Holliston November 2016

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By J.D. O’Gara 

Holliston Holiday Stroll 

Saturday, November 26 

Thanks to the Holliston 

Business Association, Holliston 

has had a great start to 

the winter holiday season for 

15 years. The 15th Annual 

Holliston Business Association 

Holiday Stroll will take place 

on Saturday, November 26, 

from noon to 6 p.m. Member 

businesses and lots of local organizations 

will work together 

to make the season merry, 

with special treats and performances 

throughout the day. 

“We’re so excited that the 

entertainment keeps getting 

better,” says Diane Marrazzo, 

who’s on the committee for 

the Holiday Stroll. “The committee 

works so hard to make 

this something that the town 

is proud to be involved in, and 

we do it because we want to 

thank the town supporting us 

throughout the year, and we 

keep trying to grow it bigger 

and bigger. We try to make it 

as festive and as enjoyable and 

as entertaining for all the denominations. 

It’s for everyone 

The Holliston Business Association’s Holiday Stroll will take place on 

November 26th this year. Santa, a good friend of the town, will be 

coming down Church Street from Washington and stopping at the 

lot behind Holliston Library to read his favorite story to good little 

Holliston children at 3 p.m. 

to enjoy a family day.” 

Activity isn’t just happening 

in the center of town. 

“New this year is West Holliston 

will be involved,” says 

Marrazzo. “BDR Automotive 

will have a touch a truck and 

remote car, and Bazel’s will 

do a special,” she says. This 

is the first time this plaza at 

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Holliston Newcomers 

Keep Thanksgiving 

Basket Project Going 


When the Holliston Newcomers 

took stock of what programs 

they really wanted to 

continue this year, the Annual 

Thanksgiving Baskets project 

took front and center as one of 

the most important things the 

Newcomers do for the town, 

says this year’s chair of the 

event, 

Lisa Egnitz, a Holliston Newcomer 

for two months, who 

stepped up to fill the role. 

“I have been in town for 5 

years with my husband, Brian, 

and now our two boys, William 

(2) and Pierce (4 mo.). We plan 

to stay in Holliston to raise our 

children, so what better way to 

start giving back to this wonderful 

community than to be a part 

of the Thanksgiving Baskets tradition,” 

says Egnitz. 

Each year, the Holliston 

Newcomers takes donations 

from residents and businesses 

to provide baskets, which they’ll 

put together November 19 in a 

space the Holliston Historical 

Society provides, for the Holliston 

Pantry Shelf. In 2014, the 

group created 163 baskets for 

Holliston residents in need, and 

last year, that number grew to 

170. 

The Food Pantry, says Egnitz 

handles sign up and distribution 

of the baskets to maintain anonymity 

of the customers. 

Each basket contains a full 

Thanksgiving meal – turkey, 

stuffing, rolls, pie, carrots, potatoes, 

squash, gravy, cranberry 

sauce and tea to name a few of 

the items. 

The project is made possible 

through generous donations 

from our community - local 

businesses and individuals and 

help from Scout troops and 

other groups. This year, says 

Egnitz, the Boy Scouts, Girl 

Scouts and a Holliston UCC 

youth group are coming to help 

assemble the baskets. 

All of that food doesn’t buy 

itself, so the Newcomers gratefully 

accepts donations of items 

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such as: canned corn, stuffing, 

brownie mix, cranberry or 

pumpkin bread mix, coffee, tea, 

roasting pans and napkins. Some 

of the places they’ll be collecting 

those items include: Fiske’s General 

Store, St. Mary’s Church, 

Christian Family Montessori, 

First Congregational Church 

and Jensen Sheehan Insurance 

Agency in Milford, until November, 

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The Holliston Newcomers 

will also hold a food drive on Saturday 

November 5 at the Shaw’s 

in Ashland from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

Those interested in making a 

donation could also visit the Holliston 

Newcomers website at 

http://www.hollistonnewcomers.org/thanksgiving-baskets 

and click on the Paypal link. $10 

buys a pie or fresh produce, $20 

buys a turkey, and $75 might 

even buy a full basket for a family 

in need. All donations, they say, 

large and small, go a long way. 

“There are so many people 

in town,” says Egnitz, “We live 

in a wealthy area, but there is 

so much need. How can you sit 

down with your family and enjoy 

Thanksgiving knowing others in 

town aren’t able to put a meal on 

the table? I feel really passionate 

about that.” 

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Last year, the Holliston Newcomers put together 170 baskets for Holliston families who belong to the 

Holliston Pantry Shelf, who otherwise would not have been able to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. The tradition 

continues this year. 

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Willow Salon & Day Spa 

Making a Difference Every Day 

Beauty is built from the inside 

out. The 18 professional stylists, 

nail technicians, masseuse and 

aestheticians at Willow Salon & 

Day Spa in Millis, welcome their 

clients into a warm, elegant atmosphere, 

with a team that truly 

loves and supports one another. 

That camaraderie is coupled 

with lifelong, continued training 

in their craft – a combination 

that transports Willow customers 

to the cutting edge while bringing 

their inner beauty out for all to 

see. The outside of the building 

is undergoing a major landscaping 

transformation and will soon 

match the beauty inside, complete 

with outside sitting areas. 

When asked what she loves 

about what she does, Kathleen 

Orszulak, who has owned Willow 

for 14 years, “Everything. I 

love that we can make a difference 

every day in someone’s life, 

where they leave feeling good. 

Our entire staff ’s commitment 

to advanced education continues 

year round. It’s what keeps 

us always inspired. Every day is 

different, and I love working with 

my girls.” 

Education is serious business 

for the staff at Willow. In addition 

to traveling all over the 

world training with elite educators, 

Willow is also an official 

host salon for Goldwell (Industry 

leader for color & education) offering 

monthly education for stylists 

from all over. 

Being a Platinum level Goldwell 

Salon provides Willow with 

product and education advantages 

to remain leaders in the latest 

techniques and styles. 

At Willow, you don’t have to 

look far for a specialist in her 

craft. Willow’s hair stylists are 

known for their expertise in advanced 

cutting, men’s cutting 

and color, using the latest techniques 

such as balayage, or hair 

painting, which is a more artistic 

style of coloring that reduces 

the frequency of touch-ups. Our 

Masseuse is one of the best in 

the area. Our skin therapists use 

Dermalogica and PCA Skin. 

Dermalogica is one of the most 

award winning skin care lines in 

the world. PCA skin offers advanced 

skin care treatments that 

include chemical peels for all 

skin types and conditions. PCA 

skin is an industry leader in corrective 

treatments for acne, rosacea, 

pigmentation and ageing. 

Jane Iredale mineral makeup, 

the skincare makeup is our official 

makeup. . . Also, beginning 

this December we will be adding 

airbrush tanning, and Botox with 

a Nurse Practitioner to our corrective 

therapies. The Spa side 

offers luxurious, state of the art 

Pedicure chairs, with glass bowls 

and a fresh liner for every client, 

and creams & lotions are purchased 

locally at Molly’s Apothecary 

in Medway, Mass. Willow’s 

nail technicians use only the most 

up-to-date, hospital-grade sterilization 

methods and equipment 

for expert manicures and pedicures. 

All of this knowledge and skill 

in one location make Willow the 

perfect spot for those looking to 

escape to a sanctuary in which to 

relax and indulge in a variety of 

services, such as advanced hair 

styling and color, waxing, massage, 

customized facials, PCA 

facial peels, back treatments, 

microzone facial treatments, 

manicures, pedicures, full body 

polishes, neck & shoulder massages, 

body exfoliation, and 

therapeutic facial masks for individuals 

or parties. Willow also 

takes care of the hair and 

makeup needs of brides and 

their parties on the big day, catering 

to a wedding nearly every 

week. Willow offers packages for 

brides to help getting skin ready 

for the big day. 

Not only does Willow Salon & 

Day Spa take care of its clients, 

but it also helps to take care of its 

wider community. 

“We always do charitable 

things in the town and in surrounding 

towns,” says Kathleen, 

who says she often donates services 

for local auctions and fundraisers. 

“Because it helps people, 

and I think we all feel very fortunate 

here.” Recently, the salon 

participated in a fundraiser for 

Medway Schools, offering gift 

cards at a discount and raising 

money for the schools. Last year, 

the salon got involved in supporting 

a prom for special needs 

students at Millis Schools, raising 

funds for the event with a raffle 

and providing hair & makeup 

services to some 

of the students. 

“We try to pick 

different causes,” 

says the entrepreneur. 

In October, 

for example, Willow 

raised funds 

for “The Polished 

Man” (www.polishedman.com). 

Both male and female 

clients could 

have one nail 

painted a different 

color for a $5 

donation to the 

group, which combats violence 

against children worldwide. 

Willow Salon & Day Spa is 

located at 1275 Main Street, in 

Millis, marked on the outside by 

a recently built, beautiful stone 

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1574 Washington Street will be 

involved, she explains. The trolley 

will run there, and both the 

Happy Retriever and Grace Bicycles 

will have special activities 

taking place. 

This year, the trolley is sponsored 

by Holliston Animal Hospital, 

Lamb and Associates, 

The Holliston Reporter, and TD 

Bank, says Marrazzo. 

For the second year, the Artists 

of Holliston Mill, at 24 Water 

Street, will open their doors to 

Holiday strollers. A number of 

small businesses as well as commercial 

and fine artists’ studios. 

You can find out more about 

the Holliston Mill at www. Hollistonmill.com, 

or like them on 

Facebook under Holliston Mill 

Artists. 

Back to Holliston’s center, 

Fiske’s General Store will have a 

meet and greet with an alumnus 

of the New England Patriots. 

You can come down to get your 

autographed photo, and you can 

also swing by Fiske’s to meet local 

author Ted Reinstein for a book 

signing. Children will be able 

to build a jingle bracelet, and 

in Mary Greendale’s new plant 

store at the front of Fiske’s Craft 

room, they can “plant a plug” to 

start their own succulent houseplant. 

At Upper Town Hall, activities 

will take place all afternoon. 

This year, strollers can board trolleys to take part in fun down in West 

Holliston. 

For the whole family, beginning 

at noon, Aspire Dancing will perform, 

followed by Anne Marie’s 

Dance Center at 12:30. Want to 

belt out a few? Try some karaoke 

with Mr. DJ, from 1-2 p.m., 

followed by Magician Eddie 

Raymond from 2-3 p.m. Also at 

Upper Town Hall will be Holliston 

in Bloom, an 8-Arch Bridge 

art show and the Hollistonfamous 

Holliston Lion’s Chili, 

which will be there until it’s gone, 

so come in the early afternoon! 

Perhaps you want to help support 

the stroll itself ? From noon 

to 4 p.m., you can take a look 

at the beautifully decorated and 

donated holiday trees in town 

hall. For the cost of a raffle, you 

have a chance to win one and instantly 

improve your home holiday 

display. Don’t forget to hop 

next door to the Congregational 

Church from 3-4 p.m., when 

local bell ringers will ring in joy 

for the season. 

Kid-Centered Fun 

All of the activities are family-friendly, 

but for Holliston’s 

youngest residents, there will be 

face painting at Upper Town Hall 

from 1-4 p.m., at Jensen Sheehan 

from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., as well as 

cookie decorating at sponsored 

by Vesta Real Estate in Upper 

Town Hall from 12-3 p.m., then 

Mike the Balloon Man (from 

3:30-5:30) at the Grapevine, 

which will also host and children’s 

author Jenn Smith. Deborah 

Costine’s Nature Puppets will 

perform A Woodland Cinderella at 

St. Mary’s from 12-1 p.m. Don’t 

forget the Holliston Fire Department’s 

hands-on display of fire 

apparatus and equipment. 

As for the jolly old elf, Santa 

will come down from the North 

Pole to make an appearance. 

From 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. he’ll 

be available for photos at The 

Henry Studio (proceeds help 

support K9 Cesh), and then 

Holliston Fire Department will 

transport him to the parking lot 

behind Holliston Public Library 

(where there will be activities 

from 12-4), where, at 3 p.m., 

Santa will read Twas the Night Before 

Christmas. 

Don’t forget to stop by the 

town green and pet a few alpacas 

from Harvard Alpaca Ranch, 

and while you’re there, head on 

into Jordan Hall, where a number 

of businesses will be represented. 

Some of the fun stuff planned 

by local businesses include dog 

training demos by the Happy 

Retriever (12-6 p.m.), a doggie 

rest stop by the Holliston Animal 

Hospital (11 a.m. – 2 pm.), free 

coffee and wine tasting at Central 

Café, free ear piercing with 

a purchase of studs at Holliston 

Jewelers, free hot pretzels at the 

Holliston Superette, beverage 

tasting at the Depot Package 

Store (12-4 p.m.), live music at 

Jasper Hill Café (12-5 p.m.), free 

10-minute massages at Tough 

Love Massage (11 a.m. – 4 p.m.), 

raffles and giveaways at Holliston 

True Value (2-6 p.m.), mosaic 

demonstrations from 1-3 p.m. at 

Cheryl Cohen Mosaics Art Center, 

and reiki demonstrations at 

Red Phoenix healing (11 a.m. – 

2 p.m.) 

Soul Spirit Studio will also 

have a holiday spirit tree, where 

you can sign up to give a gift to 

make a needy child’s holiday 

dream come true. 

If you’re hungry, don’t forget 

the chocolate sampling at 

the Candy Cottage (11 a.m. – 6 

p.m.) and $5 lunch specials at the 

Holliston Grill. 11 a.m. -6 p.m. 

The Candy Cottage - Chocolate 

Sampling. 

You can put a finishing touch 

on your stroll at 5 p.m. Listen for 

the sound of bagpipes at the top 

of Central Street, where the procession 

will begin down to Blair 

Square, for the treelighting ceremony. 

The Holliston Boy Scouts 

will be onhand making s’mores, 

and the Holliston Girl Scouts will 

have a singalong. 

As always, there’s something 

planned for everyone. Be sure to 

come out and join the fun! 

Mary’s Indoor Gardens and Plants 

Winter might be coming, 

but Holliston will be 

treated to a garden oasis 

at the sunny front corner 

of Fiske’s General Store in 

the craft room, where Mary 

Greendale will open Mary’s 

Indoor Gardens & Plants in 

November. 

“I’m very much a houseplant 

person,” says Greendale, 

who once owned a 

plant store in what is now 

the music and bar area of 

Jasper Hill Café & Bistro. 

“I want people to appreciate 

how houseplants, fairy 

gardens, terrariums make 

being in the house better. 

Plant life improves people’s 

physical and mental health 

and purifies air in the 

house,” she says. “Why wait 

all winter for summer?” 

Greendale’s love of 

growing things began as a 

child, when she watched her 

mother and grandmother 

take care of houseplants. 

“My mother did a lot of 

gardening outside, but the 

sun bothers me, so I tend 

to channel that indoors,” 

she says. “I find plants are 

good for my mental health. 

Playing with plants – it’s just 

about life. It’s about being 

happy when they sprout 

a new leaf. It’s about getting 

excited at having seven 

plants blooming all at once 

as I did last January. The 

room smelled beautiful and 

looked beautiful, and I felt 

lucky.” 

On the day of the Holliston 

Holiday Stroll, from 

1-3 p.m., Greendale will 

offer an activity in which 

children can “plant a plug” 

of a succulent plant to start 

their very own houseplants. 

“For little kids (and 

grown-ups), growing is exciting. 

I’ll show them how 

new plants grow on the 

petals with no soil,” says 

Greendale. She hopes her 

new little plant shop will 

“get children and adults to 

grow gardens indoors.” 

My BTFF Author Comes to 

The Grapevine on Stroll 

Day 

Do we all get our own personal 

tooth fairy? Jenn Smith, Mom of two 

and author of My BTFF – 

My Best Tooth Fairy Friend, will be 

joining the festivities all the way from 

PA at the Holliston Business Association’s 

Holiday Stroll by appearing at 

the Grapevine for a meet and greet. 

Smith was inspired to create My 

BTFF – My Best Tooth Fairy Friend by 

the five-year-old daughter of her own 

two best friends, Terri and Ray, Olivia, 

who believed that every child has 

his or her own Tooth Fairy with us 

from the time we’re born. The three 

friends created an interactive Tooth 

Fairy experience, that begins with an 

illustrated book, for parents all over 

the world to be involved in their own 

child’s brush with magic. 

“We decided to bring this tradition 

to our home with our two daughters 

by introducing them to their very own 

My BTFF. To watch the excitement 

and imaginations run wild with this 

concept, we knew we needed to introduce 

My BTFF to the rest of the 

world,” they write on their website 

blog at www.mybtff.com. 

Come on down to the Grapevine 

to see the book and meet the author!


“A Woodland 

Cinderella” at 

St. Mary’s Church 

on Stroll Day 

St. Mary’s Church hall will set the stage during 

the Holiday Stroll for “A Woodland Cinderella,” 

a unique 45-minute puppet show twist on 

the old fairy tale that won the highest award for 

puppetry in North America from U.N.I.M.A. 

The show, which will take place at noon, is the 

creation and presentation of puppeteer Deborah 

Costine. (Deborah Costine Nature Puppets 

http://www.deborahcostinenaturepuppets. 

com/.) 

In this version, Cinderella is actually a woodland 

fairy who lives in a big old tree in the enchanted 

woods. The king hopes his son will 

marry a fairy princess, but the prince wants to 

marry someone kind and good. The story unfolds, 

mean stepmother and stepsister included, 

to a magical conclusion. 

Costine has also won awards from the Jim 

Hensen Foundation, the Puppet Showplace 

Theater in Boston and the Puppeteers of 

America. Since 1974, she has partnered to 

present“Gerwick Puppets” to schools, libraries, 

museums and events around New England. 

She has also taught puppetry at Plymouth State 

University in New Hampshire, Northeastern 

University and Worcester State University. 

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Jewelers 

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Upper Charles River Rail Trail 

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Superette 

Central St. 

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Pictures with 

Santa 

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Exchange St. 

Maeder Row 

Grace Bicycles 

The Happy 

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Doggie gift bag/ 

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Bazel’s Pizza 

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Shea, Diam ond, 

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LLP, Estate 

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Hair Cuts & 

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Holliston SEPAC Creates Toolkit for Special Ed Parents 


When you’re a parent, learning 

your child needs some sort of 

accommodations at school can be 

confusing, and what’s more confusing 

is trying to figure out how 

to get services for your child and 

what the law guarantees them. 

This can be even more challenging 

for those parents with children 

whose special needs are not 

immediately evident, but now, in 

Holliston, all parents of kids with 

special needs have a resource. The 

parent volunteer members of the 

Holliston SEPAC, Special Education 

Parent Advisory Council 

have put together a Welcome Kit. 

“Basically, we are a parentdriven 

organization that supports 

advocates and provides advice for 

the special education community 

in Holliston,” Deb Sweet, the new 

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chair of SEPAC. She says the idea 

was borne from two parents who 

were running the SEPAC for 

about a decade. 

“They were still carrying it on, 

because there wasn’t anybody to 

take it over,” says Sweet. “There 

was some negativity regarding 

special education in town, and it 

was their idea to do a welcome kit, 

but it never got off the ground. We 

carried that to fruition and made 

that our first really big product.” 

The booklet took about a year 

in the making. 

Allegra Denehy, fundraising 

coordinator for SEPAC, says it 

gives parents the sense that “not 

only are you not alone, but these 

are your rights and these are the 

things that you can advocate for 

your students. For parents who 

have children newly diagnosed, 

it’s overwhelming. You get thrown 

a ton of papers from the doctors.” 

The binder, she says, is a nice way 

to keep papers and to have something 

to reference and use the resources. 

She credits SEPAC member 

Marcy Randall with a lot of the 

legwork in pulling together definitions 

of certain terms used in 

the special education world that 

might be elusive to parents. 

The toolkit is currently available 

in three languages, English, 

Spanish and Portuguese. 

“We’re (SEPAC) trying to 

reach parents who don’t know 

to look for us,” says Sweet. The 

booklet not only defines terms, 

but it contains important phone 

numbers and other resources. 

The welcome packet is being 

provided to all new families in 

Holliston who receive special education 

services. There will also be 

a packet available at the Holliston 

Public Library. 

And the best detail about the 

whole endeavor might just be that 

it’s some of the special education 

students who put the packets together. 

“My students and I create all 

of them,” says Ann King, a special 

education teacher who incorporates 

the creation of the packets 

into her curriculum. “Deb gave us 

all of the originals; we have a copy 

machine in our classroom. The 

SSA tells us how many we need, 

students figure out how many they 

need, read the order form, and 

copy them. I holepunch them all, 

and we (the students and King) 

deliver them.” 

“Talk about it coming full circle,” 

says Sweet. “Now, here these 

special education students are, 

18-22, helping other families put 

it together.” 

With the help of Meg Camire, 

Director of Student Services in 

Holliston, the process became 

part of vocational training for 

these students. 

“The whole idea behind this 

was transparency,” says Sweet. 

“On the parent end, it’s ‘I don’t 

even know what’s offered, and 

when they offer, I don’t know 

what it means, and I don’t know 

what my rights are.” She says she 

believes there are plenty of “intelligent 

free thinking families” 

who are not going to ask for more 

than their child needs. However, 

whereas some parents of students 

with an overarching need might 

receive an overwhelming amount 

of support, the “ones we struggle 

to reach don’t have a diagnosis 

they’re identifying with, but they 

also don’t want their child to be 

stigmatized,” says Sweet. 

Sweet says she hopes the Holliston 

SEPAC will reach all families 

of students with special needs, 

including those whose needs are 

not as visible. The group has been 

working to provide roundtable 

discussions, and informational 

events featuring speakers, and 

they will provide one this month. 

Holliston SEPAC has a Facebook 

Page, (Holliston SEPAC) 

and they’re currently looking for 

a website designer to make the site 

they have more user friendly. 

Throughout November, Holliston 

SEPAC will hold a fundraiser 

through b.Luxe Salon, 

165 Main Street, #208, Medway. 

(508-321-1624) With mention of 

the Holliston fundraiser at the 

time of the appointment, b.Luxe 

will offer 10% off any purchase, 

including hair, makeup, eye brow 

wax, products and gift cards, and 

that 10% will benefit the Holliston 

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The Holliston Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SEPAC) 

achieved a goal of outreach in aiding parents with its new Welcome 

Kit, a toolkit that contains useful definitions, program information, 

detailing of student rights and useful phone numbers. These students 

put the packets together and deliver them as part of their vocational 

training. 

Event to Be Held November 19 in Medway 

Saint Joseph’s Christmas Marketplace and Bake Shoppe will be 

held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Saint 

Joseph Center, 145 Holliston Street, Medway, Mass. This wonderful 

annual event features shopping, food and fun, with over 50 crafters 

and artisans, local baked goods, raffles, children craft room and a café 

featuring clam chowder and grilled items. Admission is free. 

Crafters and artisans are being sought. An 8-foot table and 

space is $60 ($50 if you provide your own table) and a donation 

for Saint Joseph’s raffle. Set up is from 7-9 a.m. Contact Saint 

Joseph’s Center at (508) 533-7771.


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Adhering to a diet on special 

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However, Thanksgiving Day 

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When the big day arrived, the 

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the event with a totally 

new outlook. 

“In the past, every time I’ve 

dieted, I’ve dreaded the holidays,” 

DeGrandpre said. “The 

holidays are about great family, 

great food and letting go, 

but this year was completely 

different. When I woke up on 

Thanksgiving, I told myself 

I was not going to go overboard, 

but if I saw something 

I wanted, I was going to try it 

and enjoy every bite.” 

Armed with a successful diet 

plan and a personal nutritional 

menu from NEFL, DeGrandpre 

allowed himself to enjoy 

a truly satisfying Thanksgiving 

knowing he had a clear direction 

for the day after. 

“The difference this time 

was that I had full and complete 

confidence that starting 

the next day, I could just follow 

the program again and very 

shortly, I would be right back 

to my Thanksgiving morning 

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“There was absolutely no 

doubt in my mind that I would 

accomplish that. It took me 

only two days.” 

At press time, DeGrandpre 

had lost an impressive 54 

pounds just six weeks into the 

program. In addition to the 

weight loss he was also experiencing 

other physical benefits. 

For example, now carrying a lot 

less weight, he only requires 20 

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He also is experiencing quite 

an increase in stamina. 

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Jensen Sheehan Celebrates her 90th Birthday with a donation 

to Hollistion Senior Center 

If Jensen Sheehan Insurance 

Agency were a person, you 

would call her a Nonagearian—someone 

age 90 or greater. 

Established in 1926, Jensen Sheehan 

has evolved with an everchanging 

insurance industry. 

Through all the changes, one 

thing has remained the same, 

Jensen Sheehan’s commitment 

to her family—the community 

of Holliston. 

In 2012, Bill Sheehan, president 

of Jensen Sheehan, reached 

saute & GRill 

RestauRant 

out to Steve Ellis of Bright Insurance 

to see if he would be interested 

in extending Bright’s family 

into Holliston by acquiring the 

Jensen Sheehan Agency. Steve, 

a lifelong resident of Hopedale 

and longtime supporter of business’ 

with strong community ties, 

was intrigued. 

Even if it meant inheriting 

Bill’s “well-loved” antique car, 

Hercules. 

In January 2013, the partnership 

of Bright and Jensen Sheehan 

became official. 

Earlier this year, in preparation 

of Jensen Sheehan’s 90th 

birthday, Steve began searching 

for the perfect birthday gift to 

give her—a way to give back to 

the community. He began asking 

his employees as well as other 

members of the community for 

the name of an organization that 

exemplified the giving nature of 

Holliston. 

Time after time, the answer 

was the Holliston Senior Center 

Association. 

Their commitment to providing 

residents of Holliston a place 

to experience healthy activities, 

programs and other resources 

demonstrates what it means to 

be an excellent neighbor and 

shining example to the community. 

The impact of the senior 

center extends beyond town 

lines. In fact, one employee told 

Sit Back and Enjoy 

the Holidays! 

Steve that her mother who was 

in need of a wheelchair received 

one from the senior center, even 

though she lives in Milford. 

The senior center also provides 

door-to-door services for 

medical appointments in the MetroWest 

area for their residents as 

well as weekly grocery shopping 

trips. 

The Holliston Senior Center 

is about outreach to the community. 


takes part in fuel and food 

assistance for members of our 

community—something that becomes 

even more important as 

we wait on the doorstep of another 

frigid New England winter. 


wants to help their neighbors, because 

the people of Holliston are 

not just a collection of houses. 

They are a family. 

It’s a sentiment we here at Jensen 

Sheehan strive to follow, as 

well, every day. We do more than 

just provide insurance policies, 

we provide security and peace of 

mind for members of our family 

and their businesses, and we have 

been doing so for 90 years. 

Jensen Sheehan thanks 

the Holliston Senior Center 

for making that same commitment 

before, now and 

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ton residents. As part of that thank you, and 

our 90-year celebration, Jensen Sheehan will 

be making a donation of $5,000 to help the senior 

center continue to work for the good of the 

Holliston community. 

While the needs of our insureds may look different 

than they did in 1926, some things never 

change. Our commitment to the Holliston community, 

and our insureds, remains the same. 

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getting winded on walks, 

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Other signs to watch 

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Assisted Living at the Residence at Valley Farm in Ashland 

Why Do Seniors Stay Healthier & Happier in Assisted Living? 

It’s no secret that many seniors 

do much better living in an 

Assisted Living community than 

at home or in a nursing home. 

Why is this? 

Christine Brooks, Executive 

Director of the Residence 

at Valley Farm, Metro West’s 

premiere senior living community, 

featuring Enhanced Independent 

Living, Assisted Living 

and Reflections Memory Care 

for local seniors, points to four 

major reasons: healthy diets, 

companionship, fun engagement 

opportunities and wellness care 

services. 

Christine said, “Too often, 

people living alone fail to cook or 

eat proper nutritious meals. But 

we know the importance that 

diet plays in our overall health. 

Seniors who consume a well-balanced 

diet tend to recover from 

illness more rapidly, spend less 

time in the hospital and have a 

better sense of overall well-being 

and increased energy. Who isn’t 

happier when you are feeling 

more energized?” 

Dining at the Residence at 

Valley Farm is a true restaurant 

culinary experience. Featuring 

the concept of “anytime dining,” 

the restaurant is open from 7 

a.m. to 7 p.m. for resident choice 

and convenience. “We believe 

our residents should choose 

when and what they want to eat. 

It should be on their schedule, 

not ours,” says Culinary Service 

Director, Chef Christopher 

Ryan. The menu is designed just 

as you would see in a local restaurant, 

with homemade soups, 

hand tossed salads, appetizers, 

light fare, entrees, local favorites, 

daily specials and home-made 

desserts. 

When you visit the Residence 

at Valley Farm, you get a sense 

of what vibrant senior living is 

all about. The engagement calendar 

is created in collaboration 

with Harvard Medical School 

and Brigham and Women’s 

Hospital. Each day, residents 

are offered opportunities which 

are proven to improve overall 

well-being and potentially slow 

the progression of memory loss, 

something that is common for 

individuals as they age. 

Active, involved people tend 

to be healthier and more independent. 

Companionship is a 

major ‘happiness factor’ for older 

adults. This community offers 

residents programming to pursue 

hobbies, the arts, physical fitness, 

adult learning and spiritual 

growth with their new neighbors 

and friends. 

The average 80-year-old is 

taking five medications daily. 

Medication-related errors are a 

leading cause of hospitalizations 

for seniors. At the Residence at 

Valley Farm, daily reminders are 

available so that residents take 

their medications in the right 

dosage and time. 

Every eleven seconds, an older 

adult is treated in the emergency 

room for a fall. The Residence 

at Valley Farm offers fall prevention 

screenings and programs, 

various fitness classes, as well as, 

features a rehabilitation area, offering 

physical and occupational 

therapy. Being proactive helps seniors 

remain healthier and more 

independent for as long as possible. 

Jennifer, daughter of Resident 

Bert Gerrig, couldn’t have said 

it any better. “After experiencing 

the unfortunate accidents 

that sometimes occur while living 

alone, I finally talked Dad 

into considering assisted living. 

It was a battle convincing 

him. However, this community 

was the right choice. We visited 

many other places, but there was 

something different about the 

Residence at Valley Farm. Every 

single person is so genuine and 

caring. Within one week I knew 

everyone by name. 

The food is fantastic! My dad 

was losing weight, walking with 

a cane, dehydrated and feeling 

depressed when he arrived. Now 

he is HAPPY and healthy, walking 

independently from all of his 

physical and occupations therapy 

services and has put on at least 7 

pounds! 

The nursing staff is so wonderful. 

They call me with any 

concerns or changes in his health 

or behavior. I can’t say enough 

about this community! It has 

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Holliston Senior Center November Happenings 

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Come to the Center every Friday 

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Refreshments will be served. 

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seniors. For more information, or 

to set up an appointment, please 

call Linda Marshall at the Senior 

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Rep. Dykema 

Receives 

Perfect Score on 

Environmental 

Issue Scorecard 

Representative Dykema 

was recognized by the Environmental 

Action League 

of Massachusetts (ELM) Action 

Fund with a perfect score 

of 100 on the organization’s 

2015-2016 Legislative Scorecard 

on the environment. The 

scorecard takes into account 

legislators’ votes on bills and 

budget items that directly impact 

the environment, as well 

as other advocacy work done 

for environmental issues over 

the course of the session. 

Representative Dykema, 

who sits on the Joint Committee 

on the Environment, Natural 

Resources, and Agriculture, 

filed and co-sponsored a number 

of bills that supported environmental 

protection and 

conservation efforts. She also 

filed a budget amendment to 

propose increased FY17 funding 

for the Department of 

Conservation and Recreation 

Watershed Management line 

item, an ELM Green Budget 

priority item. Along with Rep. 

Dave Rogers (D-Cambridge), 

she led the legislative effort to 

override the governor’s veto of 

the Department of Environmental 

Protection’s administrative 

line item, another Green 

Budget priority. 

Representative Dykema 

was also recognized twice as 

part of ELM’s honor roll for 

her leadership on environmental 

protection during the FY17 

budget process and her contributions 

to the ongoing NPDES 

delegation policy discussion.



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volunteers to provide companionship to patients and respite 

time for family members. Volunteers are men and 

women who come from diverse backgrounds and range in 

age from 20’s to 80’s; the common bond is a desire to share 

time and compassion with others. A strong need exists for 

volunteers who are available during the day, are bilingual, 

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Banish Body Acne. 

By Lisa Massimiano, Aesthetician, 

Certified Acne Specialist, 

Owner Skin Smart Salon 

Many people with facial acne 

also have body acne. Acne can 

travel like a wave down the face 

and onto the chest and back. 

This bothersome condition is 

often made worse by sweat and 

friction from sports, and clothing 

rubbing against the skin. 

Although body acne can be frustrating, 

it can be managed with 

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the right products and treatment. 

To treat body acne successfully, 

you need a consistent home 

care regimen that includes the 

right amount of exfoliation and 

topical antibacterial action. 

Home care, combined with professional 

peel treatments, prevent 

micro acne lesions from forming 

and breaks the vicious acne cycle. 

There are two types of body 

acne, inflamed and non-inflamed 

and they are treated differently. 

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Adult Medicine: 

• Annual physical and preventative care 

• Managing chronic medical problems 

• Same day sick visit appointments. 

Pediatric Care: 

• Well child care and school/sports physicals 

• Same day sick visits 

Aesthetics: 

• Botox Cosmetic and Facial filler injections. 

Inflamed Body Acne. 

Inflamed acne is red, pustular 

and often sore to the touch. With 

this type of acne you need less 

exfoliation and more antibacterial 

treatment. I have my clients 

use a benzoyl peroxide cleanser 

and topical benzoyl peroxide lotion. 

The strength of the products 

is determined by whether 

it is on their chest or back. The 

back is less sensitive and needs 

stronger products. I always have 

my clients start slowly, gradually 

increasing frequency of use 

as their body gets used to the 

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products. Being too aggressive 

too quickly can irritate inflamed 

acne. 

Non-inflamed Body Acne. 

Non-inflamed acne presents 

as a bumpy texture made up of 

lots of blackheads and clogged 

pores. This type of acne is generally 

not sensitive and to treat 

it you need more exfoliation and 

less antibacterial action. Exfoliating 

alpha-hydroxy serums and an 

exfoliating cleanser work well to 

smooth skin texture and loosen 

buildup inside the pores. 

Questions about acne? Email 

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or call (508) 881-1180. 

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for information on 

Skin Smart’s Acne Clinic and 

other services 

Healthy Holiday Entertaining 

at Holliston Public Library 

On Wednesday, November 9 at 7 p.m. Liz Barbour from 

The Creative Feast will visit the Holliston Public Library to 

demonstrate “Healthy Holiday Entertaining.” Tasting is included 

and the program is limited to 35 participants. Registration 

is required. There is no charge. Call the library at (508) 429- 

0617 or email lmcdonnell@minlib.net to register for the cooking 

program. 

The Knitting Club meets at the library on the second Tuesday 

of each month from 6-8 p.m. Bring your latest project and share 

your patterns, techniques and expertise. Morning Book Club 

will read Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Monday, 

November 7 at 11 a.m. Participants are asked to read the selected 

book and attend a discussion, either adding their own thoughts 

or listening. Books are available to borrow with a library card 

about a month prior to the discussions in regular type, large type 

and audio. 

Movie Monday, November 14 at 12:30 p.m. will be The Meddler, 

starring Susan Sarandon. Beverages and popcorn included. Visit 

www.hollistonlibrary for more information. 

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This article was excerpted from “Veterans Day Dinner Invites - In the Mail,” which first appeared in and is used courtesy of The Holliston Reporter (www.hollistonreporter.com) 

Holliston Veterans Day Begin at 10:30 a.m. 

By Bobby Blair 

Veterans Day services will be 

held on Friday, Nov. 11th, beginning 

at 10:30 am, with a wreath 

placing at the flagpole at Blair 

Square honoring Iraq/Afghanistan 

veterans. A short march 

through the town square to Memorial 

Square (Hollis and Washington 

Streets) to honor those 

killed in WWI & WWII before 

public services in front of town 

hall at 11 am. 

Veterans will then pause for 

a photo before retiring to upper 

town hall for a turkey dinner 

(sponsored by the American 

Legion Post 8507). Those town 

veterans who do not receive an 

invite and who wish to attend 

can contact Bobby Blair at (508) 

429-6763 or at mudvillemayor@ 

gmail.com. 

Photo by Bobby Blair, used courtesy of The Holliston Reporter 

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Get Your Home Ready for Winter 

It’s hard to believe winter is 

upon us again when it seems like it 

was just the 4th of July, but here it 

comes again! It’s important to get 

your home ready for winter, so a 

little planning and action now can 

prevent a major crisis later. Here 

are a few tips to have your home 

ready for winter. 

Heating System Check Up 

Make sure you have a service 

call scheduled with a professional 

technician for an inspection and 

tune up of your home’s heating 

system. If you have a hot air system, 

this should include changing 

all the air filters. 

Chimney Sweep 

We love our fires here in New 

England! Hire an insured chimney 

sweep to clean your chimney 

and inspect your fireplace before 

you have any fires. This should be 

done every year. 

Clean Your Gutters 

Clean gutters are critical during 

the winter when there may 

be large amounts of snow and 

ice melting on your home. More 

about ice dams later, but for now, 

make sure your gutters are clean 

and working properly, including 

water run off at around the foundations. 

If you hire a company for 

this, make sure you get a copy of 

their insurance policy or ask their 

agent if they are covered for ladder 

work. Many landscapers may 

offer gutter clean but are not insured 

to go on ladders. 

Change Batteries in 

All Smoke/CO Alarms 

Have you ever noticed that the 

batteries on smoke detectors only 

die at 3 am? Who hasn’t been 

awakened by a loud chirp and had 

to change a battery in the middle 

of the night. More importantly, 

for your safety, keep the batteries 

fresh. Also check any CO detectors 

and make sure they have not 

reached their expiration date and 

that they are mounted at the correct 

height per manufacturer’s recommendations. 

Exterior Faucets, 

Showers, and Irrigation 

Make sure you turn off exterior 

faucets and showers, drain the 

shower and take the valve inside 

for the winter, and have your irrigation 

company blow out all of 

the water in the system. This will 

protect all of these components 

from freezing and ensure they last 

a long time. Plus, you don’t want 

your hose faucet pipe to freeze and 

burst in your basement! 

Inspect Exterior Exhaust 

Pipes on Heating System 

With today’s newer direct vent 

and exhaust heating systems, the 

exhaust pipe is often close to the 

ground. If you have this type of 

system, inspect the exterior pipe 

and make sure it is free and clear 

from debris and plants. Also make 

sure you keep an eye on this during 

the winter to ensure it is NEVER 

covered with snow or ice. Every 

year now we hear about deep 

snow covering these and causing 

CO poisoning and even death. 

Empty Fuel Tanks 

in Yard Equipment 

Make sure you drain or use up 

all of the gas in yard equipment 

such as lawn mowers, trimmers, 

etc. When gas freezes it can cause 

major problems in the machinery. 

Also, don’t store any gas over 

the winter in an unheated garage. 

(Don’t store gas inside your 

home either!) 

Ice Dam Removal 

Company 

Get under contract with an 

ice dam removal company now 

before it’s an emergency. As mentioned 

above, make sure the company 

you hire has insurance for 

this work, which is often excluded 

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of timing and scope of 

work during an ice dam event so 

you know what the crews will do 

and when they will do it. 

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Hopkinton-based Project Just Because 

(www.projectjustbecause.org) has grown to 

help families in need from the entire state of 

Massachusetts, from Boston and the North 

Shore, to the South Shore, all the way to 

Pittsfield. While need has risen, donations 

are down, but you can do something to help. 

Right now, Project Just Because is embarking 

on its annual “Keep a Family 

Warm” program, collecting new or gently 

used coats for those who need them. 

“We collect them at Project Just Because, 

and we’re working at increasing bins we have 

around,” says volunteer Barb Christensen, 

who says that some groups of people actually 

collect coats on their own and then have 

a volunteer drive them down to the office 

in Hopkinton. People who need coats, she 

says, can go online and indicate the sizes and 

ages, and they actually come and pick them 

up in Hopkinton. Since Project Just Because 

is a 211 charity, she says, that helps homeless 

people and victims of domestic abuse, the 

organization also sees requests from social 

workers on behalf of clients they are helping. 

“The primary misconception is they have 

to be new,” says Christensen. “We’re grateful 

for gently used as well, especially for kids. 

We’re happy to take last year’s jacket. Then 

at Christmas, we do hats, mittens and scarves 

at Christmas time, and those are new only.” 

Right now, says Christensen, the Christmas 

program is open for people who would 

like to “adopt” a family or children for the 

holiday or just get a couple of items. 

“You can take just a child, a family or just 

a gift,” says Christensen. 

Project Just Because is run by about 20 

regular volunteers that are there two days a 

week, but “we get a lot of support from other 

people in the community and companies, 

such as Dell, T.J. Max, who will send 12 or 

14 people at a time. Recently, we had a lovely 

group of three moms and six kids, and they 

helped sort coats and baby clothes,” says 

Christensen. “It was really terrific, a great 

opportunity for a young person to donate 

their time and energy and see what we do.” 

Christensen says young people are often 

very impressed with the toy room, learning 

that the toys are “for kids who would otherwise 

get nothing. That’s a concept that not 

too many kids in Metrowest have to deal 

with.” 

For more information, to volunteer, donate 

or request aid, visit http://projectjustbecause.org/.


Milford Federal Savings & Loan Association 

Appoints Shane Elder Vice President 

Commercial Lending 

Milford Federal Savings & 

Loan Association is pleased to 

announce the appointment of 

Shane Elder to VP of Commercial 

Lending. Shane will be 

responsible for generating new 

business and building relationships 

in Milford as well as the 

surrounding communities. 

Elder, a resident of Upton, 

Mass., has 5 years’ experience in 

Business development and Business 

Lending. He brings with 

him over 10 years of sales experience 

and business to business 

relationship building. He most 

recently was an AVP Business 

Development Officer for Rockland 

Trust covering the Metro 

South and South Boston area. 

Established in 1887, Milford 

Federal Savings & Loan has 

been assisting its neighbors and 

friends for 129 years. Serving the 

greater Milford and Blackstone 

Valley areas in Massachusetts 

and Northern RI, it has four 

Holliston Wins at AIB National Symposium 

conveniently located offices in 

Milford and Whitinsville Massachusetts 

and Woonsocket, RI 

and can also be found on the 

Internet at MilfordFederal.com 

and Facebook. 

Article by Eric Niermeyer, 

photos by Cherry Fenton 

Holliston ended the 2016 

America in Bloom National 

Symposium on a high note, winning 

yet another Population Category 

Award. This is the third 

time Holliston has won in the 

last four years, which propels us 

into the elite Circle of Champions, 

a category reserved for serial 

award winners. 

This year marked America 

in Bloom’s 15th annual symposium 

and was hosted by Arroyo 

Grande in central California. 

The symposium concluded Saturday 

night with a banquet and 

awards ceremony attended by 

approximately 200 people from 

dozens of towns representing 

more than 20 states. 

Before the symposium began, 

all participating towns were divided 

into brackets based on 

their populations. The smallest 

participating town is Washtunca, 

Washington, clocking in at about 

200 people. The largest is Lexington, 

Kentucky, which has over 

300,000 people. Holliston landed 

in the 14,000 – 20,000 bracket. 

All participating communities 

competed with the other towns 

in their bracket for a Population 

Category Award. In the months 

leading up to the symposium, 

America in Bloom judges were 

sent to Holliston and the other 

towns to evaluate the work done 

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by 6 criteria: overall impression, 

floral displays, urban forestry, 

heritage preservation, environmental 

efforts, and overall impression. 

Holliston had previously won 

Population Category Awards 

in both 2013 and 2015. It was 

also given the highest possible 

overall rating of five ‘blooms’ on 

the opening night of the symposium 

with special recognition for 

Community Involvement. This 

year’s win places us among the 

most successful communities in 

the country. 

The other major trophy 

awarded Saturday was the Community 

Champion Award. Each 

year, all participating communities 

have the option to submit 

somebody from their community 

as a nominee for the award, 

which celebrates those who do 

extraordinary things to make 

their communities more livable. 

This year, 19 of the participating 

towns decided to submit 

nominees for the award. Holliston 

nominated our own Deb 

Moore for her grassroots campaign 

that prevented Pinecrest 

golf course from being developed 

into housing units, her longtime 

position as head of the town’s 

Golf Course Committee, and 

the long hours she has put in to 

beautifying the course. However, 

Holliston faced some stiff competition 

from other communities 

and did not end up winning the 

award this year. 

With the conclusion of the 

awards ceremony, America in 

Bloom disbanded and the participants 

began preparing to return 

to their respective communities. 

They will meet again next year 

at the National Symposium to 

be hosted by Holliston from October 

5-7 (Columbus Day weekend). 

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unique compared to other participants 

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The Symphony in the Suburbs 

Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra Brings High Caliber 

Classical Music to Region 


Looking for the experience of 

a high-caliber orchestra? Look no 

further than right down the street 

in Milford, with The Claflin Hill 

Symphony Orchestra, now embarking 

on its 17th season and 

drawing professional musicians 

from all around the area. 

“This is a first class, professional 

presentation,” says Paul 

Surapine, Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra founder, orchestra 

conductor, executive and artistic 

director. “All members of the 

orchestra are professional musicians.” 

Surapine, who was trained in 

clarinet by “one of the greatest 

clarinet teachers in New York 

City,” settled in Milford in 1992. 

A year later, he says, he became 

part of an aging Milford Concert 

Band. 

The idea of starting his own 

concert series was inspired by 

a concert in which Surapine 

played at Carnegie Hall in the 

late 1990s, in which the stage was 

opened up to kids. “The place 

was filled with people who had 

never come to Carnegie Hall,” 

he says. “I set out on a path to do 

something like that. I was going 

to put together a concert series 

in Franklin,” he says. The idea 

was to get people who had never 

come to a symphony, to come. 

Surapine wasn’t just looking 

for average musicians. 

“We’re bringing the highest 

level. The musicians around here 

are great. We live on the outskirts 

of one of the greatest cultural 

magnets of the world,” says 

Surapine. Claflin Hill members 

do not audition, but are found 

by members having played with 

them somewhere else. 

“Our orchestra is not the kind 

of orchestra where you have 

formal auditions. It’s friends recommending 

friends at the very 

highest level,” says Jagan Nath 

Singh Khalsa, second violinist 

and one of the founding members 

of the group. “Paul has a 

knack for drawing good people,” 

Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra, made up entirely of well-trained, professional musicians from the area, will kick off it’s 2016-2017 season on 

November 5, at 7:30 p.m. at Milford Town Hall. Photo used courtesy of CH50. 

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says Khalsa, who says he feels 

empowered that his second violin 

helps to build the full body, 

or foundation, to the Claflin 

Hill strings. Khalsa says Surapine 

“trusts the musicians to take 

his input and make something 

great.” 

“We need musicians who play 

in a very high caliber, but who 

also understand that Claflin Hill 

is more than just an orchestra, 

it’s a community vehicle,” says 

Surapine. “You have to be outgoing 

to that audience. It’s pretty 

unique.” What’s more, he says, 

“All the people in the orchestra 

dearly love each other.” 

“We are like a family, sharing 

news and growing as individuals 

but playing as one joyous musical 

force,” says Kathleen Woods, of 

Franklin, who teaches at Franklin 

High School and has been playing 

viola with Claflin Hill since 

its early days. “Most of us have 

additional jobs or careers, and I 

think this makes us all appreciate 

our audience and the amazing 

opportunity to present such 

great pieces of music for this 

region. We perform the masterworks 

of the symphonic form, 

as well as pops and holiday programs. 

Where can you hear these 

classics without traveling at great 

expense to Boston?” 

Milford Town Hall also provides 

an intimate musical experience. 

“The orchestra is sitting in the 

middle of the audience,” says 

Surapine. “Sometimes, at intermission, 

people walk up to speak 

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to the musicians.” The director 

explains that there is nothing 

stuffy or stodgy about the experience. 

The audience seems to agree. 

Susan Heavner, formerly of 

Holliston and now of Milford, 

first discovered CHSO at an outdoor 

concert. 

“They were wonderful, and 

the music selection was diverse 

and appealed to a wide range 

of ages/tastes,” says Heavner. 

“I soon began attending their 

concerts at Milford Upper Town 

Hall and couldn’t believe how 

lucky we are to have such an orchestra 

in our area. For me the 

CHSO rivals the Boston musical 

events.” 

Michael Marrafino, of Medway, 

agrees. 

“My only regret is that we 

didn’t start enjoying this great orchestra 

from its beginning,” says 

Marrafino, who grew up in New 

York in a family where everyone 

played an instrument. “I was 

well attuned to classical music, 

both symphony and opera, but I 

could seldom get into the city to 

see a symphony or an opera … 

I find it an incredible blessing to 

have such a great professional orchestra 

almost in my back yard.” 

Marrafino, who attends concerts 

with his wife. 

The Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra’s 17th consecutive 

season will kick off on Saturday 

evening November 5, 2016 with 

“In the Shadow of Ludwig Van” 

– a program featuring music of 

Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn 

and Johannes Brahms.. 

“This season, we are exploring 

some of the great “symphonies” 

of the orchestral literature,” 

says Surapine. “Each concert 

will present a major symphony, 

paired in the traditional Claflin 

Hill “fusion cuisine” style of 

programming with other musical 

offerings that make a fitting accompaniment 

and may be more 

familiar to the listener.” 

Other highlights of the 

CHSO 2016-17 season include 

the annual Holiday Pops concert 

on December 10, “Fire 

and Ice” on February 4, 2017; 

“Seascapes” on March 4, 2017; 

the annual Family Symphony 

Matinee on Sunday, March 26th 

at 3 p.m. and the Season Finale, 

“Road Trip!” on April 29, 2017. 

All concerts take place at the 

Milford Town Hall, 52 Main 

Street, Route 16 in Downtown 

Milford. Saturday evening concerts 

begin at 7:30 p.m. and the 

Sunday matinee begins at 3 p.m. 

Ticket prices range from $25 

to $40 for single concert ticket 

purchases, and $99 to $150 for 

season tickets. Season tickets can 

be purchased by calling Claflin 

Hill at (508) 478-5924. Individual 

concert ticket purchases can 

be made online by visiting www. 

claflinhill.org. 

Claflin Hill Youth Symphonies Great 

Complement to Adult Symphony 

The professional players in 

the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra 

have a chance to pass on 

their love of music when they 

work with the Claflin Hill Youth 

Symphonies, a group that meets 

on Sundays at Mass Bay Community 

College in Framingham. 

“They started out originally 

in 2000 as the Metrowest Youth 

Orchestra,” says Paul Surapine, 

music director for the Youth 

Orchestra as well as the 17-year 

running Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra. “They contacted us 

in 2005, and they were looking 

to establish a mentor relationship 

between our professionals and 

their kids. 

“I have played trombone in 

the Claflin Hill Youth Symphony 

and Wind Ensemble since 7th 

grade,” says Ben Dooley, of Holliston. 

“I joined because my sister 

was in the group. In Holliston, 

we don’t have an orchestra, so 

CHYS is a good supplement to 

my musical training. I appreciate 

the chance to play music which is 

more challenging than the music 

we play in my school band, and 

I also enjoy meeting musicians 

from other schools. Paul is entertaining 

and teaches us so much 

about the music.” 

Surapine says the youth orchestra 

was absorbed into Claflin 

Hill in 2013, at parents’ request. 

The Claflin Hill Youth Symphony now boasts 100 young musicians from 

40 different towns, and they’re tackling masterful works. 

“Now we have 100 kids from 

40 different towns, and we’re 

having the best year ever,” he 

says. The group has different 

ensembles, has launched chamber 

music ensembles, a beginner 

string orchestra and a wind ensemble. 

Anna Damigella, of Holliston, 

plays trumpet with the group. 

She got involved with the Claflin 

Hill Youth Ensembles after a 

friend recommended it. Her parents, 

she says, also attended Claflin 

Hill Symphony Orchestra 

concerts. Anna hopes to attend 

music school to study music education 

and says she appreciates 

“the the opportunity to play with 

a symphony orchestra, which is 

not something I am exposed to 

at school. I have also made some 

really good friends, and I love 

playing with such talented musicians 

who share the same passion 

as me. This is a great way to challenge 

myself and grow.” 

Surapine, too, is proud of the 

work the young musicians are 

doing, and the challenging music 

they’re tackling. 

“Right now we’re doing 

Hayden symphony, “Cebalius 

Finlandia,” says Surapine, “and 

we’re doing the real version.” 

Presidential Election Early 

Voting in Holliston Will 

Continue Through Nov. 4 

Early voting for the November 8 Presidential Election will continue into the early days of 

November for those who wish to avoid lines on election day. Dates are as follows: 

Tuesday, November 1, 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. 

Wednesday, November 2, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 

Thursday, November 3, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. 

Friday, November 4, 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. 

Early voting will take place at Holliston Town Hall, right across from the Town Clerk’s 

office. 

On ELECTION DAY, November 8th, all voting will take place at Holliston High School. 

For information on learning whether you’re registered and what precinct you are in, visit 

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Many Hands Make Light Work at Holliston in 

Bloom Senior Center Project 

Story and photos by Cherry Fenton 

The two-part Holliston Senior Center beautification project coordinated by 

Holliston in Bloom was completed on Saturday, October 15. Earlier in the summer, 

HIB had planted and mulched dozens of shrubs and perennials along the 

entire length of the building and at one side of the rear entrance. For Phase 2, 

about 18 volunteers representing multiple organizations including Holliston in 

Bloom, Holliston Garden Club, Holliston Lions, Agricultural Commission, Historical 

Society and several residents including our State Representative Carolyn 

Dykema joined in on the planting on the crisp fall day. Carolyn was not afraid to 

get dirty and seemed very experienced with loading and dumping wheelbarrows 

filled with soil and stayed to help with planting and mulching. 

The amount of work completed in several hours by the volunteers was very 

impressive: a couple of overgrown shrubs were ripped out at the front entrance, 

sod was dug up to expand a bed near the new retaining wall at the rear entrance, 

a new bed was created on the other side of the rear entrance, a new bed created 

at the bench area surrounding the flagpole and many perennials, shrubs, and 

mums were added to provide color throughout the seasons. The Town of Holliston 

delivered a load of soil for amending the new beds. Two large hydrangea 

bushes, Japanese holly shrubs, and mulch were donated by Ahronian Landscaping; 

daylilies, irises and mums were donated by HIB, and additional Proven 

Winners plants were donated by Pleasant View Nursery. 

The following Saturday, October 22, the first phase of another large beautification 

project along Washington Street at the Congregational Church fence was 

scheduled to begin. The bed was enlarged by 5 additional feet. The removal of 

sod and addition of compost would take place as the last project before HIB’s 

shovels retire for the season. Next spring, dozens of shrubs, perennials, and 

annuals will be added to make a new prominent display garden in preparation 

for the arrival of the America in Bloom National Symposium to be hosted by 

Holliston next October 5 – 7. This fall, close to 500 mums were planted around 

Holliston by the Downtown Marigold Project and HIB as a dress rehearsal for 

next year’s Symposium.


November Children’s Programs at the 

Holliston Public Library 

Tales and Tunes for Tots ages 1.5-5, Wednesdays 10:15 – 10:45 

Library playgroup: ages 0-5, Fridays 10:15 a.m. 

Toys and coffee provided by the library! 

Book Clubs, One Thursday per month 4-4:45 

Participate in discussion while having a snack thematically tied to the book. Engage 

in an activity that further connects to the title. Sign up at the Children’s Desk, 

• November 3rd Reading Rascals – Grades 1 & 2 

• November 10th Wild Book Bunch – Grades 2 & 3 

• November 17th Budding Bookworms – Grades 4 & 5 

Lego Club ages 5 and up, November 1st and 15th 4- 5 p.m. 

Let your imagination be your guide as you build your creations with Legos provided 

by the library. Creations will be put on display in the Children’s Room for 

the month. 

Pajama storytime all ages, Tuesday November 1st 6:30 p.m. 

Put on your pajamas and listen to stories and sing songs! 

Movie Matinee all ages, Saturday, Nov. 5th 2 p.m. 

Disney’s Lilo & Stitch, (PG) 85 minutes long. Feel free to bring a snack along with 

you! 

Yoga with Pamela PinterParsons of Soul Spirit Studio ages 6 and up, Thursday, 

Nov. 10th 6:30 p.m. 

Want to try yoga but don’t want to pay for class? Come check out what it is all 

about. Sign up at the Children’s Desk 

French on Fridays with Sue Taibi-Nemiri grades K – 2, Friday November 18th 

4-4:45 p.m. 

Listen to a story in French and do an activity related to the story while conversing 

in French. 

Holliston Stroll all ages, Saturday, Nov. 26th 12-4 p.m. 

Drop in out of the cold for a craft. 

Tinker Time ages 4 and up, Tuesday November 29th 4-5 p.m. 

Test, tinker and play with amazing tech toys like Snap Circuit Jr, Makey Makey, 

GoldieBlox and Hexbugs 

Holliston Best Buddies 

Team to Take Part in Friendship 

Walk Fundraiser 

This year on November 19th 

Best Buddies Holliston will be 

attending its first ever friendship 

walk, the Milton Gobbler 5K, in 

Milton, Mass. 

“For those of you that don’t 

know, Best Buddies is an international 

organization that provides 

more opportunities for people 

with intellectual and developmental 

disabilities (IDD),” writes 

Ameilia Porter, on the “I’m Holliston 

Happy” Facebook page. 

“We will become part of a bigger 

community that supports the Best 

Buddies mission by sharing our 

stories and making new friends 

from all over Massachusetts. We 

appreciate all the support and 

hope that you will help us 

Best Buddies aims to stem 

the isolation that the 7.5 million 

Americans and more than 200 

million people with intellectual 

and developmental disabilities 

(IDD) worldwide face. 

Best Buddies Holliston is looking 

for donations or participants 

for this event. Please visit https:// 

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November 1 

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change announced by the U.S. State Department. 

Beginning November 1, travelers must 

remove their eyeglasses when having passport 

photos taken. Travelers who have photos 

where they are wearing eyeglasses in existing 

passports will not be required to obtain new 

passports. 

The State Department says that in 2015, 

more than 200,000 passport customers submitted 

poor quality photos which couldn’t 

be accepted. The main reason involved eyeglasses, 

which can cause glare on the lens, 

create shadows on faces or block a portion of 

the eyes. 

The agency is hoping that new passport 

photos taken without eyeglasses mean fewer 

delays in the application process and may 

help travelers move more quickly through 

U.S. ports of entry. Travelers may wear glasses 

if they have a medical issue, and can submit 

documentation along with their application. 

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Newcomers Craft Fair – 39 Years and Still Going Strong 

by Amanda Gibeau 

Like turkey and apple pie 

on Thanksgiving, the Holliston 

Newcomers Club’s Craft Fair is 

an annual tradition to usher in 

the holiday season. Now in its 

39th year, New England artisans 

will line the cafeteria, halls, and 

gymnasium of Holliston High 

School on Sunday, November 

20th. 

“We are very excited to have 

many new vendors to the fair 

this year,” says Erica Long, chair 

of Craft Fair. “There will be an 

incredible assortment of handmade 

goods including knit pieces, 

custom clothing, beautiful jewelry, 

photography, artwork, and 

tasty treats.” Of course, 2016 

Craft Fair still has all of your old 

favorites such as iDazz Custom 

Designs, Nantasket Beads, Warm 

Fuzzies, and Little Beehive Farm 

owned by Holliston resident 

HHS Theatre 370 to Present 

Legally Blonde, The Musical 

Show to take Place November 17-19 

Holliston High School Theatre 370 will 

present Legally Blonde, the Musical on November 

17, 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Holliston 

High School auditorium, 370 Hollis Street, 

Holliston. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for 

seniors and students. 

Legally Blonde is presented through special arrangement 

with Music Theatre International 

(MTI). All authorized performance materials 

are also supplied by MTW. www.MITShows. 

com. 

Tony Lulek just to name a few. 

And after all that shopping 

has worked up your appetite? Just 

stop by the bake table to satisfy 

your sweet tooth with a variety 

of sweet treats and scrumptious 

goodies! You’ll enjoy every bite 

even more knowing that the 

proceeds raised at Craft Fair go 

directly back into the Holliston 

community in the form of local 

grants. In the 2015-2016 year 

alone, HNC grant recipients included 

8-Arch Bridge Restoration, 

Culture Connection Miller 

School, the Downtown Marigold 

Project, Helping Hooves 

Therapeutic Riding, Holliston 

Auxiliary Police, Holliston High 

School’s All-Night Graduation 

Party, Holliston in Bloom, Holliston 

Pantry Shelf, Holliston Parks 

and Recreation Summer Concerts, 

Holliston Police Department, 

Holliston Public Library, 

Junior First Lego League, Miller 

Marathon Fitness Challenge, 

Miller School Senior Gift Bags, 

and Youth Making A Difference 

- Holliston Extended Day. 

So what do you get when you 

mix talented crafters and delicious 

food with a great community 

cause? The go-to event of 

the season! 

CRAFT FAIR 2016 

Date: Sunday, November 20 

Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 

Place: Holliston High School, 

370 Hollis St 

Admission: Adults $6; Seniors 

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Washington Street 

Players’ Moon Over 

Buffalo Sure to 

Get Laughs 


Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo 

is “just pure humor,” says Jim 

Porter, who is directing the Washington 

Street Players production 

that will continue on November 

3-5, at Holliston Town Hall. 

“It’s a classic farce, written 

by probably the foremost guy 

in farce right now,” says Porter. 

That includes door slamming 

and people not understanding 

what’s going on with each other, 

says the director. Mixed messages 

create hilarity in the script. 

That’s what Porter likes about it. 

The activity in the play centers 

around has-been actors George 

(Chris Ereth, of Framingham) 

and Charlotte (Karen Dinehart) 

Hay. The aging actors are “touring, 

doing repertory, but there 

are problems within the company, 

with making budget, paying 

people, a little hanky panky 

going on causing great trouble,” 

says Porter, who went to school 

for theatre and has been directing 

for 20 years, although this is 

the first WSP production he has 

directed. 

The show features a Deaf 

grandmother, Ethel, Charlotte’s 

mother (Judy Davis), who 

hates George, a fetching young 

daughter, Roz (Erin Anderson, 

of Milford), a local weatherman, 

Howard (Billy Del Sesto, 

of Framingham) and a company 

manager, Paul (Mark Prokes). 

A young love interest, Eileen, is 

played by Krystyana Greaves, 

and a lawyer, Richard, played by 

Paul Gillespie, who tries to steal 

Charlotte from George. 

“There’s a lot of physical 

comedy, swordplay and people 

falling off the stage,” says Porter. 

In fact, Washington Street Players 

brought in a stage combat 

trainer to keep those scenes safe 

for actors. “Whether it’s chases 

in cars or doors slamming, it’s so 

outrageous that it’s side-splitting 

funny.” 

Porter says co-producers Sue 

Ann Czotter and Nate Callahan 

have worked very hard on 

this production, and he credits 

Rich Greaves, of Ashland, with 

building the set and doing all the 

lights. 

Moon Over Buffalo will be presented 

at Holliston Town Hall, at 

8 p.m., on November 3, 4, and 

5. Tickets in advance are $15 

students and seniors, $18 general 

public; Tickets at door $17 

students and seniors, $20 general 

public. For more information 

and to buy tickets, visit wsplayers. 

net or all (508) 306-1442. 

Shown are Washington Street Players Karen Dinehart and Chris Erath rehearsing a fight scene in Moon 

Over Buffalo, while in the background, Rich Greaves builds the set. The show will take place this month on 

November 3, 4 and 5 at Holliston Town Hall. 

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Stony Brook Announces Its November Programming! 

Whoo’s Out There: Stony 

Brook Nightlife Prowl!: Friday, 

November 4th, from 5 -6:30 p.m. 

This is a night to explore the fascinating 

world of owls and other 

creatures of the night at Stony 

Brook. We will start the evening 

with a short introduction to the 

creatures of the night living on 

the sanctuary grounds, practice 

our owl hoots and take a look 

at what makes nighttime critters 

so special. Then we’ll head 

out on the trail to look and listen. 

After our walk we’ll warm up 

with some hot chocolate. Fee: 

$8m/$11nm per person 

Tiny Trekkers: Saturdays, 

November 5th and 19th, from 

10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Start your 

weekend off right with a fun 

and knowledgeable Stony Brook 

teacher on the trails. Each day 

will have a special topic created 

to excite about the natural world. 

There will be crafts, activities and 

lots of laughter. This month’s 

themes: Animals of the Night/ 

Turkey Talk. Ages 2.9 to 6 with 

a parent. Fee: $5m/$6nm per 

person per session 

Saturday Family Science: 

Beaver Walk: Saturday, November 

12th, from 4 -5:30 p.m. 

There is no more exciting time to 

get out onto the sanctuary than 

around sunset. The fading light 

signals many of the animals that 

it is time to start their daily activities. 

Creatures such as bats, 

moths, beavers, foxes, raccoons 

and many others will become active, 

foraging and moving about. 

Bring your flashlight and we’ll 

cover the lens in red to preserve 

our night vision before we head 

outside. Designed for families 

with adults participating with 

their children. Fee: $5m/$6nm 

per person 

Cape Cod Bays & Beaches: 

Saturday, November 12th, from 

8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Late Autumn 

sees a fine variety of seabirds, 

gulls, terns, gannets and late 

shorebirds at the bays off Cape 

Cod. We will stop at Corporation 

Beach in Dennis, Crosby’s Landing 

in Brewster, and Fort Hill National 

Park in Eastham. All three 

sites are reliable for wading birds, 

gulls, eider ducks, buffleheads, 

and other sea ducks. Wear sturdy 

boots, bring a lunch and binoculars. 

Car pool from Stony Brook, 

departing at 8:00 a.m. Fee: $60m 

- $72nm per person 

Exploring the Landscape for 

Clues to Our Past: Sunday, November 

13th, from 9:30 -11:30 

a.m. Have your ever wondered 

what the forests in your neighborhood, 

local park or own backyard 

looked like 10. 25, 50 or 100 

years ago? Every landscape holds 

clues that can be used to understand 

past land uses. All one has 

to do is to understand how to 

read the clues. Join Doug Williams 

to learn and practice forest 

investigation skills while Sanctuary 

searching for clues to past 

land use. Fee: $8m/$10nm per 

person 

Fundamentals of Pleine-Air 

Painting: Saturday, November 

19th, from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. 

Pleine-Air Painting means literally 

painting the image where 

you find it. Stony Brook provides 

the perfect site for painting 

of this kind. Maia Howes will 

guide us through the fundamentals, 

including searching out and 

composing potential scenes and 

handling color, value, hue and intensity. 

Have fun, learn the techniques 

and express yourself by 

capturing the beauty of nature 

in autumn. Fee: $65m/$78nm 

per person 

Pre-registration is required for 

all programs (except as noted). 

For more details, visit the Mass 

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The Snow is the Story 

By John Kelley 

editor 

As with most stories, there are 

two sides. Some would s e the new 

snowfa l as (cold) beauty, while 

other s e a nuisance to b endured. 

Sch ol children s e a unique opportunity 

for play, or a day o from 

sch ol. The pragmatist s es the 

cycle of water that includes evaporation 

in one season, and condensation 

in another. At some point, 

many people understand it as a fact 

of life, sometimes mild, at other 

times dangerous. 

Certainly, we ar experiencing 

a harsh winter by most standards. 

From October through most of January, 

we did not s e this coming. 

Over a thr e w ek period through 

the mi dle of February, Ashland 

has received about six f et of snow. 

Fortunately, the town has the capability 

to deal e fectively with the 

e fects of the storms, and the sta f 

a the Department of Public Works 

(DPW) has demonstrated superb 

fortitude in executing one of their 

Snow Story 


Hundreds Expected 

to Attend Second 

Annual Metrowest 

Co lege Fair and 

Career Day 

Event wi l be held on Saturday, 

March 21 at Ashland High Sch ol 

By liz taurasi 

Students and families 

from more than 15 local high 

sch ols acro s the area wi l 

have the chance to be armed 

with a l the information they 

n ed as they begin the college 

search proce s thanks to 

the second a nual Metrowest 

Co lege Fair and Car er Day 

set for Saturday, March 21. 

Co-sponsored by the 

Ashland PTO and Ashland 

Education Foundation, the 

event began in 2014 with the 

goal of providing valuable 

information to families with 

children in high sch ol navigating 

the path to the right 

co lege or car er upon graduation. 

Last year more than 

2 0 students participated in 

the event which included 

representatives from 150 colleges 

and profe sionals from 

more 1 0 di ferent car ers. 

The 2015 Metrowest College 

Fair and Car er Day 

takes place on Saturday, 

March 21 from 9 - 1 a.m. at 

Ashland High Sch ol, 65 E. 

Union St. in Ashland. 

Organizer say they expec 

to s e an increase in attend 

es a this year’s event, 

and expec to have the same 

Co lege Fair 


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The night was bi ter cold, but 

for the 20+ folks who showed up 

a the Franklin Public Library for 

the first m eting of the Genealogy 

Club, it was a time to talk 

about family co nections and 

countries of origin. Many participants 

were from Franklin, with a 

few from Milford, Norfolk and 

Be lingham. The theme of connections 

was consistent as each 

person explained their interest in 

participating in the group. 

Linda Batchelder of Franklin 

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genealogy because of a relative’s 

ashes that remain in her a tic. 

“His name was Bertul—he died 

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a friend of my grandfather’s,” 

Batchelder began. “When my 

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relative of ours.” 

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have lots of relations who must 

sti l be alive—I’ve never found 

the death certificates for them, 

even though some of them were 

born in 1802, so they must sti l 

be alive!” 

Among those who a tended 

were people with r ots in Finland, 

Poland, Germany, and 

England, besides several of 

Scots-Irish descent. Buchanio 

was pleased with the turnout— 

she had b en afraid n one would 

show up. Buchanio has had a 

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Dean Co lege jus turned 150 

years old on February 19, what 

it refers to as “Founders Day,” 

and today, its students are 

guided as persona ly as they 

were a century and a half ago. 

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A times, we hear news reports 

of a beloved parent with 

Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, 

who has wandered ou the 

front d or and into the w ods, 

or other situations where a child 

or t en with Autism or a mental 

health i sue has an unfortunate 

encounter with police officers 

who weren’t aware of the child’s 

special circumstances and fears. 

In these cases, a li tle knowledge 

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aims to arm itself with 

that knowledge and ge to be ter 

know and strengthen its relationship 

with the co munity it 

serves and protects – and it n eds 

co munity response to make it 

ha pen. 

In January, The Ho liston 

Police Department launched 

the C.A.R.E. (Children and 

Residents Encounter) program, 

aimed at helping police gather 

information about member of 

the co munity with special 

n eds, to help foster a relationship 

with the co munity. 

Lt. Craig Denman is overs e- 

ing the program, which was officia 

ly launched in January. 

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It’s b en a rea ly long winter. 

Members of Ho liston’s Agricultural 

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are asking a very logical question 

– “Is It Spring, Yet?” with 

their Second A nual Family 

Event welcoming the season on 

Sunday, March 2, from 12-4 

p.m., to take place at Br ezy 

Hi l Farm, 583 Adams Str et, 

Ho liston. As it did last year, 

th event wi l feature baby animals 

and farm-related fun for 

the whole family, and the suggested 

family donation, which 

wi l su port Ho liston AgCom, 

is just $5. 

“This is just a fun event for 

families in town, because the 

town i so su portive of agriculture,” 

says Paula Mark, member 

of the Agricultural Co mi sion 

who has lived in Ho liston for 

12 years on land, she says, that’s 

b en in her husband’s family 

for generations. “When we got 

this property, it was inevitable 

that I was going to turn it into 

a farm,” she says, explaining, 

with a smile, that her sma l farm 

has grown from just chickens to 

now, b es, alpacas, a horse and 

ra bit. The 4H leader hopes her 

place can someday be a place 

for “ kids to come to reco nect 

to nature and learn how to act 

around animals.” 

Animals – in fact, animal 

families, are sure to be what 

Ho liston kids and their own 

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Chuck Tashjian Publisher of 

Local Town Pages, along with 

Lori Ko ler, Advertising Sales 

Manager for the company, aim 

t o fer Hopedale residents a lot 

more than the premiere i sue of 

the paper in their mailboxes this 

month; they hope to foster a new 

co nection to their co munity. 

“I have b en with Local 

Town Pages for over 6 years, 

and starting a Hopedale paper, 

as a resident of the town for the 

past 19 years has always b en a 

dream of mine! With the help 

of 2014 Hopedale High Sch ol 

Alumni, Kyle Ko ler, who has 

b en working for Local Town 

Pages for the past year -anda-half 

as our Advertising Sales 

A sistant, and is cu rently attending 

UNH, and Tyler D’Urso, 

cla s of 2013, who we contracted 

during his winter break from NC 

State, we were able to make the 

dream a reality,” says Ko ler. 

Kyle and Tyler canva sed the 

area of Hopedale, Milford, Mendon 

and Upton to spread the word 

to area busine ses that we were 

starting the Hopedale paper. They 

a cumulated contact information 

and then made a pointments 

for Lori Ko ler to m et with the 

prospective advertisers. Within a 

two-w ek time frame, this team 

knew tha the paper was going to 

be a su ce s. 

“I couldn’t be more proud 

of these two young men for the 

hard work tha they put forth to 

make this ha pen,” says Ko ler. 

“Also with the help of Susa ne 

Ode l our Advertising A count 

Manager for the pas two years, 

and several existing advertisers, 

the su ce s for the first edition 

was even more than we had expected.” 

Twenty-five hundred copies of 

the tabloid-sized newspaper wi l 

be produced each month, and 

these wi l be direct mailed fr e 

of charge to households and busine 

ses in Hopedale. The paper 

wi l also be available in its fu l 

format at w.hopedaletownnews.com 

starting in April. 

“This paper is to let residents 

of each town know what’s going 

on in their local co munities,” 

says Tashjian, who envisions his 

publication as a way fo readers 

to stay abreast of a l tha their 

towns have t o fer, including 

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The Li tle White Market Wi l Be Back Be ter than Ever at End of Month 


Just over six years ago, 

Tracey Liberatore had a 

vision for the property she 

drove by at 5 Depot Str et 

in Hopedale just over six 

years ago. 

“I thought it would 

make a cute li tle market, 

and we didn’t have anything 

like that in Hopedale,” 

says the Hopedale 

Mom and 21-year-resident 

of the town. And if anyone 

could turn that li tle 

shop into the kitchen of 

the co munity, Tracey 

could. She’d worked in 

the f od industry since she 

was a t en, later partnering 

t open a pub in Milford 

ca led “One Flight Down,” 

through which Liberatore 

began her pa sion for f od 

and catering. The Courtyard in 

Milford a preciated her talents 

so much they asked her to run 

its restaurant, and she later came 

back to lead the kitchen, wi ning 

the Ma rio t Diamond A sociate 

and Make a Di ference Awards. 

Busy wit her two boys, Liberatore 

started slo wit her 

new li tle market. Pre ty s on, 

she built a su ce sfu luncheon 

busine s. 

“I think we have a real home 

f eling,” says Tracey. “It’s very 

comfy, like you’re walking into 

your grandmother’s 

kitchen. It’s cozy, and 

there are sme ls (o f od 

c oking).” 

Liberatore and her 

sta f c ok a l of the 

dishes right on the premises. 

“We do a lot of 

homemade soups and 

salads, everything from 

scratch,” says Liberatore. 

“We even roast 

our turkeys here, make 

meatba ls, and we o fer 

di ners, including 

chicken Marsala and 

b ef stew,” she says. 

In fact, Hopedale 

residents and local busine 

ses have begun to 

take advantage of the 

catering options, an area 

Liberatore is excited to 

grow. 

“We do a lot of catering,” 

says Liberatore, who can provide 

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Last year, the volunt er 

members of the Mi lis Cultural 

Council were brainstorming for 

an artistic, cultural even that 

coul draw people from a l different 

areas of the co munity 

together, something that was not 

just sch ol, or senior citizen or 

music-related, something that 

drew people from a l di ferent 

ages and backgrounds. The result? 

The Mi lis Film Festival. 

This year, it’s back, and the 

Second A nual Mi lis Film Festival’s 

got more su por than 

ever from local busine ses and 

organizations. This year’s event, 

which wi l take place on Saturday 

March 7, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. wi l 

feature 16 films, nine in the adult 

category and seven from Mi dle 

Sch ol fil makers, The Film 

Festival wi l be held in the Roche 

Brothers Co munity r om a the 

Mi lis Public Library, 961 Main 

Str et, Mi lis. 

Garzon a ds, “Through Carol 

(Ha gerty), an ar teacher at Millis 

High Sch ol, we’ve b en able 

to partner with Danie le Manion 

a the sch ol, and that’s where a 

lot of these films are coming out 

of. 

The festival is ge ting it out 

of the sch ols and into the community.” 

The adult category encompa 

ses more than high sch ol 

films, however. Some came from 

adults outside of Mi lis, and this 

year, prizes reflect a growing interest 

from the co munity in the 

endeavor. 

“We’ve had 16 local busine 

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Mi lis ro ls Out the red Carpet 

for Second Year 

Mi lis Film Festival March 7 

Grease is the Word 

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students from grades 9-12 wi l “go 

together” as cast members, dance 

ensemble, production crew and 

pit band for the musical, Grease 

this month, to be presented from 

March 12-14, at 7:30 p.m. 

The musical features an a ray 

of characters, singing an dancing 

their way through their senior year 

at Ri de l High Sch ol. The show, 

with music and lyrics wri ten by 

Jim Jacobs and Wa ren Casey, is 

fu l of energy and includes comedy, 

romance, and the great sounds 

of the 1950’s. The popula rockn-ro 

l musical numbers, including 

“Greased Lightning,” “We Go Together” 

and “Shaken’ a the High 

Sch ol Hop” wi l have the audience 

moving to the beat. 

“I’m rea ly excited to put on 

this production. It wa something 

the students had b en angling for 

a number of years,” says director 

and MHS English teacher Spencer 

Christie. “When the music director 

(Kendra Nu ting) and I sat down 

over the su mer, we thought it 

was the perfect fit, the perfect 

score.” 

Each spring the MHS Musical 

presents a fu l-scale musical comprising 

of Medway High Sch ol 

students. The MHS Musical a lows 

students to be directly involved in 

acting, singing an dancing onstage, 

playing in our pit band, and 

various o portunities o f-stage as 

we l. 

The cast alone for this productio 

numbers 50, says Christie, 

with another 50 students working 

backstage as crew. Two students 

wi l play in the orchestra pit, although 

due to the complexity of 

the music, “we have hired some 

profe sional musicians as we l,” 

says Christie. 

Lead roles were chosen by audition, 

and these cast members include 

both experienced and novice 

players. 

“I’ve only ever done acting at 

Medway High Sch ol,” says Cam 

Swan, cast in the role as “Da ny.” 

“I’ve never taken any voice le sons 

or anything like that.” 

The role, says Swan, is di ferent 

from anything he’s done in 

the past. Da ny is “kind of complicated, 

he puts on thi show for 

a l his friends, but when you rea ly 

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Do you know wha tests your 

child is taking thi spring? One 

local residen thinks parents are 

uninformed abou the new education 

standards and the a companying 

tests being considered by the 

state of Ma sachuse ts. He hopes 

to bring the polarizing i sue to the 

forefront at Norfolk Town M eting 

and on the town election ballot. 

The United States is embarking 

on an unprecedented journey 

to unify education standards for a l 

students in kindergarten through 

12th grade. Known as the Common 

Core State Standards Initiative, 

these standard set co mon 

education benchmarks acro s the 

country in order to prepare students 

for co lege and the workforce. 

The Co mon Core uses the 

Partnership for A se sment of 

Readine s for Co lege and Car 

ers, or the PAR C exam, to test 

ho we l students have learned the 

new cu riculum. In Ma sachuse ts, 

the PAR C exam wi l eventua ly 

replace the Ma sachuse ts Comprehensive 

A se sment System, 

or MCAS test. 

Norfolk resident Patrick 

Touhey would like to pu the 

brakes on the PAR C test and 

force discu sion of the new standards 

and whether or no the 

Norfolk and King Philip sch ols 

should implemen them. Touhey 

wi l be placing an article on the 

Norfolk Town M eting wa rant 

to remove Co mon Core and 

PAR C testing from the sch ols 

in a non-binding vote. He is also 

a tempting to get enough signatures 

to place the question on the 

ba lot for the town election this 

spring. 

Touhey hopes these actions 

wi l send a me sage to local sch ol 

co mi t es and the State Department 

of Education: “We don’t 

agr e with the PAR C testing and 

Co mon Core cu riculum.” He 

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the pre-2 09 Ma sachuse ts educational 

state standards. 

Touhey is part of a group 

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Town Meeting 

By Grace a len 

After a tough winter, the 

co munity can l ok forward to 

a w ek of nature i mersion that 

doesn’t involve snow. The King 

Philip Science National Honor 

Society wi l be hosting naturalist 

Brent Nixon during the w ek of 

March 17 to 24. Several events 

are pla ned for the sch ols and 

the tri-town area. 

Nixon, a renowned science 

educator, has dedicated his life 

to endangered species research. 

Known for his high energy, interpretive 

science shows, Nixon 

travels extensively to promote 

environmental education. In 

a dition to his research work 

and publications, Nixon has appeared 

on TV, radio, and in print 

media. 

The Naturalist-in-Residence 

w ek was the idea of A n Lambert, 

a science teacher at KP 

High Sch ol and the advisor for 

the sch ol’s Science National 

Honor Society. Lambert had 

traveled to Alaska on a cruise 

and Nixon was the naturalist on 

board. 

“His pa sion for his work, 

knowledge about his topics, 

and vivacious, entertaining, 

and informational presentation 

style was what made me think it 

would be a great o portunity for 

the KP students and co munity 

if we could bring him here,” said 

Lambert. 

Lambert believes that when 

students actua ly m et scientists 

and interact with them, science 

becomes interesting and fun. 

Nixon’s expertise on wildlife and 

field research should prov eyeopening 

to students who spend 

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Natick residents a lot more than 

the premiere i sue of localtownpages 

in their mailboxes 

this month; he hopes to foster 

a new co nection to their community. 

Over 16, 0 copies of 

the tabloid-sized newspaper 

wi l be produced each month, 

and these wi l be direct mailed 

fr e of charge to households 

and busine ses in the town. The 

paper wi l also be available in its 

fu l format at w.Naticktownnews.com. 

“This paper is to let residents 

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on in their local co munity,” 

says Tashjian, who envisions his 

publication as a way fo readers 

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have t o fer, including town 

news, nonprofit organizations, 

town sports and local busine ses. 

A companying the news resource 

wi l be an easy-to use online 

directory serving the Metro 

west area. Online visitors wi l be 

able to a ce s th entire newspaper, 

as we l as a ce s co munity 

links, coupons for localbusine ses 

and cla sified ads. 

Tashjian began his entrepreneurial 

car er in 1 9 as owner 

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t o fset printing in 2 04. 

He then expanded his busine s 

to include the production of 

local telephone directories in the 

Dover, Sherborn, Uxbridge and 

su rounding areas. As a sma l 

busine s owner, the publisher is 

acutely aware of the cha lenges 

area busine ses face in reaching 

key audiences with their limited 

funds or vechile’s to reach the 

whole town of Natick. Local 

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help. The organization, which 

was founded in 1979 by Natick 

residents Joe and Edna Gi lis, is 

co mi ted to helping provide 

emergency f od and clothing 

to residents in the MetroWest 

co munity. 

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It’s b en years in the making, 

but despite some majo roadblocks 

an delays, University 

Station in Westw od is fina ly 

opening for busine s in March. 

And with it come some big 

name stores the area has b en 

waiting for, including Target (set 

t open March 4, s e related story 

on page 13) and Wegmans, both 

of which wi l anchor the complex. 

University Station, when 

fu ly complete, is expected to 

include a proximately 50, 0 

square f et of retail and restaurant 

space, along with residential 

apartments and more. 

University Station officia ly 

opens for busine s in March as 

we l as 16 busine ses, including: 

Target, Marsha ls/HomeG ods, 

Nordstrom Rack, Sports Authority, 

PetSmart, Michaels, ULTA 

Beauty, Kay Jewelers, Starbucks, 

Smashburger, Famous F otwear, 

Fidelity Investments, Dre s Barn, 

David’s Bridal, Panera Bread, 

and Charming Charlies. 

Situated on 120 acres, University 

Station, isn’t just going to be 

a new sho ping destination, it’s 

also a co munity. The mixeduse 

development wi l feature 

a blend of retail stores, restaurants, 

recreation and residential 

housing. The initial residential 

component of the project wi l 

include Gables residential, which 

wi l feature 350 luxury apartment 

units, as we l as Bridges 

by Epoch, a memory care facility; 

both also expected t open 

this year. Gables Residential is 

projected t open in late spring 

2015, a cording to New England 

Development officials. 

A ditiona ly, University Station 

is expected to have up to 

350, 0 square f et of o fice 

space available. 

The project has b en a long 

time in the making. In 2 07, 

the project was put on hol due 

to pla ning and financial i sues. 

In 2 08, Wegmans was held up 

from coming in after a local state 

representative ca led for a home 

rule petition to a prove the liquor 

license for Wegmans at what was 

then known as Westw od Station. 

This ha pened just as the 

legislature was ready to move 

ahead with the a proval. A the 

time, some local representatives 

were concerned about giving 

Wegmans an advantage over 

Roche Bros. Both Wegmans and 

Roche Bros wer eventua ly able 

to secure b er and wine licenses 

in the spring of 2012. Westw od 

Special Town M eting a proved 

the long-awaited project back in 

May, 2013. Developers broke 

ground on the project six months 

later. 

University Station is being 

developed by New England Development, 

along with Eastern 

Real Estate and National Development. 

“We l ok forward to welcoming 

local and area residents to 

this new sho ping destination,” 

Dougla s Karp, president of New 

England Development said in a 

formal statement. “University 

Station wi l be an exciting new 

a dition to Westw od and brings 

together a mix of popular stores, 

restaurants, housing and more.” 


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Exsultet! will perform “Music for the Soul” at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, 

November 5, 2016, at First Congregational Church, 725 Washington 

Street, Holliston. 

This event is a blend of music, poetry and drama that is created 

for the enjoyment of audiences of all ages. Exsultet! performances are 

known to “enliven, enrich, and elate the spirit!” 

If you purchase your tickets before Wednesday, November 2nd, 

you pay the special price of: 

General Admission: $15 

Senior and Youth: $12 

Children under 13 free 

Ticket prices go up on November 2nd to: 

General Admission: $20 

Senior and Youth: $17 

Child under 13 free 

Holliston Houses of Worship 

to Celebrate Inter-Faith 

Thanksgiving 

What are you thankful for? Reviving an old tradition, the town is invited to come together for 

an Inter-Faith Service of Thanksgiving shared by the clergy and congregations of First Congregational 

Church, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Christ the King Lutheran Church, and Temple 

Beth Torah. The service will be on Sunday, November 20th at 4 p.m. at First Congregational (725 

Washington Street). Before the holiday rush begins, take a moment to center yourself and give 

thanks for all of the blessings you have received. All are invited. For more information, visit www. 

hollistonucc.org or call Richard Larraga (781) 249-9534. 

Purchase tickets at www.exsultet.us 

Worship Services at St. 

Michael’s Episcopal Church 

Saint Michael’s Episcopal Church, 1162 

Highland Street, holds worship services at 

8 a.m. and 10 a.m. every Sunday. 8 a.m. is 

a Rite I Eucharist with traditional language, 

and 10am is our Rite Ii service with music 

and choir. Our Sunday School meets at 9:45 

on Sundays (excluding school holidays and 

long weekends) and serves children from 3 

years old to 8th grade. We also hold an adult 

education class at 9 a.m. on various topics of 

faith and spirituality which is led by our rector, 

the Reverend Sarah Robbins-Cole, and 

also by members of our congregation. For 

more information on our services, and all 

other programs, please contact Saint Michael’s 

office (508) 429-4248, or email stmichholl@aol.com, 

or visit our website www. 

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“Parents with teens who possess a Learner’s Permit will 

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This guide is a useful tool that will improve safety and the 

driving experience for teens learning how to drive and 

their families,” said Senator Ross. 

The Parent’s Supervised Driving Program is of no cost to families 

or taxpayers. The guide will be mailed to the parents/ 

guardians of all Learner’s Permit recipients within two 

to three weeks after a teen receiving his/her permit. The 

program contains information and lessons on driving basics, 

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There is No Better Time then NOW! 

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If you are up to your eyeballs 

in snow with temperatures falling 

into the negatives and icicles 

cascading from your eaves, you 

are going to really regret not 

replacing your heating system 

back in the fall. With our beautiful 

summers, we tend to forget 

how brutal our winters can be. A 

New England winter is no time 

to be without heat! There is no 

better time than now to replace 

that old furnace or Air Conditioner. 

When it comes to our 

heating and cooling systems, we 

never really think about them as 

long as they are performing as 

they should be. They just keep 

on chugging along in the background 

keeping us warm in the 

winter and cool in the summer. 

However, if you have a system 

that is fairly old or have been 

having issues with your current 

system, the middle of winter is 

no time to go without heat while 

installing a new furnace. Likewise, 

why wait until the heat and 

humidity of next summer to get 

that new A/C. Now is the best 

time of year to pull the trigger on 

replacing your heating or cooling 

system, here are the reasons why: 

• Mass Save Rebates are still 

available! However, there are 

limited funds remaining that 

can run out any time after 

October. 

• Manufacturer Rebates just 

started again this month and 

are at their highest. Rebates 

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Up to $1,200 off your complete 

system. These end in 

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Holliston Garden Club Hosts 

“Container Gardening for 

the Holidays” 

The Holliston Garden Club has announced that the presenter at their traditional holiday 

program will be Deborah Trickett, the owner of The Captured Garden, an award-winning 

container garden designer and a Massachusetts certified horticulturist and landscape professional. 

Unique winter boxes and other containers will be created as a live demonstration 

on Friday, November 4, 2016 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church Parish Hall, at 8 

Church Street in Holliston. A wide array of hors d’oeuvres and sweets prepared by Garden 

Club members will precede the demonstration, starting at 7 p.m. 

Tickets for “Designing Container Gardens” are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. 

Advance tickets may be purchased at these Holliston locations: 

Coffee Haven, 76 Railroad Street 

Arcadian Farm, 200 Norfolk Street 

Outpost Farm, 216 Prentice Street 

Debra’s Flowers, 44 Central Street 

Interested parties can also send a check with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Holliston 

Garden Club, c/o L. Guertin, 485 Central Street, Holliston, MA 01746. 

For more information, go to the Holliston Garden Club website at www.hollistongardenclub.org 

or phone Susan Russo at (508) 330-8688 or Lee Guertin at (508) 429-5077.


Community Events 


WSP presents Moon Over 

Buffalo, 8 p.m., Holliston 

Town Hall, tickets and info at 

WSplayers.net . 

Evening Book Club, at 

6:30 p.m.: Americanah, by 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 

Holliston Public Library, 752 

Washington Street, Holliston 


Holliston Garden Club 

presents “Designing Container 

Gardens,” by Deborah 

Trickett, the owner of The 

Captured Garden, an awardwinning 

container garden 

designer and a Massachusetts 

certified horticulturist and 

landscape professional. 

Unique winter boxes and other 

containers will be created as 

a live demonstration, 7:30 

p.m. at St. Mary’s Church 

Parish Hall, 8 Church Street 

in Holliston hors d’oeuvres 

and sweets will precede the 

demonstration, starting at 7 

p.m. www.hollistongardenclub. 

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Holliston Newcomers 

Thanksgiving Basket Food 

Drive, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m., Shaw’s 

Supermarket, Ashland 

Music for the Soul, 7:30 

p.m., features Exsultet! First 

Congregational Church, 725 

Washington Street, Holliston, 

tickets before November 2 are 

$15, senior and youth $12 or 

free for children 13 and under. 

Following November 2, tickets 

are $20, senior and youth $17 

or free for children 13 and 

under. Purchase tickets at www. 

exsultet.us 

The Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra presents “In the 

Shadow of Ludwig Van” – a 

program featuring music of 

Beethoven, Felix Mendelssohn 

and Johannes Brahms – two 

great composers whose life 

work was influenced by 

the memory of the great 

Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. Milford 

Town Hall, 52 Main Street, 

Route 16 in Downtown 

Milford, Tickets $25 to $40 

for single concert ticket 

purchases, and $99 to $150 

for season tickets (508) 478- 

5924. Individual concert 

ticket purchases can be 

made online by visiting www. 

claflinhill.org 


Mount Hollis Lodge of 

Masons Community Breakfast, 

8-11 a.m., 657 Washington 

Street, Holliston, $7 adults, 

kids under 8 free, call (508) 

474-9444 or visit www. 

mounthollislodge.org for more 

information. 


Morning Book Club, 

11 a.m., Americanah, by 

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 




“Healthy Holiday 

Entertaining” at 7 p.m., 


Washington Street, Holliston, 

featuring Liz Barbour from 

The Creative Feast. Tasting 

is included and the program 

is limited to 35 participants. 

Registration is required. 


Thank You Veterans 

Veterans Day Service, 10:30 

am, with a wreath placing at 

the flagpole at Blair Square 

honoring Iraq/Afghanistan 

veterans, followed by turkey 

dinner for veterans sponsored 

by the Holliston American 

Legion. 


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and Classic Films: The Meddler, 

12:30 p.m., Holliston Public 

Library, 752 Washington 

Street, Holliston 


History Book Club: JFK’s 

Forgotten Crisis by Bruce Reidel, 

6:30 p.m., ., Holliston Public 

Library, 752 Washington 

Street, Holliston 


Alzheimer’s Support Group, 

Golden Pond Assisted Living 

and Memory Care (50 West 

Main St., Hopkinton) 5-6 p.m. 

in The Lodge. The Alzheimer’s 

Association Approved Support 

Group in New England is 

free, open to the public, and 

focuses on individuals who 

care for people in the mid 

to late stages of Alzheimer’s 

and related Dementias. Light 

refreshments. Please call Liz 

Kemp, LCSW (508) 435-125- 

ext. 29 to register. 

Holliston High School 

Theatre 370 presents Legally 

Blonde, the Musical, 7:30 

p.m., Holliston High School 

auditorium, 370 Hollis Street, 

Holliston. Tickets are $15 for 

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Saint Joseph Christmas 

Marketplace and Bake Shoppe 

9 a.m. – 3 p.m., Saint Joseph 

Center, 145 Holliston Street, 

Medway, MA. A wonderful 

annual event featuring 

shopping, food and fun. Over 

50 crafters and artisans, local 

baked goods, raffles, children 

craft room and café featuring 

clam chowder and grilled 

items. Admission is free 


Inter-Faith Service of 

Thanksgiving shared by the 

clergy and congregations of 

First Congregational Church, 

St. Michael’s Episcopal 

Church, Christ the King 

Lutheran Church, and 

Temple Beth Torah. 4 p.m. 

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at First Congregational (725 

Washington Street). Before 

the holiday rush begins, 

take a moment to center 

yourself and give thanks for 

all of the blessings you have 

received. All are invited. For 

more information, visit www. 

hollistonucc.org or call Richard 

Larraga (781) 249-9534. 

Holliston Newcomers 39th 

Annual Craft Fair, 9 a.m. – 3 

p.m., Holliston High School, 

370 Hollis Street, Holliston, 

Adults $6, Seniors $3, ($1 off 

if you bring non-perishable 

item for food pantry, maximum 

discount $1 per person), free 

for kids under 12, visit www. 

hollistonnewcomers.org 


Classics Book Club: 

Persuasion, by Jane Austen, 

12 noon lower level of 




Holliston Business 

Association Annual Holiday 

Stroll, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., 

includes specials by local 

businesses, children’s activities, 

festival of trees, puppets, 

dance, music and even a visit 

from a jolly old elf, and more! 

Santa at 3 p.m. 

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November & December at Holliston Rec 

Holliston Parks & Recreation is excited to offer the following youth and adult programs 

in November & December: 

Munchkin Multi Sports (ages 4-6) begins Saturday, November 5 

Beginner Mosaics (grades 3-6) begins Tuesday, November 22 

Advanced Mosaics (grades 3-6) begins Wednesday, November 23 

Drawing & Cartooning classes (grades K-5) begins Wednesday, November 2 

Introduction to Wrestling (grades 1-5) begins Monday, November 28 

Men’s Over 35 Basketball begins on Monday, December 5 & Thursday, December 8 

New York City Day Trip on Saturday, December 10 from 6 a.m.-11 p.m. 

ELECTION DAY PROGRAMS-November 8 (No School day) 

Interviewing skills for High Schoolers - $40 

Visual Notetaking (Put your doodles to work) for middle & high schoolers - $60 

For more information and to register, visit our website: www.townofholliston.us/ 

parks-recreation or contact us at (508) 429-2149.


Sports 

Holliston Volleyball Players 

Ready Younger Set to Take Torch 

By Christopher Tremblay 

Playing in a rather competitive 

volleyball league, Holliston is 

looking to improve and venture 

away from the rest of the middle 

of the pack teams in the Tri Valley 

League. However, with only 

three seniors, the Panthers are 

going to have their work cut out 

for them. 

Leading the way into the 

upper half of the TVL will be tricaptains 

Julia Dykema, Lindsay 

Kester and Maggie McCallum. 

Dykema and McCallum will play 

the outside hitter positions, while 

Kester is the team’s setter. 

“I’m looking for the captains 

to provide the leadership to the 

younger girls and prepare them 

for the next few years, pushing 

them to get better,” Panther 

Coach Brian Lehtinen said. “I 

told the seniors that they need 

the younger players to gain that 

experience if they want to get 

into the tournament.” 

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In the middle of the court, 

Lehtinen has two big players in 

Alley Edwards and Emily Howland. 

The duo has provided Holliston 

with some raw talent in 

the middle, but is still in need of 

perfecting their spiking abilities 

as well as their blocking and hitting 

skills. 

Another key player will be libero 

Anna Koeva, who is a very 

dominant player as only a sophomore. 

According to the coach, 

the second year varsity player 

has kept the Panthers in many 

games this year using her defensive 

skills. 

In order for the Panthers to 

climb out of the lower half of 

the league and into the upper 

half, they are going to have to 

continue to grow as a team and 

beat the teams that they should 

and play the rest tough. 

“As a team we’re going to try 

to be aggressive on the court 

using a lot of back row hitting,” 

Lehtinen said. “If we are able to 

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this on a regular basis, then we 

will create some offensive challenges 

for the other teams.” 

Through the early part of the 

season Lehtinen has been pleasantly 

surprised in Howland, who 

has definitely worked hard during 

the off season to bring her 

game to the next level. 

“She came into tryouts looking 

to be our number one middle 

hitter,” the Panther coach said. 

“She’s very solid and a force to be 

reckoned with in the middle, and 

as a team we’re looking to add 

more plays for her to become 

even better.” 

As Holliston heads into the 

second half of the season, the 

Panthers find themselves with a 

very deep hole that’s going to be 

very tough to climb out of. 

“With only one win so far 

we basically have to win out, it’s 

going to be extremely tough,” 

Lehtinen said. “The girls are ok 

with the fact that they may not 

make the tournament this year. 

Panther Coach Brian Lehtinen is looking for his best and most senior 

volleyball players to help bring younger, more inexperienced players 

up to tourney level. 

They play the sport for the love 

of it and are looking to work for 

the future.” 

The three Panther captains all 

concurred with their coach, and 

despite not winning on a regular 

basis, they all noted that they are 

working hard to make progress, 

not only for this year but also for 

the future of the program. 

The rest of the team includes 

Olivia Nguyen, Kylie Warren, 

Lara Cunningham, Madison 

Iarussi, Jessica Anwar, Caroline 

Tornifoglio and Ashley Rivas. 

With October being Breast 

Cancer Awareness month Holliston 

held its annual Play Pink 

game against Bellingham. The 

team was able to raise $1,200 for 

the Dana Farber Institute with 

still its Holliston Walk to come. 

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rival 3-1 in the contest; 25-20, 

25-23, 19-25 and 25-22. 

Holding a 2-0 lead in the 

possible five set contest, Coach 

Lehtinen decided to not only get 

some of his subs into the game 

for experience but also allowed 

them to be part of the Play Pink 

matchup with Bellingham. In 

the fourth and would be final 

set, Koeva took over serve with 

the contest knotted at 22 and 

proceeded to close out the Blackhawks 

with three straight service 

points, including an ace for the 

Panther’s 24th point. 

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Sports 

Keefe Selected as Holliston’s New Girls Hoop Coach 

By KEN HAMWEY 

Dan Keefe spent his last 14 

years working as Holliston’s 

freshman and junior-varsity girls 

basketball coach. Now, he’s ready 

to lead the Panthers at the varsity 

level. 

The 54-year-old Keefe, who is 

assistant director for the Natick 

Recreation and Parks Department, 

has been appointed as 

Holliston’s new coach, replacing 

Kristen Hedrick. Last year, Keefe 

served as the Panthers’ interim 

head coach, taking the reins 

when Hedrick stepped aside for 

medical reasons. 

The personable Keefe joined 

the Holliston program at Hedrick’s 

urging. His first five years 

were as frosh coach and the last 

nine were at the jayvee level. 

“Kristen is doing well, but she 

will be missed,’’ Keefe said. “She 

had great success as head coach. 

Her kids were always ready to 

play, everyone of them, and she 

built self-esteem in her kids. During 

varsity games, she wanted all 

her coaches on the bench and 

she welcomed input. She built 

confidence in me as a coach.’’ 

Before Keefe consented to 

joining Holliston’s staff in 2001, 

he told Hedrick that three conditions 

had to be met for him to 

accept the freshman job. “I told 

Kristen that all the kids had to 

play, I wanted to play man-toman, 

and I didn’t want any evaluation 

of me to be based only on 

wins and losses,’’ Keefe recalled. 

“Her response was ‘when can 

you start?’’’ 

As a freshman and jayvee 

coach, Keefe was acutely aware 

that his main function was to 

prepare players for the varsity. 

Now, winning is more of a frontburner 

priority. 

“My competitive philosophy 

is that winning will take care of 

itself if players learn teamwork, 

commit to the program and 

work hard,’’ Keefe emphasized. 

“Teams with less talent than others 

can win if their players sacrifice.’’ 

Keefe, who went 3-17 in his 

interim role last year, has one 

specific goal for this winter. He 

believes his Panther girls can 

qualify for tournament play. 

“We’ll be young after losing five 

senior starters,’’ he said. “And, 

we’ll have growing pains because 

of inexperience. The journey will 

be tough but getting to the tourney 

is possible.’’ 

Three valuable players returning 

are senior forward Rachel Elkinson 

and junior guards Grace 

Dzindolet and Tess Powers. The 

trio will be captains. “Rachel is 

tough and scrappy,’’ Keefe said. 

“She’s always at the right place at 

the right time. Grace is creative 

and spirited and can shoot while 

Tess is intense and versatile, can 

get to the hoop and has improved 

her basketball IQ.’’ 

Other core players include 

juniors Abby Rae Wells (guard), 

Kaleigh Powers (forward) and 

Kami Kozubal (forward) and 

sophomore Brooke Geoffroy. 

“They’re a quality, hard-working 

group that will surprise some 

people,’’ Keefe said. “Their upside 

is huge.’’ 

A resident of Natick for 50 

years, Keefe graduated from 

Natick High in 1980 where he 

played football, baseball and ran 

track. A second knee injury as a 

sophomore cut short his football 

career. A catcher-third baseman, 

he played two seasons of baseball 

and ran the 50 and 300 in track. 

Majoring in business administration 

at Merrimack College, he 

graduated in 1985, then worked 

first for Raytheon and later for 

Dunn & Bradstreet. For the last 

27 years, he’s worked in Natick’s 

recreation department. 

“As assistant director, I oversee 

summer camps, youth and adult 

programming, youth basketball 

and the town beach,’’ said Keefe, 

who is married and has a daughter. 

Fully understanding the 

value of athletics in a student’s 

life, Keefe knows that valuable 

life lessons can be learned. He’s 

eager to instill those lessons as 

the varsity coach. “A coach is in 

a position to help players learn 

sportsmanship and how to work 

as a team,’’ he said. “I also will 

try to develop an individual’s talents 

within a team framework.’’ 

A coach who plans on playing 

an up-tempo style with lots 

of pressure defense, Keefe pulled 

off a remarkable victory last year 

in the Panthers final game, which 

was Senior Night against Bellingham. 

His girls trailed by nine 

points with 1:30 left in the game. 

“Bellingham was 0-19 but 

came in all fired up,’’ he recalled. 

“We were playing not to lose and 

were making some mistakes. I 

had saved my timeouts and had 

three left. We went into a press, 

forced turnovers and got threepoint 

baskets from Grace and 

Tess. We hit our free throws and 

won it.’’ 

That was a study in how perseverance 

and calm leadership 

can enable a team to prevail. 

Keefe has coached youth sports 

and he’s been a basketball referee. 

He definitely knows the 

ropes. 

Kristen Hedrick was a superb 

coach and she’ll be greatly 

missed. But a new era is dawning 

and the transition to Dan Keefe 

should be smooth. 

Dan Keefe, who will be taking over coaching reins of Holliston Girls 

Basketball from Kristen Hedrick, believes winning will take care of 

itself if players learn teamwork, commit to the program and work hard. 

Our Ad & Editorial Deadline is the 15th of the month, 

for the following month’s issue


RE/MAX 5K Benefits Local Communities 

What: RE/MAX Executive Realty 

Charitable Foundation 5K 

Run/Walk Road Race followed 

by Breakfast and Silent Auction 

for participants. 

When: Saturday, November 19th 

Time: 9 a.m. 

Where: Hopkinton Country 

Club, 204 Saddle Hill Rd, Hopkinton 

Cost: $30 Registration Fee 

Information: The RE/MAX 

Executive Charitable Foundation 

is a non-profit, charitable 

foundation organized to carry 

out the philanthropic mission of 

RE/MAX Executive Realty and 

its Associates. The Foundation is 

established to fund financial or 

service based needs in the Company’s 

market area. Through 

community based grant requests, 

the Foundation’s primary goal is 

to improve the lives of families 

or individuals in the Foundations 

general market area. The 

Free 

Informational Seminar - Selling 

Your Home 

MOVE – It doesn’t have to be a 4 letter 

word 

Join us Monday November 7, 2016 at 6pm 

Millis Public Library 

961 Main Street, Millis 

Register at: 

www.MetroWestSellerSeminar.com 

or by calling 508-359-9674 

foundation raises money in a variety 

of ways; through our own 

agent support and membership, 

through the generosity of corporate 

sponsors and through the 

organizing of special fundraising 

events. 

Their upcoming event is their 

biggest annual fundraising event 

which is the RE/MAX Executive 

Realty Charitable Foundation 

5K Run/Walk Road Race being 

held this year in Hopkinton. This 

event is more than just an opportunity 

for runners to log more 

miles while helping a good cause. 

This year, the foundation is not 

only offering event T-shirts to the 

first 100 sign-ups for the race, but 

also offering a full breakfast and 

silent auction for participants 

and sponsors. Login to Facebook 

to see some of the items that will 

be available for bidding @ www. 

facebook.com/REMAXExecCF 

or go to RE/MAX Executive 

Realty’s website and find the link 

for the RE/MAX Executive Realty 

Charitable Foundation-5K 

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Expert panelists to include: 

 

Real estate professionals 

Mortgage advisor 

Moving and storage solutions 

Relocation counselor 

Road Race. 

It is through fundraising and 

donations, the RE/MAX Executive 

Charitable Foundation, a 

501(c)(3) non-profit organization, 

raises money throughout the year 

to provide relief where it is most 

needed in our communities. 

The foundation provides financial 

and service based assistance 

to families and individuals who 

may be in need due to health, 

medical or a catastrophic emergency. 

Over $100,000 has been 

donated in just less than 10 years 

since inception, to help improve 

the lives of families and individuals 

in need. The foundation 

is currently seeking local business 

people as sponsors for the 

event in levels of Gold Sponsor 

$500.00, Silver Sponsor $250.00 

or Bronze Sponsor $100.00 as 

well as any donation, small or 

large, from neighbors and friends 

in the business community who 

would like to donate with the 

promise of being recognized as 

a Sponsor or donor in a variety 

of ways. 

The silent auction is a special 

addition to the annual road race 

event and will have something for 

everyone. Participants can sign 

up for the race directly by going 

to www.Remax.racewire.com. 

The foundation is there to help 

the community throughout the 

year, and grant requests can be 

found on the company website 

at http://www.remax-executiverealty-ma.com. 

 

 

 

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Holliston Stroll Special 

Fi#h Annual ‘Haircuts for a Cause’ 

November 26 th 2016 from 12PM to 3PM 

All Haircuts $ 10 

choice of dry cut or with shampoo 

Also 

Henna Ta

Holliston November 2016

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