This a busy week for Holliston’s Boards and Committees. The Select Board continues the Tax Classification Hearing at Monday’s meeting.
Category: People
Catherine “Kay” T. Sheehan at 96
Catherine “Kay” T. Sheehan, 96, of Holliston, passed away on Saturday, December 5, 2020.
Funeral services are being held privately with family and burial will be held at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in West Roxbury.
Vasco A. Brovelli at 95
Vasco A. Brovelli, 95, of Holliston, passed away at Milford Regional Hospital on Friday, December 4, 2020.
Vasco Brovelli’s visitation and service have been postponed.
School Committee Reviews Proposed Winter Athletics Plan
The remote meeting of the School Committee on Thursday evening was called to order at 7:04 PM, and student members Julia O’Neill and Elise Andelman were welcomed aboard by Chair Stacey Raffi.
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.