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Holliston Massachusetts

When you picture the quintessential New England town , you will always think of Holliston Massachusetts. Just take a drive down Route 16 which traverses this lovely area and view the restored antique colonial homes and beautiful town buildings. You will not be disappointed.

The town of Holliston was incorporated on December 3, 1724, by virtue of approval by the General Court petition requesting that "the western part of Sherborn be a Town." The name was taken in honor of Thomas Hollis, Esq. of London, England, a benefactor of Harvard College.

The town has grown from a community of an original few hundred residents setting aside ten pounds per year for public education to a community of 13,000 with an annual budget of nearly $20 million including more than $12 million for a nationally recognized school system.

Holliston is a true community; volunteerism; community involvement, an on-call Fire Department and highly active service and citizen organizations all attest to the sense of community that distinguishes Holliston. The town also strives to fulfill its role in the larger community through regional initiatives in purchasing, health care and education, and programs involving arts, culture and diversity.

There are many places of worship with one Jewish Synagogue, 2 Catholic, one Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Church of Christ and Congregational.One of the local attractions is Our Lady of Fatima Shrine which is a replica of the shrine in Portugal and includes a rosary walk plus a lovely setting for silence, prayer and meditation.

As a small town with a population of about 13,000 residents, Holliston offers small neighborhood stores and shopping that make you want to stop and grab a cup of coffee and pastry. Holliston is bordered by Ashland, Milford, Medway and Sherborn. It's a fair commute to Boston, Worcester and parts north and south on Route 495.

There are wonderful parks nearby including Hokinton State Park, Whitehall State Park plus the town beach and local parks.You will be able to fish, play tennis find playgrounds and hit some golf balls at Pinecrest Country Club.

You will find all types of homes on the market from delightful Antiques, rambling ranches, magnificent new construction and condos. Prices run the gamut from mid $250,000's to more than $700,000. Holliston is proud of its schools and community projects and welcomes new residents to join in the town's affairs and become part of this warm, friendly community.

There is an active Council on Aging that runs the Senior Center on Goulding Street which provides an extensive range of programs and services such as transportation, outreach and trips. Mass transit consists of local buses to Framingham and a short drive to Framingham to pick up the train to Boston.

Keeping history alive

By JENNIFER KAVANAUGH
STAFF WRITER Metrowest News 2/5/01

Worried that a piece of Holliston’s heritage is slipping away as each year passes, a group
of Holliston volunteers are continuing their work on an oral history project to record
people’s memories of the past.

Volunteers from the Holliston Historical Society, the Holliston Public Library and the
Holliston Senior Center are collaborating on the oral history project, which is recording the experiences of older residents who have lived in town for decades. When completed, the interviews will be saved in the library and posted on the Internet.

" What concerns me is that we’re losing some of our memories every day because
unfortunately people are passing on, " said Jim Buckley, a staff member at the Senior
Center. " Without a project like this, we’re losing those memories. "

Buckley said he and several other volunteers have been trained to interview people for
the project. Right now, they are interviewing people who lived in town during the 1930s
and ’40s and can relate their experiences during the Great Depression and World War II.Buckley said he hopes to interview about 15 people by the end of February, and then
send the tapes off to be transcribed.
Sometime later on, the volunteers plan to interview people about their lives in the 1950s and ’60s." It’s always fascinating to hear their stories, " Buckley said. " People have different perceptions of the past. "

Recording history has been a longtime effort in Holliston. Around 1980, the town produceda collection of oral histories going back to pre-Depression days. But a few years ago, some townspeople said it was time to update history.

Laraine Worby, a trustee of the Holliston Library, said she applied for a grant from the
Massachusetts Cultural Council to do a new history project. The town got the money, but she and partner Rita Ellner had some trouble finding people to tell their stories,and the project got delayed. Buckley had started his own project, she said, so the groups decided to merge their efforts.

While the volunteers expect to leave the tapes and the transcribed interviews at the
library, they will focus on putting the interviews on either the library’s or the senior
center’s Web sites, Worby said. The site will also include then-and-now photos of the
people who were interviewed.

" The whole point is to combine the historical aspect with the technology, to have a link
between history and the future, " Worby said.One memorable interview, Worby said, involved a Holliston couple who married after meeting at Holliston High School several decades ago. Worby said she learned a lot about the town from hearing their experiences.

" It was very interesting, " Worby said. " I’ve lived here 30 years and I never knew about
some of the things they talked about. " Worby said she is in charge of getting the interview tapes transcribed and getting the final version on the Internet. The town will send the tapes to the University of Connecticut for transcription, the cost of which is being covered by the grant.

The project’s volunteers don’t yet have an estimate of when the project will be completed. Joanne Hulbert, a volunteer from the Holliston Historical Society, said the project will be worth the wait in the long run.

" It’s not a relatively new idea, but it’s an interesting one, " Hulbert said. " You wish they had done it 100 years ago. And when the town looks at this 100 years from now, I’m sure they will appreciate it. "

Getting From Here To There.....

A map tells how far the suburbs are from Boston as the crow flies. Well, crows don't commute to work, although people do. And people find that when it comes to commuting by car, many places are closer than they think. Here are the estimated driving times into Boston during off peak/peak commuter times from Metrowest. Time may vary due to road and weather conditions. But, hey, when the sun shines you might outfly the crows.

Here's the scoop on driving from Holliston. You can get on the Mass Pike (I90) from Route 30 in Framingham and get to Boston in 50-60 minutes. Worcester is about 30 minutes away. Framingham is about 15 minutes from town center and you can hop the train to Boston or catch the Bus from Route 9 at Shoppers World. All the surrounding towns are about 10-20 minutes away. You have great access to Cape Cod from Route 495 too.

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