2015 Holliston Citizen of the Year Recipients Announced

Kathy, married and mother of two daughters, is a full-time registered nurse at Newton Wellesley Hospital. She moved to Holliston in 1992 and has been an active volunteer ever since. She joined Newcomers and served on its board for 7 years (including VP and President). In 1995, she joined the Celebrate Holliston Committee and in 2009 became serve safe to run the kitchen for numerous charity events including Celebrate Holliston’s Food Tent, HABA Football, Food Pantry’s Souper Bowl, the Congregational Church and many other events.

She became an active member of the First Congregational Church in 1992 and has served on several of their boards, not to mention helping with their many fundraisers and fairs.

To add to her volunteer resume, she has been a board member of the Holliston Response Corps for 4 years and Nurse Coordinator for the Board of Health’s flu clinic since 2009.

When her daughters were in school, (they are now in college and graduate school), she served as parent liaison for over 8 years and was an active member of the Holliston High School Parents Group. In 2009, Kathy received the Mass State Legislators Unsung Heroines Award.

Robert Weidknecht moved to Holliston in 1988 and immediately became active in making Holliston a conservation friendly town. As a landscape architect for the firm Beals and Thomas, Bob has used his passion for conservation to make Holliston a more “beautiful” place to live.

Bob helped design the Kamitian Field Rehabilitation to Synthetic Turf, Marshall Street Soccer Complex Design, Weston Pond Soccer Field Design, Mission Springs Basketball and Baseball Field design. He has served on the Holliston Open Space and Recreation Plan Updates and was chair of this committee in 1998. He has worked on the Holliston Master Plan Forum, Open Space Master Plan and trail maps. He was elected as Community Champion in 2013 for his work on Holliston in Bloom. He also serves on the Metropolitan Planning Committee, Trials Forum and DCR Trails Conference.

Bob has also been committed to make the Rails to Trails in Holliston a reality. As chair of the Holliston Trail Committee since 2001, Bob has been a major force behind the Holliston Upper Charles Rail Trail which is now loved and used by hundreds of Holliston residents and surrounding towns. He helped with its design and cost estimates as well as worked tirelessly on creating the trail that is now accessible and beautiful for everyone to enjoy.

The committee is thrilled to honor Bob and Kathy as Holliston’s 2015 Citizen of the Year.