The Metropolitan Area Planning Council is hosting a public workshop entitled “What is your vision of economic development in Holliston?”
In-person and via Zoom participation is available – register below.
Category: Environment
Scattered Showers
Our Town Historian Joanne Hulbert introduces us to “Old Hendrick” a Nipmuc Owasomaug family member who in the early 1800’s left “Wenakeening” because rain rarely fell in this area.
Even with the recent rains, Holliston remains in Severe Drought conditions.
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Board of Health Considers Smoking Bars, Blunt Wraps, and More
The Holliston Board of Health is considering four regulation changes related to smoking.
The BoH meets next on Tuesday September 27th to discuss the changes further.
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Select Board Reviews Detailed Fall Town Meeting Warrant
The Holliston Select Board met on Monday, September 19, 2022, to attend to a “purposeful agenda” as mentioned by Chair Ben Sparrell as he called the meeting to order.
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A Great Day for the Harvest Fair
The Holliston Historical Society’s annual Harvest Fair is a “day to pie” for. That’s 100 home-baked apple pies. And the craft and artists booths across the Society’s front lawn provide a way to work off some of those apple and cinnamon pastries.
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Tenth and Final Tim’s Trot Held
It was an ideal day for hundreds of participants to head out from Holliston High for a trek around town. We split our coverage between the starting area and the turn from Washington St. to Prospect at the base of Holliston’s “heartbreak hill.”
Volunteers Abound
The American Legion Downtown Marigold Project was blessed Wednesday morning with six trucks and a dozen volunteers to help plant four hundred chrysanthemums.
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Select Board Advances Tax Increment Financing Plan to Town Meeting
The Holliston Select Board met on Wednesday, September 7, 2022, with Chair Ben Sparrell calling the meeting to order at just past 7:00pm to tackle what he described as an “interesting agenda.”
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Helpers Needed to Bedeck Downtown with Colorful Mums
It’s been a hot dry summer and now that fall is upon us, the Downtown Marigold Project is looking to put some color back along the main roads in town. Anyone with a pickup truck is needed to transport potted mums from 260 Highland Street (Mayor’s Plantation) to downtown locations.
Final Tim’s Trot Registration is Now Open
The Timothy O’Connell Foundation has announced that the tenth and final Tim’s Trot—an annual 1.9-mile run/walk to raise funds for the ongoing search for cures for pediatric cancers– will take place on Saturday, September 17, at 3 pm at Holliston High School.