August 16, 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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Halifax Board of Selectmen 08/06/2020
Monday, August 17, 2020 - 1:30p
Video Courtesy of
Area 58 Community Access Media
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Halifax Planning Board 08/06/2020
Video Courtesy of
Area 58 Community Access Media
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When I was growing up my grandfather, Guy Baker, use to call his corner of the world "Cowbell Corner." Over the years I used the term myself, thinking the saying was quite quaint.
As the years went by Mr. Baker bought his own home on the corner of Routes 105 and 106, not far from the home where he was born, thus making this "his corner."
My paternal grandfather, Clyde Bosworth Sr. happened to have a dairy farm next door to "Grampa" Baker's new home leaving one to wonder if perhaps in the early mornings he would hear the melodious tinkle as cows moved slowly from one grazing spot to another. Or maybe around sundown, when the herd was being brought home for milking.
Farmers of the world have been belling their cows for thousands of years. In America, except for a few remote spots, the old and time-honored tinkle of the cowbell is now mute and almost obscure. Today's cows are mechanized and data-processed and the modern dairyman knows where every cow is at all times.
The traditionally prudent New England dairy farmer sometimes fashioned, with his frugal fingers, bells out of scraps of metal, which he then shaped with a hammer. History records the first commercial manufacturer of cowbells as being the Barton Bell Company, founded in 1793 in East Hampton, Connecticut.
Pictured is a cowbell owned by Guy Baker, it can be seen at the Halifax Historical Museum.
Photo & Story Credit: Sue Basile
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Town Hall
781-294-1316
For needed updates, check the town website.
Holmes Public Library
781-293-2271
Office personnel available through phone
and email. Building open for limited hours see website for details.
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!
Stephanie Williams
won a Mary Kay Cosmetics Virtual Facial and $15 certificate
Play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a Jump Start Training Package including nutrition consultation & 6 free sessions from Get In Shape For Women at 180 Winter St, Bridgewater, value $279.
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Library's Boredom Buster
The Library offers you many ways to get materials. You can place holds online yourself & they will contact you when they are ready for pickup sails.net/halifax.
Or you can order a Boredom Buster Book Bag! Let them know what you like using an online form and they will fill a bag of books selected just for you! holmespubliclibrary.org
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Check in with the COA to confirm outdoor activities.
Monday - Joy of Writing
Tues/Thurs - Men's Coffee
Wednesday - Knitting/Crochet
(781) 293-7313
Indoor activities are still cancelled.
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Fall Elections Guide
The Massachusetts State Primary Election is scheduled for Tuesday, September 1st. Deadline to register to vote is August 22nd.
The Massachusetts State General Election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3rd.
Both will be held in the Gym at the Halifax
Elementary School, 464 Plymouth Street from 7:00a to 8:00p each day.
Voters have three options in casting their ballots: 1) Vote by mail; 2) Early voting in-person at Town Hall during specific days and times; 3) Election Day voting at the Elementary School.
Information about all three options and how to register to vote is included in the Town's Fall
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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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#MASKUPMA
to keep Massachusetts safe. It’s time to #MaskUpMA!
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The Learning Continues!
Check out this message from President Fred Clark on Bridgewater State University's plans for this fall.
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Imagine Your Story
at Storytime!
For more storytime videos and activities from Holmes Public Library click here.
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Our Promise to You is Unparalleled Quality, Superior Value and Exceptional Customer Service
Celebrate the Re-Opening of Southern Scents!
Receive a Hand Tied Artisan Bouquet with a purchase of Designer's Choice Arrangement*
*Call in and use promo code AUGUST 2020
(617) 704-0689
*Valid through September 15, 2020
Delivery within 25 miles of Bridgewater!
(617) 704-0689
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Enter the Annual Tide Calendar
Digital Photography Contest
The deadline for inclusion in the 2021 Tide Calendar is Monday, August 31st at midnight.
Open to all, amateur and professional, young and old. Photographs must be of wild life, scenery, or recreational activities TAKEN WITHIN the Taunton River Watershed related to water use and conservation. Photographs must be taken within the last five years and must be the sole property of the submitting party.
Twelve winning images will be selected to illustrate our 2021 Annual Taunton River Tide Calendar, with one grand prize image being selected for the cover. All winners will receive a free copy of the Tide Calendar.
All files must be electronic. At this time, our volunteers do not have the time to scan photographs sent on film. Also, please send files taken from your device's camera. Images that are shot through apps like Instagram or snap chat or downloaded from Facebook, tend to be too compressed or are digitally unsuitable for print.
If you have any questions or If you are emailing files, email them one at a time to [email protected].
If you are dropping a disk in the mail, please send us an email so we can keep an eye out for it.
Please use the following mailing address:
TRWA Calendar Contest , P.O. Box 1116 Taunton, MA 02780
Images with landscape orientation work the best. We are looking for seasonal images, so don't forget to submit that lovely snowscape you took in February or the fall foliage river-scape you shot last October. (We tend to get most of summer shots. So if you want to increase your odds of having an image selected, send shots of all four seasons!)
Image Credit: "Immature Cooper's Hawks," Raynham, MA by Bernard Creswick
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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.
(781) 910-5029
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Good Day My Phenomenal People!
• Spiritual Healer • Certified Reiki Master Teacher • Past Life Regression & Future Life Progression Therapist • Officiant
Abington MA
(781) 428-4479
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Writing Internships available at the BuzzAround
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Jonathan Selig video update on the installation of the HOPS Playground gazebo fence.
Looks great!!! Big thanks to In-Line Fence and the donors who made this happen.
To help make picnic tables "magically appear" please contribute to Ryan McCarthy's go fund me.
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Ryan McCarthy Eagle Scout Service Project
Want to help me improve Halifax? I'm raising money to benefit Friends of HOPS and any donation will help make an impact. My name is Ryan McCarthy and I am a Life Scout from BSA Troop 39 in Halifax, MA. I am working towards the Eagle Scout, the...
Read more
www.gofundme.com
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a Jump Start Training Package including nutrition consultation & 6 free sessions from Get In Shape For Women at 180 Winter St, Bridgewater, value $279
Historical Tidbit Question:
Who owned the pictured cowbell?
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 August 19, 2020 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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Your Beautiful Imagination
I am convinced compassion, love, and a healthy dose of Imagination will get us through. When we create together, we dream together and we emerge better and healthier people.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
~Albert Einstein
“Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.”
~ Gloria Steinem
“If you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.”
~ Alice Walker
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ~ Mark Twain
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I hope you have time to breath, let go of that tension and unleash your imagination. It's the beginning of something beautiful!
~ Jacquie
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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, Kayla Rose
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The Buzz Around does not claim to support any particular view.
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