As case numbers and rates continue to fluctuate around the country, it is important to stay up to date on COVID-related travel guidance and restrictions, particularly as some of us begin to make decisions about holiday-related travel in coming months.
Category: Town Government
COVID-19: October 27, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
One of the six key indicators we use to track our Commonwealth’s readiness to meet the current public health crisis is testing capacity, and as I’ve shared in previous newsletters, we have worked tirelessly as a Commonwealth to make testing free, available, and accessible to all residents who need tests.
COVID-19: October 26, 2020 Update from Representative Dykema
As you will no doubt see in today’s newsletter, the statewide COVID-19 report, and ongoing news coverage of our pandemic, today Massachusetts reported its third consecutive day of 1,000+ new positive cases. To help you get a better sense of what that means for us, I wanted to share some key statistics and trends that help to illustrate the state of the pandemic here in the Commonwealth.
Holliston Happenings: Week of October 26, 2020
A busy week with early voting continuing and several meetings. 555 Hopping Brook is on the Select Board and Planning Board agendas this week.
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.