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The Voice of Your Community

Holliston Community Access Television (HCAT) Aims to Help all Holliston Businesses with its new campaign.

#HollistonTogether Supports

Your Local Business

HCAT PSA Series Sets Out to Give ALL Holliston Businesses a Boost

By J.D. O’Gara

There’s no doubt that Covid-

19 has taken its toll on local

businesses, and although the

guidelines of Massachusetts’

four-phase reopening plan put

forth on May 18th offered some

hope for our economy, the easing

of restrictions will take place

gradually. Holliston Cable Access

TV (HCAT) has embarked

HCAT

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Need for Mental Health

Care, and Barriers to It,

Rise during Covid-19

By J.D. O’Gara

Mental health issues are important

community concerns in

normal times, and they certainly

don’t go away during times of a

pandemic. If anything, struggles

are amplified.

“Families are not normally all

under one roof,” says Sen. Karen

Spilka, “People are fighting isolation,

loneliness and depression.”

The Massachusetts Senate President

worked with the Secretary

of Health and Human Services to

use a portion of $10 million earmarked

for innovation in mental

health programs to create a PSA,

released May 15th, aimed at reducing

stigma of mental health

issues during the pandemic.

“Ask, Listen, Encourage, and

Check-in – ALEC,” says Spilka,

of the campaign aimed at helping

communities care for each other.

Locally, repercussions from

the pandemic are being felt. The

number of overdoses is up, according

to S.A.F.E. Coalition

President Jen Knight, who is

alerted to overdose statistics town

by town, as S.A.F.E. provides support

and grief counseling.

“We’ve seen a huge spike in

overdoses, and alcohol use is the

highest I’ve seen in my professional

career,” says Knight, who

gets information from local police

to provide grief counseling.

Knight explains that many who

already have a mental health

component use alcohol to selfsoothe,

and what she’s seeing now

that she hadn’t before is a rise in

calls on behalf of their students,

who are binge drinking at home.

Those who rely on AA or NA

are seeing a higher relapse rate,

too, as Knight says, “While all

the Zoom and phone calls are

wonderful, there’s a whole host

of folks who don’t have access to

a smart phone or a laptop, or the

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Internet. Without any recovery

support network, relapse is so

much more imminent.”

“It is absolutely accurate

that the pandemic has caused a

ripple effect in the systems put

in place to support those with

addiction and recovery,” agrees

Jackie Winer, Director of Holliston

Youth & Family Services,

who co-chairs the Holliston Drug

and Alcohol Awareness Coalition

(HDAAC) with Melissa Stacy.

“We have seen an increase in

overdoses as a result,” says Winer.

Winer says caregivers are

now needing support for family

members who suddenly end up

at their doorsteps. These family

members need support in helping

navigate recovery for their

loved ones home from a rehab or

who’ve been estranged.

Holliston residents of all ages

can still reach out to her office for

help, at (508) 429-0620. (

As for S.A.F.E., Knight says,

“Covid has drastically changed

how this coalition functions from

a very basic level. We had opened

up (our new location) with plans

to open a support group, but due

to Covid, all of that has been put

on hold.”

The pandemic forced S.A.F.E.

to confront how it can provide

electronically the same services to

the community while at the same

time maintaining a high level of

privacy. “Even 10 people was not

something we wanted to risk,”

says Knight.

All the S.A.F.E. services,

which are free of charge, then,

have moved to telephone or online

formats. Support groups,

which have seen a rise in demand,

include a Learn to Cope

group for families of those dealing

with substance use disorder

on Mondays, a Grandparents

Raising Grandchildren group on

the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays, a

12-step program for parents on

Wednesdays, and another general

support group for parents

on Saturday. They also provide

peer mentorship, a grief counselor

and chaplain, information

on Section 35 and direct clinical

counseling in partnership with

Wayside Youth and Family Support

Systems.

To maintain anonymity,

Knight says, S.A.F.E. requires a

call first.

“If someone calls and wants

to join, we’ll have someone talk

with them about the group and

whether it will be a good fit, and

then we’ll share the (login) information,

to honor that privacy.”

The S.A.F.E. support line is (508)

488-8105.

S.A.F.E. Narcan training has

gone online as well.

“We’ve made a Narcan training

video,” says Knight. “If

someone wants to be trained

in Narcan, they can watch the

video, sign the electronic form,

and we can drop off Narcan in

their mailbox.”

HDAAC, the Holliston Drug

and Alcohol Awareness Coalition

stakeholders, also provides

Narcan, and stakeholders are

still virtually meeting weekly, says

Winer.

One issue she’s seeing during

this pandemic is the normalization

of drinking, which HDAAC

is looking at combating with

educational social media. Also,

those in methadone or similar

treatment are dealing with less

flexibility in obtaining treatment.

Isolation can also take a toll on

families, says Winer. “There are

some families that just don’t have

the resources they need to be

able to get through this in a way

that’s adaptive,” she says. “The

Mental Health Resources*

Helplines

• Call 2 Talk, a statewide service of United Way of

Tri-County. A mental health, emotional support,

and suicide prevention program run by

Mass211. Call 2-1-1 or (508) 532-2255.

• Crisis Text Line, a nationwide service. Text from

anywhere in the USA to text with a trained

Crisis Counselor. Text TALK to 741741.

https://www.crisistextline.org/

• National Parent Helpline. Call 800-4A-PARENT

to talk to an operator or go to the website for

a roundup of resources including health and

mental health, personal safety, parenting, child

development. https://www.nationalparenthelpline.org

• LGBTQ Parent & Caregiver Helpline, from Greater

Boston PFLAG. Call (866) 427-3524. https://

gbpflag.org/contact-us/

• Parental Stress Line, from Parents Helping Parents.

Trained volunteer counselors offer nonjudgemental

ways to relieve stress relating to

their children and parenting. Multiple languages

spoken. Call (800) 632-8188. https://

www.parentshelpingparents.org/parentalstress-line

• Veteran's Crisis Line, from the US Department

of Veterans Affairs. Call 800-273-8255.

https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Community Resources & Referrals

• Network of Care Massachusetts: Comprehensive

statewide online resource to help anyone find

information on mental health and substance

use supports and services in their community.

challenge is reaching them, and

getting them to connect to us. We

think of ourselves as an access

point to which individuals can receive

support in the community,

(bridging) that divide if individuals

are having barriers to getting

mental health care, whether it’s

insurance, a transportation issue,

or sometimes families sometimes

just don’t know how to navigate

the system.”

Outside of Holliston, Winer

says, “If you’re confused and

don’t know where to turn, just

reach out to your town department

of social services, or if your

town doesn’t have one, perhaps

turn to an outreach coordinator

at your local senior center.” Another

option is to reach out to a

community member like a guidance

counselor, social worker or

doctor you trust.

https://massachusetts.networkofcare.org

• Holliston Youth & Family Services: Taking referrals

and supporting Holliston residents seeking

services. 508-429-0620.

• Resources to Promote Resilience and Well-Being,

from SPARK Kindness. https://myemail.

constantcontact.com/Supporting-Resilience-

--Mental-Well-Being-During-the-Coronavirus-Pandemic.html?aid=RYEgHfR_1u8&s

oid=1103746609693

Regional Direct Services

• SMOC Behavioral Healthcare Outpatient services.

Substance abuse and mental health outpatient

services to individuals, children and families.

https://www.smoc.org/behavioral-health-services.php

• Psychiatric Emergency Services, from Advocates,

Inc. Crisis team provides assessment and intervention,

via telephone and video, for people of

all ages who are experiencing a mental health

and/or substance use emergency. 24 hours

each day, call (800) 640-5432. https://advocates.org/services/counseling-psychiatry

Online Guide

• Caregiver Guide to Helping Families Cope with the

Coronavirus from the National Child Traumatic

Stress Network. PDF at https://www.framingham.k12.ma.us/cms/lib/MA01907569/

Centricity/Domain/1622/NCTSN%20Caregiver%20Guide%20to%20Helping%20Families%20Cope%20with%20COVID-19.pdf

*compiled by the office of Sen. Karen Spilka

Winer encourages folks to embrace

the new telehealth format

of mental health care, pointing

to a study by McLean Hospital

that showed it to be just as effective

as face-to-face therapy.

“We want to encourage families

who are reluctant to try it,”

says Winer.

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Proactive Planning and Health Remain Critical

There are many aspects

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on an initiative to remind residents

that many businesses in town are

still operating, if not with curbside

service, remotely. Their patronage

could be a lifeline for local entrepreneurs.

“They’re part of the fabric

of Holliston, and in the wake of

Covid-19, they could potentially

lose quite a lot of business,” says

John Drohan, HCAT board member.

HCAT, he says, which enjoys

a strong following on social media

outlets like Facebook, recognizes

how important these businesses are

to town. It created #HollistonTogether,

which will include a series

of public service announcements

(PSA’s) to promote retailers, service

providers, restaurateurs and others

who have set up shop in Holliston.

As HCAT put in an email to

town businesses and entities, “The

campaign will involve a series of

public service announcements

(PSA) for specific sectors of the different

businesses (gifts, food, restaurants,

services etc.) so as not to leave

anyone out. We will go to businesses

and have brief interviews

with owners and get video footage

and edit it into a short 60 second

PSA. The idea is to try to make as

many of these as possible so they

can run perpetually on HCAT as

well as on any social media. The

concept is that we - meaning the

entire town - (HCAT, businesses,

groups, residents and possibly even

the town itself) promote and sustain

the movement. We all know that

supporting local business is important,

however now it has become

critical to the survival of the cornerstone

of our community.

This is not only for the brick

and mortar businesses but ANY-

ONE who has a business based out

of Holliston.”

“We’ll produce PSA’s in groups

– people that sell gifts, people that

serve food, people that provide

service, like dentists and chiropractors.

We want to try to move on

this quickly, because time is of the

essence,” says Drohan, who likens

the effort to Disney Channel-style

commercials a series of those to try

to include all Holliston businesses.

We’re not doing it as advertising.

We just want to make people aware

they’re there as a reminder and encouragement

to shop locally.”

Pilot one, says Drohan, will include

“all the tchotchke places that

sell little gifts, like the Grapevine,

Fiske’s, Holliston Antiques, the

message being these guys are open

and don’t worry, they’ll be social

distancing and taking all the precautions.

The ones that I’ll do in

the first round – they will be open.

The goal is to get everybody. We

don’t want to leave any Hollistonbased

business out.”

Drohan envisions engaging the

Town in the effort, which will include

lawn and storefront signs with

the #HollistonTogether hashtag

and a logo created by Bruce Gilfoy,

HCAT Director.

“Basically, we want to help out

the community as much as possible,”

says Gilfoy, who explains that

the concept arose from a brainstorming

Zoom meeting with local

merchants put together by Mary

Greendale. “The main thing that

HCAT can do is off these services

to these businesses at no charge.”

Gilfoy is also working on doing

short tours of businesses narrated

by the owners as part of a separate

programming, separate from but

related to the #HollistonTogether

PSAs.

“We’re willing to profile them,

almost like a virtual tour of their

store,” says Gilfoy. “That’s what

cable access is all about, helping

out the community. I think a lot of

businesses will take advantage of

it.”

Contact him directly if you

would like to schedule one of these

at bruce@hcattv.org.

At Holliston Local Town Pages mid-

May deadline, the effort was gearing

up quickly to shoot the pilot on

gift shops by the end of the third

week of May, with Drohan confident

HCAT’s editor had the skills

to turn the media pieces around

quickly for airing.

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Holliston Senior Center Remote, but Active

By J.D. O’Gara

Serving a population that’s at

the highest risk for complications

from Covid-19, the Holliston Senior

Center has been working to

adapt its services to the current

“new normal.”

“It is certainly challenging

about the programming, and the

group that we serve, it’s likely to

be awhile before (we can open),”

says Linda Marshall, Director of

the Holliston Senior Center.

Staff is still working, albeit

from phones wired to their own

homes, calling and checking in

on the most vulnerable of the

population it serves.

“Most of our reaching out is

one on one, through phone calls

and checking in,” says Marshall,

“and we also have Facebook.”

The Holliston Senior Center

has recently begun working with

Holliston Cable Access Television

(HCAT) in offering some

exercise classes on their Fios and

Comcast channels, which will

also be offered on the HCAT

website, www.hcattv.org.

“We will be setting up a Pilates

class on there and an indoor

walking group, and our elder law

presentations. One of the other

things HCAT is doing is broadcasting

all the local worship, a

virtual worship service,” says

Marshall.

Services are offered live on

Sunday mornings, according to

HCAT director Bruce Gilfoy, at

9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

Later, services will be posted on

the HCAT web page.

In addition to virtual programming,

the Holliston Senior

Center is continuing to offer its

meal program.

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week our caterer comes in and

puts together the meal into a Styrofoam

container, and it’s packaged

by our van drivers into a

plastic bag with a bottle of water

and a roll. They all have a scheduled

list, and our outreach coordinator

delivers the meals. It’s

also a well-being check.”

Recipients of the meals are

generally “somebody that would

struggle to make a meal for themselves,”

says Marshall, who adds

that the senior center’s outreach

coordinator is responsible for the

list, which includes, “Some of the

people who were originally coming

for lunch. We knew some of

those people, who, for a variety

of reasons are not able to make a

meal, or people who might have

picked up prepped meals.”

The cost of the meals is usually

a donation, but Marshall

notes, “Because we didn’t want

cash changing hands, we are in

the process of sending out a letter

asking if people are able to donate

just as if they were coming

to the senior center. It’s not mandatory.

We don’t want affordability

to be a factor, but some

would normally be paying that

donation.”

The senior center is also continuing

to offer transportation

through the Metrowest Regional

Transit Authority for essential

needs.

“If you need a prescription,

we’ll either take you or do it

for you, and for shopping, we’ll

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blocked off for social distancing.

Overall, the change “has really

been a challenge,” says Marshall,

as even within the seniors

she serves, “they’re divided about

technology. The younger are

more likely to use technology in

some capacity, but 80 and above,

it diminishes significantly, and

those are more concerning. They

have in general more needs and

more health issues.”

Marshall encourages people

who are concerned about an

older person in town to call or

have them call the Holliston Senior

Center. The number is (508)

429-0622.

“I think it’s very important,

that as a community, we’re there

for each other,” says Marshall.

Not only is the senior center

there for its members, she says,

but its members are there for the

community. “We have a group of

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providing them to patients

and meals on wheels volunteers

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get lunch from us, other groups in

town and to employees in town.

Seniors are also able to give back

and stay safe. And it’s important

we can foster, for the ones who

can do something, to give back,

to do that, and that helps their

health and well-being.”

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Lions Make a Difference

Alone we can do so little; together

we can do so much

These simple words spoken

by Helen Keller exemplify Lions

across Massachusetts. This saying

was evident just recently when

four Lions Clubs from across

two Districts and their District

Governors got together to make

a difference at Milford Regional

Medical Center (MRMC). We

addressed a need which no single

club could have handled on their

own.

Combining Efforts

Results in Success

In late April, several Lions

Clubs in the Metrowest area

were contacted by an RN at

MRMC. There was a need for

the facility to provide opportunities

for those who were hospitalized

during this challenging time

for everyone. Patients have been

unable to see their loved ones due

to the current restrictions placed

on visitors and the facility had a

shortage of tablets to aid in facilitating

communication.

Holliston Lion Steve Apesos

designed a welcome page for

patients using the tablets.

Rather than wait for individual

clubs to fund units on their

own, four club Presidents from

the Milford, Mendon, Medway,

and Holliston Lions Clubs

banded together and conducted

a conference call to see what they

could do. Thanks to their efforts,

and the additional donations of

the District Governors from their

respective Districts, the clubs

were able to fund the purchase

of eight Samsung tablets.

VETERINARY CARE

for your companion

These Lions, representing Holliston, Medway, Mendon and Milford, met virtually to come up with a solution

to help Milford Regional Medical Center patients stay in touch with loved ones. Top left to right: Keith

Gattozzi - Milford Lions, Doreen Martel - Holliston Lions. Linda Reynolds - Medway Lions, Bottom left to

right: Mark Bucchino - Mendon Lions, Colleen Oncay - District Governor 33A, Dawn Rice-Norton - District

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these tablets, gifts from the Milford, Medway, Mendon and Holliston Lions Clubs, to help patients communicate with loved

ones.

Setup and Delivery

Lion Steve Apesos, from the

Holliston Lions Club, picked up

the tablets over the course of a

few days at Best Buy in Milford.

The store was extremely helpful

in providing us with creative

ways to overcome the “two tablet

maximum” restrictions in their

ordering system. Thanks to Lion

Steve, we were able to set each

tablet up so that users could easily

access Zoom and Facebook

Messenger to communicate with

their loved ones and family members.

Steve also designed a great

welcoming screen.

Delivery and Use of

Tablets

The real heroes of this story

are the dedicated healthcare

workers who helped make this

possible and will be using these

tablets to assist patients keep in

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contact with their loved ones.

The Lions of Districts 33K

and District 33A, as well as the

Lions of Massachusetts wish to

extend their thanks to the staff

members at Milford Regional

Medical Center: Thank you for

allowing us to continue to fulfill

our mission “We Serve” during

these difficult times and thank

you for your unselfish service to

your patients.


BE A HERO!

Knights of Columbus Raffle Supports Community

You can be a hero and possibly

win money too! Yes, that's

true according to Al Scaramella,

Grand Knight of St. Mary's

Knights of Columbus Council

14224. Through their annual

charity raffles, they have donated

over $210,000 over the past

eleven years to the Holliston Pantry

Shelf, Senior Center, disabled

veterans’ organizations, Habitat

for Humanity, and other local

charities. This year's raffle began

just before the Coronavirus Pandemic

started and, you guessed

it, the virus knocked raffle ticket

sales to a trickle. Al pointed out

that the charitable organizations

being supported need funds more

than ever this year - and it's at a

time when the knights can't get

in front of people to solicit their

support. So, how can you be a

hero?

Al feels, "Everyone who buys

a ticket or a book of tickets is

already a hero because they're

helping hundreds of people

with their purchase. Hundreds!

The Pantry Shelf serves about

200 families - that's families, not

people. The Holliston Senior

Center, even temporarily closed

due to the pandemic, still cooks

and sends meals to many homes

during this trying time, checking

on those seniors to assure they're

okay. Hospitalized disabled veterans,

mostly in the Northeast, receive

support through IPods for

Wounded Veterans, a non-profit

which donates IPods, IPads, and

other electronic equipment to

soldiers while they're recovering

so they can keep in touch with

their families and keep up with

events. Also, Homes for Our

Troops, based in Taunton, builds

homes for disabled veterans,

each one specifically designed for

that soldier's needs. Habitat for

Humanity donations have been

made to help build or rehab the

homes being done in Holliston

the past several years. Every

donation has been so gratefully

received that the recipients believe

that heroes made it possible.

Those heroes are the individuals

who purchased the raffle tickets

which made the donations possible.

That's you.”

Covid-19 has made it impossible

for the council to conduct

group sales at Fiske's, the Superette,

Holliston Hardware, Coffee

Haven, or the area grocery

stores so far. That means ticket

revenue is down, very down, so

far. You can help change this in a

couple ways - buy tickets or make

a donation. For tickets, please

contact any St. Mary's Knight

if you know one; they have tickets.

You can also buy tickets or

make a donation by sending your

name, address, and phone number

along with your check (payable

to KofC #14224) to TOM

ANGUISH, 542 WINTER

STREET, HOLLISTON, MA

01746. Don't forget your phone

number - they need it to call you

if you win a prize! If you buy

tickets, Tom will send your portion

of the ticket(s) back to you

for your chance to win one of

five prizes ranging from $1,000

to $100. Tickets are just $5 each

or a bargain at five for $20. The

drawing is scheduled to be conducted

on stage at Celebrate

Holliston in September, but may

be postponed until later in the fall

if necessary.

So - be a hero and help St.

Mary's Knights of Columbus

Council raise these valuable

funds for charity; you'll feel very

good doing this - and you may

win a prize, too!

Correction

In the May issue in our story about local farms, we

incorrectly reported that Elmhurst Farm in Norfolk accepts

credit cards on purchases. The farm does not accept

credit cards. They accept cash or check. We apologize for

any inconvenience. Visit their website at www.elmhurstfarm.com

to view their products. Colleen Axberg, Elmhurst

Farm’s owner, said customers should call on the

phone to place their order, then leave a check or cash in

a box where orders are picked up. Customers can stop by

the farm to buy items. But temporarily, during the Covid-

19 crisis, ordering by phone is ideal.

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Holliston Newcomers & Neighbors Reflects Back and

Looks forward

As summer approaches, Holliston

Newcomers & Neighbors’

year of activities comes to a close.

Our year started off with a bang

last fall helping our community

through Thanksgiving Baskets

and Thanksgiving Senior Meals,

while the community also had

some fun with our Great Pumpkin

Trail Walk and Gingerbread

House Decorating Party. These

fundraisers, along with the fundraisers

earlier in 2019, all benefited

the 2020 HNN Community

Grant Fund. To start 2020, after

review of the many grant requests,

the HNN Community

Grant Fund was distributed to

the following deserving recipients:

• Holliston Public Library for

discounted Museum Passes

• Parks and Recreation for

their free Summer Concert

Series

• Holliston Fire Department

for an Ice Commander Rescue

Suit

• Holliston Police Department

for Flex-safe Barricades

• Holliston Community Farm

for Electrical Upgrade

• Marigold Project for additional

Bulbs for Fall Planting

Unfortunately, due to

COVID-19, two of our traditional

fundraisers - Princess &

Superhero Party scheduled for

April & Touch-A-Truck scheduled

for June, had to be cancelled.

This was not only sad that

our community missed out on

attending these fun events, but

this also meant that the HNN

Community Grant Fund would

be missing out as well. But with

a little planning and a lot of support

from our local businesses,

HNN introduced a new online

fundraiser - A Prize A Day for

the Month of May. We hope that

everyone had fun waiting to see

if they were a winner every day

in May. We had so much fun

running it - this may just become

an annual event! And of course,

the community can always help

HNN give back by contributing

directly to the HNN Community

Grant Fund here https://hollistonnewcomers.org/Donate.

The HNN membership social

calendar had some adjusting to

do as well. After a series of fun

get-togethers in the fall including

the Children's Trick-or-Treating

at Mission Springs, a Ladies

Escape November social, a December

Dinner Club of hors

d’oeurves as well as our monthly

INTEGRITY - QUALITY - CREATIVITY

Book Club - HNN went virtual.

We ‘Zoom’d’ to our monthly

board meetings, Book Club gettogethers,

Ladies Night In social,

and a Saturday morning children’s

playdate. Thank goodness

for technology!

Of course, we could not have

accomplished all this without the

support of our 2020 sponsors

• Gold Sponsors: Harelick Dental

Associates & Goldfish

Swim School in Milford

• Silver Sponsors: Tink’s Magical

Vacations with Donna

and Jensen Sheehan Insurance

• Bronze Sponsors: Blessed Beginnings

Preschool, Dr. Preussner

Aesthetic and Family

Dentistry, The Bloom Center

for Esthetic Dentistry, the

Prana Center, Archambault

Construction, & Farrell Pool

Service

We look back on this year of

ups and downs knowing that

with some adjustments and a bit

of creativity - HNN was still able

to accomplish our mission of

giving back and bringing people

together. If HNN sounds like

something you want to be a part

of - then become a member at

hollistonnewcomers.org/members.

We look forward to a new

year of fun starting again in the

fall. See you around town!

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Milford Regional Announces

New Chair of Radiology

Milford Regional is pleased

to announce the appointment of

Jeffrey Brooks, MD as Chair of

Radiology. Dr. Brooks graduated

with a degree in medicine from

the University of Vermont College

of Medicine, Burlington,

Vermont in 2006. He completed

a diagnostic radiology residency

program at Boston University

Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Brooks continued

his training with a breast imaging

fellowship program at Boston

University Medical Center. He is

board-certified in radiology.

“We are extraordinarily

pleased that Dr. Brooks is the

new Chair of Radiology,” says

Leslie Selbovitz, MD, Milford

Regional’s Chief Medical Officer

and Senior Vice-President

for Medical Affairs. “In addition

to his fellowship training in

breast imaging, Dr. Brooks has

been one of the key members of

the interdisciplinary Pulmonary

Nodule Board dedicated to the

early diagnosis and cure of lung

cancer, similar to his leadership

activities with breast disease. He

is a vital member of the Breast

Tumor Board at Dana-Farber/

Brigham and Women’s Cancer

Center at Milford Regional. He

and his wife are avid Red Sox

fans, and he always enjoys discussing

his favorite team.”

Mass Audubon

Opens Select Trails

Great news! After careful

analysis and discussions with

local officials, we have determined

that we can safely open

trails on many of our wildlife

sanctuaries for local visitation.

These sanctuaries were selected

based on a variety of conditions

including being able to

manage capacity for expected

level of use (on the trails and

in the parking areas) as well as

support from the communities

where they are located.

Visit https://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/wildlifesanctuaries/trails

to see:

• The list of sanctuaries that are

open for local visitors

• Guidelines on how to visit

safely

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We are so grateful to our

members and supporters for

sticking with us during these challenging

times. Every decision we

have made so far has been in an

effort to help stop the spread of

COVID-19 and keep our communities

safe. At the same time,

we know how important access

to the outdoors is for mental and

physical health.

We are asking for your help

to keep these sanctuaries open

so we can all benefit from nature

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Living Healthy

Beware of Acne Culprits.

Lisa Massimiano, Licensed Esthetician and Certified Acne Specialist

Owner Skin Smart Salon

If you are acne prone, watch out for these sneaky culprits that can lead to acne

disasters.

Tissues

Some well- known tissue brands tout benefits like softness and anti-viral ingredients.

While this sounds wonderful, they are embedded with pore clogging ingredients

like sodium lauryl sulfate, isopropyl Myristate and coconut oil, a nightmare

for acne prone skin.

Hand Lotion

Many hand lotions contain pore clogging ingredients like lanolin and shea butter.

If you’re using a comedogenic hand lotion, you may be setting yourself up for

breakouts whenever you lean your face into your hands or lay your face on your

hands while you sleep.

Lip Balms

Do you get breakouts around your mouth? Think twice before using lip balms.

Many brands contain multiple pore-cloggers. Best bet? Use Vaseline or Aquaphor.

They will keep your lips soft without clogging your pores.

Green Smoothies

While a vitamin-loaded green smoothie may be nutritious, if you are using chlorella

or blue-green algae in it, you are setting yourself up for an acne breakout.

Those “green” powders are high in iodides, an acne trigger.

Biotin Supplements

The ingredients that give you more lustrous hair and strong fingernails make it

a disaster for the acne-prone. You already have too many dead skin cells piling up

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Holliston

Pantry Shelf is

Here to Help

If you or someone you know from Holliston needs

help with groceries at this time, simply email info@hollistonpantryshelf.org

or call (508) 429-5392, M-F, between

10 – 1 p.m. Since the pantry is delivery only at this time,

shoppers will be contacted by pantry personnel to schedule

delivery.

The Holliston Pantry Shelf is are gratefully accepting

donations. Current needs include:

• Pasta Sauce

• Cereal

• Tuna Fish (5 oz. cans)

• Campbell Chunky Soups

• Progresso Soups

• Canned Carrots

• Tomato Soup

• Chicken Noodle Soup (10.75 oz. cans)

• Juice Boxes

• Snacks

For donations, please leave in our drop-off bin outside

our door at our location of 73 Charles St., Holliston.

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The Holliston

Scholarship

Foundation Needs

Your Help

In June of 2019 the Holliston

Scholarship Foundation

awarded $70,000

to Holliston High School

Seniors to help them meet

their college expenses for the

2019-2020 academic year.

The Foundation also gave

$10,000 to Holliston students

enrolled as sophomores, juniors

and seniors in colleges

and universities.

In this most difficult time.

The members of the class of

2020 have lost much of the

experience of their senior

year and are applying to and

choosing a college in most

difficult circumstances. They

are facing the financial demands

of college tuition and

room and board in a damaged

economy.

The Holliston Scholarship

Foundation has always

existed through the effort

and generosity of the Holliston

Community. Please

contribute to the Holliston

Scholarship Foundation, if

you can, so that together we

can continue to help Holliston

students begin or continue

their college education.

Your contribution may be

tax deductible and 100% of

your donation will be used

to fund scholarships. Larger

gifts or donations may be

used to name a scholarship

in Memory of a Loved One.

Please mail donations to

Holliston Scholarship Foundation,

PO Box 6786, Holliston

Ma 01746.

For more information,

contact Robert McGrath,

President H.S.F., PO Box

6786, Holliston MA 01746,

(774) 573-0056, hollistonsf@

gmail.com

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Life, Health & Estate Planning, Peace

of Mind in Uncertain Times

Dennis Sullivan,

Esq CPA LLM

These are challenging times.

We are being called upon as a

community to help one another.

We want to educate people on

steps you can take now that will

protect you and those you love.

Having critical documents in

place should something happen

to you or a loved one is more

important than ever. It can feel

intimidating, overwhelming or

even scary to plan for the possibility

that you may not be able

to make your own decisions, but

please keep in mind that planning

for these scenarios does not make

them more likely to happen. Taking

this time to plan ahead gives

you control and reduces the stress

that comes with health concerns.

Let’s review what you can do

to achieve peace of mind while

at home.

• Review any current health,

financial, estate and asset protection

documents. You must

make sure they are up to date.

You’ll be surprised to read that

a great percentage of such

documents are obsolete (studies

show some 86% fall into

this category due to changes in

personal circumstances, laws,

and events).

Might your documents be

outdated? Are your goals and

objectives you had back then?

Have any beneficiaries or designations

changed? Are the

trustees named still who you

want? If you’ve designated

a power-of-attorney (health

and/or proxy), is this still a viable

selection? If you’ve stated a

guardian or guardians for your

children, is the person or persons

still desired? Has anyone’s

health deteriorated so that he

or she is now unable to act on

your behalf as you originally

intended?

• If you haven’t taken steps to

put a will, trust documents,

a power-of-attorney, or such

documents in place. Now is

the time to get them done

• It’s also important that you

keep a list handy in case you

are unable to act on your own

behalf, and let designated

individuals know where it is

located. Things to include:

Estate planning attorney and

financial professionals you

rely on, bank account/safety

deposit box information, titles

to vehicles, home mortgage

or title details, credit card information,

passwords to any

digital/on-line accounts, passports,

birth certificate, Social

Security card, etc. This will

prevent the state, a court,

medical institution or a funeral

home to step in and take

charge.

• According to the American

Medical Association, 67% of

people do not have access to

their healthcare agents when

admitted to a hospital or emergency

room. Basic life, health,

and emergency plans need to

be accessible to you and your

family prior to an emergency.

For example, we provide clients

with a wallet card with all

of this information for anyone

18 and over.

You can get these documents

prepared by contacting an estate

planning attorney. Many attorneys,

including Dennis Sullivan

& Associates are using teleconferencing

to meet with clients.

Massachusetts has also recently

passed an emergency bill to

allow remote signings, including

witnessing and notarizing documents.

This allows people to put

protections in place now while

social distancing. Stay healthy,

stay safe, and be prepared.

Holliston Community

Action Fund Helps Out

in Emergencies

The Holliston Community Action Fund (HCAF) provides short-term emergency

assistance grants to people who are in financial hardship.

Grants are designed to solve a specific problem (energy bill, car repair, medical

cost) that people are having trouble paying due to unfortunate circumstances.

All grant applications go through the Department of Youth and Family Services

(DYFS) - (Jackie Winer director (508) 429-0620; winerj@holliston.k12.

us.ma). All applications for grants are strictly confidential.

Please pass this along to everyone you can to remind them about this fund

as it could make a tremendous difference in people’s lives during these challenging

times.

For more information, visit HollistonCommunityAction.org


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The Town of Holliston is strongly encouraging the use

of our Online bill payment system. To access the town’s

online system, please visit the town’s website at www.

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If you prefer you may use your own bill paying system

through your personal banking system to make payments

to the Town of Holliston. Please make sure that you indicate

the bill number you are paying or the type of payment

you are making such as “dog license.”

For those payments that cannot be paid online, we have

placed a mailbox on the side entrance to Town Hall that

contains pens and envelopes that will allow you to place

your payment into an envelope and mark the applicable

department name on the envelope. Please make sure you

write your name and contact number on the envelope

should there be any questions regarding the payment enclosed.

You may also mail payments to the applicable departments

at Town Hall.

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not have access to a computer, please call the Treasurer/

Collector’s Office at (508) 429-0602 or Water Department

at (508) 429-0603 and we will be happy to give you the

amount due.

Rodman Ride for

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Sept. 26th

The Rodman Ride for Kids

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has changed to a virtual event,

has been rescheduled to Saturday,

September 26th. Founded

in 1991, the Rodman Ride for

Kids is a non-profit organization

that raises funds for social service

agencies that support at-risk

children in Massachusetts. Each

Fall, they host the Ride for Kids

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cycling tour that

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About 50 affiliate youthfocused

charity organizations

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Riders select the distance they

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goals, and ask their friends and

family for support. To date, The

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• Wifi can be accessed from the area outside the library building

• Databases, journal articles, newspapers and more at https://hollistonlibrary.

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On Friday April 24, the Massachusetts

Interscholastic Athletic

Association announced that all

high school sports for the spring

season would be called off following

the announcement of Governor

Charlie Baker closing schools

in the state for the remainder of

the year.

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sport seasons came to a sudden

end due to the Coronavirus, the

Eastern Massachusetts Lacrosse

Coaches Association (EMLCA)

announced that they were planning

on hosting the first ever

Senior Classic, a tournament

for male lacrosse players across

Eastern Massachusetts.

The Senior Classic is tentatively

set to be hosted at three

sites across the state and is slated

to begin on July 19. The goal of

the tournament is to keep the

numbers low while allowing

coaches across the state to make

decisions for other possible tournaments

in the future for the

programs, boys and girls. The

two-day tournament would be

held in three divisions based on

school size and MIAA divisions.

Each team would be composed

of 10 or more players, and if a

school can not reach that number

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pair up with another school in

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having anything at all. Hope of

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away from the schools with Governor

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players some hope.

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lacrosse players now have a

glimmer of hope that they will

get to play in one last tournament

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Legislature Acts to Allow Virtual Notarization

On April 27th, Governor

Baker signed legislation passed

in the Massachusetts House of

Representatives and the Senate

to authorize notary publics

to perform notary actions using

video conferencing during the

COVID-19 public health emergency.

“During the public health

emergency, it has been difficult

for the public to process certain

legal transactions especially those

on behalf of those who are sick

or dying, therefore the Legislature

acted to ensure notaries

can conduct business virtually in

order to adhere to physical distancing

measures,” said Speaker

Robert DeLeo (D – Winthrop).

“We must make sure that families,

individuals, and businesses

can execute wills, proxies, real

estate transactions, and other

important documents during the

COVID-19 public health crisis. I

am grateful to Chairs Michlewitz

and Cronin for their work to act

on this important issue.”

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will mean important

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our economy and the Commonwealth

as a whole," stated Senate

President Karen E. Spilka

(D-Ashland). "I am pleased to

see this legislation advance as it

will provide a safe alternative for

residents and businesses during

this public health crisis. I'd like

to thank Senators Michael Rodrigues,

John Keenan, Minority

Leader Bruce Tarr as well as

Speaker DeLeo and our House

partners for their collaboration

on this issue."

The legislation applies requirements

for authorized notary

publics to use electronic video

conferencing for documents requiring

notarization including

those related to a mortgage or

other conveyance of title to real

estate, will, nomination of guardian

or conservator, caregiver

authorization affidavit, trust,

durable power of attorney, or

health care proxy.

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following provisions, which will

be in place until three business

days after termination of the

March 10, 2020 declaration of a

State of Emergency:

• Authorizes a notary public

appointed under the laws of

the Commonwealth to perform

an acknowledgement,

affirmation or other notarial

act using video conferencing

in real time;

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video conferencing when the

notary public and each principal

are physically located

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Sports

Trainor Maintains Perspective After Covid-19 Halts

Vermont Lacrosse

Holliston’s All-time Scoring Leader

By KEN HAMWEY, Staff

Sports Writer

Lily Trainor rewrote the record

book in girls’ lacrosse at

Holliston High, and the way she

began her collegiate career as a

freshman on the University of

Vermont’s varsity was no surprise.

She scored three goals and

registered one assist in the Catamount’s

opener against Merrimack.

For the next seven non-league

games, the 5-foot-2 attacker alternated

as a starter and a reserve

while coach Sarah Dalton-Graddock

strived to build team chemistry

and find the best roles for

a squad that was in rebuilding

mode. After eight games, Vermont

had a 5-3 record and was

preparing to start its America

East Conference matches.

But, just around the corner,

there was some news — sad news

for a team that was stating to

find its groove. The Catamounts

were in their third practice after

completing a productive southern

trip to Georgia where they

played Mercer and Kennesaw

State. At that practice, the players

learned that America East

Conference officials canceled the

circuit’s entire schedule because

of the coronavirus pandemic.

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by Vermont and given

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“The news was sad and disappointing,’’

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Kennesaw State. Our

team was winning and we were

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restrictions, it could be 10 times

worse. Social distancing is necessary.

Even though sports are a

part of my life, health comes first

and, in reality, this is a piece of

life’s puzzle.’’

What also was difficult for

Trainor was hearing some of her

teammates’ thoughts and feeling

their emotions. “I realized that

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was over, and my heart was heavy

for them,’’ Trainor said. “Their

final season ended abruptly.’’

The NCAA, however, informed

all spring sport athletes

at Vermont that they could still

play an additional season if they

were still enrolled, either as an

undergraduate or in a master’s

program. “That’s the right thing

to do for all spring athletes,’’

Trainor said.

Whether Trainor plays an

additional season remains to be

seen, but she certainly was impressive

in Vermont’s opener.

Trainor scored twice in the

first half against Merrimack and

got her third goal in the final half,

wrapping up a 19-11 victory.

“The three goals came from 7-10

feet out,’’ she recalled. “I was

able to penetrate and maneuver

towards the goal. The three-goal

effort was a confidence-builder

for me. Winning the opener motivated

the team going forward.

I was initially surprised with the

three goals but in the back of my

mind, I felt I could do it.’’

Trainor has played lacrosse

for 13 years — four varsity seasons

at Holliston and nine seasons

at the club level. During her

Holliston career, she scored 204

goals and had 108 assists. Because

she topped the 300-point

mark, a banner will eventually be

displayed in the Panthers’ gymnasium.

Because of the Covid-19

situation, a time has not been set

for a ceremony.

“To be honored with a banner

is very humbling,’’ she said.

“It was a great achievement and

a testament to lots of commitment

and hard work. It brings a

smile, but it also symbolizes the

contributions of my teammates.

A lot of girls made the achievement

possible. A banner shows

how much our program respects

teamwork.’’

Trainor’s strengths as a high

school player included a high lacrosse

IQ, quickness, strong field

awareness and solid technique.

Those assets led to her becoming

a three-time Tri Valley League

all-star and a two-time Eastern

Mass. Coaches all-star. She also

was an all-star choice of The Boston

Globe and Metrowest Daily News.

Those strengths have enabled

the business administration

major to smoothly transition to

college lacrosse. “At the college

level, the pace of the game is

faster, the talent and the competition

are stronger and the game

is more mentally challenging,’’

Trainor emphasized.

While at Holliston, Trainor,

who was a captain, played a

key role in helping the Panthers

snap a 10-year playoff drought.

As a junior, she and her teammates

posted a 10-8 record and

advanced to the second round of

the tourney. Last year, after posting

an 11-9 record, the Panthers

also got to the second round of

the playoffs.

Trainor firmly believes that

valuable life lessons can be

learned from athletics. “I sharpened

my work ethic, learned

about time management, became

mentally tough and understood

how to deal with adversity,’’

she noted.

Citing her college coach (Dalton-Graddock)

as “encouraging

and eager to help her players improve,’’

Trainor is acutely aware

that sharpening her skills this

summer will be a key to excelling.

“I’ll be doing strength and conditioning

drills that will help with

agility and speed, and I’ll also

spend time on weight training,’’

she said. “I’ll also help coaching

my former club team (Laxachusetts).

Trainor hopes the Covid-19

virus that cut her freshman year

of lacrosse short is conquered

quickly. She’s also focused on improving

as an attacker. “I can get

better by working hard, staying

consistent and keeping my morale

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Sports

Holliston Ultimate Frisbee and The Season that Wasn’t

By Christopher Tremblay,

Staff Sports Writer

During their pre-season

meeting in February, Holliston

Ultimate Frisbee Coach Chris

Levasseur and his team were in

good spirits about the upcoming

season, despite having a somewhat

younger team. As a Coach,

Levasseur was psyched to get

onto the field and see what all the

new athletes could contribute to

the team this spring.

“I felt that last year was a

rebuilding season where we endured

a lot of growing pains,”

the Panther Coach said. “I was

really excited to see what the

season would hold, but when we

were told that the season was suspended,

I remained hopeful we’d

have at least a shortened season

at some point.”

As a teacher in another school

district, Levasseur didn’t get to

interact personally with his athletes.

All he could do was have

them continue working on their

running and possibly throwing

the disc around with a sibling or

parent. He made it crystal clear

to the captains that they could

not long hold practice until the

MIAA deemed it ok to do so.

“Team sports like ultimate

frisbee are hard to get ready on

your own outside of cross training,”

Levasseur said. “I eventually

told them to put some targets

around their yards and work on

their throwing techniques, like

they’d do if we were in practice

throwing to a teammate.”

As a first-year senior captain,

Ian Shaw was hoping that he

would be able to help the younger

athletes with their skills this coming

season. Unfortunately, he was

limited to communication only

through their Facebook group.

Prior to the restrictions set forth

by the MIAA the team was participating

in small pick up games,

honing their skills for the upcoming

season.

“The week before everything

went down, we were all working

out at captains’ practices and

feeling very excited about the season,”

Shaw said. “Then, within

a span of a week, we lost everything.

With the suspension of the

season, we knew that it was going

to be a short season with limited

games. We never thought we’d

lose the entire season.”

As things continued to progress

and no word was coming

from the Governor nor the

MIAA office, Levasseur was feeling

anxious about a season at all.

“It was not a good sign as

things went on,” the Holliston

Coach said. “Eventually Governor

Baker made the announcement

that no one wanted to hear,

that the spring seasons were

cancelled. It was obviously a big

disappointment, and I felt really

bad for the seniors.”

According to the Coach, a

couple of his athletes had spent

time attending the National Ultimate

Training Camp in Amherst

with Tiina Booth. Booth, the

UMASS Amherst Ultimate Frisbee

Coach, is considered one of

the Countries best coaches in the

sport. The athletes attending the

camp were excited to bring back

to Holliston what they learned

in Amherst and share it with the

team. Unfortunately, they never

got the chance.

“I was looking forward to the

seniors bringing in an institute of

knowledge to the newer younger

athletes, but that has all been lost

due to the situation at hand,”

Levasseur said.

In addition to Shaw, who the

Coach considered a vocal leader

that is willing to help anyone that

needed his help, Holliston also

had returning seniors in Nico

Doyle, Brendan Irons, Henry

Tate, and Matt Whiting. Senior

Jacob Maxwell was hoping to

play his first season on the ultimate

frisbee team this spring.

Last season, Doyle tore his

meniscus and was not able to

take to the field and help his

Panther teammates. Despite not

being able to play, he did attend

almost every single practice to

support the team. Early this year,

he found out he had to have another

surgery and would once

again be out for his senior campaign.

“Nico embraces the spirit of

the game and weas looking forward

to playing this season, but

with his injury he was going to

become our team manager,”

the Coach said. “Although he

Covid-19 put a kibosh on Holliston’s Ultimate Frisbee season this year, but athletes are making the best of it.

wouldn’t be able to play, he was

very excited about doing anything

that he could to help this

team become a more cohesive

unit. He would have been a huge

help had we had the season.”

While Levasseur is hoping

that some of his athletes go on

to play ultimate in college, he is

also hoping that all the new athletes

that signed up to take on the

challenge this year return to the

team next spring. Shaw, who is

going to attend the University of

Hartford, will continue to play

ultimate frisbee on a club team.

“Having lost the season means

I won’t be in the best of shape

when I get to college, but I’m

only going to be playing on a

club team,” he said. “I feel bad

for all the kids who are moving

on to play on the next level. I am

also hoping that all the young talent

that were going to play on the

team this year comes back next

year and works hard at returning

Holliston to a top team.”

While it hasn’t been set in

stone, Levasseur has heard that

Boston Ultimate Disc Alliance

(BUDA) is trying to put together

a fall season, but the Panther

Coach doesn’t see it being fruitful,

especially in Holliston where

a lot of athletes that play frisbee

play other sports, especially in the

fall.

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Scam Alert from Holliston Police

Attention to all Holliston residents: As a reminder, as of March 15, 2020

due to Covid-19 restrictions, all previously issued solicitor permits have been

rescinded and no new permits will be issued until further notice per Chief Stone.

Many surrounding communities have the same restrictions in place. However,

yesterday the town of Ashland and Holliston had several complaints of solicitors.

In Holliston, we received multiple calls complaining of groups of solicitors. We

spoke to and identified the solicitors, and all were advised on Covid-19 restrictions,

and to immediately cease operation. Within the groups of different solicitors,

their managers have also been notified of the same. Solicitors were observed

in the areas of Westfield Drive, Foxwood Cove, Willowgate Rise, Dorset Road,

Tracy Lynn Road, Pamela Drive, Central Street, and Cold Spring Road.

Despite this, we expect more calls of solicitors to come. If a solicitor comes to

your home, please call us immediately at (508) 429-1212.

When calling, please try to provide:

• Head to Toe description of the person(s)

• Vehicle, if any. Provide make/model/color, and a license plate if safe to do

so

• Direction of travel - did the person(s) leave on foot or in a vehicle. Are they

heading towards "high or low" street numbers

• If you have a video doorbell or surveillance, we may ask that you voluntarily

send it to our detectives.

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Services will be aired at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.

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Senate Passes Bill to Enhance Access to Safety

Net Resources to Most Vulnerable Residents Amid

COVID-19

The Massachusetts State

Senate on April 23rd passed legislation

that makes it easier for

residents who have lost incomes

due to the ongoing COVID-19

crisis to access critical safety net

programs.

The bipartisan legislation

temporarily prohibits the Department

of Transitional Assistance

(DTA) from denying

applications for the Transitional

Aid to Families with Dependent

Children (TAFDC) program or

the Emergency Aid to the Elderly,

Disabled and Children

(EAEDC) program on the bases

of those programs’ asset limits.

“Supporting our vulnerable

residents is one of the most important

things we can do during

this public health crisis and doing

so has been a priority of the Senate

since this emergency began,”

stated Senate President Karen E.

Spilka (D-Ashland). “I am grateful

for the efforts of the Senate

working group to advance this

important legislation, and to all

of the Senators who contributed

to the final bill, which will help

thousands in need of assistance

during this challenging time.”

The TAFDC program provides

cash assistance to families

with children, as well as pregnant

women in the last 120 days

of pregnancy, who have little or

no assets or income. To receive

TAFDC, one must meet both an

income limit and an asset limit,

which prohibits applicants from

having countable assets worth

more than $5,000.

EAEDC provides cash assistance

to Commonwealth residents

who: are unable to work

due to a disability; are over 65

years old and waiting for Supplemental

Security Income (SSI)

payments to start; or living with

and taking care of a child who

is not a close relative or who requires

in-home care. In addition

to meeting the above criteria, an

EAEDC applicant must meet an

income limit and an asset limit,

which is $250 for an individual

and $500 for a couple. The value

of a house and $1,500 of the

value of a car are not counted

towards this limit.

Those who have lost income

due to the impacts of the

COVID-19 public health emergency

and, as a result, qualify

for the income limits of these

programs face the possibility of

needing to spend down crucial

savings to meet the asset limits at

a time when they should be preserving

savings. This legislation

therefore temporarily removes

those asset limits.

The components of the bill

are as follows:

• Transitional Aid to Families

with Dependent Children Asset

Limit: prohibits the Department


from denying a family

assistance under Transitional

Aid to Families with Dependent

Children solely because

the family’s countable resources

exceed $5,000.

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• Emergency Aid to the Elderly,

Disabled and Children Asset

Limit: prohibits the Department


from denying a person

assistance under Emergency

Aid to the Elderly, Disabled

and Children solely because

the person’s countable resources

exceed the allowable

limit.

• Both provisions of the bill

will remain in effect for 120

days after the law goes into

effect or 45 days after the

state of emergency ends,

whichever is sooner. The

Governor may postpone the

expiration of the provisions

of the bill for a period of

time that doesn’t go beyond

45 days after the state of

emergency ends.

The bill, which is the latest action

by the Legislature to address

the COVID-19 public health crisis

and its effects on Massachusetts,

was, at Local Town Pages

press time, headed to the House

of Representatives.

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