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August 9, 2020 ~
Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
WB Farmers Market
On the Green
At the First Church
29 Howard St
4 - 7p

Upcoming dates:
August 11
August 25
Sept 8
Sept 22
Historical Tidbit: 

Comfort Bridge & Solitude Rock 
Comfort Bridge was made of three large boulders and crossed the river near the southern end of Forest Street in West Bridgewater.  Solitude Rock, which formed the south side of the bridge, has an inscription from 1862. It was forgotten for many years due to the overgrowth of vines. There are two different stories laying claim to its discovery:
 
1) According to local newspapers, a young woman went missing in a canoe in 1916. During the search, a reporter rested on Comfort Bridge and found the faded inscription in one of the stones.
2) According to his 1900 diary entry, Bridgewater Historian Edgar P. Howard sat on Comfort Bridge pondering a tale of his ancestors when he noticed an "ancient inscription" chiseled in the stone. He was only able to read the inscription, "By clearing away the tangled vines and filling the letters with black chalk."
 
"All ye, who in future days
Walk by Nunckatessett Stream
Love not him who hummed his lay
Cheerful to the parting beam,
But the beauty that he wooed
In this quiet solitude.
Jy. xxii, lxii "
 
(Inscription date: July 22, 1862)
Filled with curiosity, Edgar searched the town. His diary states, "After some inquiry among the elder residents of West Bridgewater..." He discovered the author was Reverend Timothy Otis Paine (1824-1895) of East Bridgewater.  Rev. Paine also inscribed Minister's Rock in Elmwood. In his time, he was the most educated Egyptologist in America and the author of several books.
 
In 1970, the WB Conservation Commission moved the stone due to road construction. The Comfort Bridge was dismantled and a modern wooden bridge was built near Solitude Rock. The stone is located near its original location at the southern end of Forest Street, on the left, just before the wooden bridge.
Solitude Rock is to be a reminder of a time long ago, but the simple beauty and peace remain. 
 
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1st & 3rd Wednesday each month
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Spring Street School
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School Reopening Plan Presentation

Please click the link below to view the reopening plan presentation from the August 6, 2020 Schoo...

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#MASKUPMA

Wally is joining @MassGovernor & @MassDPH
to keep Massachusetts safe. It’s time to #MaskUpMA!
West Bridgewater Kids Pop Up Library

The West Bridgewater Public Library has been closed due the coronavirus, with only curbside pick up/drop off being available. This hasn't stopped the library from letting children enjoy their books and reading. Pop up children's libraries have been placed outside every Tuesday from 11a to 1p with a new theme each week. Raindates will be on Thursdays.


Story credit: Sasha Rockwell
School on Wheels of Massachusetts Donations

Back to school is coming up fast and at Honey Dew Donuts that means making sure the children in our communities are getting the necessary supplies to be successful. Over the next couple of weeks, the Honey Dew Donuts of Easton, East Bridgewater, and West Bridgewater will be setting up donation boxes and raising money to support School on Wheels of Massachusetts. School on Wheels of MA is a local organization that is changing the lives of children impacted by homelessness everyday.

Stop by one of our stores to drop off new backpacks or supplies today or donate virtually by clicking this link.

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2020 WB Senior Scholarships & Awards

“Senior Awards Ceremony - During this event we gave out all academic awards as well as scholarships to the Class of 2020. Congratulations to all!” -WBMSHS FB page

9/11 Memorial Completed!

The landscaping for the 9/11 memorial is now complete! The memorial is located on West Center Street, right next to the Fire Department.

For years the Town has had a "make shift" 9/11 memorial there. The Town voted to approve funding for creating a permanent memorial, which is what is now in place at the location.

WB Class of 2020 Graduation Ceremony

July 19th, 2020

Video courtesy of West Bridgewater TV
The Search For An Internship During COVID

By Sasha Rockwell

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Stepping up Brockton Book Drive. 

Thursday nights in September we will have pick up spots making it easy for WB folks to drop of their slightly used books ~ time to start cleaning out your shelves! ~ or make a donation please! facebook.com/Brockton-Library-Foundation
Dance Theater of New England
Celebrating 16 Years of Excellence


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MAMA DEB'S
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Mama Deb's Italian Food Truck is
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Your Italian Favorite Meals plus Mama Deb's Frozen Pizza and retail sauce.
Check out our menu and locations at www.mamadebs.biz

Contact us to come to your neighborhood, graduation, wedding, private or corporate event.

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FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM PRESENTS
Shelter, Place, Social, Distance
Contemporary Dialogues from the Permanent Collection
 
Exhibit Showing Now Through November 22, 2020 
Thurs, Fridays, & Saturdays 10:00a – 5:00p for the month of August
 
High Resolution Images are available via Dropbox here tinyurl.com/yd4kdta7.
 
“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.
The Soul Project Stories

Two years ago, WB's Kristie Dean, was a full time photographer, and then had her second baby. She felt like she was in a rut, and she needed to get fully involved in a creative project. That's when she envisioned The Soul Project. She wanted to hear the raw and unfiltered stories from women. She saw the impact that social media and our culture has on women by comparing themselves and not feeling like enough. She began to interview women on their stories, and empower them through photo shoots. Every Monday for two years she pieced together the stories she heard from these women, and how they view the world, and what they are proud of. She gave them a safe space to allow them to rant and tell their truths.

The project took off and moved to live events. Five to six women would read their stories out loud. She saw how moving and powerful it was to hear their stories, and to see that women can come together and be vulnerable. They can share things that they don't have to feel shame for.

She wants people to see the positive impact the story telling has, and the importance of seeing the full picture and not only a highlight reel of women's experiences. It's empowering and safe, and women can say that they came out on the other side, and better for it.

Kristie said: "There may be parts of our stories that we're not proud of, but that's okay, and shouldn't take away from the importance of their stories. It just shows the level of strength women have. The more we acknowledge and share, people will see that they're not alone."

The Soul Project is on social media. Click the links below to visit.

Story by: Sasha Rockwell
Photo Credits: Kristie Dean
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME

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Historical Tidbit Question:
What year is the inscription on the rock from?

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On August 12, 2020 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.

The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Janice O'Brien, Sasha Rockwell, Jacquelyn Rose, Kayla Rose
Copyright 2020 Buzz Around West Bridgewater. You have our permission to share and copy this issue in its entirety or as much as you like. If you take it in part, please give credit: ("Buzz Around West Bridgewater 8/9/20")  

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.
On being a social entrepreneur...
As the COVID crisis affects our collective financial stability. Folks are turning to the entrepreneurial life, and so here are my thoughts on being a social entrepreneur:
*I enjoy every piece of my job. Every day, everything I do. I get to spend each day writing & talking about the positive things all of you are doing. Your good stories never end!
*I formulate my life according to my own value system. What products I use, who I contract with, what impact I have on the environment & society. 
*I decide when to work and when not to. 
And here are quotes from other voices: 
"To any entrepreneur: if you want to do it, do it now. If you don’t, you’re going to regret it.” ~ Catherine Cook
 "It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” ~Scott Belsky
“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.” ~ Albert Einstein
“Be so good they can’t ignore you.” ~Steve Martin
“Don’t put a ceiling on yourself.” ~Oprah Winfrey
One last reason I enjoy being an entrepreneur: I am responsible for my own success and failure. *
This is because I am able to work within society's frame for a white middle-class educated female. Financial problem solving has been done with MUCH MUCH MUCH help from my community’s tightly woven safety net. During the BuzzAround’s formative years, my family and I accessed the food pantry; informal and formal groups to provide funds for after-school programs, Christmas gifts, Thanksgiving & Easter meals and school supplies. There were also state programs to assist with childcare costs and healthcare. Now we are well on our way to providing for ourselves. The gratitude I feel is overwhelming.
 I also recognize there are many, many Americans that have similar challenges and do not have access to such a tightly woven net because of their skin color. That's not the America I believe in. We need to be able, as a country, to extend our hand and weave our net. 
It is with that love for a just society and for each other that your BuzzAround will keep sharing our good news. News of love. That is how the BuzzAround fulfills our mission as a social entrepreneurship. 

Thank you, dear reader, for all you do in the work of community building. Together, we weave. ~ Jacquie