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Holliston Boy Scouts 

Replenish Pantry Shelves 

Annual Scouting for Food Drive Yields 193 Bags of 

Groceries for Pantry Shelf 

By J.D. O’Gara 

On Saturday, November 12, 

2016, members of Holliston’s 

Boy Scout Troop 14 worked 

hard to collect items and sort 

them for their annual Scouting 

for Food Drive in Holliston. 

Holliston Boy Scouts from Troop 14 were abuzz the morning of 

November 12, carrying and sorting food for the Holliston Pantry 

Shelf in their annual Scouting for Food drive. 

“Our council, the Knox 

Trail Council, does this, as 

part of a national drive,” says 

David Ring, Committee Chair. 

He explains that the Scouts 

have a turkey roast at the Holliston 

Sportsman’s Association 

each year, and in the morning, 

they distribute flyers announcing 

the food collection for the 

Holliston Pantry Shelf. The 

following weekend, they collect. 

“The Scouts stay Friday, 

and Saturday morning (November 

5), we distributed 700 

flyers to a number of different 

neighborhoods in Holliston,” 

says Ring. “We’re the only Boy 

Scout troop in Holliston that 

does this, and I believe we’ve 

done it for the past 10 or so 

years.” 

In total, the Boy Scouts collected 

about 193 bags of food 

for the Holliston Pantry Shelf, 

taking the items back and then 

sorting and placing them on 

shelves. Boys also checked ex- 

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First Night Trail Walk 

to Celebrate 4th Year 

New Year’s Eve Event Brings Together Neighbors, 

Supports Rail Trail 

Photo courtesy of Ed Daniels 


The annual First Night 

Trail Walk, a fundraiser for the 

Friends of the Holliston Trails 

(www.hollistontrails.org), celebrates 

its fourth year this year, 

with the walk beginning at 5 

p.m. The children’s walk will 

start from Cross Street, while 

the Main walk will begin from 

Blair Square, says Ed Daniels, 

of the Friends of the Holliston 

Trails. 

“It’s a free event. We like to 

pitch it as an early New Year’s 

Eve celebration, to see all your 

neighbors before you watch 

the ball drop in the night,” says 

Daniels, who says he estimates 

that 1,500 people came last 

year. In fact, Holliston in Bloom, 

who hosted one of 22 fire pits 

last year and handed out cider, 

handed out 650 cups of it last 

year. 

Daniels says that absolutely 

anyone can host a fire pit. 

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“We want citizens to know 

they can host a fire pit along the 

way,” says Daniels. “Community 

groups are doing it to participate, 

but they’re also doing it to raise 

funds for the trail. But neighborhood 

groups are also welcome. 

Anyone who wants a fire pit can 

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Trails will be asking for donations 

that night. 

“It’s pretty laid back as to 

what they have to do at their own 

fire pit,” says Daniels. “Really it 

would be just signing up with our 

group to host one.” The more 

fire pits, he says, “the more festive 

the event’s going to feel.” 

The friends group will not 

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it would be great if each participant 

could plan on donating at 

the beginning of the walk. We’ll 

have donation jars,” says Daniels. 

Holliston Boy Scouts also help 

out at the event by serving hot 

dogs and cider at Phipps Tunnel. 

Any money raised from the 

New Year’s Eve celebration will 

benefit The Friends of the Holliston 

Trails, which in turn supports 

improvements on the trail. 

The group would love to spread 

the word that volunteers are extremely 

welcome. 

“The Holliston Rail Trail is 

used by many people, but I don’t 

think a lot of citizens know that 

we would love their assistance as 

part of the group, because the 

small number of events we do 

each year would be a lot easier to 

run if we had more volunteers as 

part of the group,” says Daniels, 

who says that just a skeleton crew 

of about 4-5 people run events, 

and only about 10 members regularly 

attend meetings. 

“We’re welcoming of people 

joining the group and using their 

skills to assist us in any way they 

can,” says Daniels. “Volunteers 

would be everything from people 

who have experience with websites 

or who would like to get involved 

with participating in our 

two events, which is the first night 

event and also the 5K trail run. 

We try to do events that don’t 

take a lot of heavy lifting. This 

trail walk, for example, could 

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could be what it has been, which 

is simply, people come out and 

walk the trail. It’s a pretty easy 

job.” 

Most of the expenditures 

made by the Friends of the Holliston 

Trails has supported safety 

on the trails, such as crosswalks 

and signage at the cross walks 

and railings on the bridges. The 

group also recently contributed 

$11,000 toward surface materials. 

In the future, improvements 

will be made on the part of the 

trail that was recently acquired, 

up to the Sherborn line. That 

will include improvements to the 

8-Arch Bridge area, says Daniels. 

“That whole 2-mile stretch of 

land that needs to be improved 

also includes the 8-Arch Bridge,” 

he says. “The Friends of the Holliston 

Trails is a support in the 

Trails Committee and the work 

that they do.” 

The group has also been in 

a committee that is working on 

developing plans to make Blair 

Square into more of a park, with 

overall improvements to that 

area, says Daniels. 

“Bobby Blair, Holliston in 

Bloom and the Marigold Project 

has done a terrific job over 

there of creating that space,” 

says Daniels, who says that the 

bigger project will ultimately improve 

parking, lighting and the 

surface of the rail trail to develop 

the area into more of a gathering 

space. All of that, he says, is really 

still in the development and 

planning stage. 

You can find out more becoming 

a member of the Friends of 

the Holliston Trails by looking 

for Friends of the Holliston Trails 

on Facebook, or by visiting www. 

hollistontrails.org. Just want to 

make a donation? Both of those 

sites, says Daniels, are equipped 

with easy donate links. 

Overall, says Daniels, who 

sells real estate, features like the 

Holliston Rail Trail “add value 

to the town. I notice it in my clients. 

They love the community 

feel and all the different activities 

that go on.”

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piration dates, removing items that 

had expired. 

If you have donations you’d like 

to drop off to the Holliston Pantry 

Shelf at 23 Water Street, Holliston, 

the pantry is always looking 

for paper towels, toilet tissue, soups, 

pasta sauce, pasta, canned soups, 

tuna, turkey and chicken, cookies, 

cereal or snacks for children’s 

lunches. 

The Holliston Pantry Shelf is 

open Monday – Friday, from 10 

a.m. – 2 p.m., and Monday and 

Wednesday additional hours from 

4-7:30 p.m. You can reach them 

at (508) 429-5392 or at info@hollistonpantryshelf.org. 

You may also 

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Holliston Boy Scout Troop 14 

meets every Monday evening in 

the lower church hall at St. Mary’s 

Church in Holliston, from 7-8:30 

p.m. To learn more about Boy Scout 

Troop 14 in Holliston, visit http:// 

www.troop14holliston.com/ . 

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put in 2,500 hours of volunteer 

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“I think the need grows every 

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doesn’t see things getting much 

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particular, he says, “The homeless 

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In 2015, the foundation distributed 

a total of over $50K to 

needy local families, with $9,450 

toward rent/mortgage alone and 

another $9,720 in family support 

and $10,586 toward other family 

needs, which range from utility 

bills to packed school backpacks. 

In fact, in looking at the numbers 

for the past 30 years, Sullivan 

says he was surprised to find the 

Santa Foundation paid almost a 

half a million dollars ($487,774) 

in electric bills. In 30 years, the 

foundation supported 1,300 

people with oil or rent, and 

it provided 482,427 gifts 

to 73,095 people in need 

during the holiday season. 

Last year alone, the Santa 

Foundation supported 861 

families, including 5,683 

individuals with 52,852 

gifts estimated (at about $20 

per gift) to total $1,057,704. 

And those families aren’t 

just Franklin families. Immediately 

local to Franklin, 

in which the Santa Foundation 

helps 161 families, the 

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• 71 families in Norfolk 

• 69 families in Medway 

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• 48 families in Milford 

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• 29 families in Millis 

• 15 families in Holliston, 

among others. 

“People are under-employed 

more than they’re unemployed,” 

says Sullivan, who says the foundation 

helps lot of single mothers. 

He recalls seeing a local post 

office job opening with a salary 

of $32,000 a year. “If you’re 

a one-income family,” he says, 

“How can you live on that? 

It’s scary when you think that 

people are one lost paycheck 

away from being on the street, 

and that happens a lot,” he says. 

“We’re the greatest country in 

the world. It doesn’t make sense 

we should have so many homeless 

people.” 

Sullivan says he doesn’t buy 

putting any stigma on being poor 

“If they’re poor, they’re poor. 

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grandfather, who sees it as his 

God-given mission to help. 

“The only thing I want from 

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The Santa Foundation, in its 30 

years, has supported 73,095 

people in need with Christmas 

gifts, but has also helped with oil, 

rent, electricity bills and other 

emergency needs. All donations to 

the foundation go toward aiding 

needy families. This holiday, 

individuals and businesses can 

help by putting up or fulfilling a 

wish request from an “Angel Tree,” 

such as this one located at The 

Postal Center in Millis. 

them. If I help them and it gives 

the parents a little hope, it can 

change the outlook of the family.” 

Sullivan says he wants struggling 

families to maintain their 

dignity. 

“If they don’t have dignity, 

they have no confidence. If 

they don’t have confidence, they 

aren’t going to get a job,” he 

says. He remembers one abused 

woman who’d fled her husband 

and came to the Santa Foundation, 

ashamed to ask for help. 

“She was homeless … her head’s 

down, she’s embarrassed,” says 

Sullivan. The same woman came 

in two weeks later with a thankyou 

note, thrilled to have a job 

at McDonald’s. Later, she came 

back again, reporting on having 

a better job. 

“Who can change the economic 

future of that family? The 

kids? No. The parents. Give the 

parents hope,” says Sullivan, who 

this month will take his foundation 

a step further and realize 

a dream he’s had for 20 years, 

that of opening a halfway 

house for a homeless family. 

“It’s called Debbie’s’ Place, 

after my daughter, who died of 

cancer,” he says. “We’re working 

on finding a place, and we’ll 

move in one family and have 

an idea of what they need from 

being homeless to being self-sufficient 

a year later. We’ll monitor 

the family along the way, with 

goals for the month, and a year 

later, someone else will come in,” 

he says. Sullivan explains, “If I 

don’t do this, I’ll feel like I’m a 

failure. This is important to me, 

something I believe God tasked 

me with. Any of this stuff we do, 

it’s like our job. That’s all.” 

Sullivan says the Santa Foundation’s 

volunteers don’t want 

accolades for what they’re doing, 

either. “The other day, I’m trying 

to impress on them how great 

they are, and they just kept working. 

They don’t care about that. 

You just do your job.” 

Due to space limitations, the 

Santa Foundation cannot accept 

more volunteers, but Sullivan 

suggests that if local businesses or 

groups want to help, they might 

consider putting up an Angel 

Tree, which are decorated with 

tags that note Christmas wish 

list items for needy people. “We 

give them the tags, they put up 

the tree in the store, and we come 

and pick up the gifts. Individuals 

could sponsor a family,” he says. 

As of publication, Santa Foundation 

trees were located at Dean 

College, The Postal Center in 

Franklin and Millis, Twin Shears 

Salon, King Street Deli, British 

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and Whole Foods Market. 

In fact, Sullivan says the foundation 

gets a good amount of 

support from local small businesses. 

“Our sponsors, in my 

book, are heroes. When you help 

someone you’re never going to 

meet, that’s amazing.” 

There are fundraisers as well, 

such as an annual golf tournament 

and holiday calendar raffle. 

Some sponsors put together fundraisers, 

such as Norfolk Community 

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Enjoy Some Pasta with Santa on December 13 

Event Free for Local 

Families, Paper Donations 

for Pantry Shelf Welcomed 


Santa and his friends in the 

Holliston community will be 

treated to a Pasta with Santa dinner 

at Anthony’s on the Green, 

at Pinecrest Golf Course, 212 

Prentice Street, Holliston, on 

Tuesday, December 13, from 

5-7 p.m. The event is for all local 

families with children who’d like 

to participate. Participants are 

asked to bring paper goods, such 

as paper towels, toilet tissue, napkins 

and Kleenex (facial tissue) as 

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donations to the Holliston Pantry 

Shelf. 

The family-oriented event 

“has been going on for a number 

of years,” says Steve Bradford, 

elected President of the 

Holliston Pantry Shelf in November. 

The event, says Bradford, 

who has volunteered at the 

food pantry three to four days a 

Holiday Handbell 

Concert 

December 10 

Please join the three handbell 

choirs of the First Congregational 

Church in Holliston 

on Saturday evening, December 

10, at 7 p.m. We have 

added extra vocal and instrumentalists 

this year for your 

enjoyment. 

Tickets are $12 for general 

admission, $10 for students 

and seniors, with a family 

maximum of $25. We have 

prepared Christmas as well as 

traditional handbell music for 

your listening pleasure. Tickets 

are available from bell choir 

members or at the door on the 

night of the concert. 

We look forward to having 

you join us for this concert! 

Please join us for the reception 

following the concert in Jordan 

Hall, where we will be serving 

light refreshments. 

For more information, contact 

Karen McCue, Director, 

at (508) 429-1382. 

week since he retired in 

2011, grows “community 

awareness of the pantry 

and strengthens the philosophy 

of the pantry, 

which is neighbors helping 

neighbors. This is 

another way we can help 

our neighbors who are 

not as well off by providing 

paper goods, but 

it also gets together the 

community in the holiday season.” 

Anthony’s on the Green’s 

Mike Ficco will provide all of the 

food for Pasta with Santa free of 

charge, and photos of children 

with Santa will also be taken at 

no charge by members of the 

Holliston Lions Club. Santa will 

appoint special elves (local student 

members of the Holliston 

Pantry Shelf board of directors) 

to help with children, and those 

students will also enlist Holliston 

classmates to help with setup and 

cleaning for the event. 

“I’ve done (Pasta with Santa) 

for all three years that I’ve had 

Anthonys’, but I’ve been doing 

things for the food pantry forever, 

so that’s second nature to 

me,” says Ficco. “I just think that 

everybody could use a little bit of 

help. The holiday season is tough 

on people, and it’s easy to give a 

little bit. It doesn’t cost me a lot, 

I have the space to do it, and I 

enjoy it.” 

Diane Regan, working closely 

with Sylvia Stickney, is chairing 

this year’s Pasta with Santa, in 

which all members of the Holliston 

Pantry Shelf are involved, 

says Bradford. 

The Holliston Pantry Shelf 

has recently sent out its annual 

fundraising letter, and in early 

February, will embark on its biggest 

annual fundraising event, the 

Souper Bowl, which enlists local 

restaurateurs and local public figures 

to help present a warm, inviting 

way for Holliston residents 

and friends to support the Pantry 

Shelf. 

“The town of Holliston, the 

people and businesses and organizations 

in this town, are 

extremely generous,” says Bradford. 

“I’m just speaking from my 

experience, but I’ve never seen a 

town as generous as this one.” 

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this condition, tooth enamel is 

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pain. In fact, cats are quite adept 

at hiding pain and illness. If your 

cat has a resorptive lesion or 

periodontal disease, your cat is 

in pain. Only proper dental work 

can fully alleviate their pain. 

Feline dental problems require 

anesthesia for treatment. A 

complete dental care plan, under 

anesthesia, includes a thorough 

dental cleaning via ultrasonic 

scaling above and below the gum 

line, polishing, digital dental radiography 

and extractions, if required. 

Preventative dental care at 

home is also instrumental in 

maintaining your cat’s dental 

health. Several products are 

available which promote healthy, 

the Stroll even better. 

And, of course, thank you to 

everyone who attended the Stroll 

and supported local businesses in 

Holliston! We hope you enjoyed 

the entertainment and found 

pain-free teeth and gums. Do you 

go to the dentist? So should your 

cat. 

For a free feline dental evaluation, 

or if you have any questions, 

contact Dr. Richard Duckett at 

drdduckett@thefamilypethospital.com. 

goodies for the holidays to share 

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Alpaca Ranch Annual 

Holiday Open House 

and Holiday Boutique 

Features Alpacas, Alpaca Products at 

Acorn Alpaca Ranch, Millis 

Acorn Alpaca Ranch at 99 

Acorn St., Millis, will host its 

annual Holiday Open House 

On December 3rd & 4th from 

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors can 

tour the Barn, interact with the 

friendly alpacas and browse the 

fine Alpaca Products in the Holiday 

Boutique. 

The Ranch, in addition to 

breeding and selling the alpacas, 

offers yarn made from the fiber 

of their own alpacas as well as 

luxurious, warm, non-allergenic 

garments made from alpaca 

fiber. These items make great 

RonsTire.com 

gifts to jump start your holiday 

shopping and warm up someone’s 

holiday and winter. 

The range of soft alpaca 

clothing available includes a wide 

variety of alpaca socks, scarves 

and hats, mittens and gloves, and 

other warm products. For knitting 

and crocheting there is a 

wide variety of both natural colored 

and dyed yarns. As always, 

there will be an assortment of 

Teddy Bears and equally huggable 

items. (Cash or Check only--- 

no credit cards) 

If you have ever thought of 

Ron Saponaro 

owning alpacas you can talk directly 

to Bob and Louise Hebeler 

about alpaca care, husbandry 

and how to get started. You will 

be surprised at how affordable it 

can be to start your own small 

herd of alpacas. With 18 years 

of experience to guide you and 

a wide choice of 

Alpacas for sale 

this is the place 

to begin. 

Again this 

year we will be 

joined by our 

good friends Sue 

Robinson from 

Buzz10 Honey 

and Linda Horton from Sweet 

Treats with plenty of Local 

honey, jams, jellies and other 

Goodies to sweeten your holiday. 

If you miss the Open House, 

you can still shop for Alpaca 

Products or Alpacas anytime 

by calling ahead to meet us 

at the barn. Acorn Alpaca 

Ranch is located at 99 Acorn 

Street in Millis. Directions 

can be found on our website at 

www.AcornAlpacaRanch.com 

or call (508) 294-7085. 

635 Waverly Street, Rte 135 

Framingham, MA 01702 

Tel: 508-872-2266 

Fax: 508-872-2011 

Email: ronstire@rcn.com 

Happy Holidays 

from our family to yours 

Saturday, December 24th 

Monday, December 26th 

Saturday, December 31st 

Monday, January 2nd 

Holiday Hours 

Lobby 

8:30 am - Noon 

Closed 


Closed 

Drive-Up 


Closed 

8:30 am - 1:00 pm 

Closed 

OPEN HOUSE 

Saturday & Sunday 

Dec 3 & 4 

508.634.2500 

246 Main Street 

Milford, MA


I Can See Clearly Now, the FAT is Gone! 

To successfully drop those 

excess pounds, 46-year-old Tom 

McAullife knew he needed a defined 

weight loss program. Between 

his hectic work schedule 

as president of WMRC Radio, 

1490 AM, in Milford, and an active 

home life with his wife and 

three teenage sons, a clear plan 

was the only answer. He was 

already familiar with New England 

Fat Loss as an advertiser 

on his station and from friends 

who shared their successful results. 

In July, he and his wife 

joined at the Hopkinton location. 

“I needed a program to follow,” 

McAullife said. “I have all 

this exercise equipment in the 

basement, but without someone 

like Dr. Johns and his staff, 

it wasn’t going to happen. I 

can be extremely disciplined 

if you give me a road map.” 

McAullife made the right choice. 

After only 27 days on the program 

he lost 30 pounds. The 

bonus, the effect on how his 

new menu plan fueled his body. 

“By the time I got literally seven 

days into it, I could feel my metabolism 

on fire,” McAullife said. 

“I felt like whatever I was eating 

was getting burned up, the 

water was getting washed out.” 

McAullife admits shedding the 

weight was the initial goal, but 

he also joined NEFL to influence 

other aspects of his life. His 

demanding schedule promoted 

poor eating habits, and he felt 

a loss of control. Before joining 

NEFL, his body took charge, 

driving his actions, attitude and 

even sleep habits. After only one 

month, everything changed. 

“What I really wanted most of all 

is clarity,” McAullife said. “With 

a busy family and stressful, crazy 

work schedule, and feeling lousy 

because of eating bad food every 

day, I felt like I had lost clarity 

and organization in my head.” 

Since his success with New England 

Fat Loss, McAullife experiences 

a good night’s rest, free of 

previous sleep apnea and snoring 

and wakes at 5 a.m. to prepare 

the day’s schedules. A restful 

sleep is even more vital when 

approximately 230,000 people 

rely on him and his station to 

stay informed with their local 

news, weather, traffic, music, 

religious and consumer programming 

and sports coverage. 

“I feel so good, it is simply 

amazing. The only thing I can 

point to is because of my experience 

with New England 

Fat Loss,” McAullife said. 

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more, visit their website at www. 

newenglandfatloss.com, or call 

1-844-437-8446. 

CANNACUP CULTIVATORS 

Your discrete in-home cultivation service 

Holliston Veterans Dinner a 

Great Time for Vets 

The Holliston Veterans Day dinner, sponsored 

by the American Legion, the V.F.W. and the Holliston 

Lions Club, turned out about 100 veterans, 

according to Steve Bradford. The event included 

a turkey dinner, provided by TJ’s in Ashland, as 

well as dessert by T.C. Scoops. 

saute & GRill 

RestauRant 

“Guys love the food, but more than the food 

and the ice cream, they love the camaraderie,” 

says Bradford, who says veterans ranged from 

World War II to “a guy who got home the previous 

Sunday from his latest deployment.” 

Sit Back and Enjoy 

the Holidays! 

Gift Certificates Make Great Gifts 

Veal Marsala 

Sautéed veal scallopinis with mushrooms in a Marsala wine butter sauce 

Chicken Loretta 

Twin boneless chicken cutlets with a ricotta and spinach filling topped with mushrooms, 

mozzarella cheese and a white wine demi glaze 

Salmon Maryland 

Grilled salmon fillet served over Maryland blue crab raviolis with chopped tomatoes 

and scallions in a horseradish cream sauce 

Cioppino 

Shrimp, sea scallops, haddock, calamari, littlenecks and mussels in a seasoned seafood tomato 

broth over linguine 

Showers • Business Dinners • Catering 

Restaurant 45 

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Proud 

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We offer custom grow 

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Ask about our respected memory care program, 

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Fatima Shrine Christmas Lights a 56-Year Tradition 

Holiday Festival Runs 

through December 28 

DISCOUNT HEATING OIL 

$2 .12 

/gal* 

*Price subject to change. 

Holliston is once again a little 

brighter and busier this Christmas 

season as hundreds of visitors 

make their way to Our Lady 

of Fatima Shrine, 101 Summer 

Street, Rte. 126, Holliston, home 

of The Xaverian Missionaries. 

The holiday displays are 

a 56-year-old tradition at the 

Fatima Shrine, with lights covering 

well over half the 30-acre 

shrine. 

The Christmas Lights will go 

on (unless there is heavy rain or 

sleet) every day from 5 p.m. to 

9 p.m. beginning until Dec. 28. 

Background Christmas music 

adds a unique touch to this special 

season. For 

all visitors, hot 

chocolate and 

pastry are available 

in Xavier 

Hall as well as 

hand-fashioned, 

one-of-a-kind 

Christmas minitrees, 

wreaths, 

centerpieces, 

and wall décor. 

All are uniquely 

designed by the 

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Same Day Delivery 

Senior Discounts 

125 Gallon Minimum 

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508-620-6251 

ASHLAND HANDYMAN 

TILE Detailed & Meticulous 

DECKS Reasonable Rates 

SIDING 

MARBLE Call Mauricio 

GUTTERS 508-202-8602 

PAINTING 

KITCHENS 

BATHROOMS 

REMODELING 

POWER WASHING 

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Xaverian League’s talented craft 

committee. There is no entry 

charge and parking is free. Donations 

are welcome. 

The Shrine’s Gift Shop will be 

open for extended hours during 

the Christmas Lights, from 11 

a.m. until 9 p.m. 

On December 10, the Shrine’s 

23rd annual “Peace on Earth” 

Pasta Supper will be held in 

Xavier Hall beginning at 5 p.m. 

A visit from Santa and “raffles 

galore” will highlight this great 

evening; after dinner, you will still 

have time to enjoy the Christmas 

Lights. Tickets are $8. per adult 

and $4 per child under 10. Tickets 

are available at the door or in 

advance after the 11 a.m. Sunday 

Mass (at noon) in the chapel. For 

raffle prize donations, call Karen 

at (508) 450-7013. 

On December 3, St. Cecilia’s 

Choir of Ashland under the direction 

of Lelia Tenreyro-Viana, 

will present a Christmas concert 

at 3:30 p.m. Following the concert, 

there will be a procession 

in which the statue of the Infant 

Jesus will be placed in the manger 

in the Grotto on Shrine grounds. 

On December 24th the 

Christmas Vigil Mass will be Celebrated 

at 8 p.m. and Christmas 

Day Mass – December 25th will 

be celebrated at 11 a.m. All are 

welcome to come and participate 

in these various events as together 

we welcome and celebrate 

the true meaning of Christmas. 

For more information on 

the Xaverian Missionaries and 

Fatima Shrine visit: 

http://www.xaviermissionaries.org/ 

https://www.facebook.com/ 

Our-Lady-of-Fatima-Shrine-aministry-of-the-Xaverian-Missionaries-169152863101686/ 

Photos courtesy of Fr. Rocco, The Xaverian Missionaries 

Wellesley Therapeutic Services 

is proud to announce we have changed our name to: 

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New name, same great one-to-one physical therapy. 

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Gingerbread Houses • Peppermint Pigs 

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Open Every Day Until Christmas 

Starting December 5th - Call for Daily Hours 

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Custom Stone for Your Home and Business 

Onyx Marble & Granite 

By Deborah Burke Henderson, 

Contributing Writer 

When you walk onto the recently 

renovated lot at Onyx 

Marble & Granite in Framingham, 

you’ll see an amazing 

selection of huge, natural and 

engineered stone slabs gleaming 

in the sunlight. They’re all 

waiting to be transformed into 

unique creations for residential 

or commercial projects. 

Next month, owners Jose 

Moraes and his wife, Poliana, 

celebrate Onyx’s twentieth anniversary. 

Onyx is one of New England’s 

premier custom fabrication 

and installation resources, 

and its showroom is open to 

homeowners, contractors and 

designers. The company’s range 

of work includes kitchen countertops, 

bathroom vanity tops, 

fireplaces, Jacuzzis, and tub surrounds; 

all of which can bring a 

vibrant new look to your home. 

“When you work with Onyx, 

you will benefit from the expertise 

of our stone fabrication and 

installation professionals,” Jose 

said. “Each employee has, on average, 

more than 10 years of experience 

in the business. If you’re 

unsure about any details of your 

project, our knowledgeable staff 

can guide you through the decision-making 

process.” 

Jose worked with countertops 

for more than 12 years before 

taking full administration 

of Onyx. During that time, he 

learned all aspects of the business 

from measuring templates 

to cutting and polishing stone, 

working closely with customers 

on site to ascertain their needs, 

and ensuring that the installation 

of the finished product was completed 

successfully. Starting his 

own company was the next logical 

step for him to take to utilize 

his business degree and his love 

for working with stone. 

“I like designing things,” Jose 

added. “Getting the client’s ideas 

and making that a reality drives 

my passion for the work. It is 

very satisfying to see the finished 

product and hear from our clients 

how happy they are with the 

results.” 

Jose and Poliana work with 

their team of 16 professionals 

to offer customers top-quality 

stonework, a wide range of custom 

stone choices, and a timely 

fabrication and installation process. 

They strive to educate their 

clients about the available materials 

in all price ranges, from 

natural stone products of marble 

and granite to Quartz, an engineered 

stone, which is a blend of 

93 percent natural quartz and 

resin. 

The Onyx team prides itself 

on always providing unmatched 

customer service. Their business 

has weathered good times and 

tough economic periods during 

these 20 years, and that is, itself, 

a tremendous demonstration of 

the commitment to their industry 

and to their passion of providing 

their customers the very best experience. 

“The best thing we can do for 

our customers is to ask questions 

and help them think through 

their project as a whole to make 

sure each detail works with the 

others,” Jose added. “People usually 

update their kitchens only 

once or twice in a lifetime, and 

we want to make sure they get 

the results they desire.” 

Onyx has consistently received 

a “Super Service Award” 

from Angie’s List for the past four 

years and takes pride in receiving 

a significant number of five-star 

reviews on Yelp and houzz, a 

website and online community 

about architecture, interior design, 

decorating and home improvement. 

Visit the Onyx Marble & 

Granite website at www.onyxgranite.com 

to check out their 

easy-to-use custom “visualizer” 

tool where you can interchange 

flooring, cabinetry, countertops 

and backsplash materials in a 

virtual kitchen, view numerous 

customer testimonials or take 

advantage of their “live chat” 

feature. 

The Onyx showroom is conveniently 

located at 93 Beaver 

Street in Framingham. Showroom 

hours are Monday through 

Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 

from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. 

After-hour showings are available 

by appointment. 

Whether you are looking to 

update the interior of your home 

or business, give this top-rated, 

family-owned business an opportunity 

to meet your needs and 

exceed your expectations. Call 

(508) 620-0775 for your free inhome 

or in-store estimate. 

Jose and Poliana enjoy being 

part of the Metrowest community 

and have lived here for 10 

years. They reside in Ashland 

with their three children. 

Celebrate the 

holidays with a new 

tablet and more. 

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Living Healthy 

Thank you for voting us 

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in 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 

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Accepting New Patients 

Family & Cosmetic Dentistry 

Relaxed, Friendly Atmosphere 

Cleanings & Exams 

Children Welcome 

Root Canals • Perodontal Care 

Crowns & Bridges • Dentures 

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Charles River Medical Associates, P.C. 

Welcomes Jeffrey Gorodetsky, M.D. to the Millis area 

Family Medicine 

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. 

Accepting 

New 

Patients 

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Tel 508.376.2515 • Fax: 508.376.9932 

www.charlesrivermed.com 

December at the 

Senior Center 

The Holliston Senior Center, located at 150 Goulding 

Street, will feature its Holiday Luncheon on December 14. It 

will be closed on December 25. Following are some December 

events. 

Miller School Holiday Bags 

The fifth grade glass of the Miller school will again this 

year be delivering goodie bags to any senior in Holliston who 

wishes to receive one. Bags will be delivered to all residents 

of Cole Court and Mission springs, as well as to the Timothy 

Daniel’s House. Anyone else wishing to receive a bag, delivered 

by one of the fifth graders, should call the senior Center 

at (508) 429-0622 to sign up. 

Coffee and Coloring 

Join us for a relaxing time coloring and drawing. Enjoy a 

hot cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate while coloring in our 

supplied books and pages. All supplies are provided and there 

is no fee to join in. Please drop by on Monday morning, we 

meet every Monday from 9:30am-10:30 a.m. in the dining 

room. 

Manicures 

Lauren, licensed manicurist with 20 years’ experience, will 

be at the Center on Monday, December 12th. The manicure 

includes cut, shape, cuticle removal, hands-soak, massage, and 

polish. There is a $10 fee to the manicurist and appointments 

are available between 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Please call the Senior 

Center at (508) 429-0622 to sign up. 

Things you don’t know about today’s 

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• Gentle, non-painful, low force method to help everyone 

from infants to the elderly regain and keep their health 

In the 2+ years that we have been coming to Dr. Goldberg our son’s 

asthma attacks have significantly decreased, almost to the point of 

non-existence. ~ John B. 

My son has not had one ear infection since we started the chiropractic 

work! ~ Julie M. 

HOLLISTON FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC 

Dr. Howard Goldberg 

307 Mill Street, Holliston, MA 01746 

(508) 429-1905 

Consultation and Examination now 

50% OFF our regular fees. 

Expires 12-15-2016. Call for details.



VNA Seeking 

Hospice 

Volunteers 

VNA Care, a nonprofit home health and 

hospice organization, needs volunteers to provide 

companionship to patients and respite for 

family members in eastern and central Massachusetts. 

Training, supervision, and support are 

provided. Call (781) 569-2811 for more information 

about becoming a hospice volunteer or 

visit www.vnacare.org. 

Emily Pilotte O.D., Sabrina Gaan O.D. 

and Suzanne Rosenberg O.D. 

Evening & Saturday Appointments • Most Insurances Accepted 

Welcoming New Patients 

Comprehensive Eye Examinations 

Hundreds of Frames for Every Budget 

Sunglasses/Sport Glasses 

Contact Lenses • Lasik Consults 

Pediatric Vision Care 

Children's Optical Boutique 

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Does not include periodontal gum disease treatment. 

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• Professional cleaning 

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• Comprehensive 

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• Family & Cosmetic Dentistry 

• Ceramic Veneers 

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• Removable Dentures (Partial & Complete) 

• Implants & Root Canals 

• Evening Appointments 

• Same Day Emergency Care 

• Most Insurances Accepted 

• Senior Discounts 

• Sedation Dentistry 

Zoom Whitening $150.00 OFF! (Reg $500.00) 

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10 MUST-TRY STRATEGIES FOR PARENTS 

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This presentation 

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Guest Speaker 

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Owner: Training Waves Neurofeedback 

Monday, December 12, 2016 @ 7:00 p.m. 

Adams Middle School Auditorium 

323 Woodland Street, Holliston 

Anita Kite holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with 

emphases in Adult Learning and Measurement and Evaluation from 

the University of Connecticut. She also holds an M.A. in Counseling 

Psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and 

a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 

Additionally, Dr. Kite is certified as a neurotherapist by the Natural 

Therapies Certification Board. 

Not a school sponsored event 

770 Washington Street 

Holliston, MA 01746 

Light of the Heart 

Yoga 

Introduction to Svaroopa® yoga 

~ More than Exercise ~ 

• Reinvigorate your healing 

capacity 

• After an hour, you’ll feel 

completely different. 

Thurs. 9:30 - 11 am 

Jan. 12 - Feb. 2 

Join Pat Spencer for this 4-week course 

508-380-6903 

www.lightoftheheartyoga.com


Festival of Lessons and Carols at 

St. Mary’s Church December 11 

St. Mary’s Church in Holliston will present A 

Festival of Lessons and Carols on December 11, 

2016, at 5 p.m., an event that is free and open to all. 

The combined choirs of St. Mary’s Church will 

perform music by Tavener, Britten, Rachmaninoff, 

Holst and others, as well as lead a traditional 

Christmas carol sing along. 

Preceding the choir, organist Dongho Lee (winner 

of the 2010 NYACOP competition) will present 

a free 30-minute recital at 4:30 p.m. She will 

accompany the 5 p.m. service. 

St. Mary’s Church is located at 8 Church Street, 

Holliston. 

Holliston Residents Inducted into National 

Honor Society at Montrose School 

Montrose School, one of 

the first ten National Schools 

of Character in the nation, is 

pleased to recognize the following 

Holliston residents who were 

inducted into the DeTore Chapter 

of the National Honor Society 

this fall. Olivia Hastie ‘18 and 

Emma Lucy ‘18 joined twentythree 

other inductees who were 

lauded for their scholarship, 

leadership, character and service 

in their high school careers. 

Located in downtown Medfield, 

Montrose School offers a unique 

and proven program of in depth 

liberal arts and a nationally recognized 

character and leadership 

program. To learn more, 

visit MontroseSchool.org. 

Quilting for Charity 

Holliston resident Cathie 

Healy busily irons strips of material 

that will be used for binding 

a quilt top at the recent Power of 

the Quilt Project quilt-a-thon, part 

of the Service and Justice Ministries 

of the Unitarian Universalist 

Area Church, First Parish 

in Sherborn. Healy, a member 

of the UUAC, has been part of 

this special service project since 

its inception more than a decade 

ago. She says, “this is a ‘win-win’ 

project because it creates oneof-a-kind 

handmade quilts and 

lap robes for men and women 

undergoing cancer treatments.” 

Indeed, since 2003, the Power 

of the Quilt Project has distributed 

more than 2,100 colorful quilts to 

chemotherapy patients, bringing 

a small amount of joy into each 

recipient’s life. 

The next quilt-a-thon is scheduled 

as a community service 

project to be held at the church 

Photo/Deborah Burke Henderson 

on Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, Martin 

Luther King, Jr. holiday. For 

more information, contact Cris 

Crawford at cris@theworld.com. 

YOU’RE INVITED 

Holliston Business Association 

Holiday Party 

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members and 

guests to join us for our Holiday Party. Please bring a gift, 

valuing around $20 for the Yankee Swap. Dinner cost is $15 

per person. Please RSVP by Dec 6th. Find location and time 

on hollistonbusinessassociation.com. 

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Trends in Home Design 

By Doug Masters 

Design Tech Innovations 

We are in an age of technology. 

The tech world is constantly 

evolving these days--just when 

you think they’ve done it all, 

there’s a new app you can install 

on your phone that makes life 

a little easier. Rewind to forty 

years ago-- computers and high 

tech gadgets were just starting to 

take off. Anyone from the 70’s 

remembers PONG, one of the 

first home video games. Now, the 

technology has evolved so much 

that you can now send a message 

to somebody on the other 

side of the world in a matter of 

seconds. How cool is that? In 

our industry of remodeling and 

design, we have been able to 

benefit from these technological 

advancements as well. Here’s a 

look at some cool technology innovations 

that have improved the 

design and remodeling industry. 

Design Software 

Home improvement shows 

are all the rage right now, and 

one of the star features is the 

computer rendering of the proposed 

designs. It’s incredible to 

see a designer’s vision in striking 

detail in a video rendering and 

then see that vision come to life. 

While there are certainly some 

embellishments on the renderings 

you see on TV (many of 

those programs are created just 

for the TV world), in reality, 

software used by most architects 

and design build firms is coming 

close to matching what you see 

on slickly produced TV shows. 

One outstanding example is 

Chief Architect. While not recommended 

as a DIY software 

(although their website begs to 

differ), this is a product used by 

many local firms. Chief Architect 

Software is computer aided 

design software for the home design 

and building industry. Chief 

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made it much more user friendly, 

and the graphics rendering ability 

of the product is outstanding. 

Gone are the days of hand 

drawn blue prints where design 

changes can take multiple meetings 

and weeks to deliver. Once 

a structure is built as a 3D model 

in Chief Architect, then moving 

walls, windows, doors and 

interior design elements such 

as furniture and lighting can be 

done real time during meetings 

with clients. This literally saves 

months of work during the design 

and development phase of 

a project. 

Chief Architect covers all aspects 

of design from construction 

and framing documents, 

cabinetry and millwork, to interior 

design elements, paint colors, 

counters, flooring, and even 

furniture. Designers can import 

custom items and add them to 

the design for a realistic vision of 

your project. It is truly changing 

the design world. 

Smart Phones 

The mainstream introduction 

of smart phones in the late 

2000s brought forth even more 

improvements for our industry. 

Even something as simple as 

the built-in camera and ability 

to send a picture instantly on a 

smart phone has made managing 

construction infinitely more 

efficient. Project foremen can 

collaborate with customers and 

designers who cannot be on site 

“real time” when they need an 

answer in order to keep a job 

moving. 

Moving to applications, there 

are great new visual tools to envision 

what your home will look 

like with new siding and a new 

color, or what a paint color might 

look like on your walls. It is as 

simple as snapping a few pictures 

and letting the app do the work! 

JamesHardie, manufacturer 

of the #1 ranked cement siding 

in the USA, has teamed with a 

company called Hover. This application 

will provide accurate 

measurements and a rendering 

of a home. This helps siding 

companies provide accurate 

budgets and a sneak peek at what 

your home will look like with new 

JamesHardie siding. 

Production teams in the field 

can install measuring applications 

that will help generate materials 

lists, assist with framing 

plans, calculate angles or room 

dimensions, and more. 

And of course, there is the 

flashlight app on almost every 

phone these days. Simple, and 

used almost every day! 

Online Resources 

Remember buying magazines 

and marking pages or cutting out 

pictures when planning a home 

project? Well, maybe not if you 

are under 30! Today, planning 

your project starts online. From 

finding a design build firm, to 

creating idea books with inspiration 

photos, to researching appliances, 

furniture and other 

decorative finishes, and everything 

in between-- everything 

you need is at your fingertips online. 

As with design software, online 

research and shopping saves 

lots of time and streamlines the 

design process. 

If you are planning a home 

improvement project or to build 

a new home, one of the best websites 

is HOUZZ.COM. Houzz is 

a website and online community 

about architecture, interior design 

and decorating, landscape 

design and home improvement. 

The Houzz platform and mobile 

apps[2] feature photos, articles, 

product recommendations, and a 

user forum. On Houzz, you can 

browse over 12 million pictures, 

find a designer or contractor, and 

shop for finish materials for your 

home. Finding inspiration photos 

and sharing them with your 

design time will make collaboration 

a breeze and will help your 

designers to understand your vision! 

Online Collaboration 

Let’s face it, everybody is overbooked. 

Work, kids, gym, school, 

church, friends … when do you 

ever get off the “treadmill of 

life”? For many, weekends are 

reserved for kids’ sports or recitals. 

Nights? You’ve got kids’ practices! 

It’s hard to carve out time 

to focus on a major home project--but 

it is critically important. 

When I’m dealing with a client 

who cannot focus on a project or 

invest a little of their time and 

energy, it’s a red flag. Those are 

the folks who rush through everything 

and then end up complaining 

because they think the project 

wasn’t planned to their liking. 

Doug Masters 

Fortunately, technology is 

helping solve this problem. With 

Go To Meeting and other live 

meeting software, presentations 

can be done from anywhere at 

any time. This makes a world of 

difference during the design and 

development phase of a project, 

and it ensures all parties are 

on the same page. Sometimes, 

emails and calls are just not 

enough to solve problems and 

collaborate on design details. 

Speaking of emails, you’ll 

also see a major reduction in the 

amount of email used as online 

collaboration becomes the standard 

of the industry for project 

management. While this has already 

happened in many industries 

with larger corporations, the 

design and remodeling industry 

is just now starting to embrace 

this great technology. A perfect 

example is the Microsoft 365 

platform. With this product, each 

project or customer has an online 

“newsfeed” where all communications 

and files are stored. 

The communications are much 

like a Facebook newsfeed, so it 

is easy to track all communications 

among a team of designers, 

project managers, and customers 

and refer back to the feed later if 

there are questions. 

Clearly, the technology advancements 

over the past ten 

years have drastically improved 

the design-build industry. We 

can’t wait to see what the next 

ten years may hold! 

Doug Masters is the owner of 

Masters Touch, located at 24 Water 

St., Holliston. For more information 

contact (508) 359-5900, e-mail 

info@MastersTouchWeb.com or visit 

www.MastersTouchWeb.com.


Holliston Fundraiser Impacts 

Hundreds and Saves Lives in Uganda 

Christa exchanges ideas with peer innovators at the Ashoka 

Changemaker Bootcamp in Nairobi, Kenya 

Three years ago Holliston 

Alumni Christa Preston (nee 

Numbers) and Kate Condon 

traveled to Uganda and cofounded 

KultureCity’s embraceKulture, 

to combat the 

negative stigma and abuse towards 

children with developmental 

disabilities in Uganda. Last 

year they held their first major 

fundraiser in Holliston with an 

event called Experience Africa. 

Attendees were treated to a taste 

of life in Uganda with drum performances 

and a raffle of crafts 

and art from Uganda. 

“We were moved to tears by 

the incredible support of our 

community. We never expected 

so many people to come out for 

the event. The Town Hall was 

packed,” said co-founder Christa 

Preston. 

The event raised over $14,000 

in support of the work of KultureCity’s 

embraceKulture. These 

funds went directly to support 

programs in Uganda and resulted 

in the identification of 40 

previously hidden children, improved 

the special needs education 

of over 120 children, spread 

awareness to 50,000 community 

members and much more. 

“We utilize many of the principles 

followed by technology 

start ups, including developing 

new innovations. But we believe 

understanding local culture and 

context is equally as important,” 

said Preston. 

Kate training children at the St. Ursula Special School on inclusive rugby 

Remember Last Winter? 

This year embraceKulture 

released their ekulture solution, 

which uses mobile phones to empower 

users to spread awareness 

and become advocates. Their solution 

was recognized as a top innovation 

by Ashoka and featured 

by USAID and MIT. 

“We are hosting our second 

annual fundraising event in Holliston 

in December. We hope the 

community will come out again 

to support,” said Preston. “I’m 

proud of this unique bond and 

temporary bridge between Holliston 

and Uganda.” 

This year’s event is a Benefit 

Concert featuring pianist Tony 

DeBlois, who is blind and has 

Autism and Savant Syndrome. 

Tony is a graduate of the 

Berklee School of Music and 

has performed concerts around 

the world to much acclaim. CBS 

featured his life’s story on a made 

for TV movie called “Journey 

of the Heart.” He is able to 

play over 8,000 songs from 

memory alone. 

The event will be held on 

Thursday, December 1 from 6-9 

PM at Holliston High School. 

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Charles River Chorale to Present 

“Home for the Holidays” 

Concert for Chorale and Small Orchestra, December 10 at 

Medway High School 

On Saturday, December 10, 

2016, the Charles River Chorale 

will present its annual holiday 

concert. Accompanied by 

a small orchestra and harp, the 

Chorale will perform at Medway 

High School starting at 7:30 p.m. 

The Charles River Children’s 

Choir will also perform. 

Ticket prices at the door are 

$18 for adults, $15 for seniors 

and full-time students, and $10 

for children under 12. A special 

family-of-four price of $50 is 

available for two adults and two 

dependent children. 

Under the direction of Ashley 

Nelson, the Chorale will first 

present Randall Thompson’s 

Frostiana: Seven Country Songs, 

putting seven of Robert Frost’s 

poems to music. This piece will 

be accompanied by the small 

orchestra. The collection was 

originally performed for the Bicentennial 

of Amherst, Massachusetts 

in 1959. They will also 

highlight the skills of Susan Fortin, 

Assistant Music Director and 

piano accompanist. 

Other pieces will include 

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” 

“Homeward Bound,” “Bring 

Him Home (Les Miserables),” 

“Home (Beauty and the Beast),” 

“Somewhere in My Memory,” 

and “Home for the Holidays.” 

The Children’s Choir’s pieces 

are yet to be announced. The 

children will also help lead the 

traditional sing-along, and will 

be accompanied by Everard 

Huggins. 

The Chorale’s annual Silent 

Auction fund-raiser will be held 

as usual, featuring about fifty 

items donated by local businesses 

and members. The Chorale also 

raises funds through its program 

and adbook, which features local 

businesses, and a raffle specifically 

targeted to earn funds for 

the Chorale’s outreach to the 

community. In recent years, 

the outreach funds have been 

directed toward the Children’s 

Choir. 

Medway High School is a new 

venue for the Chorale, which 

performed primarily at Millis 

High School for thirty of its first 

thirty-one seasons. 

The Chorale draws membership 

from throughout the Charles 

River Valley, and performs two 

major concerts per year. It is 

available for other events as well. 

The group hopes to continue to 

expand its membership, audience 

reach, skills, and repertory 

for many years to come. 

You Can Help Project Just Because Help Others this Holiday 

Project Just Because is hard at work assembling Holiday packets to give out to over 

15,000 children this year. This is never possible without your generous support. There 

are many ways to help this Holiday Season: 

• Visit one of the many Holiday trees that have been put up in the area and choose 

a wishlist for a child or individual items to help us create Holiday packages. 

Trees and hearts are located at: 

Hopkinton High School, 90 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton 

Hopkinton Middle School, 88 Hayden Rowe St, Hopkinton 

Hopkinton Town Hall, 18 Main St, Hopkinton 

Unibank, 87 W. Main St, Hopkinton 

The Residence at Valley Farm, 369 Pond St, Ashland 

The Dentist at Hopkinton, 77 Main St, Hopkinton 

Root and Branch, 169 W. Main St, Hopkinton 

Indigo Insurance Services, 401 Park Dr, Boston 

Project Just Because, 86 South St, Hopkinton 

• Have a drive for us at your office or in your moms group, neighborhood or other 

social event. In addition to the children that get sponsored we will provide for 

thousands of children ourselves. As the elves are packing on South Street we are 

noticing we are very much in need of these items: 

Free Dinner & Christmas Concert at 

Medway Community Church 

Monetary Donation to buy items by visiting www.projectjustbecause.org 

Gift Cards for Warm Clothing - any store any denomination 

New Board Games - ages 10 and up 

New Warm hats and gloves - all ages 

New Blankets or throws - all sizes. 

If you can have a drive for us contact us and we can supply you with a flyer and 

bins if needed. 

• Finally, many of you will shop at Amazon.com this Holiday Season. Did you know 

that amazon will give us .5% of your purchase? You need to begin your shopping 

by going to smile.amazon.com. If you haven’t done so already, pick Project Just 

Because as your charitable organization. Then shop as usual. 

Find out more by visiting Project Just Because online at www.projectjustbecause.org or 

look for Project Just Because on Facebook and Twitter. 

The Medway Community Church,193 Main Street, Medway, MA is offering a free dinner and Christmas concert performed 

by our Praise and Worship Band and Choir on Sunday, December 11, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. Enjoy delicious hot soup, bread, 

and dessert following the concert. All ages, families or singles, are warmly invited. This entire event is a gift to you, our 

community; no reservations or tickets are required. For further information please visit www.medwaycc.org or contact 

the church office at (508) 533-7032.


Community Events 

December 1 

Benefit Concert featuring 

pianist Tony DeBlois, 6-9 p.m. at 

Holliston High School. Tickets 

can be purchase online at www. 

embracekulture.org/holliston 

or by contact Christa Preston at 

christa@embraceKulture.org or 

(508) 498-5338. 

Fatima Shrine Christmas 

Lights, through December 28, 

5-9 p.m. each night, Fatima 

Shrine, 101 Summer Street, free 

December 3 

Acorn Alpaca Ranch 

Annual Holiday Open House & 

Boutique, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., 99 

Acorn Street, Millis, tour barn, 

interact with friendly alpacas, 

browse fine Alpaca products. 

Directions can be found at 


or call (508) 294-7085. 

Jingle Bell Run 5K Run and 

Walk, presented by Norfolk 

Community League, benefits 

the Santa Foundation, 11:30 

a.m., Olive Day School, 232 

Main Street, Norfolk, register 

at jinglebellrun5k.racewire.com 

Christmas Concert by St. 

Cecilia’s Choir of Ashland, 

led by Lelia Tenreyro-Viana, 

3:30 p.m., Fatima Shrine, 101 

Summer Street, Holliston 

December 4 

Breakfast with Santa, 

presented by the Holliston 

Lions Club, 8-11:30 a.m., 

Placentino/Miller Cafetorium, 

235 Woodland Street, Holliston, 

$7 ages 12+, $5 ages 2-11, 

under 2 free. Advance ticket 

discount if you buy in advance 

at Fiske’s or Holliston Grill 

before Dec. 4, Bring donation 

for Toys for Tots or Holliston 

Pantry Shelf and get $1 

discount off Santa picture. 

Proceeds to Lions Charities 

and Holliston Music Parents 

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a.m. – 11 a.m., Mount Hollis 

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Acorn Street, Millis, tour barn, 

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or call (508) 294-7085. 

December 10 

Holiday Handbell Concert, 

7 p.m., First Congregational 

Church, Holliston, General 

Admission $12; Seniors & 

Students $10; and a family 

maximum of $25. Tickets 

available from bell choir 

member or at door. (508) 429- 

1382 for more information. 

Charles River Chorale 

“Home for the Holidays,” 

concert for chorale and small 

orchestra, 7:30 p.m., $18 

adults, $15 seniors and full-time 

students, $10 children under 12. 

Family 4-pack $50 for 2 adults 

and 2 dependent children. 

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December 11 

A Festival of Lessons 

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Sports 

All Around Athlete Emma Guiccione 

an Asset to Holliston Soccer 

By Christopher Tremblay 

During the winter and spring 

seasons, Holliston’s Emma Guiccione 

is a short distance runner 

for the track teams, but during 

the fall, the senior suits up for the 

soccer team as a forward. While 

she has a passion for both sports, 

her thought process about the 

two are totally different. 

“I began playing soccer 

through a clinic when I was in 

kindergarten. There, I found 

that I liked the speed of the 

game, while being on a team,” 

Guiccione said. “I didn’t begin 

running track until my freshman 

year, but I found that, as a runner, 

it connected to my playing 

soccer. They are both different 

sports; track is individual while 

soccer you have to rely more on 

your teammates, but I like both 

aspects.” 

Having teammates alongside 

her on the field, the senior believes 

that soccer is most likely an 

easier sport for her to take part 

in. 

“Soccer probably comes easier, 

as I have teammates to back 

me up,” she said. “In track there 

is no real support from the others 

in your event, it’s just yourself, 

and everything is all up to you.” 

Having made the Holliston 

varsity soccer team as a freshman 

allowed the now senior to learn 

and grow with her teammates 

through the years. As a freshman, 

Guiccione got to experience 

varsity level play with three 

other freshmen (Megan Cox, 

Izzy Getchell and Emilia Porter). 

Not only has the foursome been 

playing together for the past four 

years, but they have also come to 

learn each others tendencies on 

the field. 

“Making the varsity team as 

a freshman was cool, and having 

senior role models to learn from 

was great,” she said. “It was also 

good to have three other girls my 

age on the team, so that we could 

grow together. Now that I’m a 

senior I’m trying to install those 

same values that they taught me 

four years ago.” 

Last fall, Guiccione had a rare 

title bestowed upon her by Holliston 

girl’s soccer Coach Brielle 

Chase – she was named co-captain 

of the team as a junior. 

“She’s a fantastic all around 

athlete,” the Panther Coach said. 

“Being named a captain two 

years in a row is a rare accomplishment, 

but she has definitely 

earned it.” 

Over the past two years, the 

Tri-Valley League Track All Star Emma Guiccione enjoys the team 

play of soccer as much as she does the individual sport of running. 

Although she is quick to credit her teammates with her success, her 

coach credits her skill to the athlete’s personal development. 

outside midfielder for the Panthers 

was able to slip a couple of 

goals past the opposition’s goalie, 

but this year things have totally 

changed. With still a handful of 

games remaining on the schedule, 

Guiccione is currently the 

team’s leading scorer with 11 

goals and 5 assists. The reasoning 

behind this year’s success – moving 

her higher in the field (from 

outside midfielder to forward) 

where she doesn’t have as much 

defensive responsibilities and can 

roam the field freely. 

“She really wanted to try it 

out (moving forward), and it has 

worked out well,” Chase said. 

“Her versatility has improved 

while she is still defending well.” 

Guiccione doesn’t believe that 

her sudden increase in goal scoring 

is because of her improved 

versatility; instead she believes 

it’s her teammates. 

“This is my second year playing 

with sophomore Alex Panaggio, 

who is already committed to 

Syracuse – she makes me a better 

player,” Guiccione said. “Her 

speed is definitely faster, and she 

has technical foot skills that have 

developed me into the athlete 

that I am today. Playing against 

quality athletes in club soccer has 

also helped, but it’s mainly attributed 

to Alex’s play on the field.” 

Still the Coach disagrees. 

“I’ve been coaching this team 

for the past two years now, and 

Emma has definitely improved 

her game,” Chadsey said. “She 

is making better decisions, her 

shot has improved and she’s setting 

up others. She has been able 

to harness her speed and use it 

when necessary and has become 

more confident in herself; she’s 

the whole package.” 

During her three years with 

the Holliston varsity squad, 

Guiccione has been able to take 

part in two Division 2 South 

Tournaments. In her freshman 

campaign the Panthers fell in 

overtime to Notre Dame Academy 

in the Quarter Finals and 

last fall Holliston lost to Scituate 

in the first round. The senior 

captain and her teammates will 

get one more chance to go for a 

title, but when she walks off the 

field for the final time as a Panther, 

it quiet possibly could be her 

last time playing soccer. 

“In college, I’ll do one or the 

other, not both. At this time, I’m 

not sure which one it will be, but 

it will be something I figure out 

later,” she said. “It will all depend 

on how things go the rest of this 

season as well as what I do in 

winter and spring track.” 

Having been named to the 

Tri-Valley League Track All Star 

team since her freshman season, 

soccer may soon be a thing of 

the past for this Holliston athlete. 

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New Wrestling Coach Is No Stranger to Holliston 

By KEN HAMWEY 

Paul Capobianco has stepped 

down as Holliston High’s wrestling 

coach after directing programs 

at Ashland and Holliston 

for 30 years. His replacement is 

his son, Michael, who assisted his 

father for the last three years at 

Holliston. 

“I worked closely with my 

dad as his assistant coach,’’ the 

27-year-old Capobianco said. 

“I wrestled in high school and 

college, but I learned a lot from 

my father. He taught me how to 

set meaningful goals and how to 

achieve them. He also taught me 

to be patient and to care about 

how young wrestlers are progressing.’’ 

The new coach inherits a 

team that won only two meets 

last year. Holliston had only eight 

boys wrestling and was forced to 

forfeit 4-5 matches in different 

weight classes. This season, however, 

Capobianco expects a turnout 

of about 20-plus candidates. 

“We’ve got some boys coming 

back who skipped last year,’’ 

Capobianco said. “I’m looking 

at increased numbers. There was 

some discussion about us becoming 

a co-op team, but that’s not in 

our plans. We want to keep Holliston 

a separate program.’’ 

Capobianco, who wrestled at 

Ashland High and Mercyhurst 

College (Erie, Pa.), has lost only 

two boys to graduation and has 

some experienced returnees, including 

senior Sam Goldberg. 

“Sam is our best wrestler,’’ Capobianco 

said. “He was second at 

the sectionals last year, third in 

the states and fifth at all-states. 

He won 40-plus matches. He’s a 

bulldog, always coming at his opponent 

intensely, and he’s skilled 

and talented.’’ 

Capobianco expects defending 

champ Norton to once again 

be dominant, and he views Hopkinton 

as a formidable squad 

along with Ashland, which has 

capable returnees and is no 

longer in a co-op venture with 

Keefe Tech. “With our participation 

numbers up, we’ll be better, 

because we won’t be forfeiting 

matches in four weight classes,’’ 

he said. 

Capobianco is no stranger 

to what it takes to experience 

success in wrestling. He was a 

Tri Valley League all-star in 

wrestling and baseball and also 

played football. A 2007 graduate 

of Ashland, he finished his mat 

career as a sectional champ as 

a junior, a sectional finalist as a 

senior and he finished in the top 

eight as a senior in the all-state 

tourney. 

Capobianco was a plus-.400 

hitter in baseball, playing centerfield. 

A wide receiver and safety 

in football, he helped the Clockers 

defeat Medway in his senior 

year with a TD reception with 

four seconds remaining. He led 

Ashland in receptions as a senior 

and was second in tackles at 

safety. 

Enrolling at Mercyhurst College, 

Capobianco wrestled for 

two years, but later transferred to 

Westfield State where he earned 

his bachelor’s degree in business. 

He currently works at Stone’s 

Public House as the bar manager. 

Capobianco’s legendary father 

coached at Holliston for the 

last 13 years and won a pair of 

TVL championships. “My dad 

wanted to step away to spend 

more time with his family, and 

he also found it difficult to recruit 

prospects to wrestle,’’ Capobianco 

said. “He started at Ashland, 

then came to Holliston, 

returned to Ashland and finished 

up at Holliston.’’ 

The younger Capobianco, 

who was Ashland High’s wrestling 

MVP as a junior and senior, 

expects to be a coach who’ll motivate 

his wrestlers and be patient 

as they improve. “As our season 

moves along and the kids get better, 

I’ll be more demanding,’’ he 

said. 

As the new coach builds his 

own program and puts his stamp 

on it, he’ll be looking for competitors 

who possess special attributes. 

“I want kids who’ve got 

a big heart, a desire to compete, 

who won’t quit and who are intense,’’ 

he emphasized. “Wrestling 

takes discipline and mental 

toughness is a huge asset.’’ 

Capobianco also wants his 

athletes to derive valuable life lessons 

from wrestling, or any sport 

for that matter. Some of those 

lessons include discipline, setting 

goals, overcoming adversity and 

learning how to lead. “Wrestling 

teaches life lessons, and it will 

help our kids to become better 

individuals and good citizens,’’ 

he emphasized. 

Matt Baker, Holliston’s athletic 

director, said he is thrilled 

that Capobianco is staying on 

board in his new role as head 

coach. “Mike’s been a part of 

the staff for a number of years, 

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he knows the kids and it will be a 

seamless transition,’’ Baker said. 

“He’s got the background, desire 

and demeanor to be a successful 

head coach. Having coached 

with his father, he has a strong 

foundation to build on and will 

only enhance our wrestling program. 

I’m excited to work with 

him and assistant coach Kevin 

McShane as they put their own 

stamp on the traditionally strong 

wrestling program at Holliston. 

Capobianco believes he can 

rebuild Holliston’s stature in the 

TVL and he’s delighted with 

Baker’s support. “Matt is energetic, 

and he’s been supportive of 

our program,’’ Capobianco said. 

“He’s a plus for us.’’ 

Michael Capobianco , who 

has assisted his father for the 

last three years at Holliston as 

wrestling coach, has taken over 

the reins his Paul Capobianco has 

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Annual Hope for 

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Thanks to Yanks Donation Drive Helped Homeless Veterans 

Thanks To Yanks would like to thank the community for 

helping to support the annual Hope for Heroes Donation 

Drive, which collected items for homeless veterans residing 

at various Massachusetts Veteran shelters. Over 200 boxes/ 

bags of donated items were collected including new sheets, 

blankets, towels, socks, underwear, toiletries, gift cards along 

with some gently used men’s/women’s clothing. Each of the 

six Veteran shelters had their specific request for needed items 

that we can accommodate. 

This donation drive was only possible, with the assistance 

of: 

• community volunteers 

• DCH Toyota Milford, who hosted a donation drop off. 

• Milford Federal, who hosted a donation drop off. 

• Woodland Elementary School, who contributed donations. 

Including Assistant Principal, Mrs. Lisa Kingkade, 

who helped spread the word out to families and educate 

the student body in the meaning of Veterans Day. 

• Woodland Elementary PTO, including Ms. Erica Reilly, 

who helped to promote the drive. 

• Milford Girl Scout Junior Troop 30570, who sorted/separated 

all donated items. 

• Brookside Elementary, who supported with a coin drive. 

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and always in need of local volunteers. If interested in volunteering, 

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Thanks To Yanks, is a non-political 501(c)(3) organization 

whose mission is to support military members, veterans and 

their families. Founded in 2006 as a onetime 9/11 Tribute 

Dinner to recognize the sacrifices military families endured in 

response to the attacks. Now, as an all-volunteer organization, 

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with programs and identifies gaps in service to maximize support 

of our military and veterans. For more information or to 

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