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Celebrate Holliston’s Board of Directors are pleased to announce the winners of “Celebrate Holliston’s Heroes”. Due to the pandemic and the cancellation of field day, the CH Board decided that there are “hidden heroes” who helped the town during this health crisis that should be recognized.
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This week we passed a sobering threshold in our experience with the COVID-19 pandemic: there have been over 10,000 confirmed deaths of Massachusetts residents due to COVID-19. Each of these deaths is not a statistic; it is a life-altering loss for a family and a community forced to grapple with grief in extraordinary and often isolating circumstances.
During October 2020, 28 properties transferred ownership. Here are the first 14. The remainder and the year to year comparison will be published on Friday, November 27th.
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:
Holliston: 173 (+17 from last week)
For the past several years, Holliston has observed the Veterans Day holiday with a public ceremony and veterans’ luncheon. The luncheon has traditionally been sponsored by Holliston’s American Legion, VFW and Lions. While the pandemic cancelled the public portion of the observance, the sponsors made sure our Holliston veterans were remembered with a delicious meal.
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Scouts from Holliston’s Troop 14 will be collecting non-perishable items for donation to the Holliston Pantry Shelf. The drive is Saturday, November 14th.
A week in which there were almost as many investigations by firefighters as there were ambulance calls for the EMT’s.
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As the current trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic continues here in Massachusetts and across the nation, hospitalization numbers will likely continue to climb, and preparations are underway for a “second surge” within our health care system. Nationwide, we are unfortunately on track to hit our all-time high for hospitalized cases sometime this week, and our statewide hospitalization numbers have grown 91% in the last 30 days alone.
The November 9, 2020 Select Board meeting was called to order by Chair, John Cronin at 6:30pm (The earlier time is to allow the Board to conclude business before the Stay at Home Advisory begins at 10:00.)
See what’s on the menu for November. Remember, lunch is free for all students!
