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If spring is here… can Holi be far behind? To those unfamiliar with ‘Holi’, it is an ancient Indian spring festival that celebrates the arrival of the new season in a fun, vibrant and colorful way! This year, Holi arrived on March 18, but given that it was still too cold to be outdoors, the Metrowest Holliston community celebrated this wonderful festival on Sunday, April 3rd at Stoddard Park in Holliston.
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To celebrate Earth Day, the Holliston Conservation Associates will be holding their annual Vernal Pool Walk on Saturday April 23rd at 10:00 AM at the Daniels’ Conservation Area. All are invited to this FREE program.
Our beloved nature essayist, Winthrop, having been inspired by Barbara Gardener’s ode to trees, shares this piece that extols the virtues of taking in nature with all our senses.
Golfers and Sponsors are now able to sign up for the St. Mary’s KofC Golf Tournament to be held at the Pinecrest Golf Club on Friday, June 3rd.
The Holliston Conservation Commission, a seven-member volunteer board, currently has an opening.
The following tips recently appeared in the Senior Center Newsletter. By no means are these tips any less valuable to Hollistonians of ALL ages.
On Monday, April 18, Holliston’s Joanne O’Connell will be running the Boston Marathon for an eighth time. She will be carried along the 26.2-mile route by the memory of her late son, Timothy, who passed away in 2008 at the age of 10 after a courageous battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
Holliston Garden Club member Barbara Gardener shares an essay on native trees (any native plants for that matter).
It’s Earth month and Arbor Day is April 29th.
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At the closing of nomination papers on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, there are candidates for ALL the vacant seats for the Town Election on May 24, 2022. Some seats are now contested with more candidates than vacancies.
Holliston Eagle Scout Candidate Andrew McWilliams completed his project at Pleasure Point in March. Andrew built and installed two boat racks near the boat launch at Pleasure Point that the Parks and Recreation Department are renting out on a season-long basis for kayakers, paddle boarders and/or canoeists looking to store their equipment on the shore of Lake Winthrop this season.
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