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Assistant Library Director Jennifer Keen shares information about two programs of interest to young people taking place at the Library in August.

Who’s just back from basking in the sun and tunes of the Newport Folk Festival? If live music and salty air define your dream summer, Songs in Ursa Major by Emma Brodie is a must for your beach bag.  Grab this book and start reading!  

The Holliston Parks & Recreation Summer Concert Series wrapped up Tuesday, August 2nd with kid-centric music by “Matt Heaton and the Outside Toys.” August 2nd was also “National Night Out,” an annual community-police awareness event.

Do you love to sing? Then we would love to meet you! Exsultet! has openings for singers for the 2022-2023 season. Our next round of auditions will take place on Monday, August 29 at 7:30 pm at First Congregational Church, 725 Washington Street, in Holliston. 

The semifinals for NBC’s American Ninja Warrior continued in Los Angeles as competing ninjas faced up to 10 challenging obstacles, including new obstacles Hopscotch and Box Office.
Casey Rothschild from Holliston, MA competed in the semi-finals on the July 25th episode and advanced to the next round – The National Finals.

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The entire Select Board and Town Administrator were all in the assigned seats when the Monday, August 1, 2022, meeting convened. Chair Ben Sparrell called the “good” agenda (feeling he’s overused robust) to order at 7:00pm. You can change the adjective but not the amount of work tackled during each meeting.

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Holliston Fire Chief Michael Cassidy shares the weekly emergency calls his department handled.

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Back in early June the Knights of Columbus Council 14224 held a fundraising golf outing at Pinecrest, “Swinging for Charity.” The proceeds from that event were earmarked for donation to the Holliston Pantry Shelf. Recently, the Knights delivered a check for $9,000 to the Pantry Shelf.

Check out what’s on tap this week in Holliston.
Property taxes are due Monday, August 1st!

Publishers’ Note: The State Primary will be held on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. We have introduced two Democratic candidates for the 8th Middlesex District. Loring Barnes’ name will appear on the Republican primary ballot. In mid-August a “refresher” of all candidates on the primary ballots will be posted along with sample ballots.

If you have recently been at the intersections of Highland and Prentice and Highland and Hollis, you have probably seen some flashing lights announcing a traffic pattern change.

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The Prana Center wrapped up two weeks of their popular Summer Stock “play in a week” program with a production of Alice in Wonderland at Christ the King Church, Friday, July 22.