2020 Holden Good Neighbor Award

The Holden Democratic Town Committee announces the recipients of its annual Good Neighbor Award, this year its 25th. The award honors citizens of the town who have made significant and/or long term contributions to the community through their volunteer activities. It’s an opportunity for friends and neighbors to say “thank you” to those people who have touched our lives through what they have given.

  • Glenn Anderson and Georgia Demarky Anderson
  • Jenni Howe

The Andersons are being recognized for their founding and leadership of Vintage Vagabonds. Jenni Howe is being honored for her years of service with Holden’s Girl Scouts.

The recipients will be honored at a friendly, informal ceremony and reception held on Thursday, March 26, 2020 at Holden’s Senior Center, 1130 Main Street. The time is 7:00 pm. Tim Ethier will make the presentation, which will be televised live on HCTV Channel 191.

We sincerely hope you can join us.

Good Neighbor Awards 2018

The Holden Democratic Town Committee announces the recipients of its annual Good Neighbor Award, this year its 23rd. The award honors citizens of the town who have made significant and/or long term contributions to the community through their volunteer activities. It’s an opportunity for friends and neighbors to say “thank you” to those people who have touched our lives through what they have given.

    • Sue and Jerry Albertini
    • Osman Bilsel
    • Howie Blatt
    • Glenn M. Sullivan

The Albertinis are being recognized for their work with the Gale Free Library’s Book Cellar and the Wachusett Food Pantry; Osman Bilsel and Howie Blatt for their work with Holden Youth Soccer’s TOPSoccer program; Glenn Sullivan for his many years with the Boy Scouts.

The recipients will be honored at a friendly, informal ceremony and reception held on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at Holden’s Senior Center, 1130 Main Street. The time is 7:00 pm. Tim Ethier will make the presentation, which will be televised live on HCTV Channel 191.

We sincerely hope you can join us.

See us at Holden Days

Join the Holden Democratic Town Committee at Holden Days on August 26.
Show your neighbors how you feel with a Hate Has No Home Here sign.

An Ode to the Portrait of Clara Barton

The Ode was composed by Malcolm Halliday, MSW Artistic Director.

As a bit of history, Master Singers and WWHP have collaborated in concerts…….
…March 4, 2000 – Women’s Voices, a collaboration of the Worcester Women’s History Project with the Master Singers of Worcester and Preservation Worcester; music program of choral compositions by women and lecture on Tuckerman Hall’s female architect, Josephine Wright Chapman. Held at Tuckerman Hall.
…March 27, 2011 – Visionary Women concert collaboration with Master Singers of Worcester directed by Malcolm Halliday to celebrate the remarkable achievements of New England women preceded by a lecture by Amy Belding Brown entitled “Emerson’s Oracles: Visionary Women in the Transcendental Circle” for the Worcester County Poetry Association. More detail on concert: Settings of text of Massachusetts poets, including Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver and Worcester-born Elizabeth Bishop, were featured in choral compositions by Gwyneth Walker, Ronald Perera and other contemporary composers, as well as a performance of a new work by Martha Sullivan and William Cutter celebrating Abby Kelley Foster and Lucy Stone. Held at Tuckerman Hall.

The Master Singers commemorate their fortieth anniversary with a rich array of music from around the world including two world premieres by local composers: Malcolm Halliday’s “An Ode to the Portrait of Clara Barton”, which hangs in Mechanics Hall, and Steve Barnicle’s setting of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Bells”. The program also includes works by the Norwegian Ola Gjeilo and the Russian Rimsky-Korsakov, as well as Beethoven’s Choral Fantasia. The major work on the program will be Canadian Ruth Watson Henderson’s epic work “Voices of Earth”. Several outstanding guest conductors and performing groups will join MSW, including the Salisbury Singers, the Worcester Children’s Chorus, the WPI Orchestra and the Shrewsbury Ringers, along with pianist Olga Rogach and Lynne McKenney Lydick as Clara Barton. This gala event celebrates the long history of collaborations between the Master Singers and the greater Worcester cultural community. It also marks Malcolm Halliday’s last concert as MSW’s Artistic Director.

Tickets at www.mswma.org
$35; Seniors/Students $30​

Join us for the annual Good Neighbor Award

The Holden Democratic Town Committee announces the recipients of its annual Good Neighbor Award, this year its 22nd.   The award honors citizens of the town who have made significant and/or long term contributions to the community through their volunteer activities.   It’s an opportunity for friends and neighbors to say “thank you” to those people who have touched our lives through what they have given.

Ken Fensin
Thomas and Christine Mascitelli
Evan Schakenbach

Ken Fensin is being recognized for his many years with Holden baseball and softball; Christine and her late husband, Thomas, for their hosting of the annuagl Christmas Eve dinner; Evan Schakenbach for his work with Wachusett Greenways.

The recipients will be honored at a friendly, informal ceremony and reception held on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Holden’s Senior Center, 1130 Main Street.  The time is 7:00 pm.  Tim Ethier will make the presentation, which will be televised live on HCTV Channel 191

League of Women Voters Presents: Democracy is Not For Sale!

 

League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Worcester Area

Promoting Civic Education & Civil Discourse

Democracy is Not For Sale!

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

5:30 to 7:30 PM

First Baptist Church

111 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA

Free Parking is located in the church lot and the WPI garage.

Jeff Clements, author of “Corporations are Not People” and founder of American Promise, will speak about mobilizing efforts to overturn “Citizens United” and the influence of money in politics.

Join the LWV of the Worcester Area for this important and timely topic. Learn what you can do to participate in this local and national effort.

This exciting event is open and free to all. Light refreshments will be served.

Please RSVP: 508 791-3049

Bring out your flags and signs this Saturday

The Holden Democratic Town Committee will hold a stand-out at 10 AM on Saturday, February 18, at the corner of Main Street and Route 31.

Bring signs and American flags………only positive signs.

We’ll be there between 10 AM and 11:30 AM