May 17, 2020
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Carol Cybulska explains:
"I started this project with my voice students from 8 South Shore Massachusetts towns at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, to send a message of hope and encouragement to their community of family, friends, teachers and - most especially - front-line and essential workers. I asked them to add their own harmonies and riffs. I was overwhelmed at the response. A few students opted to send me audio tracks instead of video, and their voices are part of this production as well.
A couple of weeks into the project, Lean on Me's creator, the great Bill Withers, passed away. We dedicate this performance to his memory."
Ed note: Great job & tribute Carol & students!
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Historical Tidbit:
Halifax Chick Express
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Halifax chick express was organized and operated by poultry man, Al Lunn, to provide a service that met a definite need in the 1940's. The speedy transportation of chicks and hatching eggs, with assurance of safe delivery.
In one year's time they had handled approximately 25,000,000 chicks and 100,000 cases of hatchling eggs over a total distance of a million and a quarter miles, with mortality loss cut to a fraction of 1%.
Highly skilled and trained drivers, specially built trailers, and every precaution learned in their five years of specialized experience combined to make the Halifax Chick Express the safest, surest way of shipping chicks and hatching eggs.
Their trained drivers delivered the chicks as far away as 1600 miles in air conditioned trucks making hourly inspections en route to make sure the chicks were comfortable. Each truck was disinfected weekly to insure against the hazards of disease.
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Respectfully submitted by
Sue Basille
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We are Hiring:
A Message From Jacquie
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Town Hall
781-294-1316
Office personnel available through phone
and email only.
For needed updates, check the town website.
Holmes Public Library
781-293-2271
Office personnel available through phone
and email only.
Council on Aging
506 Plymouth Street
781-293-7313
Office personnel available through phone
and email only. All in person activities and
events are suspended.
Food Pantries
Halifax Congregational Church
503 Plymouth St. (Rt 106)
781-293-6393
Tuesdays -2:30 - 4p
St Vincent De Paul
Our Lady of the Lake Church
580 Monponsett St, Halifax
(781) 293- 7971
2nd & 4th Saturday 9a
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Congratulations!
Lynne Welsh
won a
$15 gift certificate to Pinches & Pounds
Candy Store Rt 18, Whitman!
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
One Free Embodyment® Yoga at Bliss Through Yoga when we re-open. Located at Physical Therapy U75 Scotland Blvd, Bridgewater.
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Need Something?
Go To the Food Table
~ no questions asked!
Grab a bag under the table and take what you want, it’s there to TAKE!!!
Face shields and masks also available. Please only touch what you take and only take what you need for masks❤️ please sanitize and remember
#WeAreAllinThisTogether
!! ❤️
Thank you to everyone who drops off donations to the food table. Lots of people have taken/left it’s awesome!
*** PLEASE DO NOT leave things in need of refrigeration. Bear in mind I set up and break this down morning/night. Thank you!!!
37 Chestnut Rd, Halifax.
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Halifax Council On Aging Has Masks
to Give Away.
Good morning, we received another generous donation of masks. This donation was from Linda Taylor and our seniors and staff appreciate it very much! If anyone still needs a mask, give us a call @ 781-293-7313 and we will make arrangements to get you one.
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Missing your exercise or art class? Click on one of the links below and try this at home.
As always please check with your doctor before participating in any exercise class!
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Now offering Disinfectant Fogging & HEPA Vacuuming Services!
As small businesses start to return to work, HEPA vacuuming is an effective way to take the cleaning and sanitation precautions necessary for a safe environment.
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Massachusetts Re-Opening
The Baker-Polito Administration announced 5/11/20 a four-phase approach to reopening the Massachusetts economy amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and published Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards that will apply across all sectors and industries once reopening begins.
Businesses and activities that provided “COVID-19 Essential Services,” per Governor Baker’s March 23
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order, will continue to operate. Certain businesses and activities with a lower risk of COVID-19 transmission will open in earlier phases. Decisions and timing will be influenced by public health metrics for when the first phase of reopening begins, as well as when it is safe to move into concurrent phases.
CLICK HERE
for more information about the four-phased reopening approach.
CLICK HERE
for 5/12/20 presentation from the Reopening Advisory Board.
Additionally, the Department of Public Health (DPH) and the COVID-19 Command Center, in consultation with the Reopening Advisory Board and based on feedback from industry, labor, and community coalitions, has developed Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission as employees and customers begin to return to workplaces during the first phase of reopening. These Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards are applicable to all sectors and industries that will be open in phase one, and create new workplace requirements for social distancing, hygiene, staffing and operations, and cleaning. These standards are being released to give workplaces time to plan and prepare for reopening.
CLICK HERE
for more information about the Mandatory Workplace Safety Standards.
CLICK HERE
to visit the Metro South Chamber's One-Stop COVID-19 Resource Guide.
Credit: Metro South Chamber of Commerce
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From Halifax Elementary
School Parent Teacher Organization - HES Teachers Say "Hi!" Video & Message of Thanks
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Good Morning HES staff,
I hope this finds all of you and your families healthy and well!
On behalf of the PTO, and in recognition of Staff Appreciation Week, we would like to extend this heartfelt message of gratitude for all you have done and continue to do for our children. Each of you plays an important role in the development of our children at the most impressionable ages in their lives. We want to take a minute to recognize and thank ALL of you for your commitment and dedication to the students of HES.
This is not how we had planned to celebrate you for Staff Appreciation Week, but like everything else these past 7 weeks, plans have changed. When the time is right, each of you will be receiving a small token of our appreciation for all that you do for our children every day. We wish we could be there with you and enjoy our usual week-long celebration, but sadly, we can’t.
For the 6th grade teachers, you are especially recognized this year. You, like our 6th grade children, are faced with the difficult reality of not seeing each other again: you will not see each other return from summer vacation, well rested and ready to take on another year; you will not be able to pass each other in the halls and say “hello”; and perhaps the most difficult, you will not be able to celebrate their accomplishments with a 6th grade graduation. For some of us in PTO, this is our first child to leave HES - for others, our last - but each of us shares the heartbreak equally. Like you so eloquently put in one of your letters to your students - your story wasn’t over.
We are so grateful to ALL of the staff at HES for your dedication and commitment to our children. Each one of you has helped to shape their young minds, to teach them resilience and to accept that some things cannot be changed. Now more than ever, those lessons taught, and the commitment you have made to be one of the constants in their lives, will help to get them through these unprecedented times. We thank you, and we appreciate you!
Stay well,
Trish Thomas, On behalf of the Halifax PTO
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Stay home and dress up your gardens!
Order your mulch online today!
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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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Cabin Fever Cure
5 Ways to Revitalize Your Relationships
Let’s face it you never signed up for full time living with your spouse and kids. You expected there to be daycare, school and work to broaden the circle of supports and to grow according to our gifts. Living and working together is very challenging and in some cases frightening.
Familiarity breeds contempt which means that the more you see a person do the things that annoy you, the more likely you are to criticize or focus on the things that bother you. This may bleed into wider criticize and a desire for distance you can’t find. You now have Cabin Fever.
5 ways you can cure Cabin Fever are.....
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Live in the Gift. Imagine a pie with 1 piece missing. When you live in the gift you live and eat delicious pie. No need to live in empty sliver, because there is nothing there. When you live in the gift with family members it is a commitment to see the best in each other and overlook shortcomings. It is about helping each other to get the time or things that they need to be the best they can. I met a mother of a 6 year old who was contemplating divorce and was concerned about her daughter. When she learned about Living in the Gift she took the concept home. She and her husband agreed to live in the gift. If one of them got negative, the other could ask “Are you living in the sliver?” This was enough to remind them to shift to the positive and supportive perspective. Today their marriage and family are strong, resilient and thriving.
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You can’t feed the hungry from and empty bowl. Make sure you take care and recharge yourself. If you are not getting the alone time or the friend time, talk to your family about carving out time for you. Many people get angry at others because they themselves need some me time. Me time is important so that you can be the parent or spouse for your family.
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Move to Groove! Get out and exercise, even if you don’t feel like it or it is hard. Our bodies get depressed and lack energy when we are sedentary. This often leads to mental depression. The simplest way to reverse depression is with movement, activity and spending time focused on something other than yourself. For those living alone, a walk and simple ‘hi’to those along the way can do wonders at shifting your mood.
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Joy Journal grows flowers. Living in the gift is about celebrating what you do have. Gratitude for the smallest things can change your mood and refocus your perspective on what you do have. I have a home, food to eat, the flowers are beautiful, my children are learning and healthy, I enjoyed our movie night last night are examples of gratitude. Sharing your gratitude and joy with family members and friends can remind them as well. Keep a joy journal for reminders.
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Love one another, forgive one another, support one another, and enjoy one another. It can be very challenging to shift to living in the gift especially if you have been living in the sliver. Start small even if it feels fake in the beginning, with time you will be living in the gift and enjoy the very best in each other. You are wonderfully made and so loved.
Marcy Venezia, CEO MBA, RN, PMP. GleeWorks Holistic Coaching
gleeworks.net
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Town Election Day Updates
The date of the Annual Town Election has been changed from Saturday, May 16, 2020 to
Saturday, June 20, 2020.
Election Day for Town positions will be at the
Halifax Elementary School Gym from 10a to 6p.
Residents of Halifax may register to vote at the Town Clerk's office during regular office hours. In addition, residents can
register to vote online via the Massachusetts Secretary of State's office.
Also, you may request a voter registration form be mailed to you by contacting this office.
Absentee ballots are available for all elections. Requests must be made in writing. Please contact this office if you have any questions. If you wish to vote absentee, please contact the Town Clerk's Office at 781-293-7970. A sample ballot will be available before the election.
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Halifax Memorial Day Observation 2020
The VFW will install a "field of flags" on the lawn at Town Hall on or about Friday, May 15 and the installation will stay in place until
Sunday, June 7.
The Board encourages all residents to honor the Town's veterans on Memorial Day and every other day in a safe and responsible manner.
Charlie Seelig
Halifax Town Administrator
781-294-1316
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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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BEAUTY COUNTER
CHRISTINE HARKINS
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What you put on your skin matters!!!
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TO THE SL CLASS OF 2020...
(Senior Video!)
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SENT IN VIDEOS AND PICTURES! It helped out a TON and helped me try and include everyone in! I'm so sad that it had to end this way, especially after waiting 12 years for this, but it just gives us a story to tell later on in life. I'm glad this got to be my last ever high school video, wouldn't have wanted to vlog with anyone else.
Special thank you to Hannah for helping with pictures, giving me ideas, and telling me each part looked good :)
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Silver Lake Seniors Celebrating
College Commitments
By Christina Montana
Silver Lake Regional High School has been celebrating their graduating Senior class in every way they can think of. This has included re-sharing a Senior Video made by senior Kayla Knudson
school commitments of their students. Since May 4th, here are all of the students that have been shared, along with their school and degree program. Congrats to all of you!
Cross Boudreau:
Stonehill College and majoring in Graphic Design!
John Generazo:
The University of South Carolina, majoring in Engineering!
Kody Robinson:
WPI and majoring in Computer Science!
James Gallagher:
Post-graduate year at South Kent School in CT, where he'll be playing Soccer!
Angelina Cross:
Franklin Pierce University where she will double major in Criminal Justice & Sociology!
Jackson Newell:
Stonehill College, studying Business at the Leo J. Meehan School of Business!
Breezy Moulthrop:
University of Massachusetts Amherst!
Caitlin Nolan:
Stonehill College!
John Lastennet:
Western New England University and will be playing collegiate football!
James Dupille:
Nova Southeastern University and was accepted into the Pre-Law program!
Trevor Rossini:
Johnson & Wales University to study Cyber Threat Intelligence and Defense!
Jake Holmes:
Northeastern University and was accepted into the School of Engineering!
Jaymz Lipinski:
Regis College to study Orthodontics!
Zachary Sweeney:
Purdue University!
Dylan Justice:
The University of Maine Orono to study Computer Science!
Brooke Logan:
Saint Anselm College for Nursing!
Emma Owens:
The University of New Hampshire Honors Program where she plans to major in French!
Tess Bonanno:
Providence College as a member of their Honors Program!
Congratulations, once again, to the senior class of 2020!
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
One Free Embodyment® Yoga at Bliss Through Yoga for when we reopen. Located at Physical Therapy U
75 Scotland Blvd, Bridgewater
Historical Tidbit Question:
Approximately how many chicks had they handled in 1 years time?
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 May 20, 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, Theresa McNulty, Janice O'Brien, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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Adaptation
I can say, after raising 4 children and living in 7 places in the past 10 years, while facing food and housing insecurity, completing a masters degree and growing the BuzzAround; that I have gotten pretty good at adaptation.
I would like to share just this one thing about this "now" that we are in... it's a great time to fix what's broken, to create a new life. It is, we have time.
So notice: how do you feel?
What did you miss or want the most before the closures & physical distancing?
This might be the time to transition to retirement, or a new career. This might be the time to realize living alone in the family homestead is too secluded, or that you want a home where you can walk to ice cream or the playground. It might be the time to identify new hobbies, music, dance or activity groups to be part of.
Make a list. Do some research. Follow up.
This is your life, don't let opportunities pass you by.
Wouldn't it bee great to come out of this on your way to creating your best life?
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"Each of us has the opportunity to change and grow until our very last breath. Happy creating." ~M.F. Ryan
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.” ~ Charles Darwin
“When something goes wrong in your life, just yell ‘Plot Twist’ and move on.”
~ Anonymous
Yes, Happy Creating. ~ Jacquie
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