BW Mask Making
The Dress-a-Girl Sewing Crew, plus many others who have stepped up from Bridgewater and surrounding communities are working together to make masks. As a team, they have sewn 1,900+ Covid masks to distribute to those who need them.
See video from deaconess on how to.
Evelyn Delutis
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Learn how to create a mask to protect yourself from COVID-19.
Video Courtesy of Deaconess Health.
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Do you like to write? Do you have a good story to share?
Could you use $100?
Enter our short story contest.
Write an original non-fiction short story related to one of the BuzzAround Hives: Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Raynham, West Bridgewater or Whitman. Due 5/8/20.
4 prizes of $100 each will be awarded on May 21, 2020 to the best non-fiction short stories in these categories:
Popular vote:
Vote on stories from
May 11 -17, 2020
The popular vote will include all short stories submitted that meet the above criteria.
Brockton:
3 Brockton librarians, Malice Veiga, Jennifer Belcher and Kevin Nascimento will judge stories submitted related to Brockton.
East Bridgewater, Halifax & Whitman:
Michelle “Shel” Stephen (EB), Jean Gallant (Halifax) and Barbara Bryant (Whitman) from our public libraries will award a winner from stories submitted for Whitman, East Bridgewater and Halifax.
Bridgewater, Raynham, and West Bridgewater:
Ann Gerald (Bridgewater),
Ellen Snoeyenbos (WB), Jessie McKinney (Raynham) from our public libraries will award a winner from stories submitted for Bridgewater, Raynham and West Bridgewater.
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What's Your Good News?
Let us know your good news! We are accepting original non-fiction short stories related to one of the BuzzAround Hives: Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Halifax, Raynham, West Bridgewater or Whitman. Entry Form to Fill out is at the...
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buzzaround.info
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Entries must be 1000 words or less.
We are accepting one story per person until May 8, 2020.
4 prizes of $100 each will be announced on May 21, 2020.
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Historical Tidbit:
Wolves in Bridgewater?
In our town's early history, wolves were a common threat to people as well as livestock. They were so much a threat that approximately fourteen men were charged with the task of making traps for the town. If the traps didn't work, there were monetary consequences.
Town Records of Bridgewater, Mass.
"It is agreed upon by the Towne of Bridgewater the twelfe of March 1656, that there shall be five woulfe traps made and completely finished...by the last of March. Insuing the date, if any shall be found defective...they are to pay the town for every day they do neglect the work..."
Excerpts from: Records of John Cary,
The First Town Clerk of Bridgewater, Mass., From 1656 to 1681,
By Loring W. Puffer, 1889
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Send us pix, video & stories -
What are you doing with
your free time?
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We Are Hiring Account Representatives
Our local economies have been severely impacted. Our small local businesses need help recovering. You can help. Small companies create 1.5 million jobs annually and account for 64 percent of new jobs created in the United States. Over 90 percent...
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Academy Building Municipal Offices
66 Central Square
508-697-0921
Mon - Thur 8a - 4p, Fri 8a - 1p Services available through phone, email & website only
Check Town website for needed updates
Public Library
15 South Street
508-697-3331
Mon - Wed 9a - 8p
Thurs 10a - 5p, Fri & Sat 10a - 2p
Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
10 Wally Krueger Way
508-697-0929
The Bridgewater Senior Center is closed to the public. However, the following services will continue: Meals on Wheels and medical appointment/grocery store transportation services.
Food Pantry
Central Square Congregational Church
71 Central Square
508-697-6016
Thursdays - 10a - 1p
1st Monday of each month from 6 - 8 p
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Congratulations!
Joyce Middleton
won a
6 weeks of training (value $279) at
Get In Shape for Women, Bridgewater
for use after they re-open in May
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win
a 45 min
Reiki Treatment from Jacquelyn Rose to be used when restrictions are lifted.
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A note from a reader:
" I read The Buzz, I really like the local update on what’s happening and taking part in the contests. I felt the Rainbow Project was a fun idea to do with the kids.
I have my 4 year old granddaughter living with me, and she had fun painting the pot of gold (in case you were wondering what that was) at the bottom of our Rainbow. Our neighbors have 2 daughters 4 & 7 who made one for their window.
We are on Willow Ridge Dr. in Bridgewater and I have seen many people walking down our neighborhood. I know the rainbows add sunshine to their day.
Be safe and Healthy" ~ Joanne
Thank you for reading & spreading good cheer, Joanne. It makes all the difference in the world! ~ Jacquie
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Earth Day is Everyday at
Steve Black
Park Steward, Ironworks Park
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Dancing Around Your Living Room?
Hope all you dancers are doing well and keeping your distance!
In case you’d like to maintain some focus on dancing during the shutdown, here are some items for you:
1.
To learn more about square dance, check out the link to the Square Dance History project:
squaredancehistory.org
2.
To keep up your folk dance skills, move that furniture again and try some of the dances presented this past week by my colleague, Stacy Rose, from Oregon, the third in her series of dance evenings. Again, her list for the evening includes some dances we have done, plus many new ones. If you do tune in, note that the music is turned off for some dances because of copyright concerns.
facebook.com/stacy.rose.796/videos
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And, a little bit of traditional, New England contra dance—up in New Hampshire—called by contra dance legend, Dudley Laufman, who is now in his late 80’s. See if you can follow the progression of calls, even though the video screen is a bit narrow.
youtube.com/watch?v=7gs7XjMes2E
Take care everyone!
Sam Baumgarten
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Book Babies with Mrs. Davis on Facebook Live!
Bridgewater Public Library on Wednesday, April 22; 9:30 - 10a
Read more
www.facebook.com
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Lost Income Due To COVID-19? Here Are Grants And...
Here Are Grants And Resources For Artists And Nonprofits. Museums, restaurants and venues have all closed, leaving many without a primary source of income. Filing for unemployment is a decent safety net but not all artists qualify to...
Read more
www.wbur.org
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Family Engagement Needs Assessment
Massachusetts is the recipient of a Statewide Family Engagement Center grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
As a recipient of that grant and in order to learn more about the relationships that schools and families have with one another, DESE must annually conduct an assessment of families’ and educators’ needs related to family engagement. I encourage you to participate in this survey by visiting this website.
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B-R High School is now selling lawn signs to fund their
2020 Senior Lock In.
Fill out
this form to get your sign.
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Bridgewater Census Give Away
Are you a Bridgewater resident and want to help your local firefighters, police officers, Senior Center staff and DPW, Water and Sewer and Roadways staff respond to the needs of the community? Want to win$100?
Did you know that $1.5 trillion was distributed to state and local governments in 2018 based on census data? Bridgewater’s share depends on you filling out the form. So fill out your census questionnaire today!
* Let the town know that you have completed the 2020 Census by liking their Facebook page and sending us a short message.
* When you tell them you have completed the census, they will put your name in a drawing to win a $100 gift card and gift certificates to several Bridgewater restaurants.
Fill out the form today, and let’s all look forward to greater days ahead!
The Census counts every living person in the United States once.
2020census.gov.
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2020 Census | United States Census Bureau
When you respond to the census, your answers are kept anonymous. They are used only to produce statistics. The U.S. Census Bureau is bound by law to protect your answers and keep them strictly confidential.
Read more
2020census.gov
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What do you want your Town to be? When the COVID crisis is over, it will be time to shape our future.
Given all that has occurred in recent weeks, the Bridgewater Comprehensive Master Plan Committee (CMPC) has decided to extend the deadline for our strategies survey. We have received 100 responses so far, but our goal is to reach at least 300 (preferably many more than that)!
If you haven't already, can you help us by taking this brief survey?
The survey outlines the current plan goals the Committee has drafted and asks respondents to select the strategies they think will best help the Town meet these goals.
Thank you, and stay well!
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Bridgewater Comprehensive Master Plan: Goals and...
The Bridgewater Comprehensive Master Plan Committee (CMPC) invites you to help us develop strategies for shaping the future of our town!
Read more
www.surveymonkey.com
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Chicks came in this week!
100-Rhode Island Reds, 100-Aracauna, 100 Barred Rocks.
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We have wood pellets, feed & grain and
we're open for essential items!
Please call with your order and drive up.
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104) Bridgewater
(508) 697-0357
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Bridgewater Public Library Bingo
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Our amazing instructors are offering free online classes. Please feel free to join them to reduce stress, reconnect with old friends, and make new ones!
*Online chair yoga every Mon and Thurs at 1p.
A couple of thoughts:
1) DO try go online to the site before class just to get a feel.
2) Carl will logon about 12:30.
3) Set up your computer with light BEHIND the computer and NO or very little LIGHT behind you. Sit about 8 feet away from computer. You should see from your head to knees or even all the way to your feet.
4) If you speak, then your picture will appear as the main picture.
5) Try to improvise a strap: a belt of robe strap work well.
6) Standard bridge chairs work well. Tall backs will get in your way.
7) Use this link to attend any of my meetings:
Meeting ID: 241 281 630
*Join Zoom Chair Arthritis Class with Wendy Moore Every Friday at 10a.
Meeting ID: 650 190 8084
Password: 6MRfnf
Emily Williams
Director
Bridgewater Council on Aging
Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
Town of Bridgewater
508-697-0929
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Wood Palace Kitchen Designs
Check out Tim's Fireside Chat
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7 Mill St, Middleboro
(508) 947-1975
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D'Agostino Insurance
111 Torrey St Suite #1
Brockton, MA 02301
Call (508) 586-0414
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Memorial Building Documents
Presented at 04/07/2020 Town Council Meeting
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Get Your Word Out!
Want to let our community know how you can service them?
BuzzAround publishes to 10,000 subscribers, it's a great time to
advertise, our readership is UP!
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MAMA DEB'S
SWEET ITALIAN SAUCE
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"Life is Sweeter with Mama Deb's
Sweet Italian Sauce"
Public, Private and Corporate Events
Retail Sauce and Gift Sets Available
Click here for retail locations, mobile food
events, and pasta making class schedules
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Grant's sends out support & care to all of our communities.
We're all in this together.
10 Bedford Park, Bridgewater
(508) 279-0950
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Grocery Store Worker Priority Testing
The Baker-Polito Administration and the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security today (4/10/20) expanded access to the free, priority COVID-19 testing sites for first responders to now include grocery store and supermarket workers.
Beginning Saturday, April 11, the men and women who provide critical access to food and other necessities (that is anyone selling groceries)
may schedule an appointment to receive COVID-19 testing at the sites located at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro and the Big E fairgrounds in West Springfield.
All appointments must be made in advance by the worker’s supervisor or manager, and personnel do not need to be symptomatic to be eligible.
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Internet Essentials from Comcast
First 2 months free & $9.99/ mo. Internet Essentials brings affordable high-speed internet to low income homes.
Read more
www.internetessentials.com
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We Are Hiring Account Representatives
Our local economies have been severely impacted. Our small local businesses need help recovering. You can help.
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BLISS
THROUGH
YOGA
is NOW open
in
Your OWN Home!
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Now Live Streaming ALL Classes!
Tuesdays @ 5:30p; Thursdays @ 7p; Fridays @ 6:30p; Saturdays @ 9a
Contact Janice to register
Find YOUR bliss at Bliss Through Yoga!
Yoga for the Rest of Us!
(508) 331-3564
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Bridgewater State University Students 3D Printing Face Shields
BSU students are printing face shields to donate to local hospitals in Massachusetts to help combat the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Daniel Borden, ’22, was up late recently, but not to study for an exam in one of his Bridgewater State University classes. Instead, he was brainstorming about how to save lives during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
Daniel is part of a group based at BSU’s makerspace working to make face shields and masks for hospital and nursing home staff.
“I really feel that I’m in a position where I can help and it just comes naturally to want to be able to help,” said Daniel, a professional physics major and math minor from Tiverton, Rhode Island. “Bridgewater has given me a chance to be able to do this.”
The plastic face shields will be made using 3D printers and donated to Massachusetts hospitals. The group hopes to assemble a new machine to make thousands of masks for a nursing home using a fabric-like material common in surgical masks.
The team includes Rob Monteith, a BSU analytical instrumentation engineer, and student staff of the makerspace - Kevin Monteith, Joe Matta, Keith Phelan and Andrew DeFino. The makerspace offers a collaborative working environment as well as access to and training on specialized equipment.
These community-minded Bears, with support from the Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics and the Information Technology and Operations divisions, brought together 3D printers from across campus and asked medical professionals what they need.
Monteith also worked with IT staff to give COVID-19 researchers access remotely to BSU computer processing power.
“We have the capability to help, so I think it’s our obligation to provide assistance if we can,” Monteith said. “We want to make sure our university as a whole is safe and make sure our community is as well.”
Daniel connects people within and outside BSU who have relevant expertise. The orientation leader is using leadership skills developed as a student at BSU and Bristol Community College and participant in a NASA academy. He’s also learning software that can design personal protective equipment.
“The university seems very interested in wanting to help any way we can,” he said. “We’re more than just a BSU community. We’re a community to everyone.”
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
a 45 min
Reiki Treatment from
Jacquelyn Rose to be used when restrictions are lifted.
Historical Tidbit Question
:
About how many men made wolf
traps for the town
?
Please submit your answer through our website
here
. It's easier for us to run more contests & distribute prizes this way.
We are looking forward to giving you more opportunities to win!
By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's
Buzz Around Bridgewater.
On April 22, 2020 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by
Jen Bellody, Janice O'Brien, Megan Piche, Jacquelyn Rose, Gregory Venezia
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April is Poetry Month
Hmm. Poetry? You ask.
Of course.
To inspire your inner artist... poetry can express emotion and ideas in thoughtful and delicate ways, or in pounding stark ways. I thoroughly enjoy the use of words. It taps into that which seems elusive. And so, for poetry month, lets look at poets!
Today, I am diving into the experience of Langston Hughes.
“Gather out of star-dust,
Earth-dust,
Cloud-dust,
Storm-dust,
And splinters of hail,
One handful of dream-dust,
Not for sale.”
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.”
“Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now --
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.”
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Also, here is a great site for when you want to explore more poets.
Give it your all. You have everything you have ever needed to live life completely.
~ Jacquie
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Copyright 2019 Buzz Around Bridgewater.
You have our permission to share and copy this issue in its entirety as much as you like. If you take it in part, please give credit. ("Buzz Around Bridgewater 4/19/20")
Disclaimer: At the Buzz Around, we promote community and family. Occasionally, there will be links to town committees and other non-profit groups, as a way of sharing local information. Individual groups are responsible for how they represent themselves on their websites and in their promotional materials. The Buzz Around does not claim to support any particular view.
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