BOSTON – Volunteers from Hollis Zoo New England and friends around the country are organizing a bike ride and walk in memory of Hollis native Jonathan Gilmour, a former zookeeper at Zoo New England’s Franklin Park Zoo, who died at age 29 in 2006. All proceeds will benefit the Jonathan ...

Visible light is much more complex than you might think. Stepping outdoors into sunlight; flipping on a wall switch indoors; turning on your computer, phone or other digital device – all of these things result in your eyes being exposed to a variety of visible (and sometimes invisible) light ...

HOLLIS – There’s nothing like gardening to make you feel one with the Earth. You plant a tiny seed, and it grows into an herb or a vegetable you can feed your family. But buying baby plants in plastic pots disturbs that all-natural feeling a bit. How about biodegradable pots you don’t ...

On Sunday, May 7, from 3-4:30 p.m., Syed Sibte Hassan Jafri will present “An Introduction to Islam by Your Muslim Neighbor” in Hardy Hall at the Congregational Church of Hollis. His presentation, an overview of Muslim faith and basic beliefs, will include Q&A time and conclude with ...

The Hollis Brookline High School’s FIRST Robotics Team 1073 competed at the New England District Championship the weekend of April 7, at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. They competed with their robot, Zeppelin, alongside 63 other teams from surrounding states. The team, also known ...

AMHERST – Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and a unicorn? Why not? Lucy Spencer and Frances Saxton welcomed all of the ideas that the 11 children threw out during their Saturday morning theater class recently. The two actors gave the first of eight weekly sessions called “Fairy Tale ...