July 26, 2020
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Your BuzzAround supports the dignity of all human beings, is actively anti-racist, and supportive of good law enforcement policies.
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Patrick Sullivan Shares the sunset over West Monponsett. ~ Nice pix, Patrick!
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Wildlife Bounties in Halifax
In March, 1738, the town voted a bounty of 20 shillings for a wild cat one year old. The forests of America were inhabited by wild cats and other animals unfriendly to man. The wild cat of America generally belongs to the same clan as the domestic cat. They grow larger when wild. Instances have been known where young ones were caught and tamed. They appeared no different when thus tamed. The domestic cat does not appear to cleave to the forest and yet they inhabited the forest until they were destroyed by man.
The inhabitants of the town were annoyed by certain birds which pulled up their corn when it made its appearance above the ground and destroyed it when it was ripe in the field. They occasionally gave bounties for killing them. Some years they gave as high as three pence a head.
In one year, they passed a very singular and in some respects ludicrous vote on the subject at the annual town meeting on March 2, 1740, that every householder within said town should kill on or before the first day of June six grown black birds, jay birds, red birds or squirrels and bring the heads to the town treasurer. Any one so neglecting shall pay a fine of two shillings for the use of the poor of the town. How the town knew there were six apiece for each householder, they have not informed us. The records of the town are silent on the results of this experiment.
[A shilling would add up to about 5 pennies.]
Respectfully submitted,
Sue Basile
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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!
Deb Caggiano
won a
$50
gift certificate to
Beauty Counter products
through Independent Consultant Christine Harkins.
The clean revolution
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win
a 16 oz Bee Charmed candle, the scent of your choice! (value $15.99)
from Bee Charmed Gift Shop
494 N. Bedford St (Rt 18) East Bridgewater
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REUSABLE SHOPPING BAGS ARE BACK !
Friday, July 10th, Governor Baker rescinded his temporary order suspending all local shopping bag laws and banning the use of reusable bags.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's most recent update on transmission indicates that the virus spreads primarily through the infected respiratory droplets emitted during close contact with another person, hence the continued need for face masks.
Banning re-use of bags was a precautionary measure, erring on the side of safety, and the MA Dept of Public Health recognizes the public health problem created by the damage done to our environment with plastic, and so is now encouraging their use again.
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Parents, Please Take Reopening Survey
Halifax Elementary and Silver Lake parents, there is a survey for Family "Intentions" Survey for Reopening. Please take the time to fill one out.
Please feel free to share your feelings with
George C Andrews
specifically, as he is a member of the working group for Halifax Elementary school for the Reopening plans.
Story from George C Andrews
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Recycling Center Hours Update!!
The Center is open!
Mondays from 5p-8p
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Metro South’s Live Virtual
Zoom Networking Groups
Upcoming Zoom dates:
7/28 10:30 - 11:30a
7/29 2:00 - 3:00p
Connect with potential customers, existing chamber members and friends in the Metro South community from the comfort and safety of your homes/work spaces. Every member attending will be asked to give a 60-second pitch (who you are, and what you do) and and then we will have an open discussion with the group. Space is limited, so please RSVP in advance.
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Town of Halifax Beaches & Boat Ramps
Beaches
Town beaches are located on Lingan Street (West Monponsett Pond) and on Holmes Street (East Monponsett Pond, SE corner). There are no lifeguards at either location. Any vehicle parked at these locations must have a "resident sticker" issued by the Recycling Center.
Boat Ramps
There are Town-resident only boat ramps located on Lingan Street (West Monponsett Pond) and Holmes Street (SE corner of East Monponsett Pond). Any vehicle parked at these locations must have a "resident sticker" issued by the Recycling Center. There is a State boat ramp on Monponsett Street for West Monponsett Pond. A resident sticker is not required to use the State Boat Ramp. The Town’s boating by-laws apply on both ponds.
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We have what you NEED this summer!
Come see what we have to make your home or farm the best it can be! Shop us today!
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1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104) Bridgewater
(508) 697-0357
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Holmes Public Library Reopening
Limited hours
Monday 12 - 8p
Tuesday- Thursday 10a - 5p
Friday 10a- 2p
Limited capacity-Occupancy will be 25 people including staff, patrons and other workers. Please follow signs and floor markings to adhere to social distancing.
Face coverings are required for all staff and patrons. In the event a face mask cannot be worn, Library Director will provide alternative services.
Restrooms will be unavailable to the public.
Children's Area will be open by appointment only and will be limited to one party, no larger than 3.
Appointments to be 30 minutes. Please contact Miss Holly to schedule at 781-293-2271 or [email protected].
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Vote By Mail
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n July, a new law was passed to allow all registered voters in Massachusetts to vote by mail in any 2020 election, with no excuse needed.
As required by the new law, a Vote by Mail application will be mailed to every person who was registered to vote by July 1 and who had not already requested an absentee ballot for the State Primary or for all elections this year. A second mailing will be sent out in September to all voters who have not already applied for a Vote by Mail ballot for the November election. The applications are pre-addressed to your local election official and no postage is necessary.
Vote by Mail applications must be delivered to your local election office no later than 4 business days before the election. For a State Primary ballot, your application must reach your local election office no later than August 26. For a State Election ballot, your application must reach your local election office no later than October 28.
If you wish to vote by mail, you are strongly encouraged to return your application as early as possible, to make sure that you will receive your ballot in time to return it and have it be counted.
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Good Day My Phenomenal People!
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(781) 428-4479
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Blood Drive
Saturday, August 8
9:00a - 2:00p
Great Hall of the Halifax Town Hall, 499 Plymouth St.
The Town of Halifax is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive. Because of the season and the pandemic, the Red Cross has an urgent need for blood.
Anyone interested in participating can visit
www.redcrossblood.org/find-drive
type in "02338" for the zip code and then make an appointment for a convenient time.
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Town of Halifax - Annual Town Meeting Recessed to August 29
The Halifax Annual and Special Town Meetings scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 1, 2020 at the Halifax Elementary School starting at
9:00am have been recessed until
Saturday, August 29, 2020 at the Halifax Elementary School starting at 9:00am
. This decision was made by the Town Moderator after consulting with Board of Health Agent Robert Valery and the Board of Selectmen. The Town Moderator is allowed to make this decision under Massachusetts Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020 due to the public health emergency. The Town needs more time to work on a plan for Town Meeting and to choose a location that will allow for safety measures such as social distancing. In addition, as the State budget has not yet been approved, the Halifax Finance Committee cannot provide final recommendations to the townspeople. Any meeting at the Elementary School will use both the Gym and the Multi-Purpose Room so that there is sufficient room for all attendees while also following the protocols for social distancing.
There is a reasonable probability that the Town Meeting will have to be recessed again, especially if the State budget is not approved early enough in July or the first part of August in order for final budget recommendations to be made. Under State law, the Town Meeting cannot be recessed for more than 30 days after each new date. The Town Moderator, Board of Health, Finance Committee, and the Board of Selectmen will continue to monitor these issues and provide more information when it is
available.
Charlie Seelig
Halifax Town Administrator
781-294-1316
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The Search For An Internship During COVID
By Sasha Rockwell When my Junior year at Bridgewater State University started in the Fall of 2019, I knew it was the perfect time to take advantage of learning opportunities on and off-campus. But I didn't expect it to go the way it did.
Read more
buzzaround.info
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Summer Hoops!
Mr. Steele and his grandkids-Cailyn, Scarlette, and Ryan Jr. at Silver Lake Summer Hoops Basketball Camp which is at Halifax Elementary.
www.silverlakesummerhoops.com!!!
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FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM PRESENTS
Shelter, Place, Social, Distance
Contemporary Dialogues from the Permanent Collection
August 6– November 22, 2020
( August 6 open to the general public)
“The long path from material through purpose to creative work has only a single goal: To create order out of the godforsaken confusion of our time.” —Mies van der Rohe,
Not at Home
, 1938
Since the initial outbreak in Wuhan, China, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption around the world, from economic uncertainty to national public health emergencies to mandated quarantines. As the global community struggled to make sense of it all, an explosion of new words and phrases emerged. This pervasive terminology—shelter in place, social distancing, flatten the curve, PPE, and more—offered a practical shorthand with which to frame the rapidly changing world and united us through shared cultural touch points.
While many terms are inextricably associated with the pandemic, certain words, when decontextualized, represent recurring themes in contemporary craft. In this regard,
Shelter, Place, Social, Distance: Contemporary Dialogues from the Permanent Collection
adopts the COVID-19 lexicon as a conceptual springboard for exploring how the universal subjects of home, place, community, and distance are represented in Fuller Craft Museum’s permanent collection.
Fuller Craft Museum is honored to present these extraordinary objects as we welcome visitors back to our galleries following the COVID-19-related museum shutdown. Like all great works of art, the forms invigorate our understanding of the times in which we live.
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Bottle Drive Success!
This community pulled together and helped Boy Scout Troop 39 have the best bottle drive ever. From 8:30a to 3:15p Sat July 11, the cans & bottles didn't stop coming! HUGE thanks to everyone for your generosity.
Story and photo credits: Corey Russell
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a
16 oz Bee Charmed candle, the scent of your choice! (value $15.99)
from Bee Charmed Gift Shop
494 N. Bedford St (Rt 18)
East Bridgewater
Historical Tidbit Question:
What was the bounty of a wild cat one year old in 1738?
Email us your answer at:
Please include your name, phone number with your answer.
By entering, you give us permission to print your name in next week's Buzz Around.
On July 29, 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, Sasha Rockwell, Jacquelyn Rose, Kayla Rose
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Genealogy
Looking back at our ancestry helps us understand today. There's comfort in knowing what they went through so you can live your life. And then there's the sheer act of telling and retelling stories, it helps us to understand our position in a long line of ancestors who have wrestled with similar issues to the ones we wrestle with every day. We all have stories.
"I like to cook, and I tend to make those one-pot meat dishes of my Hungarian ancestors. Also, I make a great Bolognese."
~ Goldie Hawn
"There were times, especially when I was traveling for 'Eat, Pray, Love,' when, I swear to God, I would feel this weight of my female ancestors, all those Swedish farmwives from beyond the grave who were like, 'Go! Go to Naples! Eat more pizza! Go to India, ride an elephant! Do it! Swim in the Indian Ocean. Read those books. Learn a language."
~ Elizabeth Gilbert
"In China there is a holiday around the death of your ancestors where everyone goes to the cemetery. It's a celebratory thing. It's very colorful." ~ Lulu Wang
"Black Girl Magic means that I have the power to overcome anything. Especially when we're in a world where you're told that you can't do something or you're less than, I'm reminded that my ancestors have overcome so much. There's still so much work to be done, and I have the power to overcome it." ~ Michelle Carter
"Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people." ~ Chief Seattle
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“You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates.” ~ John Lewis
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