Out here in the heart of Suburbia, inflatable monstrosities swarmed, devouring front yards all up and down the road. Some polar bears, some Santas, even one merry-go-round.

Turns out it’s not just here.

Dear Internet:

I want to find someone who can plow our driveway (in Holliston) this winter. Google has been useless for this task.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Jason

The early results for 2006 are in. Holliston ranks 63rd out of 337 school districts in 10th-grade English and 31st out of 337 districts in Math. This isn’t a huge difference from last year, so it’s unlikely to affect our home’s value.

Complete Holliston results are up on Boston.com. More MCAS results.

Here’s my shill for the week

We just launched a new blog covering MetroWest, complementing the west section of the Globe. The reporters post updates throughout the week. It’s organized by town, so you can see all the Holliston posts if you’d like.

If you want to keep track of Holliston news, you should also subscribe to the Google News search for Holliston. Along the left-hand side, you can click “news alerts” to get emails, or click “RSS” to subscribe to the RSS feed.

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Early last year, we moved to suburbia and found ourselves pregnant. A few months later, I was beginning to show.

So, A. and I have joined the new Gold’s Gym down the road in Millis. We’re lucky to find a brand-new franchise with sparkly equipment, clean locker rooms and daycare for babies at least 10-weeks old. We’ve gone a few times, and I had my complimentary hour of personal training this morning. A. and I both had gyms in the city; we’ll see how well we can keep it up out here in Suburbia.

Today’s helpful hint: never take Milliston Road back to Route 109. The light cycle at the end of the road is at least 4 minutes long, an eternity when you’re dripping sweat. If you’re not travelling at rush hour, you can avoid this by cutting through the Roche Bros. parking lot and turning left out of there. [Updated 1/9/06: Ok, so you actually can’t do this. It’s one way the other way. Oops. Guess you have to sit through the light now.]

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I found an unwelcome surprise while driving down Alden Road this morning: two coyotes strolling down the street. We’ll have to keep the baby and the cats inside from now on.

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I just heard Randy Horn from my hometown of Holliston on WEEI. They won the Granite City Electric contest to light up their little league field!

That’s great for Holliston, the home of the original Mudville. The little league kids in Holliston will be able to play under the lights, something I never got to do: