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Senior Center Assistant Director Amanda Boralessa – Looper provides a snapshot of what’s happening at the Center during the month of October.

Hope you’re not too tired from Celebrating Holliston on Saturday. Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown today.
Note that the Select Board will be meeting on TUESDAY night this week.

Yvette and I took pictures of the parade and Yvette took pictures at the Field Day. Some of the pictures are posted here. All the photos are attached at the bottom of this article.

Our Town Historian Joanne Hulbert introduces us to “Old Hendrick” a Nipmuc Owasomaug family member who in the early 1800’s left “Wenakeening” because rain rarely fell in this area.
Even with the recent rains, Holliston remains in Severe Drought conditions.

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The Holliston Public Library is offering two information sessions on the US Department of Labor program, Job Corps whose mission is to help young people 16 – 24 with career preparation.

Sixteen residents from Holliston will participate in the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai on Sunday, October 2. 

Here are the remaining twelve property sales for the month of August.
Also, the comparative data for month-to-month and year-to-year are shown here.

The Holliston Board of Health is considering four regulation changes related to smoking.
The BoH meets next on Tuesday September 27th to discuss the changes further.

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2022 will mark the 30th year Celebrate Holliston honors two citizens with its Citizen of the Year Award. The award is as close as Holliston gets to the UK’s MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). Nominations from townspeople are then voted on by a select group from the Celebrate Holliston committee. The awardees come from all walks of life including business, politics, and the everyday Joes and Janes. Holliston Citizens of the Year join a most exclusive club.

The Holliston Council on Aging held its September 14, 2022, meeting in a hybrid format.  As such Chair Yvette Cain called the meeting to order and read the required statement regarding the use of remote participation during the meeting. 

The Holliston Senior Center and the Greater Worcester Area Habitat for Humanity are continuing to partner in a Critical Home Repair Program for eligible older Holliston residents.
The program has received a second grant of $75,000 from Holliston’s ARPA allotment and new applications are now being accepted.

The Holliston Select Board met on Monday, September 19, 2022, to attend to a “purposeful agenda” as mentioned by Chair Ben Sparrell as he called the meeting to order.

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