Children's Playgroups are in full swing.

Come join us! It’s been great getting to meet some other families and get together including over the summer.

Mark your calendars-our next gathering is on Sunday, September 22nd at 3pm. Please RSVP to Jackie for details and the address. Also reach out to Jackie if you have any ideas for other children’s activities for this fall.

Let's get together & play!

Welcome to a new season of Book Club! We hope to see both new and longtime members at our first meeting of the season, Wednesday, September 18, at 7:30 pm. We will be discussing Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, by Gabrielle Zevin. Please don’t feel that you shouldn’t attend if you haven’t finished (or even started) the book—Book Club is mainly an opportunity for old and new friends to get together and chat and snack. All are welcome—we would love to have some new members join our group.

The Holliston Public Library reserves several copies of each book for us—they can be found (typically about a month ahead of each meeting) on the shelves along the windows on the right as you enter the library. For those who want to get a head start on next month, our October book will be Absolution by Alice McDermott. We meet the third Wednesday of each month. We hold most meetings in person but also have a Zoom option if you can’t attend. Please contact Debbie if you have any interest in hosting a meeting.

Among the titles we will be reading this year are Three Things About Elsie, Tiffany Girls, and The Cliffs, but we are still looking for a few titles to fill our calendar for the rest of the year, so if there’s a book you’ve read (or want to read) that you think would make a good book club book, please bring your suggestions to the September meeting.

About the book:

From the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom.

These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won’t protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts.

Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

On July 12, the Holliston Newcomers & Neighbors held their induction of the 2024-2025 Executive Board. Elections were held in May, and Parliamentarian Justin G. Roy verified and presented the results at the May Board of Directors Meeting. The Board voted to approve the election results and is honored to announce the following Executive Board for the 2024-2025 year.

President: Jennifer Mott
Vice President: Debbie Colburn
Vice Present of Membership: Michelle Vainshtein
Treasurer: Amy Forman
Secretary: Ursula Roxin

Holliston Newcomers & Neighbors is a not-for-profit, all-volunteer organization that coordinates charitable, civic, educational, and recreational events and activities in the town of Holliston. Newcomers & Neighbors is open to all residents of Holliston. Whether you have just moved to town or have lived here for years, all are welcome!

Summer is here and HNN is not done with our year just yet! 

First, Polar Park in Worcester is welcoming HNN member families at the WooSox game on June 9th!  There are still tickets left, so get them on the HNN website before it's too late!  Next up, mark your calendar for Holliston 300^th Anniversary Day at the Lake, sponsored by HNN on August 10^th at Stoddard Park.  We'll have local bands, food trucks, canoe and kayak races with prizes.  It's going to be a blast and not to be missed! 

Finally, I want to thank our HNN leaders and members who volunteered for our incredibly successful, annual Touch a Truck Fundraiser on May 18th!  The money we raise is given back to the town in the form of grants to first responders, the Library, the Parks & Rec. Dept., and community farms, etc.  HNN brings members together for social events, civic activities and fundraisers that strengthen our community. 

Children's Playgroups are in full swing. Come join us!

Our next gathering is  on Saturday, June 1st at 3pm. Please RSVP to Jackie for details and the address. At the next event we will discuss if we want to schedule playgroup for July and August.

Let's get together & play!

We had a great discussion of our May book, Daisy Darker, among other topics. Thanks to Christel for hosting. This month we will meet on Wednesday, June 19, at 7:30 pm to discuss Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman by Lisa Scottoline. Please don’t feel that you shouldn’t attend if you haven’t finished (or even started) the book—Book Club is mainly an opportunity for old and new friends to get together and chat and snack. All are welcome—we would love to have some new members join our group.

We are starting our planning for next fall’s Book Club and have a few recommended titles we are considering. Feel free to bring a suggestion or two to the June meeting for books you would like to read (or have read) that you think might make good Book Club choices. Having a list of at least a few titles for the fall enables us to order books in advance and possibly secure in-demand titles.

We hold most meetings in person but also have a Zoom option if you can’t attend. Please contact Debbie if you have any interest in hosting a meeting.

A hilarious collection of stories from the life of the New York Times bestselling author. With her trademark wit and wisdom, Lisa Scottoline pushes past the 700-word limit of her columns, bringing out the laughter from everyday situations and sharing a treasure trove of insights along the way.

This collection celebrates a kaleidoscope of seventy vignettes that illuminates the humorous side of life’s highs, lows, and everything in between: a braless dash to the ER, life lessons for girls from Betty and Veronica, intriguing theories on men’s most important body part and the rising antagonism against Spanx–all in one hilarious collection.

May and June will be a busy time for HNN and its members!  First, join us for the town's 300^th Anniversary Parade on May 11th.  We'd love for you to walk (or ride) with us.  If interested, sign up via the Sign-Up Genius announcement.  Next, it's our annual Touch a Truck Fundraiser & Food Truck Festival on May 18th!  This event is a blast for families, so bring your kids or volunteer with us!  Finally, join us on Sunday, June 9^th for an HNN Family Day at the WooSox game in Worcester.  Tickets are $12.00 and will be available to purchase via HNN website shortly.  So, mark your calendar and be on the look-out for the announcement.

Children's Playgroups are back on the calendar.  Come join us!

We look forward to seeing everyone at the Holliston 300th Parade and Touch a Truck Event in May. Our next gathering is going to be on Saturday, June 1st at 3pm. Please RSVP to Jackie for details and the address. At the next event we will discuss if we want to schedule play group for July and August.

Let's get together & play!

We had a nice discussion of our April book, How to Be a Good Creature, among other topics. Thanks to Deb for hosting.

This month we will meet on Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 pm. to discuss Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney. Please don’t feel that you shouldn’t attend if you haven’t finished (or even started) the book—Book Club is mainly an opportunity for old and new friends to get together and chat and snack. All are welcome—we would love to have some new members join our group.

It is the time of year when we start our planning for next fall’s Book Club. Feel free to bring a suggestion or two to the May meeting for books you would like to read (or have read) that you think might make good Book Club choices. Having a list of at least a couple of titles for the first few months of fall enables us to order books in advance and possibly secure in-demand titles.

We hold most meetings in person but also have a Zoom option if you can’t attend. Please contact Debbie if you have any interest in hosting a meeting.

Daisy Darker was born with a broken heart. Now after years of avoiding each other, Daisy Darker’s entire family is assembling for Nana’s 80th birthday party in her crumbling gothic house on a tiny tidal island. The family arrives, each of them harboring secrets. When the tide comes in, they will be cut off from the rest of the world for eight hours.

But at the stroke of midnight, as a storm rages, Nana is found dead. And an hour later, the next family member follows…

Trapped on an island where someone is killing them one by one, the Darkers must reckon with their present mystery as well as their past secrets, before the tide goes out and all is revealed.

Spring has sprung and HNN is ready to enjoy it!  Our Prize a Day in the Month of May Fundraiser has started, so be on the look-out for opportunities to purchase calendars in April, then win in May!  Also Touch a Truck is scheduled for May 18th, and we'll need some volunteers to help on this super fun day!  Spring is also a time to be social, so join us for our Poker Night on April 26th and cheer us on at the 300^th Anniversary Parade on May 11th.  In addition, our Club is looking ahead to some exciting events this Summer that include a Family Day at the Woo Sox on June 9th.  Ticket information will be announced soon!