Today, the administration announced that it was expanding the availability of free COVID-19 testing across the Commonwealth, increasing access to testing sites in areas with a high incidence of COVID-19.
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Holliston Takes Care of Business
As the snow began to fall and having reached a quorum (50 for this meeting), Moderator Bill Mayer called the Holliston Special Town Meeting to order at 1:05 pm. Before moving on to the business at hand, Moderator Mayer asked for a moment of silence to remember the 250,000 + American lives lost to the pandemic and to reflect on the passing of Bill Stickney and Vasco Brovelli.
COVID-19: December 4, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
Each week, the Department of Public Health releases town-by-town COVID-19 case and testing numbers, along with demographic breakdowns of COVID-19 case data and higher education-related testing and positive cases. Holliston’s positive totals in this week’s public health report can be found below:
Holliston: 243 (+22 from last week)
Roger Steven Gandini at 77
Roger Steven Gandini of Brewster, MA passed away on November 29th, 2020 after a long and hard-fought battle with Leukemia.
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COVID-19: December 3, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
Because the way we gather and report COVID-19 data has changed so much since the pandemic began, it can sometimes be difficult to make apples-to-apples comparisons between our current state of affairs and the information we had in March and April. This is especially true when comparing new case numbers, as we are testing far more people than we did at the beginning of the pandemic (which is good) but does ultimately result in higher case numbers.
Project 351 Food Drive to Support Holliston Pantry Shelf
A local High School freshman is Holliston’s Project 351 Ambassador, has organized a food drive to benefit the Holliston Pantry Shelf. The drive runs from December 5 – 13. See the flyer below for details.
Holliston Public Schools Lunch Update
A message from Holliston Public Schools Food Services Director Susan Palefsky regarding how school lunches work during the current school schedule.
COVID-19: December 2, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
As a reminder of the need for continued vigilance in the coming months as we await the rollout of additional effective treatments and, ultimately, widespread use of an approved COVID-19 vaccine, the administration has launched the #GetBackMass campaign.
COVID-19: December 1, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
As we enter a new month, I wanted to highlight the month-by-month trend in two key COVID-19 metrics to help establish where we are compared with the first phase of the pandemic.
COVID-19: November 30, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
I hope you had a restful and reflective Thanksgiving. Last week’s community-by-community COVID-19 numbers were published by the Department of Public Health on Friday following Thanksgiving. Our town-by-town numbers in last week’s public health report can be found below:
Holliston: 221 (+27 from last week)