From Hopkinton to Boston, marathon absence is seen and felt

HOPKINTON, Mass. (AP) - “It All Starts Here.”

The motto is bannered on the Hopkinton website, laid into the floor of the Marathon Elementary School, painted on a sign that sends Boston Marathon participants off on their way to Copley Square. Since 1924, this 300-year-old town serendipitously located 26.2 miles ...