May 3, 2020
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Happy Earth Day Everyone!
Did you know that April 22 marked the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day? 🌎 The Halifax Beautification Committee is so sad that we had to cancel Annual Halifax Spring Clean Up event which was scheduled for this Saturday 4/25.
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We hope to reschedule in the fall! Special thanks to our generous local community banks North Easton Savings Bank and Rockland Trust for their generous donations which we will use for t-shirts/supplies at our next event!
It has been very uplifting to hear of individuals, families and groups that are "doing good" and picking up litter in their neighborhoods on their own accord. If you do so, please use extra precautions, including gloves. THANK YOU!! Stay safe everyone!
Please "share the love" by adding your clean up pictures in the comments below. Feel free to email the committee at
Beautification@halifax-ma.org.
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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.
Submit Story by 5pm May 8, 2020.
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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Jean Gallant, Director of the Holmes Public Library, Halifax.
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Entries must be 1,000 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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What's Your Good News Halifax?
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.
Read more
buzzaround.info
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Historical Tidbit:
Observation Tower
I find myself watching the renovation work at the Town Hall every time I go by. Pleased that the town voted to spend the money to reside and paint this grand old building.
As the weeks went by I grew concerned as to whether or not the observation tower would also be refurbished and was glad to see the workmen finally up there putting in new windows.
For those who don’t know about this “tower” it was added to the roof of the Town Hall in 1942 during the Second World War. As the name implies it was built so that town residents could take turns watching for enemy planes.
There was a vote at the March 1942 Town Meeting to instruct the Town Clerk to extend to the citizens of the Town of Plympton a vote of appreciation for their help as observers at the tower.
I can recall my neighbor, Hilda Thomas, telling us of how she would take a lunch and binoculars and climb to the tower taking her turn watching for the enemy. We can only imagine how frightening this time must have been for the resident’s back then.
I can not recall any mention of a sighting, but I’m sure just the fact that there was a way to watch and be ready made the inhabitants feel safer.
The cost for this tower:
- E. W. Harlow & Sons, building tower $486.81
- Meserve Electric Co., installing wiring $39.80
- C. F Jordan, installing furnace pipe to tower $35.11
- Roland Minott, damage to glasses $12.00
- Bernice Wadsworth, advertising bids for tower $9.00
- Saunders Hardware & Paint Co., rope $8.05
- Total: $590.77
[Appropriation $650.00]
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(Tower before renovation.)
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(Tower during renovation.)
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Respectfully submitted by Sue Basille
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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
$10 gift certificate to Mama Deb's food truck. Enjoy delicious fresh Italian food or purchase some sauce to take home. Go to
mamadeb.biz
for upcoming food truck events!
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
$50 gift certificate to Beauty Counter products through Independent Consultant Christine Harkins. The clean revolution
facebook.com/cleanbeautycorner.
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Nessralla Farms Donated Mulch to the Council on Aging to help maintain their grounds.
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Miss Holly Reads Greta and the Giants
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Miss Holly of the Holmes Public Library hosted a
special storytime in commemoration of Earth Day. Stick around for the end for Earth Day Songs as well.
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The City of Brockton will now have a COVID-19 drive up testing site
in the parking lot of Brockton High School, located at 470 Forest Ave. Testing is available to anyone with symptoms and essential workers, with symptoms or not. The site will be available on weekdays from 9a to 4p. Patients must call in advance to a hotline at 1-844-483-7819 to book an appointment.
A collaborative effort between The city of Brockton, Signature Healthcare and the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center
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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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"Thank you Town of Halifax..
The Fire & Police Dept. and Jonathan Selig.. this was my first 'Birthday Brigade' it was the highlight of my last few weeks at home, it was priceless seeing all the kids faces!
We live in an amazing community that I am proud to be part of! I personally was laugh crying the entire time while driving because it was truly rewarding !!! Our neighbors on our street loved it!" ~ Wendy Levesque Ortenzi
Huge thanks to Jonathan Selig and all the volunteers making birthdays happen all over Halifax each week with the Birthday Brigade!
It you have a birthday to celebrate in your house,
PM Jonathan.
Image credit Wendy Levesque Ortenzi
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Taunton River Watershed Association (TRWA) is looking for a volunteer to help with their Calendar Photo Contest
Needed: A volunteer to take over the coordination of entries for our yearly photography contest. This is a job that can be done remotely on your own schedule, but would require some dedication as the workload is variable. Most of the work occurs in the month before and the week after the entry deadline. All told, it amounts to about forty hours of work from the beginning of July to the first week of August.
Responsibilities would include:
• Checking email correspondence for entries and inquiries
• Download all entry photographs
• Send confirmation emails
• Correspond after the judging with the entrants and send appropriate win/lose notifications
Cool benefits include corresponding with an amazing group of nature photographers and getting to view over 400 amazing photographs of the Taunton River Watershed.
If interested please fill out the
Volunteer Form. They look forward to hearing from you.
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Now offering Disinfectant Fogging &
HEPA Vacuuming Services!
Remember, an air duct cleaning service is an investment not only in your health, but in the health
of your HVAC system!
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Deadline for Nomination Papers for State Primary - May 5
POSTED ON: MAY 1, 2020 - 1:19PM
From the office of the Town Clerk
Nomination papers for the State Primary are due by Tuesday, May 5th at 5 p.m.
The Town Hall is closed to the public and the Clerk’s office is working remotely.
Please call the Clerk’s office at 781-293-7970 to inform us that papers were dropped off or mailed to the town hall.
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Chat with Textile Designer Suzanne Watzman * Fuller Craft Museum
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Sales Assistant P/T
Our local economies have been severely impacted. businesses are looking to BuzzAround! Because of Increased demand we need an organized and dependable sales assistant.
Read more
buzzaround.info
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Local delivery &
curbside pickup available!
We deliver in Halifax, Plympton, and to Oak Point only, $20 minimum order for pickup or for delivery please! Visit our Facebook page or website for selection.
318 Plymouth St. Halifax
Call to Order (781) 294-1767
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Stories Worth Reading, Especially Now
Taking care of your emotional health is important. Here are some reading suggestions from your Holmes Public Library.
Read more
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Generous Mask Donation
Happy Saturday.
29 masks are flying on this gorgeous day. There are a dozen kids masks included.
279 South St.
Please help yourselves. And as always disinfect before you wear your masks. And again the ribbon adult masks will fit kids as well.
Another reminder I can not take special requests as much as i would love to.
Thank you to everyone who has helped me get masks out on the line and thank you to everyone and their donations. ❤️
Stay Safe Halifax 😷❤️
~ Jessica Erwin
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BEAUTY COUNTER
CHRISTINE HARKINS
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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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East Monponsett Lake Sunset
Photographer Steve Gilbert shared with us his East Monponsett Lake Sunset pictures.
Thank you, Steve, they are gorgeous!
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
$50 gift certificate to Beauty Counter products through Independent Consultant Christine Harkins.
Historical Tidbit Question:
What was the Observation Tower used for?
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 6, 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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It's the Climb.
"Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." ~ Michael Jordan
“The climb might be tough and challenging, but the view is worth it. There is a purpose for that pain; you just can’t always see it right away.” ~ Victoria Arlen
"First I shake the whole Apple tree, that the ripest might fall. Then I climb the tree and shake each limb, and then each branch and then each twig, and then I look under each leaf." ~ Martin Luther
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We together, we have stepped into a cavern, it's dark and we don't really know how to proceed. So we listen for direction, we listen for wisdom, and we wait.
Slowly a light will shine into the cavern, like dawn, the space illuminates as the sun rises.
And then we will look around with wonder and realize see our foothold, our hand-placement...
and we can slowly climb.
Cautiously, with thoughtful placement, we climb.
Those that dart up the rock wall, will likely fall back. We want to move forward... upward to solid ground in the sunlight. We want everyone to come out. We want everyone to be able to get out, together.
It's the climb. We can do it, together.
~ Jacquie
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