A busy week with early voting continuing and several meetings. 555 Hopping Brook is on the Select Board and Planning Board agendas this week.
Category: Town Government
Governance Committee Recaps Progress and Formulates a Plan
Chair Sam Tyler called the Governance Committee (GC) remote meeting to order Thursday afternoon at 4 PM. The members voted to accept minutes from meetings of Sept. 24 and October 1. To frame the meeting, Tyler recapped work accomplished in recent meetings.
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COVID-19: October 23, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
As you are likely aware, most public health officials now expect that the coming weeks and months will bring another major uptick in COVID-19 cases. We do not yet know the size or scope of that increase, but we have much better data available than we did in March to track and understand the trajectory of the virus.
COVID-19: October 22, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
Each Wednesday, the Department of Public Health releases community-level numbers of COVID-19 testing and positive case totals. Our town-by-town numbers in this week’s public health report can be found below:
Holliston: 123 (+8 from last week)
Youth Advisory Council Hears Update on Rent and Mortgage Relief
The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) met remotely on Monday evening, October 19, as Chair Jennifer Liebermann called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM.
COVID-19: October 21, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
As you know, our efforts to respond to COVID-19 often require different policies and guidance from town to town, state to state, or even country to country as we look at where each community stands with respect to the trajectory of the pandemic and tailor our response to meet each community’s needs. In this spirit, I wanted to share some updates from around the state that were announced today, which may be valuable to you in your planning and travel, but also provide a snapshot of where we are as a Commonwealth.
COVID-19: October 20, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
Today marks two weeks to Election Day, and I continue to receive occasional questions from constituents about how COVID-19 has impacted our voting system and what Massachusetts voters’ options are for safe, socially-distant voting.
COVID-19: October 19, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
This evening, you may receive or may have already received a Wireless Emergency Alert via the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). This alert will be sent between 5 and 10pm today to all cell phones in areas around several persistently high-risk communities. Although our towns are not among those being notified, it is likely that residents in communities near Worcester and Framingham will receive alerts as well.
School Committee Met Thursday Evening
Following an Executive Session addressing collective bargaining strategies with the Holliston Federation of Teachers and with non-union personnel, Chair Stacey Raffi began the remote open session of the School Committee (SC) at 8:09 PM, October 15. Members of the SC addressed the remote audience with several points of interest.
Civics Sunday: Early In-person Voting Has Begun
About 100 voters cast ballots on Saturday, the first day of in-person early voting in Holliston. Town Clerk, Liz Greendale, her staff, and volunteers ensured that the polling place was safe and secure.