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The Select Board covered a wide range of topics at Monday evening’s meeting – traffic, solar energy, early State primary voting, and of course COVID-19.

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Food insecurity and stress to the Commonwealth’s food system have been serious concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic. Like so many other sectors impacted by the pandemic, farmers, suppliers, retailers, and consumers have had to find creative solutions to meet the challenges of the pandemic.

We’re back to posting a calendar of events for the next few weeks and the Board/committee meetings for this week.

Travis Ahern, Holliston’s new Town Administrator, was sworn in on July 2, and joined the Select Board, Finance Committee, various representatives from town Boards, Committees, and departments, and a quorum of residents at the July 20 Town Meeting for his first day in his new role.

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Nearly 50 people accessed Thursday evening’s Planning Board meeting. Chair David Thorn called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm and reviewed the remote meeting guidelines.

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The School Committee (SC) reconvened Thursday evening following an executive session. District and building administrators were in attendance. Following almost three hours’ discussion on the proposed District Reopening Plan, the vote was delayed until Monday.

Today, the Governor announced a number of significant changes to protect the progress we have made in slowing the spread of COVID-19. In particular, the administration has identified instances in which large social gatherings have led to “hot spots” of transmission, and the updates below are designed to address these challenges and other priority issues that have been raised as numbers tick upward in recent weeks.

Holliston VFW Post 8507 held its VFW Scout of the Year Award ceremony outdoors behind its post on Woodland Street last Tuesday, July 28th.

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St. Mary’s parish in Holliston will host a Racial Justice and Equality Prayer Service at the church on Sunday, August 9, at 4:30 PM. Deacon John Barry will preside.

This week, the Secretary of the Commonwealth announced that ballots have begun being mailed out to those who have requested them for the September 1st statewide primary elections.

The recently created Governance Committee sought clarification of the Select Board’s charge* to them as the two groups met in tandem at 6:30 on Monday evening preceding their individual 7 PM meetings.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020 is the date set by the Select Board for a Public Forum focused on traffic related to the Lowland Industrial Park.

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