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Optometrist to open facility at 66 Main Street

This building at 66 Main Street is being renovated into an optometry office set to open in August. PHOTO/JERRY SPAR

A new optometry office will call Main Street home later this summer.

Boston Eye in Hopkinton is set to open its doors this August at 66 Main Street, in the long-vacant building that previously housed Santander Bank. The optometry office will be the latest branch of Milford-Franklin Eye Center, which operates facilities in Milford, Franklin and Millis.

“We’re excited about it,” said Dr. Roger Kaldawy, Milford-Franklin Eye Center’s CEO and medical director of the Cataract Surgery Center of Milford. “We’ve put a lot of resources in the location itself.”

The building currently is being renovated. Though there have been delays — such as having to deal with the bank’s old safe — Kaldawy said the office is set to open at the beginning of August.

“We’re doing a very high-end center,” he said, noting the space will be designed with features like marble floors and a crystal chandelier.

“We want it to reflect a very high-end location for the Hopkinton community,” he clarified.

Once opened, Boston Eye in Hopkinton will offer patients eye exams, contact lens exams, eyeglasses, sunglasses and more. Claiming that his eye centers see greater outcomes than those in Boston, Kaldawy says the goal is to provide “honest, ethical care to residents.”

As to why his organization chose Hopkinton for its next location, Kaldawy said there were two factors: parking and a familiarity with the community.

Kaldawy explained that when he started practicing over 20 years ago, he helped the former owner of Hopkinton Eye Associates build up his practice. Since then, he said he and his wife have fallen in love with the town and saw an opportunity to return with the vacancy at 66 Main Street.

“I thought if I had the chance to return to Hopkinton, I’d do it,” said Kaldawy.

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The chair of the Open Space Preservation Commission left its Thursday night meeting abruptly, expressing frustration over a derailed discussion over invasive species management plans for the Whitehall Conservation Area.

The Hopkinton Trails Club has added a midweek workday today on the Chamberlain Street extension to build a boardwalk connecting it to Center Trail.

Town meetings tonight include the Commission on Disability (7).

Photo of the Day

Hopkinton High School recently held a ceremony for student-athletes who have committed to play a sport in college. Those taking part included (front, from left) Holly Paharik (Boston College softball), Fotini Grontzos (Clarkson soccer), Ashley Callery (Union softball) and Lila Mato (Skidmore lacrosse), as well as (back, from left) Logan Sullivan (Colby track and field), Christian Wheeler (Norwich baseball), Cooper Goodman (Rivier lacrosse), Tyler Walkiewicz (Westminster lacrosse), Owen Silva (Emmanuel soccer), Adriana Aquino (Holy Cross volleyball), Josie Hopkins (Colby track and field) and Bridgid Cavanaugh (Catholic track and field).

PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO