Prior to widespread literacy, town criers were the means of communication with the people of the town since many people could not read or write. Proclamations, local bylaws, market days, adverts, were all proclaimed by a bellman or crier.
Thistle Dew Farm on Highland Street in Holliston may soon be protected forever as farmland, thanks to the efforts of the Town of Holliston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT), a nonprofit conservation organization that protects land in the region.