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Last night in an early but brief meeting, the Governance Committee reached consensus among its members to present no articles for consideration to the Select Board for the Warrant of the December 5 Special Town Meeting.

Each week, 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: 140 (+17 from last week)

COVID-19 is a serious threat in Holliston. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Keep your distance. Do not share food, drinks or utensils. Stay home if sick. Get a free COVID test at one of the ‘Stop the Spread’ testing sites. Stop gatherings with family and friends. Protect yourself and your loved ones.

The Holliston Newcomers & Neighbors Thanksgiving Committees – Thanksgiving Baskets & Senior Meals – have joined forces and are taking a new direction. Instead of assembling Thanksgiving Baskets or delivering an individual meal to our seniors on Thanksgiving Day, this year HNN will be supporting the efforts of the Pantry Shelf providing gift cards to their patrons and the Senior Center delivering meals to our seniors.

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.

This reporting period began with a fire alarm that was followed by several medical emergencies throughout the week.

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.

The October 26, 2020 meeting of the Select Board started at 6:30 pm with an Executive Session and ended over five hours later. The agenda listed 13 items – several involving discussion.

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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.

A busy week with early voting continuing and several meetings. 555 Hopping Brook is on the Select Board and Planning Board agendas this week.

The Foundation for MetroWest, the only community foundation serving the MetroWest region of Greater Boston, this week announced 32 students will represent MetroWest on its Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) Junior Board, including one student from Holliston.

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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