from mainland Portugal reached Hudson, including a certain João "John" Rio and family. As early as the 1920s, Hudson's Portuguese population exceeded 1000 individuals—more than 10% of Hudson's total population at the time. Some were employed as factory workers, though many also owned small businesses. Hudson also welcomed

4080-499: The Committee on Bills in the Third Reading. This amounts to preliminary approval of the bill in that branch. That committee examines technical points, as well as the legality and constitutionality of the measure, and ensures that it does not duplicate or contradict existing law. The committee then issues a report and returns the bill to the House or Senate for its third reading. At that time, legislators can further debate and amend

4182-453: The Feltonville neighborhood. By his own account, in response to this honor, Charles Hudson offered to donate $ 500 (~$ 10,405 in 2023) towards establishing a free public library. Town citizens gratefully voted to accept Congressman Hudson's gift. Over the next twenty years, Hudson grew as several industries settled in town. Two woolen mills, an elastic-webbing plant, a piano case factory, and

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4284-425: The House has historically been quite powerful, exerting significant influence over all aspects of state government. The General Court is responsible for enacting laws in the state. The two legislative branches work concurrently on pending laws brought before them. Lawmaking begins when legislators, or their delegates, file petitions accompanied by bills, resolves or other types of legislation electronically, using

4386-587: The House or Senate. Matters not requiring reference to another Joint, House or Senate committee are, following the first reading, referred without debate to the Committee on Senate Rules if reported in the Senate, except certain special laws (relative to a city or town) are placed directly on the Senate Calendar (Orders of the Day), or, without debate to the House Steering, Policy and Scheduling committee if reported into

4488-511: The House or Senate. The Health Care Financing Committee is required to provide an estimated cost of the bill, when making their report. If the estimated cost is less than $ 100,000, the bill bypasses having to be referred to Ways and Means. If a bill is not related to health care, but affects the finances of the Commonwealth, or, if it is reported by the Health Care Financing Committee with an estimated cost greater than $ 100,000, it

4590-503: The House or Senate. The public may still observe "executive" sessions, but may not participate in these meetings. The committee then issues its report, recommending that a bill "ought to pass" or "ought not to pass" and the report is submitted to the Clerk's office. The first reading of a favorably reported bill is automatic and generally occurs when the committee's report appears in the Journal of

4692-548: The House. Reports from Senate Rules or House Steering, Policy and Scheduling are placed on the Calendar of the Chamber receiving the report for a second reading. If a bill reported favorably by a joint committee affects health care it is referred by the House or Senate Clerk to the joint committee on Health Care Financing; and the first reading is delayed until the next favorable report, thus allowing Health Care Financing to report to either

4794-619: The King Roman Catholic Church (see below). On the morning of September 23, 1965, a fire severely damaged the 1877 Baptist church, which had to be demolished. After fundraising for a new structure, the First Federated Church broke ground at Central Street on Palm Sunday , March 19, 1967, and opened the new church on Palm Sunday one year later, April 7, 1968. The church's current pastor is Rev. Yvonne Miloyevich. The First United Methodist Church of Hudson on Felton Street

4896-684: The Lady of Fátima Feast / Festa da Nossa Senhora de Fátima. The oldest of these is the Império Micaelense festival, which traces its origins to 1914. Such festivals are a common religious and sociocultural event in the Azores and in Portuguese communities of Azorean descent throughout the United States, Canada, and Brazil. Carmel Marthoma Church on River Road is the newest church building in Hudson, constructed in 2001. The congregation traces its beginnings to

4998-582: The Legislative Automated Workflow System (LAWS). The electronically submitted legislation is received in the House or Senate Clerk's office where the petitions , bills , and resolves are recorded in an electronic docket book. The clerks number the bills and assign them to appropriate joint committees. There are 26 of these committees, each responsible for studying the bills which pertain to specific policy areas, taxation , education , health care , insurance , and others. Each committee

5100-436: The Massachusetts General Court, often by large majorities. The Democrats enjoyed veto-proof supermajorities in both chambers for part of the 1990s (i.e., enough votes to override vetoes by a governor) and also currently hold supermajorities in both chambers. State senators and representatives both serve two-year terms. There are no term limits ; a term limit was enacted by initiative in Massachusetts in 1994 but in 1997

5202-746: The Union during the American Civil War . Twenty-five of those men died doing so. Two existing houses—the Goodale Homestead on Chestnut Street (Hudson's oldest surviving building, dating from 1702) and the Curley home on Brigham Street (formerly known as the Rice Farm)—have been cited as waystations on the Underground Railroad . On May 16, 1865, Feltonville residents once again petitioned to become

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5304-403: The area became known as Feltonville. Feltonville's—and later Hudson's—significant role in the shoe industry may trace its origins to Daniel Stratton. A shoemaker , Stratton opened his Feltonville shop in 1816, expanding it to a small factory on Washington Street in 1821. In the 1850s, Feltonville received its first railroads. There were two Feltonville train stations, originally operated by

5406-541: The auspices of the Hudson Light and Power Department, a non-profit municipal utility owned by the town. The brick Hudson Armory building accommodating local Massachusetts militia , and later units of the Massachusetts National Guard , opened in 1910. Electric trolley lines were built connecting Hudson with the towns of Leominster , Concord , and Marlborough, though these only remained in existence until

5508-434: The authority of the General Court. Under this new system the religious qualification, that suffrage be for only Puritan men, was changed to a qualification of property ownership. The Assistants were also officially changed to a Governor's Council to be selected by the governor to act as an upper house as well as a council for advice and consent . All laws passed by the General Court were to be approved by Royal Governor of

5610-405: The average family size was 3.11. In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.0% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males. The median income for a household in the town

5712-417: The bill for the report, and, if the motion to substitute carries, the matter is then given its first reading and follows the same procedure as if reported favorably by committee. After a bill is read for a second time, it is open to debate on amendments and motions . Following debate, a vote is taken and if the bill receives a favorable vote by the membership, it is ordered to a third reading and referred to

5814-425: The bill, first in the House and later in the Senate, is the final step in the passage of a bill by the legislature. Following enactment, the bill goes to the governor , who may sign the bill into law, allow it to become law without signing it (if the governor holds the bill for ten days without taking any action while the legislature is in session, it becomes law without his or her signature), veto it, or return it to

5916-535: The bill. Following the third reading, the body votes on "passing the bill to be engrossed." The bill must then pass through three readings and engrossment in the second legislative branch. Should that occur, it is sent to the Legislative Engrossing Division where it is typed on special parchment in accordance with the General Laws . However, if the second branch passes an amended version of the bill,

6018-791: The book burnt on Boston Common . With the collapse of the Dominion of New England in the Glorious Revolution in 1689 The Assistants convened an assembly of delegates from each town to reform the General Court. With the Massachusetts Charter in 1691 the Province of Massachusetts Bay absorbed the colony of Plymouth . The Plymouth Colony , along with the District of Maine and the islands off Cape Cod , Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket were to be an extension of Massachusetts and thus under

6120-632: The charter was not being followed, a compromise resulted in recomposition of the General Court as two deputies elected by freemen in each town. Problems with a judicial case resulted in another reform in 1638, where the Council of Assistants became an upper house that sat separately, with consent of both houses required to pass legislation. In October 1650 the General Court took exception to the book The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption by William Pynchon . They regarded it as containing many errors and heresies and decided to make their views very plain by having

6222-532: The city on March 17, 1776. The Governor's Council acted as the executive in the absence of the governor and lieutenant governor, administering the rebel forces of the colony during the early years of the American Revolutionary War , which began in Massachusetts at the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. The General Assembly declared Massachusetts independent from Britain on May 1, 1776. With

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6324-428: The conflict. The first recorded European settlement of the Hudson area occurred in 1698 or 1699 when settler John Barnes was granted 1 acre (0.40 ha) of Indian lands straddling both banks of the Assabet River . Barnes built a gristmill on the Assabet River's north bank on land that would one day be part of Hudson. In 1699 or 1700 Barnes sold his gristmill to Joseph Howe, who built a sawmill and bridge across

6426-420: The congregation worshiped at the Methodist church in Gleasondale (then known as Rock Bottom), until 1863. Sometime in the succeeding decades the congregation built an ornate wood-framed church on Main Street, which they lost in the 1911 fire. The current pastor is Chris Jones. Massachusetts General Court Minority (4) Minority (24) Vacant (1) The Massachusetts General Court , formally

6528-421: The corner of Green and Central streets. In 1918, after some time of combined worship, the Congregational and Baptist churches decided to merge into one congregation—the First Federated Church—and worship at the Baptists' Church Street building. The Congregational church building became a community hall with bowling alleys until it was sold to a French Catholic congregation in 1927: this church would become Christ

6630-497: The distinction between delegates elected by towns and the Council of Assistants. The assistants acted as magistrates and counselors of jurisprudence, however when in session they served as a sort of upper house . Their assent and approval was needed in order for any decision from the house of delegates to be passed. The new legislature was elected annually. Suffrage was allowed only for men who were Puritan church members and freemen. This General Court removed any feudal restraints on

6732-561: The downtown commercial district and industrial establishments. Further bad news came in 2013 when Intel, Hudson's largest employer and charitable donor, announced it would close its Hudson semiconductor factory and layoff 700 employees by 2014. Initially Intel tried to find a buyer for the facility, but when none came forward by 2015, Intel announced it would demolish the plant. However, Intel's campus in Hudson includes an 850-person microprocessor research and development facility that did not close, and remains operational as of 2020. Since

6834-497: The early 1970s as a prayer fellowship that met in the greater Boston area. In 1981 the parent Mar Thoma Syrian Church officially recognized this gathering as a congregation and part of its Diocese of North America and Europe. In 1984 the congregation registered as a legal entity in Massachusetts, with nine families becoming members. As of 2018 the congregation numbered 120 families residing throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut , New Hampshire , and Rhode Island . The current vicar

6936-454: The finest is the 1895 Colonel Adelbert Mossman House on Park Street, which is on the National Register of Historic Places . The town maintained five volunteer fire companies during the 1880s and 1890s, one of which manned the Eureka Hand Pump, a record-setting pump that could shoot a 1.5-inch (38 mm) stream of water 229 feet (70 m). Despite this glut of fire companies, on July 4, 1894, two boys playing with firecrackers started

7038-499: The first Spirit of Hudson Food and Brewfest to showcase local restaurants and breweries. Since then, the event has evolved into a large food and beer fest featuring dozens of restaurants and breweries, from tiny local producers to internationally known craft beer stalwarts such as Harpoon and Stone Brewing . The first microbrewery in Hudson, Medusa Brewing Company, opened downtown in 2015. A second—Ground Effect Brewing Company—followed in 2018. In 2022 Ground Effect changed hands with

7140-409: The form of the Governor, the Governor's Council, etc. had more executive authority the Court could cause political stalemate if its demands were not met. Even the Governor's reserve power to dissolve the General Court was ineffective because a new assembly had to be elected the following year. With the passage of the Intolerable Acts by the Parliament of Great Britain there was political turmoil in

7242-528: The last shoe factory burned down in 1968, Hudson was a mill town specializing in the production of shoes and related products. At one point, the town had 17 shoe factories, many of them powered by the Assabet River , which runs through town. The many factories in Hudson attracted immigrants from Canada and Europe. Today most residents are of either Portuguese or Irish descent, with a smaller percentage being of French , Italian , English , or Scotch-Irish descent. While some manufacturing remains in Hudson,

7344-500: The late 1920s. The factories in town continued to grow, attracting immigrants from England , Germany , Portugal , Lithuania , Poland , Greece , Albania , and Italy . By 1928 nineteen languages were spoken by the workers of the Firestone-Apsley Rubber Company . These immigrants usually lived in boarding houses near their places of employment. In 1926 Hudson industrialists Thomas Taylor and Frank Taylor donated

7446-415: The legislation returns to the original branch for a vote of concurrence in the amendment. If concurrence is rejected, a conference committee consisting of the three members from each legislative branch representing both political parties may be formed to effect a compromise piece of legislation. When a compromise is reached, the bill is sent to both legislative branches for their approval. A vote "to enact"

7548-429: The legislative year was defined as: "The first legislative year starting with the opening of the biennial session and ends at midnight on Tuesday before the first Wednesday of the following year. The second legislative year starts on the first Wednesday of the second year and ends when the legislature prorogues or at midnight on Tuesday before the first Wednesday of the following year. Watson F. Hammond , seated in 1885,

7650-462: The legislature with recommended changes. If the legislature has concluded its yearly session, and the governor does not sign the bill within ten days, it dies. This is referred to as a " pocket veto ." This ten-day period includes Sundays and holidays, even if they fall on the tenth day, and it begins the day after the legislation is laid on the governor's desk. A bill signed by the governor, or passed by two-thirds of both branches over his veto, becomes

7752-501: The membership. The governor may also declare an act to be an emergency law and make it effective at once. A special act takes effect thirty days from the day it is signed, unless it contains a provision to make it effective immediately. The State House News Service is an independent privately owned wire service based in the Massachusetts State House that provides comprehensive coverage of the Commonwealth's government. It

7854-554: The mid-2010s Hudson's commercial downtown has witnessed an economic revitalization, with previously empty storefronts finding tenants. This is partly thanks to the town's increasing role as a regional culinary destination, including for craft beer. Hudson's craft beer scene arguably began in 1980 when the Horseshoe Pub & Restaurant opened. In 2012, the Hudson Rotary Club , Horseshoe Pub, and other local businesses organized

7956-466: The nascent town. This first library was a modest reading room in the Brigham Block building and contained 721 books. In 1873 the library moved to a room in the newly completed Hudson Town Hall. The current Hudson Public Library (HPL) building is a Carnegie library first built in 1905 using a $ 12,500 donation from Andrew Carnegie . It opened to the public on November 16, 1905. The original structure

8058-401: The opening of Clover Road Brewing Company, in the same location with the same head brewer, but new ownership. Although Hudson's population is now about 20,000, the town maintains the traditional town meeting form of government. Some light manufacturing and agricultural uses remain in the eastern end of town, a vestige of Hudson's dual agrarian and industrial history. However, today Hudson

8160-579: The original Thirteen Colonies , was a royally chartered joint stock company founded in 1628 in London . Much like other joint-stock companies of the time the first General Court was a meeting of shareholders, known as freemen . The "Great and General Court" was to meet in London and elect its officers and members in the same manner as other colonial charted companies of the time such as the Virginia Company and

8262-546: The population and codified a Bill of Rights and powers of a judiciary. The General Court also enshrined the Laws of Moses as legal code under the discretion of local magistrates creating a theocratic quasi-democratic state. By votes of the General Court in the 1630s, the system of government changed to have an elected governor and to restrict the list of "freemen" to those affiliated with certain Puritan churches. In 1634, after complaint

8364-407: The population. There were 6,990 households, out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. Of all households, 25.2% were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and

8466-514: The positions of chairman, vice-chairman, and clerk. The Massachusetts legislature abolished the Middlesex County government in 1997. Former county agencies and institutions reverted to the control of the state government of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Certain county government positions, such as District Attorney and Sheriff , still function under the state government instead of a county government. Hudson's local public school district

8568-515: The province. The powers of the monarch to be expanded in this new system as well. The King had full control of maritime affairs and acted as an executive, through the Royal Governor, to enforce commercial law. This separation of powers led to some friction with the Royal Governor and the General Court. The General Court retained power over spending and budget and while the Royal Officers, in

8670-566: The province. With political disorder Thomas Gage , then the Royal Governor, cancelled the new elections for the General Court and in 1774 the assembly was essentially dissolved. This allowed the governor to rule by decree and appoint town governments. In defiance of both Crown law and Gage, members of the General Court formed the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and seized control of the colony except for Boston, where British troops maintained control until when they evacuated

8772-424: The settlement was known as Howe's Mills , Barnard's Mills , or The Mills , evidencing its early industrial history. From 1800 to 1828, the settlement was called New City , for reasons not entirely clear but perhaps related to increased population and industrialization. From 1828 until incorporation in 1866, the village was called Feltonville . The name Feltonville derives from that of Silas Felton, who operated

8874-419: The shores of Fort Meadow Reservoir. It is open to residents and non-residents for the cost of a daily or season pass, typically from June to August. Hudson is bordered by four towns and one city: Bolton and Stow on the north, the city of Marlborough on the south, Sudbury on the east, and Berlin on the west. The neighborhood and unincorporated village of Gleasondale straddles Hudson and Stow. As of

8976-475: The situation of the colony. The first meeting of the original General Court took place in London in 1629. The General Court selected John Endicott as its representative to the colony. Soon after, Governor John Winthrop and the Deputy Governor Thomas Dudley broke with protocol when they themselves traveled to New England and moved the government to Massachusetts Bay. Along with them came

9078-594: The six-person Garcia family arrived. The 1890s saw the addition of the Bairos, Camara, Correia, and Luz families. In 1900 Mr. and Mrs. José "Joseph" Almada and Mrs. Almada's brother Manuel Silva settled in Hudson. By 1910 eleven more Portuguese families resided in Hudson: the Coito, Costa, Furtado, Grillo, Mello, Pereira, Pimentel, Rainha, Resendes, Ribeiro, and Sousa families. This initial group of Portuguese immigrants all hailed from

9180-538: The stock holders of the company and the Council of Assistants . Once in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the new government reorganized itself out of convenience. Instead of attempting to assemble all stockholders to the meeting of the General Court the government decided on having each town elect two representatives to send in their stead. The General Court became a de facto bicameral legislature by virtue of

9282-543: The town is now primarily residential. Hudson is served by the Hudson Public Schools district. Indigenous people lived in what became central Massachusetts for thousands of years prior to European settlement. Indigenous oral histories, archaeological evidence, and European settler documents attest to historic settlements of the Nipmuc people in present-day Marlborough and the surrounding area. Nipmuc settlements along

9384-528: The war still ongoing, demands for government reform resulted in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1778 , but the text proposed by the legislature failed in a statewide voter referendum. The Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1779–1780 was held by a specially-elected body, and the resulting text, after amendment and ratification, became the current state constitution. The current Massachusetts General Court has met as

9486-432: Was $ 58,549, and the median income for a family was $ 70,145. Males had a median income of $ 45,504 versus $ 35,207 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 26,679. About 2.7% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 3.8% of those under age 18 and 8.7% of those age 65 or over. As of 2017 Census Bureau estimates, Hudson's population increased to 19,994. The town's racial makeup

9588-455: Was 92.6% white, 1.3% Black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 2.7% Asian, and 2.5% from two or more races, with Hispanic or Latino people of any race making up 6.7% of the population. According to 2017 Census Bureau estimates, 90.3% of Hudson residents graduated high school or higher, while 39.8% have a bachelor's degree or higher. The Census Bureau estimated that in the five-year period between 2013 and 2017, 86.3% of Hudson households had

9690-458: Was a two-story Beaux-Arts design typical of Carnegie libraries and other American public buildings of the early twentieth century. Despite numerous additions over time the Carnegie building is mostly intact, including its original front entrance and handsome main stair. The town added a third story to the building in 1932 for a total cost of $ 15,000 (~$ 272,924 in 2023). Today the third floor serves as

9792-782: Was called the Great and General Court , but the official title was shortened by John Adams , author of the state constitution . It is a bicameral body . The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body , the Massachusetts House of Representatives , has 160 members; until 1978, the state house had 240 members. It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston. Since 1959, Democrats have controlled both houses of

9894-551: Was completed in 1912 or 1913 after the previous one, which was located across the street from the Unitarian Church in central Hudson, burned in a 1911 fire. The congregation traces its origins back to early settler Phineas Sawyer, who converted to Methodism in 1789 and opened his home to Methodist meetings in 1800. In 1828 Feltonville's Methodists built a brick meetinghouse on Gospel Hill in what would become eastern Hudson. This structure burned on December 28, 1852, after which

9996-459: Was located on Church Street behind the Unitarian Church, where the Hudson Boys and Girls Club stands today. A rapidly growing congregation necessitated a larger church built on the same site in 1877. The Congregational side of the church traces its origins to at least 1889, when Congregationalists from Hudson held meetings in downtown's Chase Block building. In 1902 they built their own church at

10098-547: Was named an ECAC All-Star she scored 18 goals and 30 assists for 48 points. Cardinale saved her best effort for her senior season where Northeastern went 26-0-1 and she scored 18 goals and 41 assists for 59 points. Cardinale was named an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star for the second time. Cardinale-Beauchemin is a member of the Northeastern University athletics Hall of Fame. This biographical article relating to an American ice hockey player

10200-581: Was refused burial rites by area Greek Orthodox priests. The Portuguese Roman Catholics in Hudson hold annual feasts or festivals honoring and celebrating the Holy Ghost and Our Lady of Fátima , known in Portuguese as Festas do Espírito Santo and Festa da Nossa Senhora de Fátima , respectively. There are three related but distinct festas in Hudson: the Império Mariense, the lmpério Micaelense, and

10302-531: Was struck down by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court , which ruled that it was an unconstitutional attempt to provide additional qualifications for office by statute, rather than constitutional amendment. The legislature is a full-time legislature, although not to the extent of neighboring New York or some other states. The earliest history of the General Court is in the original charter of 1629. Massachusetts Bay Colony , one of

10404-494: Was the first Native American to be elected to the body. Florence Slocomb was one of the first three women in the Commonwealth to be elected to the state Legislature and the first woman from Worcester to win a state legislative seat, representing that district from 1926 to 1928. Althea Garrison was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1992 and is known as the first transgender person to serve in

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