This a busy week for Holliston’s Boards and Committees. The Select Board continues the Tax Classification Hearing at Monday’s meeting.
Category: Town Government
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)
A Safe Town Meeting is Planned by Select Board
Friday evening, December 4th, the Holliston Select Board (below) held a brief but important meeting to review all the safety precautions in place to confidently hold a safe Town Meeting on Saturday, December 5th.
Library Trustees Gather for Short December Remote Meeting
The Wednesday evening remote meeting of the Library Trustees was opened by Chair Nancy Baron at 7 PM, with all Trustees present. Minutes from the November meeting were approved, and then Baron turned to Leslie McDonnell, Library Director, for her monthly report.
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.
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)
Holliston Happenings: Week of November 30, 2020
This week’s calendar also includes the December School Lunch Menu. Don’t forget the Town Meeting on December 5th at 1:00 pm in the High School Auditorium.