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Publishers Chris and Yvette Cain have offered me the opportunity to explain how the assessing process works.  For this first article, I’m going to answer two questions people have been asking us this month as they come to Town Hall to pay their property tax bills.

The Holliston Planning Board convened at 7:12pm on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Three Public Hearings were scheduled on the Board’s agenda.

Food prices may be high during this economic upheaval but hearken back to the Great Depression here in town. If you were on welfare, one of your jobs was to tend to cemeteries otherwise not provided for.

Holliston’s 300th anniversary is coming up fast! In 2024, Holliston will celebrate the milestone by offering many ways to commemorate. 

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Twenty Holliston properties transferred ownership in December. The first ten are listed here.

The Holliston Council on Aging held its January meeting on Wednesday, January 11, 2023.  Chair Yvette Cain convened the meeting at 2:00pm, with the reading of the guidelines for holding public meetings with remote members participation.

Welcome back to news of Holliston High School! This month’s article contains our rather brief December and an interview with Danny Marczewski, one of the lead guitarists for the Jam Band at Holliston High School.

St. Mary’s of Holliston Knights of Columbus Council #14224 will be hosting their tenth annual Basketball Free Throw Championship competition at the Holliston High School on Saturday, January 28, 2023. This event is for boys and girls from ages 9 through 14 years of age. There will be boys and girls winners in each age group.

The quarterly water bills will be mailed out Tuesday, January 17, 2023.  This bill reflects water usage for the period October, November, and December 2022 and any arrears. 

The Holliston Select Board convened its first meeting of 2023 at 7:00pm on January 9, 2023.  Chair Ben Sparrell has shared with me that he works hard each week to find the best adjective to describe the evening’s agenda – this week an “informative agenda.”

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Chief Michael Cassidy shares the summary of emergency calls handled by Holliston Fire during the first week of 2023.

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At the Annual Meeting of the Boards of Trustees and Advisors, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (BID Needham) announced one new member to the Board of Trustees, and six new members to the Board of Advisors. Mary E. “Beth” Manning, MD, MPH, has joined the Board of Trustees. Laura Ann Garelick, MD, Katherine Owens, Courtney Quinn, Lee Cohen Senderov, Timothy Sullivan, and Dara Warn have joined the Board of Advisors. Former Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Vanourny was also named Advisor Emeritus on the Board of Advisors.