Posts by Bobby Blair
EDC Solicits Business Input
Economic Development Committee (EDC) members Wednesday night, March 9, 2022, met with Towma Rastad of the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce to explain the benefits of belonging to the Commerce.
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Read MoreCorned Beef & Cabbage on Thursday Is It?
Holliston is very Irish when it comes to ethnicity. While Boston is considered an Irish enclave, it is really the communities along the South Shore that are highly Irish populated. Places like Scituate come in at 42%. Holliston is one quarter Irish at 25.8% followed by the English 15.5% and the Italians at 15.1%. While the town’s Mudville neighborhood can claim early Irish history, that is not the case anymore. Many of the town’s population with Irish roots are scattered around town.
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Read MoreCivics Sunday: Degan Throws Hat into Ring
When Connor Degan heard of Rep. Carolyn Dykema’s unexpected resignation from the House of Representatives, he shot home to ask his wife Julia if he should run. If not now, then when. At age 29, Degan has his sights set on the newly formed 8th Middlesex District which includes Hopkinton, Holliston, Sherborn, and Precincts 2 and 3 of Millis.
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Read MoreBlair Square Committee Ponders Funding
Blair Square Committee members met Wednesday night in person as well as via Zoom. The meeting was brief, a half hour and the topic of discussion was how to pay for the $585,000 renovations slated for later this year.
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Read MoreMissing Person FOUND – HPD Reports
Update: 11:45 HPD report finding missing person in Milford.
The Holliston Police Department is currently searching for a missing 11-year-old child who was last seen at her home between 6:30AM-7:00AM this morning.
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Read MoreOpen Space Committee Targets Local Properties
Open Space Committee members met virtually Monday night., March 7, 2022.
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Read MorePlanning Board Discusses Adesa’s Car Park
A proposed car park for Framingham’s Adesa on Lowland Street received a final hearing Thursday eve.
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Read More1974 – A Celebration Year
Some 48 years ago the town was gearing up to celebrate its 250th Anniversary.
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Read MoreFarm Advisory Looking Towards Spring
Farm Advisory members Thursday evening, January 27, 2022, considered the use of a quarter of an acre to Diana Philips of Happy Goats Farm.
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Read MoreWe’ve Got 23 Months to Put it Together
Don’t look now but the town’s 300th is only shy of two years away. The Celebrate Holliston Committee has already begun brainstorming for a year-long schedule of events.
What suggestions do you have? Comment here.
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