Holliston-Hopkinton: Students Stellar MCAS Scores + Blessing Box

Good morning, neighbors! Christine Charnosky here with your Thursday Holliston-Hopkinton Daily.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 78 Low: 66.

Here are the top stories in Holliston-Hopkinton today:

1. Hopkinton High School Students Score 89, 84 Percent On MSCAS (Holliston-Hopkinton Patch)
2. Holliston High School Students Score 89, 86 Percent On MSCAS (Holliston-Hopkinton Patch)
3. Hopkinton Boy Scout Builds Blessing Box For Eagle Scout Project (Holliston-Hopkinton Patch)
4. Charles F. DeWaele, 92, | Hopkinton MA Community TV Stations (hcam.tv)
5. Grafton Flea Market on sale for $2.2M (Worcester Business Journal)
6. Friends of Shrewsbury library host Sojourner Truth performance (Community Advocate)

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Today in Holliston-Hopkinton:

• HMS Back to School Night - Virtual - Hopkinton SD (12:00 AM)
• Lake Maspenock Weed Management & Control Advisory Group (5:30 PM)
• School Committee Meeting - Hopkinton SD (7:00 PM)

Holliston-Hopkinton Patch Notebook

• Hopkinton Middle School: "The HMS boys Cross Country is off and running!" (Instagram)
• Faith Community Church: "Here's a peek into Hopkinton campus when we moved back indoors. Head to the last image to see how excited Pastor Mike was when we had to move more chairs into the worship center. He was running so fast, even the camera couldn't keep up. ..." (Facebook)
• HCAM Television: "Charles F. DeWaele, 92, died February 8, 2020.. He was the husband of Carol A (Buthray) DeWaele, to whom he was married for 66 years. Born in Worcester, he was the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Callanan) DeWaele. He was a gradua..." (Facebook)
• HCAM Television: "Town of Hopkinton Oversees New Environmentally-Friendly Paving Process Throughout Town Town Manager Norman Khumalo and Director of Public Works John Westerling are pleased to share a video highlighting the completion of several paving pr..." (Facebook)
• HCAM Television: "Hillers Field Hockey Update and Week 3 NFL Picks.. On September 22nd HCAM Sports Talk! Our 46th edition of HCAM Sports Talk takes place on Wed, September 22nd 2021 at 2pm. In the episode, we'll show you the latest happenings with Hiller ..." (Facebook)
• Holliston Cable Access: "The Town of Holliston Finance Committee Meeting on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. YouTube Link:
  " (Facebook)
• Holliston Cable Access: "You Tube:
  Video On Demand: https://hcat.viebit.com/vod/?v=UBEkCkHJGGqT&s=false&d=false" (Facebook)
• Hopkinton Public Library: "See what's new this week at the Hopkinton Public Library at: *** http://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?fb... *** There are 15 new bestsellers, one new movie, seven new audiobooks, three new music CDs, 33 new children's books, and 24 other ..." (Facebook)
• Holliston Public Library: "Come join us for Lego Club @ the Library! Show all of Holliston your skills as a master builder...or just come to have fun! Thursdays 4 - 5 pm for ages 5 and up" (Facebook)
• Hopkinton Public Library: "National Falls Prevention Awareness day is tomorrow. The Hopkinton Fire and Health Depts will offer a fall prevention clinic on Sept 22 from 12-4 at the Senior Center. They will be providing free fall risk assessments and info from podia..." (Facebook)
• Hopkinton Public Library: "Looking for something to read? Our librarians liked The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. Rin, an orphan from the Nikara Empire's most poverty-stricken district, was never expected to amount to much of anything, whether to her criminal caretakers..." (Facebook)
• Hopkinton Public Library: "Our next Freedom Team Book Club meeting is next Tuesday, 9/28. We are reading American Like Me by America Ferrera. Don't forget to join us for our October meeting on 10/26, where we'll be hosting Colleen Shaddox, author of Broke In America!" (Facebook)
• Hopkinton Public Library: "Why the "x" in Latinx? Younger Latino/a people use it as a way to include Hispanic people of all genders - including nonbinary folks - when speaking about people of Hispanic or Latin American descent. Read more from the Merriam Webster D..." (Facebook)

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— Christine Charnosky

About me: I am the freelance editor covering Grafton, Hopkinton-Holliston, Northborough, Shrewsbury, and Westborough. I have worked as a journalist for the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Westfield News, and Country Journal in Western Mass.; the Butler Eagle in Pittsburgh; and The Reporter and Intelligencer in Philadelphia.

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