Due to the Labor Day Holiday, the usual Monday Select Board meeting was held on Wednesday, September 9th. Following and Executive Session, the Public Meeting began at 7:35 pm.
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Governance Committee Interviews Finance Team
In a late afternoon meeting on Tuesday, the Governance Committee (GC) interviewed Holliston’s Finance Team – Sharon Emerick, Accountant, Kathryn Peirce, Principal Assessor, and Mary Bousquet, Treasurer-Collector, with an assist from Tyler Ahern, Town Administrator, to learn more about the town’s Finance and Fiscal Procedures.
COVID-19: September 9, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
With many of our communities, including the four towns in the 8th Middlesex District, seeing low rates of new COVID-19 infections and the statewide positive test rate sinking below 1 percent, our statewide pandemic response efforts have been tailored toward targeting the areas where transmission remains far higher than the statewide average.
COVID-19: September 8, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
As we enter the second week of September, preparations continue for the return of K-12 students to our public schools. Normally, students would already be back in class, but due to COVID-19 and related preparations for our schools’ “new normal,” all four of our towns will welcome students back next week, with Westborough beginning on 9/15 and Holliston, Hopkinton, and Southborough beginning on 9/16.
HCAT Program Result of Much Collaboration
Tune into to HCAT Friday, September 11, 2020, at 7 PM for a showing of the historical documentary “Stephano: The True Story of Shakespeare’s Shipwreck.”
Senior Center News and Activities for September and October
The Senior Center is back to sponsoring events – that meet the COVID-19 safety requirements. Linda Sottile, Assistant Director, says farewell from her new home in South Carolina.
School Committee Reviews Athletics and Other Back to School Issues
The School Committee met Thursday evening in both an Executive Session (7:00 PM) for the purpose of Impact Bargaining Strategy with the Holliston Federation of Teachers and an Open Session (begun at 7:40PM) to review the School Reopening Plan and an Athletics Update.
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Civics Sunday: Special Town Meeting Warrant is Open
The Select Board has opened the Warrant for a Special Town Meeting in October.
Library Trustees Approve Changes to Hours, Loan Periods, and Fines
A remote meeting electronically gathered the Library Trustees and Library Director Leslie McDonnell on Wednesday evening. Topics of discussion included library loan periods, fines, and hours as the Library moves into the fall season.
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COVID-19: September 4, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
I hope you and your loved ones have a safe, sunny, and socially-distant Labor Day weekend. To all the students who began school this week or will begin next week, good luck with your fall studies! Please stay safe, learn a lot, and thank your teachers who, this year more than ever, go above and beyond to make our schools and our students the best in the country.