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Holliston Holiday Stroll 

November 25th 

By Judith O’Gara 

Holliston will once again 

ring in the holiday season in 

style with an annual event 

townspeople and business 

owners alike eagerly await 

each year. Saturday, November 

25th from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 

is the date of the Holliston 

Holiday Stroll, organized by 

the Holliston Business Association 

(HBA) each year 

“We try to make it as festive 

and as enjoyable and as 

entertaining for all the denominations. 

It’s for everyone 

to enjoy a family day,” says 

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Holliston VFW Post 8507 

Celebrates 70 Years 

By J.D. O’Gara 

George Snow and Paul Deschenes 

are different. They don’t 

agree on religion or politics, but 

“as far as friendship, I don’t think 

it could be any closer,” says Deschenes. 

Their connection is the 

Holliston VFW Post 8507, an organization 

that celebrates its 70th anniversary 

in the town this year and 

currently has around 65 members, 

some of whom have relocated. The 

group is looking for new, younger 

veterans to join its ranks. 

“In our members, there’s no two 

alike,” says George Snow, a veteran 

of the United States Navy, submarine 

services, who was enlisted from 

1948 to 1969. “A lot have served at 

different times, under different circumstances. 

In 21 years, I never saw 

actual combat, but there were others 

that served two years that wear 

the Purple Heart.” 

“I consider myself to be one of 

the youngest members,” says Deschenes, 

who was drafted into the 

U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. 

The VFW, he says, is there to help 

the veteran, then the veteran’s family, 

and then the community. 

“The whole concept of the organization 

is to help another veteran 

and/or his (or her) family who are 

having a tough time, or need just a 

little lift me up, and that’s really our 

sole purpose,” says Snow. 

Snow was the commander of the 

post from 1998 through 2009, as 

well as for a short time after someone 

left, and now’s he’s the chaplain 

for the post. George began his 

involvement at the national level, 

which advocates on that level for 

veterans. 

“When a person comes out of 

the service, they’ve had the camaraderie 

and the closeness to their 

other military people, and it takes a 

lot of adjustment to go from a very 

structured way of life to getting out 

there and trying to get a job and trying 

to find a home for the family, get 

a family started, and that is where 

the veterans’ organizations such as 

VFW 

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VFW 

continued from page 1 

the VFW comes into play. 

We are sort of a platform, it’s 

not military structured, but a veteran 

can feel at home knowing 

that everyone at the table is also 

a veteran. It might have been 

some years ago, like myself, or 

someone just getting out of the 

service,” says Snow. 

George explains that, although 

he’s 87, and a 25-yearold 

might not feel comfortable 

opening up to him, “that gap is 

narrowed considerably by the 

fact that, yes, you served. That 

sort of is a commonality that is 

different … a totally different 

way of life, really. (The VFW) 

is much more involved in looking 

for signs of someone in need, 

someone who’s come back from 

the service and is having difficulty 

coping with day-to-day life 

and the things they saw, and the 

things they had to do. 

“There’s so many things that 

can trouble a person, and I think 

a veteran can probably recognize 

it sooner than a civilian who 

has never experienced any of it 

or have no way of validating or 

understanding what the person is 

going through. Veterans support 

each other in that regard,” says 

Snow. 

“The local post is why I’m 

involved,” says Deschenes, who 

says the group is his primary way 

of connecting to others in the 

community. “I was not involved 

in the VFW back in the heyday. 

I came out of the service in the 

mid-70s, but didn’t join in Holliston 

until 1999.The local post is 

here to provide primarily for the 

support of veteran who might be 

in need locally, in Holliston, and 

also to expand that to the community 

of Holliston at large.” 

Deschenes credits his friend 

with keeping him involved in the 

VFW. 

“Primarily, it was this guy, 

but I don’t want to give him too 

much credit,” Deschenes jokes, 

while grinning at George. 

Some of the local support the 

veterans give each other is transferring 

each other to medical appointments 

and helping out with 

transporting veterans’ family 

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“For example,” says Deschenes, 

“my wife has MS, and 

that came up at a meeting, and 

somebody at the meeting said, 

do you need a ramp?” That, he 

says, was an immediate response 

from the guys. George adds 

that vets have assisted others for 

things like dialysis or financial 

need, whatever type of help they 

can give. 

“We also provide, if the family 

so wishes, an honor guard 

and calling hours, and a funeral 

detail if needed. It’s one thing 

we’ve been doing for several 

years now in conjunction with 

the American Legion. We share 

the expense. We present a Bible 

to the family for any deceased 

veteran,” says Snow. “The families 

really appreciate that.” 

Back in the day, says Snow, 

“The hottest thing in town on a 

Saturday night was a ham and 

beans supper at the VFW.” He 

remembers the VFW sponsoring 

youth baseball and “an excellent 

drill team.” The VFW also sponsored 

Cub Scouts for 52 years, 

until the group disbanded. The 

camaraderie was rewarding for 

him, and “the feeling of having 

helped people. I think, for about 

10 years straight, maybe 15, 

we’d have an annual Christmas 

party for the senior citizens. It 

was such a wonderful feeling to 

see the happiness on the faces 

of these elderly people. Some of 

them, that was their highlight of 

the year. I enjoy is seeing other 

people happy, and in some way, 

being a part of making that happen. 

“We don’t have a hall anymore, 

but we still put on an 

annual Christmas dinner for 

the senior citizens up at the senior 

center, sponsored with the 

American Legion. We also provide 

meals to shut-ins, we usually 

have 30-35 people a month we 

do this for,” says Snow. 

With these veterans doing 

so much for the community, it’s 

great to honor them not only for 

their military but also for their 

civic service. This month, the 

annual Veterans day luncheon 

will take place at Upper Town 

Hall, with invitations that go out 

by mail. In addition to that, to 

celebrate the 70th year of the 

post, a 70th Anniversary Dinner 

Celebration for members of 

the VFW will take place on November 

12th at Anthony’s on the 

Green. 

To join the VFW, a veteran 

has to have served overseas during 

a period of time declared 

war. If you are a veteran who has 

served in that capacity, come to 

a meeting every third Thursday 

at the V.F.W. Post, 310 Woodland 

Street in Holliston at 7 p.m. 

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Donations Encouraged for Holliston Pantry Shelf Patrons 

Every year, The Holliston 

Newcomers Club puts together 

Thanksgiving baskets for patrons 

of the Holliston Food Pantry, 

and every year, the need grows. 

In 2015, with help from the Holliston 

community, the group supplied 

163 Thanksgiving boxes to 

food pantry patrons, which rose 

to 168 last year. This year, they’re 

expecting even more. 

Local Town Pages spoke with 

Holliston Newcomer Lisa Egnitz 

about the effort. Egnitz says the 

Holliston Pantry Shelf often reminds 

the Newcomers that they 

wouldn’t be able to handle this 

project without their help. 

“For our civic duty obligations, 

this is the biggest project 

we have,” says Egnitz. “It reaches 

the most amount of people. We 

meet with the food pantry on 

this project, and they make it 

clear that without the Holliston 

Newcomers, they wouldn’t be 

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Aside from a turkey, which 

food pantry patrons can purchase 

with an enclosed $20 gift 

card, each basket contains everything 

a family might need for a 

full Thanksgiving meal – turkey, 

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. 

“The Girl Scouts are going 

to be helping us out again at the 

food drive again this year,” says 

Egnitz. “They bring in the goods, 

that’s for sure.” 

The large number of baskets 

requires a big space for organization 

and packing. The Newcomers 

are very grateful this year to 

the Holliston Historical Society 

again donating space for basket 

packing day. Basket assembly will 

take place the morning of Saturday, 

November 18th, and baskets 

are assembled by the Newcomers 

and volunteers the food pantry. 

“The food pantry donates 

their time, and they come with 

their big truck, and we pick up 

hundreds of pounds of fresh produce 

from Shaw’s. We pick all 

that up in the morning and drop 

it off at the Historical Society 

barn. The Girl Scouts also make 

holiday cards that we actually include 

in the basket,” says Egnitz. 

This is a big undertaking and 

the Newcomers could use your 

help! If you are short on time, 

they accept monetary donations 

through our website www.hollistonnewcomers.org 

Click on Thanksgiving Baskets 

under the Civic & Community 

heading on the left side 

of the page. You can choose to 

donate $10 to purchase a pie, 

$25 to purchase a pie and produce, 

$20 to purchase a turkey or 

$75 to help put together an entire 

Thanksgiving Basket. 

If you prefer to send a check 

please make it out to Holliston 

Newcomers Club and 

send to Holliston Newcomers 

Club, marking the check as for 

Thanksgiving Baskets, via Katrine 

Giroux, 147 Mohawk Path, 

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Or, if you prefer to shop 

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Holliston Newcomers Club Annual 

Thanksgiving Basket Project 

This Thanksgiving, over 160 families in need will gather around a 

traditional holiday dinner – complete with turkey, stuffing, potatoes, 

squash, a homemade pie and other delicious food. This is a big 

undertaking and the Holliston Newcomers could use your help. Please 

consider donating an item(s) to help reach the goal. 

Non-perishable items needed for Thanksgiving Baskets: 

Canned or Jarred Turkey Gravy 

Canned Corn 

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Canned Cranberry Sauce 

Bag or Box of Stuffing 

Box of Brownie Mix 

Box of cranberry or pumpkin bread mix 

Can or bag of coffee 11-16 oz. 

Box of black tea bags 

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Katrine Giroux, 147 Mohawk Path, Holliston 

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Thank you for your help & Happy Thanksgiving! 

Join HNC for a Gingerbread 

House Decorating Workshop 

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The Holliston Newcomers 

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Decorating Workshop is back 

for another year! HNC will be 

hosting this holiday tradition on 

Saturday, December 9th, 2017 

at Mt. Hollis Lodge. Join families 

from around the area as they 

gather for some creative, handson 

fun. There will be prizes, refreshments, 

and your very own 

gingerbread house to decorate 

and take home. 

This year HNC is partnering 

with Gaetano’s Bakery in Holliston. 

Owner, Gaetano Arria, 

has generously offered to bake 

the delicious houses for all to 

decorate! After 31 years working 

at the famed Mike’s Pastry 

in the North End, and six years 

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Gaetano relocated to Holliston 

and has quickly become a 

community favorite. 

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demonstration on Friday, November 

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and selling techniques, and 

floral shop operation and management 

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of floral design. His work 

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New England’s leading floral 

design professionals. He was inducted 

into the American Institute 

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Floral Communicators International 

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Proceeds from the event will 

benefit the Holliston Garden 

Club’s many civic projects, which 

include tree and flower plantings 

throughout the town, programs 

for children and seniors, and 

Arbor Day events. The Club also 

provides scholarships and educational 

grants to benefit Holliston 

students. There is a raffle table 

and drawing following the program. 

Tickets for “Fall into the Holidays” 

are $12 in advance and 

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may be purchased at these Holliston 

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Holliston Pantry Shelf 

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Holliston Pantry Shelf, a 

501c (3) non-profit food pantry 

serving the community 

of Holliston, Mass. has been 

named the recipient of a 

$1,500 operational grant from 

Foundation for MetroWest. 

The grant, which is part of 

the Foundation for MetroWest 

Hunger Relief program, 

will support general operations 

of the Holliston Pantry Shelf. 

The Holliston Pantry Shelf, 

which was established in 1993, 

supplies food free of charge 

to Holliston residents in need. 

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a unique approach to help it 

achieve its mission of “Neighbors 

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the Pantry is open five days a 

week, year-round. In addition, 

the Pantry allows clients to independently 

shop for their own 

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priorities of the Pantry is 

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of its clients. Finally, the 

Pantry has no paid staff and 

relies on volunteers to staff and 

manage all operations. Therefore, 

all money received by the 

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food or maintaining the 

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“The Holliston Pantry Shelf 

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families in our community,” 

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residents. Since inception, the 

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Common Training Mistakes 

By: Brittany Framson 

According to dog trainer 

Marisa Bellis, a common mistake 

that people make is actually 

waiting too long to start training. 

Ideally, training should begin the 

moment your dog comes home 

with you, regardless of his age. 

Don’t wait until he gets older 

and develops bad habits! In dog 

training, the goal is to shape 

your dog’s behavior and teach 

them how to respond to specific 

phrases. Young puppies might 

not be ready to learn advanced 

actions, but you should begin to 

work on house training and basic 

commands. Over time, this will 

help you form a deeper bond 

with your dog. 

Training is not something you 

can do once and be done. You 

will get the best results if you 

train your dog regularly. Find 

fun, new things to teach your 

dog, but occasionally revisit an 

old action that your dog already 

does well. Ideally you will always 

be training your dog, even as he 

ages and ongoing training can 

help keep your dog’s skills sharp. 

Training sessions are fun for your 

dog and are a great way for you 

two to bond! You want to make 

sure you stay very consistent, as 

consistent responses are essential 

to dog training on every level. 

When you are inconsistent, you 

confuse your dog and may find 

yourself accidentally reinforcing 

unwanted behaviors. If you have 

a rule to not allow your dog on 

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making exceptions, it’s very confusing 

to your dog as to why he’s 

allowed up sometimes and not 

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Training takes time, and each 

dog learns at a different pace. 

Getting stressed out and frustrated 

because your dog isn’t 

catching on is not going to help 

the situation, and in fact, it makes 

things worse because your dog 

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Holliston Police Department Officially 

an Accredited Police Agency 

Holliston Police Chief Matthew 

Stone is pleased to announce 

that the Holliston Police 

Department was recently recognized 

as an accredited police 

agency by the Massachusetts Police 

Accreditation Commission, 

Inc. Town Administrator Jeff 

Ritter, Chief Matthew Stone, 

Lieutenant Craig Denman and 

Lieutenant David Gatchell accepted 

the award at a ceremony 

at The Connors Center in Dover, 

MA on October 12, 2017. 

The Holliston Police Department 

first achieved its certification 

in May 2016, where a 

team of assessors from MPAC 

examined various aspects of the 

department’s policies and procedures, 

operations and facilities. 

The Massachusetts Police Accreditation 

Program consists 

of 257 mandatory standards as 

well as 125 optional standards. 

In order to achieve accreditation 

status, the Department must 

meet all applicable mandatory 

standards as well as 55% of the 

optional standards based on department 

size. 

Accreditation is a self-initiated 

process by which agencies voluntarily 

strive to meet and maintain 

the body of standards that 

have been established for their 

profession, by their profession. 

“Being certified or accredited is 

symbolic of an agency’s commitment 

to professional excellence 

in the workplace. It means that 

the agency has agreed to adopt 

Program standards as a way 

of doing business -- and those 

standards are considered best 

practices, administratively and 

operationally,” according to the 

Massachusetts Police Accreditation 

Commission, Inc. 

The accreditation certifies 

that the Holliston Police Department 

has fully demonstrated 

its commitment to police excellence 

by living up to a body of 

progressive standards to ensure 

that the delivery of police services 

within the Commonwealth 

is at the highest level of professionalism 

and integrity and having 

reflected the best professional 

practices in each area of police 

management, administration, 

operations and support services. 

A special thank you to our accreditation 

manger, Lieutenant 

Craig Denman, for without his 

hard work and commitment to 

this project, this would not have 

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Charles River 

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(CRWA), the leading 

science and advocacy nonprofit 

protecting and restoring the 

Charles River and its watershed, 

has announced that Tani Marinovich 

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CRWA’s work monitoring the 

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Franklin Glass Company: 

Over 50 Years of Doing It Right 

By Marjorie Turner Hollman 

Franklin Glass Company, at 

273 Beaver Street in Franklin, 

has focused on their core business—glass—for 

over fifty years, 

doing business here in town. A 

lifelong Franklin resident, owner 

Dave Nasuti, along with his 

daughter and son-in-law, Beth 

and Michael Razzano, all work 

at the company Nasuti founded 

in 1963. They still care deeply 

not only for the services the 

company provides to the community—they 

care about the 

people who work at Franklin 

Glass Company as well, many 

of whom can be found out back 

in the shop, directly behind the 

showroom and front office at the 

front of the store. 

Nasuti had to learn fast when 

the businessman he bought the 

company from, rather than 

teaching him the business, found 

another job and left him on his 

own after only two weeks. He 

married and became a father 

that same year as well. But rather 

than give up on the business, Nasuti 

kept his eyes open, worked 

hard and was ready to diversify 

when he found opportunities that 

worked with his business model. 

Auto glass, windows, and screens 

were the primary business when 

Nasuti started. “It’s always been 

a good business,” he said. They 

recently ceased their auto glass 

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operations, but have expanded 

in many other related areas. 

When a company has been 

in business for over fifty years, 

and its employees have stayed 

around, several for the past thirty 

years, you know the business is 

doing something right. Enter 

their showroom, and you’ll begin 

to realize the possibilities of what 

Franklin Glass has to offer beyond 

repairs for broken windows 

and torn screens. You’ll find quality 

glass shower doors in many 

styles, for bathroom remodeling 

projects. The choices are varied, 

and it’s easy to visualize what 

your new bathroom will look 

like as you wander the tastefully 

displayed shower door options 

set up throughout their brightly 

lit show room. Mirrors of different 

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While their shop is set up to 

quickly repair broken glass or 

screen windows and doors, they 

are also ready to help replace insulated, 

double-paned glass windows 

with broken seals that cloud 

up. That cloudiness is moisture, 

which not only affects how windows 

look, but also allows heat to 

escape from these compromised 

windows. “Drop off a cloudy replacement 

window in the morning, 

and in many cases, we can 

have the window repaired by the 

end of the day,” Nasuti noted. 

“Repairing these insulated windows 

has become an important 

part of our business.” 

Franklin Glass Company 

works with larger organizations 

in the area as well, providing replacement 

glass for broken windows 

in Franklin public school 

buildings, and other area schools. 

They also contract with Dean 

and other area colleges. Contractors 

use Franklin Glass Company 

for new construction, too. 

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Metrowest Veterans Consortium 

Keeps Local Veterans Connected 


Last month, members of the 


toured the Natick Readiness Center 

of the Massachusetts National 

Guard. They were welcomed to the 

facility, opened in 2014, by Major 

General Gary Keefe, the Adjutant 

General of the Massachusetts National 

Guard. 

What is the Metrowest 

Veterans Consortium? 

Representative Carolyn Dykema 

(D-Holliston) actually founded the 


in April of 2012 to bring together 

leaders in the Veterans community 

to share experiences and successes 

as well as highlight needs and concerns 

of veterans in the Metrowest 

area. Local veterans and veterans’ 

advocates can receive up-to-date information 

and build consensus and 

support for initiatives that support 

local veterans. 

“This all started with my own 

education about veterans’ issues,” 

says Rep. Dykema. “I 

have not served in the military, 

but I was assigned to the Committee 

on Veterans’ Affairs. It was an 

eye-opening experience for me on 

the number of vets in our community, 

of all generations. There are 

WWII vets getting older, a whole 

generation of Vietnam veterans 

who are aging and had a certain 

set of experiences and special 

needs, and we’ve got this new generation 

of vets from the Afghanistan 

and Iraq wars, a completely 

different group, that not only has a 

new set of needs, but also receives 

information in a different way.” 

Dykema says she wanted to connect 

“the needs of the veterans in 

her community with what the state 

was working on to support them.” 

As she networked, she met more 

vets in the greater Metrowest area, 

such as Ed Carr, of Natick, who suggested 

connecting veterans’ services 

officers, veterans’ advocacy groups, 

local veterans and legislators. 

“In those 19 communities invited 

to participate, any group regionally 

that touches our local vets has participated 

in (the consortium),” says 

Dykema. The group meets quarterly, 

and notices are sent out via a 

type of listserv. 

Some of the things the Metrowest 

Veterans Consortium has helped 

facilitate in recent years includes: 

An earmark a few years ago (although 

it did not get recent funding) 

at Framingham State University for 

a paid internship program for veterans 

at the school. 

“We have a very active veterans 

group we connect with,” says 

Dykema, “but because vets tend to 

be older and have financial commitments, 

they were being torn between 

taking internships and part-time 

jobs to pay the bills, and foregoing 

some of the internships that might 

be better in the long term... it was a 

very popular program, and we were 

disappointed we didn’t get (recent) 

funding for it to continue.” 

A few years ago, she explains, the 


was able to advocate for changes to 

local court in Framingham to the 

benefit of veterans. 

“About 20 veterans a day commit 

suicide,” says Dykema. “These 

vets, they come home – they’re helpers 

by nature, that’s why they serve, 

but sometimes it’s hard to be helped. 

They come home with these challenges, 

service or combat related, 

and a lot of them have undiagnosed 

Last month, the Metrowest Veterans Consortium toured the 

Natick Readiness Center of the Massachusetts National Guard. The 

consortium keeps veterans, veterans’ advocacy groups and legislators 

connected and informed. 

PTSD, and they don’t’ reach out 

for help. A traditional way to cope 

is things like substance use. You see 

a growing use, which leads to things 

like OUIs or other things that could 

bring you into court system.” 

The Valor Act Dykema helped 

to pass offers “a session of Framingham 

District Court reserved only for 

veterans. It’s a supported structure. 

Vets have to complete certain requirements 

of this program that get 

them on their feet, rather than have 

them have a criminal record.” 

Dykema sees the Metrowest Veterans 

Consortium as “a community, 

more of a network. One of things 

you quickly find out when you work 

with veteran community – anytime 

you can have vets connecting, or 

mentoring other vets, it really improves 

the effectiveness,” she says. 

Anyone in that consortium can call 

on that group of resources.” 

As day-to-day examples of relationships 

that she’s been able 

to build through the consortium, 

the legislator points to an event in 

which local students in the public 

service program Project 351 are 

working with Steve Bradford, of 

the Holliston American Legion, 

to write letters to veterans. “We 

were able to pair them up with the 

folks over at the Timothy Daniels 

House,” says Dykema. 

“One other things we did locally 

was connected with Mass. Fallen 

Heroes, Afghanistan and Iraq veterans’ 

families. We worked with Steve 

to bring them out to Holliston so the 

community could come and see the 

moving memorial.” 

Dykema is also excited about a 

new Veterans Counseling Office that 

opened up in Holliston in August at 

the Holliston Town Office, 1750 

Washington Street. The Holliston 

site is the newest Community Access 

Point offered through the Worcester 

Vet Center, and offers free and confidential 

counseling services to eligible 

veterans and their families. The 

CAP is open Mondays and Thursdays 

by appointment, and you can 

find out more at (508) 753-7902. 

“It’s free and confidential counseling, 

a satellite CAP (Community 

Access Point) offered through the 

Worcester Vet Center.” 

Dykema points out that the 

group is evolving, with communication 

tending to be the biggest 

challenge. 

“Years ago, you’d go to a physical 

place, but younger vets get information 

very differently. We find 

younger vets get their information 

via Facebook and social media, 

and it’s challenging to reach them, 

because they’re very decentralized 

… Communication at large is the 

project. How do we disseminate 

information so that people are 

aware? That’s where the consortium 

can add value. It’s a network 

to share information.” 

The Metrowest Veterans Consortium, 

says Dykema, has an 

extensive email distribution list 

through which it disseminates information 

about events. If you are a 

veteran and would like to have your 

email added to that list, call (617) 

722-2680. 

Holliston Mill Open Studios 

2017 November 4th 

Artists at the Holliston 

Mill will host their annual 

Open Studios event on Saturday 

and Sunday, November 4 

and 5, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

each day. 

For more information visit 

the website: www.hollistonmill.com 

or like the Holliston 

Mill Facebook page. The 

event is free and open to the 

public. The historic building 

is not wheelchair accessible.


Coffee for Our 

Deployed Soldiers 

& Help for Our 

Homeless Vets 

Thanks to Yanks has just 

launched its annual Hope for Heroes 

donation drive, which it will 

hold from November 8-11. The 

drive is a collection for homeless 

veterans residing at various 

veteran shelters, and a drop-off 

location will be located at DCH 

Milford Toyota, 300 Fortune 

Blvd., Milford. More information 

follows below: 

Donation Hours: 

Wednesday and Thursday, 

November 8 & 9 

(9am - 8pm) 

Friday, November 10 

(9am - 6pm) 

Saturday, November 11 

(9am - 5pm) 

Items needed: 

• New Bedding - 

Twin Blankets and Sheets 

• New Towels 

• Gift Cards - CVS, Target, 

Walgreen or Walmart 

• Non-perishable Food Products 

• Hygiene Items - Men’s/Women’s 

Deodorant, Shampoo, 

Conditioner, Body Wash, 

Toothbrushes and Toothpaste, 

Razors, Feminine Hygiene 

Products, Shaving Cream 

• Clothing - New or Gently Used 

Coats (L-XL), Winter Hats, 

New Men’s Underwear (L-XL), 

Men’s/Women’s Gloves 

(L-XL), Socks, Sweat Tops 

and Bottoms (L-XL) 

On the morning of Saturday, 

November 11th, DCH Milford 

will be providing free coffee and 

donuts for all who come in to donate. 

For more information or to 

donate, please visit www.thankstoyanks.org, 

Facebook, Twitter, 

LinkedIn and Instagram. 

St. Mary’s to Present 

Internationally-Acclaimed 

Pianists November 3rd 

Music at St. Mary’s in Holliston 

is delighted to welcome 

internationally-acclaimed Italian 

pianists Roberto Plano and 

Paola del Negro for a benefit 

concert at St. Mary’s Church, 

Fr. Haley Hall, on Friday November 

3rd at 7 p.m. 

Defined by Chicago radio 

commentator Paul Harvey 

as the heir to Rubinstein and 

Horowitz, Roberto Plano performs 

regularly throughout 

North America and Europe – 

notably at Lincoln Center, Sala 

Verdi, Salle Cortot, Wigmore 

Hall and the Herkulessaal, and 

he has performed with orchestras 

around the world. 

Paola del Negro has received 

the First Prize in over 

twenty national and international 

piano competitions 

and has likewise performed 

around the world as a soloist 

and chamber musician. Now 

Holliston residents, Plano is 

Assistant professor of Piano at 

Boston University’s College of 

Fine Arts, and Del Negro runs 

the newly formed PDN Piano 

Studio. Plano and Del Negro 

will offer a program of fourhand 

piano repertoire, which 

will include the special appearance 

of their daughters Anna 

and Elisa. 

The concert is open to all, 

and a free-will offering basket 

will be available for donations 

which will benefit St. 

Mary’s Church. More information 

at www.robertoplano. 

com and www.pdnpianostudio.com. 

New Milford Office 

Opening Soon! 

On November 20 th , our offices at 

176 and 327 West Street will relocate to 

101 Cedar Street, Milford 

(former Sports Authority). 

Our new state-of-the-art facility 

will have many services and amenities 

all under one roof... including 

OB/Gyn care! 

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Thanks To Yanks, Manny Ferreira of Dunkin Donuts and Steven 

Sardinha franchise owner stand in front of 300 pounds of donated 

Dunkin Donuts coffee, The Sardinhas made the generous donation to 

Thanks To Yanks, who will ship the coffee to service men and women 

who currently deployed. 

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for the most up-to-date 

information and a full 

list of services. 

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Annual Holiday Stroll 

STROLL 


longtime holiday stroll organizer Diane Marrazzo, owner 

of The Grapevine. In addition to the fun events planned, 

says Marrazzo, “We have food trucks Bitchin’ BBQ and 

the Say Cheese, and that’s going to be big that year, with 

tacos in Upper Town Hall by Los Cabos, and treats from 

Gaetano’s Bakery. 

Stroll events include something for everyone, from entertainment 

in various locations to crafts 

• Gillian Frazier The Caricatures Jordan Hall 1-3 p.m. 

• Pumpernickel Puppets St Mary’s 12-1 p.m. 

• Karaoke. Mr. DJ Upper Town Hall 2:45-4:30 p.m. 

• Magician Fran Flynn 

Upper Town Hall 1:30-2:30 p.m. 

• Inspire Dance is in Upper Town Hall 12-12:30 p.m. 

• Light of Heart Yoga 

Upper Town Hall 12:45- 1:15 p.m. 

• Emergency Equipment Display 

Fire Station 12-2 p.m. 

• Hand bell Choir Congregational Church 

3:30 & 4:30 p.m. 

• Boy Scouts S’mores Blair Square 3-6 p.m. 

• Santa reads “Twas the Night Before Christmas” 

3 p.m., Charles Street 

• Candlelight Procession/Tree Lighting from 

Fiske’s Parking lot to Blair Square 5:15 p.m. 

• Facepainting by The Tate Sisters 

Upper Town Hall 12-4 p.m. 

• Holliston Garden Club: Book Signing by Jana Milbocker 

Upper Town Hall 

• BDR Automotive Touch a Truck and kids craft 12-3 p.m. 

• Cheryl Cohen Mosaics Art Center demos in 

Jordan Hall at 1,2,3,and 4 p.m. 

• Mike the Balloon Man, The Grapevine 3-5 p.m. 

• Brady Wells Music The Grapevine 12-4 p.m. 

• Cookie Decorating with Vestas Real Estate Group, 

Upper Town Hall, 12-3 p.m. 

• Jasper Hill Bistro live music 12-5 p.m. 

• Debra’s Flowers, live music 12-3 p.m. 

Various businesses around town will offer special promotions 

for the day, so the stroll is a great day for holiday 

shopping. At Jordan Hall, a number of businesses will 

have tables, including Josh Kickham Photography, Agness 

& Dora Clothing, Mary Kay, Purple Umbrella Jewelry, 

Rainbow Soaps, Tara Dearborn, the Little Beehive Farm 

and Thirty-one Gifts. 

Don’t forget to stop in brick-and-mortar storefronts 

all over town, too. From yummy samples (The Candy 

Cottage, the Holliston Superette, Depot Package Store, 

Arcadian Farm, Central Café & Convenience), to raffles 

(Kamala Boutique, Holliston TrueValue), to special activities 

(Mary’s Indoor Garden & Plants, Fiske’s, Holliston 

Animal Hospital, Fairy Hair Extensions, Soul Spirit 

Studio), to just good old fashioned specials and discounts 

(Gilfoy Art & Framing, Holliston Antiques, Gracefully 

Restored, Holliston Jewelers, Holliston Grill) you’re sure 

to have a blast and save some money to boot on your 

upcoming holiday shopping. Be sure to take a look at the 

enclosed map! 

All that strolling 

can be exhausting, 

so thanks to several 

sponsors, two free 

trolley trolleys will 

be running from 

12:30 – 5 p.m. Trolley 

route #1 goes to 

Village Plaza, Jordan 

Hall, Upper town 

hall and Washington 

Street, and trolley #2 

will take folks down 

Norfolk St., Railroad 

Street, Central Street 

and downtown. This 

year, it will include 

Arcadian Farms and 

Deborah’s Flowers, 

both involved in the stroll for the first time this year. 

In the spirit of the giving season, strollers will also have 

a chance to help out those in need. Three Giving Trees 

will be set up around town, one in front of The Grapevine, 

one at Fiske’s and one at the Candy Cottage, for 

strollers to donate hats, mittens, and scarves for those who 

need them. 

The Holliston Holiday Stroll would not be possible 

without several local sponsors. These include: 

TD Bank, Middlesex Bank, the Friends of the Library, 

Kamala Boutique. Lamb & Associates, The Holliston 

Reporter, Santander Bank, Depot Liquors, Anne Marie 

Dance Studio, Boudreau’s Automotive, and Vestas Real 

Estate Group. 

John McDonough’s Pumpernickel Puppets 

Toy Cupboard Theatre. 

That was the name of the puppet 

show John McDonough’s 

mother took him to in Lancaster, 

Massachusetts, when he 

was a small boy of four or five. 

But that show changed his life. 

“It just sparked something. 

I decided then I was going to 

be a puppeteer and never really 

looked back,” he says. 

McDonough started putting 

on shows when he was about 

12, actually doing a paid gig 

for a birthday party. He and 

his puppets were such a hit 

that word spread, and soon 

McDonough was hired by a 

church, and so on. The selftaught 

puppeteer would pick 

up techniques by watching 

others perform. 

Nowadays, the puppeteer 

puts on 250 shows a year 

throughout New England. 

For nearly forty years, Mc- 

Donough’s “Pumpernickel 

Puppets” have captivated audiences 

of all ages with humorous 

and colorful adaptations 

of classic folk and fairy tales, 

and they’ve appeared in Washington, 

D.C., Atlanta, GA and 

even New York City. 

For each production, John 

designs and creates all of his 

own puppets, from small hand 

puppets to larger than life size 

figures. He also manipulates 

the entire cast and provides the 

voices and sound effects. 

The creativity of the profession 

keeps McDonough interested. 

“Just the creativity I enjoy. 

In puppetry, there are so many 

aspects to it. You get to act, you 

get to write, you get to design. 

It encompasses different skills. 

I’ve always loved performing, 

and making puppets as 

well. The only drawback is the 

travel.” 

Do you want to try your 

hand at puppetry? Mc- 

Donough has some advice. 

“So many children have 

asked me. The library is always 

a good place to start,” he says. 

“Just start by reading puppet 

books and watching other puppeteers.” 

Pumpernickel Puppets will 

perform at St. Mary’s Hall 

during the Holliston Holiday 

Stroll from 12-1 p.m. Visit 

http://www.pumpernickelpuppets.com 

for more information 

on John McDonough 

and his puppets. 

Fran Flynn the Magician 

The magic bug bit Fran Flynn’s 

place over 40 years ago, when he was 

just 12 years old. 

“I started at an early age. I used 

to go to the Worcester YMCA – 

there was a gentleman there, Steve 

Daquiri, who was 

learning to be a magician 

himself,” says 

Flynn, “He sparked 

my interest, and the 

rest is history.” Flynn 

himself found himself 

at the library, reading 

up on how to perform 

a magic show. 

That same year, 

Flynn invited friends 

to his basement for 

his first show. Those free home performances, 

he says, taught him a lot. 

“I learned how to say things, and 

it helped me establish so I wouldn’t 

have stage fright and could learn 

how to pick volunteers. It was a big 

help,” he says. 

Nowadays, Flynn keeps magic 

alive, because he truly loves kids. 

“I truly, truly, love children. 

They’re so honest, and I love to 

make children happy,” says the magician, 

who has two children and 

two grandchildren. His shows are 

geared toward children aged 4-10 

or a large family audience. “To me, 

the best sight is seeing 

children laugh 

and be happy. They 

bring me a ton of joy, 

they really do.” 

Flynn, who was 

featured in 55+ Magazine, 

performs at 

five restaurants every 

week, making balloon 

animals and performing 

magic at tables. At 

his show during the 

Holliston Holiday Stroll, Flynn will 

magically produce a live dove and a 

live rabbit, and he’ll ask for volunteers 

from the audience. 

Fran Flynn will perform at Holliston 

Upper Town Hall on stroll 

day, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. For more 

information on where else you can 

see Fran Flynn the Magician, visit 

franflynn.com.


Holiday Stroll Map 

• Caricatures by Gillian Frazier 

Village Plaza 

DOWNTOWN HOLLISTON C J J 

24 

Arcadian 

• Cheryl Cohen Mosaic’s 

BDR Automotive 

Farms 

Touch-a-Truck 

1 

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• Josh Kickham Photography 

Samples / 

Town 

Kids Craft 

Hall 

• Agnes & Dora Clothing 

Tastings 

Bazel’s Pizza 

1 

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2 3 4 

• Mary Kay Sales 

$4 Slice/Drink 

Shea, 

1 

23 

Debra’s 

Happy Retriever T Diamond, 

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Washington St. 

• Purple Umbrella Jewelry 

Grace Bicycles Rico & Murphy 

LLP, Estate 5 6 7 

HOLLISTON BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 

Flowers 

8 9 10 

• Rainbow Soaps 

St. Mary’s Church 

Lincoln Liquors and Family Law 

L S Live Music 

• Tara Dearborn S • Puppeteer - 

12-3 pm 

Attorneys 

Pumpernickel Puppets 

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• The Little Beehive Farm 

2014 SPRING ST 

2 

The 2 

Cottage 

Candy Smith Row 11 

14 15 16 

The Green 

Sponsored 

• Thirty-one Gifts 

Holliston 17 

by Holliston Business G • Associatio 

Harvard Alpaca Ranch 

22 

Depot 

Superette 12 

• Vesta Real Estate Group 

U 

• Food Trucks 

Package Store 

– Cookie Decorating Saturday, May 3, • Give 2014 Back to Givers Beverage Tasting 

from 11 a.m. - • 6 Boy p.m Scouts 

13 

• Magician - Fran Flynn 

– Wreath Sale 

F 

Downtown Holliston 

3Kamala 3Studio D 

• Karaoke - Mr. DJ 

Congregational Church 

21 

Boutique 

• Inspire Dance Academy Jordan C Hall: 

• Hand Bell Ringers Coffee Haven 

Raffle Hourly • Light of the Hearth Artistic Yoga Novelties 

Early Childhood Council Library 

• Santander 

Girl Scouts of America L • Arts & Crafts 

Gracefully 

4 

The Refinishery 

• Tate Sisters - Face Holliston Painting Athletic Boosters Assoc. 

20 

Soul Spirit 

T.C. Scoops 19 

Restored 

Holliston Music and Arts Parents Assoc. 

Janine's Jewelry 

• Holliston Garden Club 

Fire Station 

Studio 

Design 

T 

Knights of Columbus F 

1st 20 Customers Sunstone Hypnosis Shea, Diamond, 

– Booksigning - Jana Milbocker 

• Emergency 

Mangia 

Equipment Demo Henna Tattooing 

Gift w/purchase The Happy Retriever Rico & Murphy 18 

Mary Kay Cosmetics 

12-2 

LLP, Estate 

Grove St. 

• Holliston Leo’s Bake Sale 

Relay for Life of Ashland and Blair Holliston Square 

and Family Law 

• Los Cabos Restaurant 


5 

Attorneys 

Shea, Diamond, 

Thirty-One Gifts 

• Boy Scouts S’mores 

19 

Rico & Murphy 

• Gaetano’s Bakery 

Jewelers 

T Rose Bows 

LLP, Estate 

• Tree Lighting 

Usborne Books 

Janine Jewelry 

Free Ear Piercing 

and 20 Family 21 Law 

• Embrace Kulture 

Shea, Diamond, 

Rico Attorneys 

Sponsored by Holliston Busines 

Design 

with Purchase 

& Murphy Shea, Diamond, 

The Green: 

6Kamala 

LLP, Estate Rico & Murphy 

Newfound Farm 

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Saturday, May 

6 

and The Family Candy Law LLP, Estate 

Balanced Rock Investment Advisors Sponsored 

Holliston Grill Boutique 

Attorneys Cottage and Family Law 22 

FireGoddess Glass 

from 11 a.m. 

Central Café & 

Trolly Route 1 

Trolly Route 2 

Attorneys 

Little Beehive Farm Downtown H 

Convenience 

$6 Breakfast and 

to Village Plaza and Jordan 

Norfolk Street, 

3Studio D 

T 

Hall, Upper Lil' Town Folk Hall, Farm 

Railroad FREE Coffee / 

Sponsored Street, Central 

Moon Baby Gifts Jordan H 

Wine Tasting 

24 23 

Washington Street. 

Street and Downtown. 

People-to-People Artistic Student Novelties Ambassador 

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9Fiske’s 

10 

Mary’s Indoor 

11 

The Candy 

12 

Gilfoy Art 

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Cerridwen’s 

15 16 17 

Jasper Hill 

The Grapevine 


Cottage 

Antiques 

General Store Garden & Plants 

& Framing 

Keep 

True Value 

True Love 

Live Music 

Mike the 

Animal Hospital 

Chocolate 

25% off Princess Photos Plant a Plug 

$50 Gift 

Fairy Hair 

Massage 

Raffle/Giveaway Balloon Man 

Teddy Bear Clinic 

First 50 Visitors Sampling 

Certificate Extensions 

Green St. 

SERVING LOCAL BUSINESSES 

AND THE COMMUNITY 

JORDAN HALL 

Hollis St. 

Charles St. 

Linden St. 

UPPER TOWN HALL 

Elm St. 

Church St. 

Maeder Row 

Exchange St. 

Central St. 

Fruit St. 

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An Open Letter to Our Dear Friends, Volunteers, 

Community Members, Business Owners, Town Employees, 

Family & Especially HIB Committee Members! 

Mark and I don’t know 

where to start, the 

Symposium weekend 

exceeded our expectations 

and was spectacular! Words 

cannot describe how happy and 

proud we are! You guys were 

wonderful, outstanding, cheerful, 

helpful, enthusiastic, caring, generous 

and the most amazing ambassadors 

any town could ever 

hope for. The last-minute street 

clean ups in town, (thank you 

DPW!) mulch spreading, dead 

heading and watering was exhausting 

but oh so appreciated, 

our little “Hollyrock” Holliston 

has never been so beautiful. 

The work started in 2016 expanding 

the border along Washington 

Street. Local businesses 

Tree Specialists and MoistureTek 

donated materials and services. 

Seventy-five hydrangea shrubs 

were purchased and planted. Our 

downtown floral design subcommittee 

started planning the flowers 

last fall and worked with Pleasant 

View Nursery, a Proven Winners 

grower, to order all the plants for 

downtown areas and Pinecrest 

Golf Club. Several weekends 

were spent prepping and planting. 

New self-standing window 

boxes were built, planted, and delivered 

to various storefronts free 

of charge. Downtown Marigold 

Project added many dozens of 

window boxes on the bridges on 

the Rail Trail and along Washington 

Street. Countless hours were 

spent caring for the border, and 

multitude of planters throughout 

town all summer and fall. In September 

and October, nearly 1,000 

mums were planted downtown 

and at Pinecrest. 

Our own Erin Dowling Porter 

created a gorgeous color walking 

tour pamphlet to give attendees 

which described each of the 8 

stops with brief talking points. In 

contrast, prior years’ walking tour 

participants receive a single page 

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Since 1959 we have offered the best selection 

and lowest prices in town. 

We pride ourselves in our vast selection of over 100 Single Malt Scotches 

and Small Batch Bourbons and showcase a large variety of local, national and 

imported Craft Beers and Ciders including several Gluten Free options. 

We feature a large variety of Fine Wines from around the world with 

an Island of over 60 Mix and Match 2 for $20 selections. 

Everyday Wine Discount Policy 

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20% OFF 12 Bottles or more 750ml 

If you haven’t visited us lately, what are you waiting for? 

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handout with a map and route 

marked. 

I’d like to share a few stories 

and comments that we heard over 

the weekend...please indulge me. 

Wednesday morning, a crew 

of outstanding Garden Club 

members descended upon the 

Sheraton Hotel and transformed 

it, creating fall vignettes with 

cornstalks, pumpkins, grasses and 

flowers; hotel workers comments 

included “our hotel has never 

been this beautiful, who did the 

decorations, what company do 

they work for” and so on. It was 

a beautiful transformation! They 

even put out a huge fall flower 

arrangement in the entry way, 

which took your breath away! 

And then again on Thursday evening 

at dinner, we were treated 

to gorgeous fall arrangements on 

the stage and the club’s beautifully 

and creatively decorated 

pumpkins (26), which adorned 

the tables for opening night ceremonies 

and the rest of the weekend. 

Another wow moment... our 

Laurie Levitt’s original Holliston 

in Bloom art work that was on the 

cover of the AIB brochures and 

any symposium publicity was enlarged 

(10 ft. x 10 ft.) and hung in 

the hotel as a back drop and selfie 

station, so beautiful! 

On Thursday morning bright 

and early at 7 a.m. ,our first team 

of volunteers were at the hotel to 

great folks from 39 cities across 

the country and get them at the 

correct locations, answer questions 

and most importantly be 

our ambassadors of Holliston; 

all weekend judges, visitors and 

board members commented on 

the friendliness and helpfulness 

of our volunteers, seems natural 

and the right thing to do for us, 

but you’d be surprised, thank you 

to Registration volunteers! 

Friday morning, a first for any 

America in Bloom symposium, 

Holliston in Bloom offered “Post 

Office for a day!” Two wonderful 

volunteers assisted our guests in 

packing their silent auction treasures 

and then mailing them back 

to their homes. Even folks who 

did not need this service were 

impressed, we were able to help 

AIB’s auction be more successful 

as bidders now knew they could 

get their purchases home. 

Saturday belonged to Holliston. 

A team of tireless town 

decorators were in action late 

Friday and Saturday morning - 

corn bales, corn stalks, pumpkins 

and mums were spread along the 

walking tour. Pop-up tents went 

up, coolers of water and snacks 

delivered along with chairs went 

to the tour locations. Volunteers 

picked up linens, table decorations 

and food and drinks from 

food vendors. Goodwill Park and 

the donated tent, table and chairs 

was set up for lunch, beautifully 

decorated, it took my breath away 

when we walked into the park! 

Leos and Lions were everywhere! 

What an amazing group of volunteers! 

As I drove around to all 

the tour locations, I saw folks in 

their yards planting flowers and 

raking (never too late!). Town 

businesses had spruced up their 

outdoor spaces (even without asking!). 

Two homeowners in town 

even maned a “pause point in the 

tour,” showing before and after 

pictures of their homes. 

LUNCH WAS AMAZING! 

It was the most beautiful and 

patriotic experience ever when the 

3 coach buses exited onto Green 

St. to be greeted by our school’s 

marching band...and then escorted 

to the park and tent for 

lunch (I cried!). Our guests from 

all over the country were waving 

and clapping and so happy! 

As they seated themselves at the 

tables, every table had someone 

from Holliston to share our stories 

and make them feel welcome. 

Our high school chorus awed 

the over 170 lunch guests with 

the most amazing (I know, I keep 

using that word a lot, but everything 

was amazing!) Star Spangled 

Banner. With all the controversy 

with our National Anthem (and it 

was with our committee too), I am 

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Photos by Cherry Fenton 

LETTER 


very grateful that our lunch committee 

fought for this and made it 

happen. During lunch, the choir 

continued to entertain and delight 

our guests. And who knew, 

Paul Revere and William Dawes 

showed up riding beautiful horses! 

Past President of AIB, Marvin 

Miller later reported that on Friday 

we visited Paul Revere’s grave 

and today in Holliston he came to 

life! After a fantastic lunch (guests 

had pre-ordered their sandwiches, 

either lobster roll or veggie wrap 

made by Superette or Outpost 

farm turkey sandwich) they were 

also treated to Pinecrest’s clam 

chowder, Outpost’s Boston Baked 

Beans (served in traditional bean 

pots thanks to a volunteer!), Boston 

Creme Pie and of course, 

Cape Cod potato chips! 

Next was the walking tour...always 

the highlight of the America 

in Bloom symposium. Our team 

of 16 tour guides, 8 timekeepers 

and 12 plus presenters wowed our 

guests! Mark was one of the fantastic 

presenters, but I could drive 

around and visit most of the stops. 

I saw our presenters shinning and 

proud, presenting the gifts and 

treasures that Holliston has. Everyone 

in Holliston should take 

this tour! Along the way I visited 

with judges (some ours in the past, 

some who had never been here), 

Board members and the founder 

of America in Bloom said, “This 

was the best walking tour of any 

city ever!” A judge said, “ I have 

been on so many walking tours 

and the info. provided was “fluffy, 

un-important information! Everything 

you presented in Holliston, 

a town or city can take back to 

their city to make it better! Best 

ever! … And the costumes, awesome, 

what a great addition to 

the tour!”.So, thank you friends 

for wearing those hot, wool, period 

costumes, we really do owe 

you! And thanks to the Historical 

Society and Mudville Players for 

donating them! 

But the best part for me were 

the little stories I heard along the 

way...one guest found out her 

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beloved pet had died during the 

tour, so our tour guide took her 

aside and comforted her until we 

could pick her up, one person got 

sick and needed to get back to 

the hotel, our folks stayed with 

them and one person had a leg/ 

foot injury and needed a ride to 

the stops so he would not miss the 

tour. Sometimes a stop ran out 

of water and needed more, delivered 

quickly, everyone working 

together to make this so successful! 

And then the clean-up committee 

arrived and magically put 

our Goodwill park back to normal, 

a most important and always 

under-appreciated group of volunteers, 

thank you so very much! 

Saturday night, many of our 

committee members were at 

the awards ceremony, we were 

greeted again and again and 

again (so I guess they really meant 

it!) that we did the best job ever! 

Mark and I were so proud, along 

with all the other committee 

members to hear these remarks. 

Our Mudville Mayor, Bobby 

Blair, was presented a special 

award for his Downtown Marigold 

Project, (complete with a 

standing ovation)...not something 

that happens every year. It was a 

very special award! 

In closing, Mark and I are so 

very happy, so very thankful to 

all of you! We are so grateful our 

town’s support, our elected officials’ 

support, our town administrator’s 

support and the DPW’s 

support! And most importantly 

our VOLUNTEERS! We could 

not have done it without all of 

you! 

I know we have left someone 

out and we apologize in advance, 

please share this letter of thanks 

to anyone on your committee and 

anyone we might have inadvertently 

omitted. 

HOLLISTON ROCKS, 

AND SO DO YOU! 

With much gratefulness, 

Mark Ahronian and Kathy Shore, 

Co-Chairs, Holliston in Bloom, a selffunded, 

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Holliston Vs. Harlem Wizards 

Sunday November 19th 


The third Holliston Vs. Harlem 

Wizards Game, a fundraiser 

that will benefit the Holliston 

Athletic Boosters and the Friends 

of Holliston Basketball Association, 

will take place on Sunday, 

November 19th, at 1 p.m. at 

the Holliston High School Field 

House. This year, the funds will 

be used toward a new basketball 

court in the field house, which 

is used for high school athletics, 

including boys’ and girls’ basketball, 

and volleyball, as well as for 

town youth basketball programs. 

The two-hour game will present 

Harlem Wizards’ brand of 

“Trick Hoops & Alley Oops” 

entertainment basketball, which 

has been packing gyms across 

the globe for over 50 years. You 

can learn more at www.harlemwizards.com. 

Holliston’s team, “Holliston 

Heat” will be comprised of 

teachers, community members, 

coaches, and the basketball varsity 

team captains. 

Tickets - on-line only – may 

be purchased in advance, with 

General Admission at $20. A 

limited number (50) “Courtside 

Plus” seats will also be available 

on-line for $35/each (parents 

accompanying children purchasing 

courtside plus must also 

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will allow early entry into the 

game for choice seating, meet 

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players and souvenir discounts. 

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events/111603. 

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night of the event, they will be 

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Fall 2017 

The Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra, a 

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orchestra based in 

Milford, Mass. is preparing 

for the opening of its Eighteenth 

consecutive symphony 

season in The Grand 

Ballroom of its home venue 

in Milford Town Hall on 

November 4, 2017. 

To kick things off, we are 

launching two complementary 

and new performance 

series offerings – “The 

Milford Federal Jazz at the 

Mill” series, which opened 

on Friday, October 27, 

2017 at the Alternatives 

Whitin Mill Singh Performance 

Center, 50 Douglas 

Road, Whitinsville – and 

the Claflin Hill – Apple 

Tree Arts Chamber Music 

Series, which opens on Saturday, 

November 18, 2017 

at 7:30 p.m. in the newly 

refurbished “Great Hall” at 

One Grafton Common, the 

home of Apple Tree Arts, a 

regional community music 

school. 

Tickets can be purchased 

on line at www. 

claflinhill.org and are $19, 

$15 for student, seniors and 

veterans. Season tickets are 

also available. 

The Claflin Symphony 

Orchestra, located in Milford, 

MA, is a powerful 

regional musical force. 

Through passionate performances 

presented by 

masterful musicians, the 

CHSO plays a leading role 

in the cultural enrichment 

and vitality of Central Massachusetts 

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communities. The CHSO 

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Holliston School Committee News 

This information first appeared 

in the Holliston School Committee 

Newsletter, Issue #1, October 

12, 2017. For more information, 

visit http://www.holliston.k12. 

ma.us/ 

#HollistonInnovates 

Dr. Brad Jackson, Holliston’s 

superintendent, 

launched a new blog to chronicle 

the district’s efforts to innovate 

in the classroom. 

Although Holliston has long 

been innovative in its approach 

to education, these efforts have 

gained new life as a result of 

recent discussions around the 

documentary film, Most Likely to 

Succeed, which has been screened 

in town thanks to the PTO. 

The film and a book by the 

same name make the argument 

that schools need to evolve to reflect 

the changing economy. Our 

public school system was designed 

around the country’s need 

for factory workers 100 years ago. 

Now, the argument goes, students 

need to develop critical thinking 

skills, learn to collaborate and 

communicate effectively, and 

solve problems creatively. 

Parents will not notice an 

overnight change. The superintendent 

is looking to encourage 

innovation in the classroom, take 

some of the “high stakes test” 

pressure off teachers, and discover 

how best to move in a new 

direction. Stay tuned. 

Mental Health Concerns 

at School 

At its September meeting, the 

School Committee received results 

from the 2016 Youth Risk 

Behavior Survey, which covers 

Holliston students in grades 6-12. 

While there was good news on 

several indicators -- all substance 

use is down -- some of the mental 

health indicators are worrisome. 

As Dr. Jackson put it: “Mental 

health continues to demand attention.” 

Overall, Holliston’s numbers 

trend closely with other 

Metrowest communities. 

Full Holliston results are online 

at https://sites.google. 

com/a/holliston.k12.ma.us/ 

holliston-schools/home/about/ 

news-and-announcements/ 

metrowestadolescenthealthsurveyresults, 

the Holliston Public 

Schools page, under News and 

Announcements. 

In grades 9-12, 38.7 percent 

of Holliston High School students 

said life was “very” stressful 

in the past 30 days, up from 

31.7 percent in 2006. (Metrowest 

communities are up from 27.9 

percent to 35.8 percent over the 

same time period on the same 

question.) Over the past decade, 

the portion of HHS students 

who had considered suicide (in 

the previous 12 months) rose 

from 9.8 percent to 12.2 percent, 

but those who had attempted 

suicide dropped from 5.2 percent 

in 2006, to 2.7 percent in 

2016. Depressive symptoms and 

self-injury among HHS students 

are both down over the 10-year 

period, but remain too high. 

Although the percentages for 

the same questions are mostly 

lower for middle school students, 

the trends are all up, with the exception 

of depressive symptoms 

in the previous 12 months, which 

was down slightly to 12.5 percent 

in 2016, compared to 13.2 

percent in 2006, for 7th and 8th 

graders. 

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The vast majority of Holliston 

students participated in the 

survey, which was conducted in 

November 2016. Since then, the 

administration and School Committee 

have supported several 

initiatives (and budget items) to 

try to reverse the trend, and we 

are committed to continuing this 

work. 

There was good news in the 

report as well. From 2006 to 

2016, lifetime cigarette smoking 

among high school students is 

down from 36.7 percent to 12.2 

percent; binge drinking dropped 

from 26.1 percent to 10.5 percent; 

and lifetime marijuana use 

declined from 35.4 to 25.2 percent. 

Volunteers Needed at 

Miller in November! 

The Miller School will pilot 

the Laps at Lunch program in 

November, and volunteers are 

needed. The program, already 

in place at Adams, provides students 

with an opportunity to 

move their bodies, connect with 

friends, and relieve stress during 

their lunch period. This program 

is supported by the Miller School 

administration and the Holliston 

Wellness Council, and to be successful, 

the program needs parents 

to support it! This promises 

to be a fun way to volunteer and 

get involved with the school community. 

All volunteers must have an 

active CORI on file. Please use 

the following link to sign-up (coverage 

needed between 11 a.m.- 

12:55 p.m., but any portion of 

that time would be appreciated) 

Parent volunteers can sign up at 

http://www.signupgenius.com/ 

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Holliston Recreation 

Highlights for 

November 

Babysitter Lessons and Safety Training 

This is an informational workshop where you’ll learn all about 

the basics of infant and child care and how to react responsibly to 

medical emergencies. Please bring a snack/light lunch. Instructor: 

Juanita Allen-Kingsley 

Friday November 10, 12:30-3 p.m., Grades 5-7, $55, Parks & 

Recreation Building 

Parents Night Out - Parks & Recreation Staff 

Need a night out? Drop off the kids for a fun night of activities 

including crafts, games and movies while you go out for a night on 

your own. 

Friday, December 8, 6-9 p.m., Grades K-4, $20/child, Parks & 

Recreation Building 

Zumba for Kids 

Zumba® Kids classes give kids a chance to be active while 

jamming out to their favorite songs! 

Session 1: Mondays 11/13-12/4, Ages 8-12, 3:15-4:15 p.m., $60 

Questions? Call (508) 429-2149. Register on-line at: www. 

townofholliston.us/parks-recreation 

Laps at Lunch aims to implement 

two of the recommendations 

of the Superintendent’s 

Task Force on Student Stress, 

under the category of Physical 

Activity: 1) Seek opportunities 

to incorporate movement breaks 

into the instructional day, both 

during class and during non-class 

Shouldn’t this be 

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There are a lot of urban 

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enough to control acne are often 

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On Saturday, October 14th, 

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Health and Wellness Fair 

at the Joseph P. Keefe Technical 

School in Framingham. Over 

200 MetroWest seniors attended 

the morning event to learn about 

ways to lead healthy and active 

lifestyles and enjoy a fun morning 

out in the community. 

“Staying happy, healthy 

and active is important for everyone 

in our community,” 

said Senator Spilka. “Each year 

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In October, the Massachusetts 

House of Representatives 

passed an amendment sponsored 

by Representative David 

Linsky to the 2017 Supplemental 

Budget banning the sale, purchase, 

or ownership of a “bump 

stock” device. 

The amendment adopted 

by the House bans the possession, 

ownership, or sale of any 

device that attaches to a rifle, 

shotgun, or firearm, other than 

a magazine, which is designed to 

increase the rate of fire of said 

weapon. The legislation carries 

a punishment of imprisonment 

in the state prison by not less 

than three years nor more than 

twenty years, and goes into effect 

six months from the passage of 

the bill. 

“This legislation will ensure 

that no one in Massachusetts can 

legally possess a ‘bump stock,’ 

a device designed to increase 

the deadliness of these already 

deadly weapons,” said Representative 

Linsky (D-Natick). 

“These devices were created by 

gun manufacturers as a workaround 

of the federal law banning 

the sale and possession of 

automatic weapons, and there is 

absolutely no place for them in a 

civilized society.” 

A “bump stock” is a device 

that uses the recoil of a semiautomatic 

firearm to file several 

shots in succession, mimicking 

automatic gun fire. While the 

weapon still fires one bullet for 

every pull of the trigger, the 

“bump stock” automates the 

trigger-pull process, allowing 

shooters to fire at a rate of 400 

to 800 rounds a minute. Twelve 

of the rifles the gunman in the 

Las Vegas mass shooting owned 

were modified with a “bump 

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the fire rate of his weapon. 

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and the rest of my colleagues 

in the Massachusetts House for 

their willingness to take a stand 

on this issue of public safety,” 

said Representative Linsky. 

On October 11th, the Massachusetts 

Senate unanimously 

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MassBay Addresses 

Food Insecurity 

Among Students 

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Celebrating Football History 

A book signing at Fiske’s General Store in Holliston on Oct. 14 featured some of the key subjects in Ken 

Dunn’s book entitled Holliston Panther Football, A Tradition of High School Football Excellence Since 

1896. From the left are Gary Alger, former Holliston High fullback and second all-time leading scorer; 

John Paltrineri, the owner of the store; legendary coach Tom Caito, who led Holliston to its first Super 

Bowl berth; Dunn, who wrote the 816-page book; and the Panthers’ mascot. Photo by Ken Hamwey 

MassBay Community College’s 

Student Development Office 

conducted an on-line survey 

of enrolled students to determine 

if students had food insecurity 

and found that more than half 

(52%) who participated in the 

survey reported “low” or “very 

low” food security. This statistic 

is comparable to the results of a 

national study of community college 

students conducted by The 

Wisconsin Hope Lab called 

“Hunger and Homelessness in 

College”, which found 56% of 

students reported “low” or “very 

low” levels of food security. 

MassBay held the food insecurity 

survey in the Spring 2017 

semester after hearing some students 

lack food or are hungry 

and wanted to explore how many 

students were affected. The responses 

were collected from 308 

MassBay students and showed 

differences in food insecurity by 

subgroup: 55% of women, 75% 

of Black or African American students, 

and 62% of students who 

took classes on the Framingham 

campus had food insecurity. 

To fight hunger on its campuses, 

the Student Development 

Office and many college wide 

departmental offices has spearheaded 

food insecurity initiatives 

to ensure members of the 

MassBay community have access 

to food while on campus. These 

include; 

Since Spring 2016, MassBay 

partnered with The Greater Boston 

Food Bank to host a monthly 

mobile food market with free fresh 

fruits and vegetables, located on 

the Wellesley campus. Students 

on the Ashland and Framingham 

campuses can pre-register, and 

the food will be brought to those 

campuses for them. This has benefitted 

more than 2,648 students, 

faculty and staff since it came to 

campus. 

Snack bins have been placed 

in Student Development, Athletics, 

Advising and Financial Aid on 

the Wellesley Hills campus, offering 

free, sustainable snack options 

to all students. The snack bins are 

also in Advising and Student Development 

on the Framingham 

campus. 

The Student Development 

Office, Student Government Association 

and the Division of Humanities 

and Social Sciences held 

a student essay contest around 

hunger issues. The two winners 

of the contest will join Student 

Development staff in attending 

the National Convening on College 

Food and Housing Insecurity 

Conference in Philadelphia later 

this month. 

By providing this support oncampus, 

the hope is to eliminate 

a stigma surrounding food insecurity, 

give access to healthy food options 

and eliminate a potential 

barrier for college success. 

MassBay has also started a 

Student Hunger Assistance Fund, 

where individuals can make a donation 

to the MassBay Foundation, 

and their contribution will go 

directly to helping students have 

access to food. To make a donation 

visit; https://donate.massbay. 

edu/sslpage.aspx?pid=298 

For more information 

on food resources at MassBay 

Community College; www.Mass- 

Bay.edu/foodresources. 

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Community Events 

November 3 

Music at St. Mary’s in 

Holliston presents internationally-acclaimed 

Italian pianists 

Roberto Plano and Paola 

del Negro, 7 p.m., St. Mary’s 

Church, Fr. Haley Hall. Concert 

is open to all, and a freewill 

offering basket will be 

available for donations which 

will benefit St. Mary’s Church. 

More information at www.robertoplano.com 

and www.pdnpianostudio.com. 


Thanksgiving Baskets Food 

Drive, by Holliston Newcomers 

for Holliston Pantry Shelf 

patrons, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., 

Shaw’s Ashland 

Holliston Mills Open Studios, 

11 a.m. – 4 p.m., 24 Water St., 

Holliston, open artist studios, 

music from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 

Saturday, light refreshments 

both days with Crafted offering 

a tasting 1-3 p.m. Sunday. 

Find Holliston Mills at www. 

hollistonmill.com or on Facebook. 

Teutonic Titans, Symphony 

Concert by Claflin Hill Symphony 

Orchestra, The Historic 

Grand Ballroom. Milford 

Town Hall, 7:30 p.m., tickets 

are $19, $15 for students, 

seniors and veterans, visit 

www.claflinhill.org 

Concert, Hungrytown, 

7 p.m., Holliston Public 

Library, 752 Washington 

Street, Holliston 


Holliston Mills Open Studios, 

11 a.m. – 4 p.m., 24 

Water St., Holliston, open 

artist studios, music from 11 

a.m. – 2 p.m. Saturday, light 

refreshments both days with 

Crafted offering a tasting 1-3 

p.m. Sunday. Find Holliston 

Mills at www.hollistonmill.com 

or on Facebook. 


Morning Book Club, 11 a.m., 

Holliston Public Library, 752 

Washington Street, Holliston; 

Whistling Season, by Ivan Doig 


Deadline to donate for Holliston 

Newcomers Thanksgiving 

Baskets for Holliston Pantry 

Shelf. Visit www.hollistonnewcomers.org 


Holliston Garden Club features 

Bert Ford for “Fall into the 

Holidays,” 7 p.m. refreshments, 

7:30 p.m. program, St. Mary’s 

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Holliston, $12 in advance; $15 

at the door. Advance tickets 

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at Coffee Haven, 76 Railroad 

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Norfolk Street, Outpost Farm, 

216 Prentice Street, Debra’s 

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Sports 

Holliston’s Londono-Ayr Will Stay 

with Field Hockey — In Colombia 

By Ken Hamwey, 

Staff Sports Writer 

Chloe Londono-Ayr is a senior 

tri-captain on Holliston High’s 

field hockey team that was battling 

to make it three consecutive 

playoff appearances at Local 

Town Pages deadline. Although 

the Panthers’ tourney fate was 

still undecided (6-6-2 record), 

their star midfielder’s future is set 

— she’ll be playing the sport in 

Colombia next year. 

The Panthers’ center midfielder 

enjoyed tournament 

competition the last two years, 

especially as a sophomore when 

Holliston clinched the Tri Valley 

League championship. The 

excitement that surrounds playoff 

field hockey might not occur 

this fall, and that will create 

some sadness for Londono-Ayr 

because she considers her teammates 

a family. Her passion for 

the “family,’’ however, will never 

fade, regardless of the Panthers’ 

playoff status. 

“We lost five starters from last 

year, but we’ve worked hard and 

put forth the effort,’’ she emphasized. 

“I love being on the team, 

and I have great passion for my 

teammates. The girls supported 

me and I consider them all super 

role models.’’ 

Playing in Colombia next year 

is a new wrinkle for Londono- 

Ayr, a decision she’s carefully 

mulled. She wants to take a year 

off after graduation in June and 

play club soccer in Colombia. 

College field hockey will follow 

in the fall of 2019. 

“My grandmother lives in 

Colombia, and that’s where I’ll 

stay,’’ she said. “I’ve been to the 

country twice. Field hockey is a 

new and growing sport in Colombia, 

played mostly by men. 

The club team I’ll join will be 

a men’s squad, and its Spanish 

name translates to ‘pioneers.’ 

We’ll practice twice a week and 

play games on the weekend.’’ 

The 5-foot-2 Londono-Ayr 

said she’ll spend the summer 

after graduation with her friends 

in Holliston, then depart for Colombia 

next September. She’s 

eager to sharpen her skills and 

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her stamina in South America. 

“In Colombia, players are still 

learning the game, but I hope to 

improve my skills and endurance 

by playing against men,’’ 

she emphasized. “The altitude 

is high there, so my training 

will help my endurance. Playing 

against older men will challenge 

me, allow me to be more flexible 

and versatile and hopefully improve 

my offense.’’ 

A good student who’s vice 

president of her class, Londono- 

Ayr currently is applying to about 

six colleges, primarily Division 2 

and 3 schools. She’s working on 

a deferred acceptance. “I hope 

to get accepted this school year, 

defer my attendance, then return 

to the States and begin college in 

2019,’’ she noted. “I’ll major in 

either pre-med or nursing.’’ 

A vocal captain who’s been 

on the varsity for four years, 

Londono-Ayr has played defender, 

link and midfield. “I like 

playing as a midfielder, because 

it’s like being the quarterback 

in football,’’ she said. “You see 

the field totally, you’re always in 

transition and you have the option 

to dribble or pass. The key 

is using your instincts to your 

advantage.’’ 

Her coach, Alyssa Wesoly, labels 

Londono-Ayr as Holliston’s 

best distributor on offense and 

one of the Panthers’ top players 

on defense. “Chloe has a high 

field hockey IQ, her stick skills 

are excellent, and she can dodge 

and distribute the ball effectively,’’ 

Wesoly said. “Her passing is accurate, 

long or short, and she 

handles penalty corners well. 

Her decision to take a gap year is 

a mature move. She’s definitely a 

collegiate prospect.’’ 

A deliberate competitor, Londono-Ayr 

relies on an aggressive 

style when she’s in midfield. She 

says she’d like to become more 

aggressive on defense for a full 

game. But, she wasn’t bashful on 

defense when she was challenged 

twice as a freshman. 

“Our starting defender got 

hurt in my first game and coach 

Wesoly asked me if I was ready 

to go in,’’ Londono-Ayr recalled. 

“I was terrified but I played, and 

Chloe Londono-Ayr is choosing an international experience over 

a collegiate one next year after graduation as she’ll head to her 

grandmother’s in Colombia. 

did okay. She showed that she 

believed in me and that really 

helped my confidence. Later, in 

a game against top-rival Dover- 

Sherborn, I was assigned to 

mark their best scorer (Caroline 

Bono). I held my own and kept 

her scoreless. She’s now playing 

at Holy Cross.’’ 

The 17-year-old midfielder, 

who was a TVL all-star as a sophomore, 

rates that season as her 

top thrill, because Holliston captured 

the TVL crown. “That’s a 

fond memory,’’ she said. “That 

team was close-knit, we worked 

hard in the summer on our skills 

and won the title.’’ 

Calling her coach “a great 

motivator whose approach is positive,’’ 

Londono-Ayr was glad she 

was a captain with Addie Raymer 

and Cayla Olson. “Addie is our 

goalie and Cayla plays defense,’’ 

she said. “Both are talented and 

we worked well together.’’ 

Relying on an athletic philosophy 

that stresses hard work, 

Londono-Ayr also believes that 

reaching one’s potential is a key 

to winning and enjoying a sport. 

“It’s also important to be present 

in a specific moment,’’ she 

emphasized. “When we won the 

TVL title, it was significant to 

embrace it, feel it and react to the 

moment.’’ 

Londono-Ayr almost passed 

up field hockey for volleyball but 

her former babysitter convinced 

her to try field hockey. “She gave 

me a stick, shin guards, a bag 

and a ball,’’ she recalled. “Addie 

and I were leaning towards volleyball, 

but we changed our 

minds and played field hockey 

as seventh graders.’’ 

Now, six years later, Londono- 

Ayr is preparing to close the book 

on one chapter of field hockey 

but will soon pursue the sport 

in Colombia. Her parents, especially 

her father who was born in 

Colombia, are very supportive of 

her decision and her desire to experience 

a different culture. 

“I wanted to have a different 

experience than others,’’ she 

said. “I can take a breather from 

school for a year, learn Spanish 

and still explore my passion for 

field hockey. 

Chloe Londono-Ayr’s year in 

Colombia should be a dynamic 

venture for a high-caliber student 

athlete.


Sports 

Holliston Volleyball Grows in Strength under New Coach 

By Christopher Tremblay 

After spending two years as 

the junior varsity coach for the 

Holliston girls’ volleyball team, 

Anneliese Harrison was handed 

the reigns of the varsity squad 

this fall. With five games remaining 

on their regular season, as of 

this writing, the Panthers find 

themselves with a 5-8 record and 

are still in the hunt to reach the 

state tournament. 

“It’s in reach, but it’s going to 

be a battle to qualify for the tournament, 

needing more wins,” the 

first-year varsity coach said. “Last 

year, the team was only able to 

manage three wins, so we’ve already 

bettered that record, but 

would still like to accomplish our 

goal.” 

Harrison believes the team 

success is due to the more mature 

athletes as well as the strong performances 

from the hitters; such 

as junior Brooke Geoffrey, who 

is playing volleyball for the first 

time. Geoffrey had participated 

in other sports at Holliston, but 

was looking for something different 

this fall and decided to make 

the move to volleyball. 

“Brooke is an amazing individual 

who was a complete match 

to this sport,” Harrison said. “At 

5’ 11” playing middle hitter, she 

blocks just about everything that 

comes near her.” 

Senior Olivia Nguyen and 

juniors Ally Edward and Anna 

Kovea have been guiding the 

team as tri-captains. Edward is 

an outside hitter, who has height 

just not as tall as Geoffrey, is a 

very consistent hitter and one 

Harrison can trust at all times to 

get the job done. Nguyen is the 

team’s setter and has meshed well 

with both Edward and Geoffrey. 

Kovea plays the libero position 

while bringing an upbeat influence 

to the squad. 

“Anna plays a crazy back row 

and dives all over the floor,” the 

coach said. “She also keeps the 

team positive with her attitude. 

She always finds ways to make 

any situation a happy one.” 

Another outside hitter with 

some power is junior Emily Howland. 

According to her coach, she 

has so much power she records 

a kill almost every time she hits 

Young talent and a good share of mature players are what’s adding strength to Holliston volleyball this year. 

the ball. Howland also excels at 

serving. 

As the Panthers look to 

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berth in the tournament Coach 

Harrison is already impressed 

with their progress. 

“Coming into the season we 

were looking to be a lot more serious 

team and bring an intensity 

to the program,” Harrison said. 

“I want to make them mentally 

strong as well as physically. In 

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So why do so many Massachusetts 

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not an important factor.) 

Establish a budget, and share 

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windows, and flooring. They 

also will be frank with you and 

let you know if your budget is 

realistic or not. So, instead of 

wasting everyone’s time, make 

sure you are on the same page 

from the start. I will not visit 

with a client if they will not provide 

a budget over the phone. It 

usually means they are not serious 

about the project or haven’t 

put much effort into planning 

yet. 

A cheap contractor is not likely 

to provide and accurate assessment 

and estimate of your project. 

First of all, an estimate is 

not a fixed quote. Estimates can 

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depending on how experienced 

the person preparing it 

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a contractor to look at your blue 

prints or prepare a conceptual 

design and budget in 30 to 60 

minutes. Depending on the type 

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of work, or more. An experienced 

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range, and will have many 

dozens of similar jobs to reference 

for pricing. 

Initial budgeting really comes 

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contractor. I have lost many 

jobs over the years to “cheaper 

bids” or as some clients like to 

say, “mmore competitive.” More 

often than not, I hear from those 

folks a year or two later wanting 

me to work with them on their 

next project. “What about the 

contractor with the more competitive 

bids?” I ask. 

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orders and things we assumed 

were included but were not. We 

really messed up and should 

have hired you to begin with. 

You were honest about the price, 

about what it would cost to do 

the job. Even worse, the work 

took forever, and it still isn’t 

right. We didn’t save a nickel 

going with the cheap guy, and 

now he won’t call us back!” 

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way a cheap contractor may 

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work. They know that once demolition 

is done, they have you 

trapped and you’ll be forced to 

sign change orders. The relationship 

quickly deteriorates and 

the entire experience becomes a 

disaster. 

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cheap contractors is their lack of 

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through the process, and likely 

have a fractured relationship at 

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you’ll never get them to come 

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I know there are many folks 

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