June 21, 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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Pins for Peace #loveyourneighbor
Elena Hogan spent some time making some "UNITE" pins,
magnets, and signs to share with our community. The table is set up at the end of their driveway, on 100 Northfield Drive. She let the community take as many as they thought they could use. She also announced she'd be making more for the next Stand Up For Justice protest. She's also willing to ship them for free
No Boundaries Marketplace.
Story and photo credit: Elena Hogan
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Historical Tidbit:
State Normal School
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Bridgewater State University formerly known as
State Normal School
As seen in postcards from the early 20th century.
(Above) State Normal School buildings, as seen from the campus pond. The building in the center is Normal Hall, erected in 1869. Beyond Normal Hall is the Normal School building. To the left are the old Tillinghast Hall and the old Woodward Hall.
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(Above) The exterior of the Albert Gardner Boyden Gymnasium (erected 1906) and the Unitarian Church (erected 1845).
(Bottom picture) Classroom interior, State Normal School. This room served as the assembly hall, where every morning the students would gather to hear Principal Boyden during 'opening exercises.' During the morning assembly, the faculty would sit at the long table at the front of the room.
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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!
Marie Day
won a
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
$20 gift certificate to
Color Street nail polish strips
from independent consultant Katie Ray.
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This Year's 4th of July Shirt!
A little later than usual this year ....BUT here is this year’s Virtual 4th of July shirt!
Remember proceeds will assist in next year’s event! Looking forward to it!
Please message Lisa Buzzell- Curley
here
with your order.
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Happy Pride Month!
At the Bridgewater Senior Center, our mission is to promote the emotional, physical and economic well being of older adults and to encourage their participation in all aspects of community life. We believe in supporting diversity, inclusion, access, and equality for everyone.
As a way to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month, we’re offering the LGBTQ community a delicious lunch on us. Please email me for details.
Emily Williams
Director, Bridgewater Council on Aging
Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
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A Bridgewater Christmas to Remember
Christmas Eve was always an event to remember. My mother’s Portuguese family consisted of 12 brothers and sisters with strong ethnic traditions of family gatherings. The most memorable of all was Christmas. Preparations for the celebration would begin with our mother trying to get us to take a nap after lunch so we could stay up very late on Christmas Eve without getting too grumpy. As you would probably guess no kid can sleep on the day before Christmas Eve with all of that excitement to look forward to. Before going down to the “house” we would eat a light supper at home.
Around 5 PM we would travel to my grandmother’s and the other cousins would arrive one by one, until the whole gang was there. In the corner of the living room was a display that my Grandmother would set up each year. It was a manger scene but not your ordinary one. To call it ordinary would like calling a Newport mansion a summer cottage.
A month or so before Christmas Eve she would start little pots of rye- grass that were placed around a group of beautiful ceramic figurines. In the center was baby Jesus, bigger in scale than all of the other figures, but after all, he is what it’s all about. All around the display was a series of unique little lights. Many of the lights had a short, little glass tube on it, filled with a colored liquid that would have little bubbles coming up. She put hours into arranging it and it was quite a display. I am sure my description does not do the display justice but only because I saw through the eyes of a little boy. It was a lot bigger than me, unlike any manger scene, I had ever seen in anybody’s living room.
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Ed note: Huge thanks to David Moore for submitting this for our Good News contest.
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All the basics of the birds & bees
Bird feeders & seeds
Garden & bee keeping supplies
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104) Bridgewater
(508) 697-0357
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Books For Brockton: Brockton Public Library organized by ...
Join me in making a real difference. Brockton Public Library provides access to educational & cultural programs and resources to the greater Brockton Area, free!!! Brockton Library Foundation ... taking this a step further ... is giving away...
Read more
www.gofundme.com
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Voter Registration Before Town Election
The Annual Town Election is set for
Saturday, June 27th
. The last day to register to vote for that election is Wednesday June 20th. For anyone not already registered to vote, the Town Clerk's Office will provide in-person registration from
2-4p and 7-8p outdoors at the Academy Building (66 Central Square) on Wednesday June 20th
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Get Ready for Father’s Day!
How much do the kids know about dad or grandpa? Find fun questions you can print and have the kids fill out!
Visit Bridgewater Public Library's Children's Room page on their website and scroll to Fun Worksheets for Father’s Day!
Click, download and print!
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Working hard to make patients comfortable & healthy!
Physical distancing • spaced appointments
• bacterial cleaning between patients.
Take care of yourself – See your chiropractor today!
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63 Main Street, Bridgewater (508) 697-0050
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Kindness Rock Project
Scattered around the grounds of the library you will find kindness rocks. Take one, share one or leave one. Participate in this random art of kindness. Get instructions on our new YouTube Channel! Make sure you subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on any of our videos.
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Bridgewater Library Fights Racism
Reading Guide for Fighting Racism
Many are available on Overdrive and Hoopla.
Children's books are one of the most effective ways for initiating conversations.
Children's book list on Racism:
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The 4th of JULY Committee
"Patriotic House" Contest !!
We want you to decorate for the 4th!!! Show us your patriotic pride!!
We will be compiling a list of the addresses and encourage the Bridgewater Community to visit them!!
YES there will be prizes!!
First prize will be $250 in gift cards.
Second prize will be $100 in gift cards.
Third prize will be $50 in gift cards.
And who knows if we get a big enough response - we might expand the categories!!!!
**ALL gift cards will be to local Bridgewater businesses!!
So start your planning!
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President Clark Announces Dates For Rescheduled BSU Commencements!
Bridgewater State University is proud to announce a rescheduled Class of 2020 ceremony to be held on Saturday, May 22, 2021. They can’t wait to celebrate you!
Degree Conferral:
Graduates can still expect their diplomas to be mailed home in July. Please ensure your address is correct on InfoBear. The Registrar will Confer degrees when an academic record is finalized and confirmed that all requirements have been satisfied.
Regalia:
If 2020 BSU graduates are interested in purchasing a cap and gown this year, please visit
bridgew.shopoakhalli.com
to place your order and have it shipped to your home. Share your photos with us using #BSUGrad20.
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(774) 297-4697
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Get in Shape for Women
in Bridgewater
Our studio has been disinfected, painted, & redesigned to keep our clients separate
& safe upon return.
We look forward to coaching you
when the studio re-opens in Phase 3.
Until then,
we have added workout options to our virtual training!
Our goal is to keep you moving
& engaged!
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180 Winter St., Bridgewater
(across from Chatta Box)
Contact Stephanie at 508-697-2900
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Click Here to Take the Anti-Racism Pledge
Mindful of the continuing affliction of personal, institutional and structural racism, and of the daily realities of all forms of bias, prejudice and bigotry in my own life and in the lives of my family, friends, co-workers, and the society...
Read more
civilityandrespect.org
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You choose a charity and Bridgewater Savings makes the donation!
Proudly supporting the community since 1872
We're proud to donate $2,000 more to local charities. Please 'like' a charity and make a selection daily through July 31st. All money will be donated pro rata based on the number of 'likes' each charity receives.
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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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Celebrate International Yoga Day with
BLISS
THROUGH
YOGA
on June 21st!
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Free Programs for IYD via Zoom:
Guided Relaxation @ 8:30 am
Intro to Svaroopa® Yoga @ 9:30 am
Contact Janice to register
Find YOUR bliss at Bliss Through Yoga!
Yoga for the Rest of Us!
(508) 331-3564
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Sight Words
Resident Nora Byron Dolan and her children have taken many walks around the neighborhood since having to stay home more. On these walks, they've come across many rocks with painted words on them. The kids would always like to stop and read these. They found a few extra rocks and painted early learner "sight words." On June 7th, they placed those rocks around Carver Pond in hopes that they would help some other children and parents both learn and exercise.
Let's see if we can get more Bridgewater residents to paint rocks to help their children make fun sentences while out adventuring!
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a
$20 gift certificate to
Color Street nail polish strips
Historical Tidbit Question
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What buildings were built near the Normal School building?
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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 June 24, 2020 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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A Tribute to Fathers:
“Of all the titles I’ve been privileged to have, ‘Dad’ has always been the best.” ~Ken Norton
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” ~Jim Valvano
“The best way of training the young is to train yourself at the same time; not to admonish them, but to be seen never doing that of which you would admonish them.”
~ Plato
“The nature of impending fatherhood is that you are doing something that you’re unqualified to do, and then you become qualified while doing it.” ~ John Green
“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” ~ Umberto Eco
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“Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of song.” ~Pam Brown
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To Dads everywhere... have a wonderful day! ~ Jacquie
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by
Jen Bellody, Janice O'Brien, Jacquelyn Rose, & Kayla Rose.
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Copyright 2020 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 6/21/20")
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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