Troop 73 Eagle Scout Projects
***Not necessarily in order***
Mike Healey – new entrance trail to Poitras conservation land off Washington St.
George Neitz, Jr. – camping area for organizations on Poitras conservation area
Robert Winer – added and marked new hiking trails in Poitras conservation area
Jon Neitz – marked trails and planted trees in Brentwood conservation area
Matt D’Agostino – new trails, bridge built in Brentwood conservation area
Ben D’Agostino – cleared island of debris and built bridge to it at Weston Pond, Added benches for skaters and others
Mark D’Agostino – cleared and marked trails, built a trail sign board at College Rock area in Hopkinton
Greg Gilman – over 300 hours clearing and improving 4 town owned cemeteries, Started fund to keep them maintained
David Gilman – collected over 250 30-gallon bags of clothing for the Pine Street Inn
Mike Gray – Painted fire hydrants for the town, cleared debris around the hydrants
Jim Burgess – mapped and tagged telephone poles around the entire town to mark the location of fire hydrants for the fire dept.
Eric Sweetser – built a new scoreboard for Flagg field baseball
Chris Farrell – built a flower garden and park benches at the Holliston senior center
Nick Farrell – cleared Linden St. brook of debris, cleaned up the area, built park benches near the brook
Jay Cushing – cleared brush and debris from old railroad bed for bike path Between Axton Cross and Hopping Brook industrial park
Jim Godfrey – held a Vial for Life program for seniors to collect medical date For them to keep at home for EMT’s and other emergencies
Jake Burgess – planted new shrubs and landscaped the yard at the Christian Science Church on Rt. 126, Framingham
Jason Meritt – built a walking and educational trail for middle school to use as a nature’s classroom; redid the Rees entrance sign
Tom Lyman: completed research and mapped land for Medway Historical Society.
Craig Pothier – built an entrance and cleared/marked trails in the Town Forest property off Highland St.
Jeff Babitts – collected books for use by children and others at the Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota
Shawn Tyman – build a patio at the senior center
Devin Tyman – bridge walkway and vernal pool behind Middle School as a teaching classroom.
Robbie Randall – clean and painted the McAluff charter school rec room in Framingham.
Derick Valovcin – Fire hydrant/telephone markers in downtown Holliston.
Cullen Tyman – Bat houses at Stoddard Park.
Suresh Manian – Benches built at soccer fields on Marshall Street.
Kevin Conley – Build new Crèche at St. Mary’s for figurines.
Ben Flanagan – Built a kiosk map and information board at rail trail on Central St., stop signs at intersections with roads along the trail, landscaping.
Ben Drebing – Cemetery clean up at East Holliston and West on Gorwin Drive, clean some headstones.
Luke Millbocker – Landscape and plant shrubs along the Holliston High handicap entrance walkway.
Wesley Foster – Build 5 information kiosks at the entrance and along the train to Wenakeening Woods for the Upper Charles River Conservation, Inc. **News Article Link**
Nathaniel Bagge – Repair, replace bridge at Weston Pond island, clean up brush, possibly add a bench.
Jamie Ogilvie - Create a storybook walk (Multiple stations each with a page from a story book to read) along the Holliston Rail Trail starting at the Cross St intersection **News Article Link**
Alex Walters - Create flag retirement drop boxes. 3 collection boxes placed around town for residents to drop off their old, tattered flags which the American Legion will then retire properly **News Article Link**
Lucas Pocher - Landscaping at the Central Burial Grounds next to town hall **News Article Link**
Andrew Dykema - Built 2 boardwalks in Wenakeening Woods **News Article Link**
Chris Foster - Built raised garden beds at the Holliston Senior Center
Jeffrey Meyers - Cleaned up and restored access to the Poitras conservation land
Ian Davis - Built 1 kiosk and a boardwalk for the the Frank Rees Conservasion area
James Hathaway - Built railings on the rail trail to prevent users from entering wetlands.
Will Flanagan - Renovated a two car garage into a game/activity room for an adult group home
Michael O'Sullivan - Tagged telephone poles with fire hydrant distances in the Queen's neighborhood.