★ Town Meeting refills capital fund after accounting error and passes groundwater bylaw, 123-25
From the meeting recording; minutes not yet approved.
Town Hall
★ Board of Health, October 13: Held a public hearing on proposed cigar pricing and oral nicotine pouch limits; the regulations stay unchanged for now (from the meeting recording; minutes not yet approved)
★ School Building Committee, October 14: Committee defers vote on adding non-voting student, teacher and public safety seats (from the meeting recording; minutes not yet approved)
★ School Building Committee, October 14: Feasibility study budget breakdown requested by MSBA; next meeting November 17 (from the meeting recording; minutes not yet approved)
★ Economic Development Committee, October 14: EDC asks members to pull permit data on by-right versus special permit projects (from the meeting recording; minutes not yet approved)
School Committee approves superintendent’s goals, hears RAMS ranks in 91st accountability percentile
★ Economic Development Committee, October 14: EDC to start outreach for a business directory built on a Google form and QR code (from the meeting recording; minutes not yet approved)
★ Conservation Commission, October 13: Continues the Linden Street park and invasive-removal plan to October 27 for a site visit (from the meeting recording; minutes not yet approved)
Around Town
Firefighters’ relief association seeks $10,000 for Holliston Firefighter Keith Knowles and his family (Holliston Reporter)
Water bills due Tuesday, November 16 at 7 p.m.; $10 late charge after that (Holliston Reporter)
Quarterly water bills are mailed Friday, October 16 (Town of Holliston)
Medway beats Holliston 3-1 in field hockey (x.com)
Early voters head to Upper Town Hall, 703 Washington Street, for in-person voting (Town of Holliston)
Fire and EMS logs for October 9 to 16 show ambulance calls, alarm checks and two water main breaks (Holliston Reporter)
Holliston beats Nashoba 3-1 in high school roundup (sentinelandenterprise.com)
Holliston cross country teams fall to Hopkinton in regular season finale (tvlsports.net)
Holliston boys soccer loses 1-0 at Hopkinton on Monday, October 19 (tvlsports.net)
Holliston girls soccer edges Hopkinton 1-0, MetroWest Daily News photos show (x.com)
Holliston Cultural Council is accepting grant applications for local ideas (Holliston Town News)
VFW Post 8507 launches student essay contests, with entries due Saturday, October 31 (Holliston Town News)
Holliston Pantry Shelf asks residents to think about Thanksgiving giving now (Holliston Town News)
Happenings
Tuesday, October 20
Library’s Tuesday Matinee shows “Remarkably Bright Creatures” at 12:30 p.m.
Select Board preps for Town Meeting at 6 p.m. session in High School Library
Wednesday, October 21
No registration needed: Little Builders Story Time at the library’s Gilman Room, 10:15 a.m.
Red Sox historian Herb Crehan talks World Series history at the library’s Gilman Room, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 22
Friday, October 23
Dance Party with Stacey Peasley in the Gilman Room at Holliston Public Library, 11 a.m.
Family fun and line dance event at Placentino-Miller Cafetorium, 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 24
Goodie bags go out at 9:30 a.m. at the library’s Halloween Trick-o-Treat
Kids read aloud to therapy dog Molly Bird at the library’s Children’s Room, 10 a.m.
SEPAC Trunk-or-Treat runs 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; admission is $5 per child, $25 family cap
Pink Granite Pedalers bring their ride back to Holliston trails
Sunday, October 25
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