January 17, 2021
~ 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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Congrats to the New Members of NHS
Congratulations to the newest members of the Silver Lake chapter of the National Honor Society who were inducted this morning! Each of these students has demonstrated strength in the areas of scholarship, character, leadership and service.
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Early Halifax Rail Road
The railroad from Boston to Plymouth started running one train a day in 1845. When it was surveyed, the original lines went between what today would be the area of Pond and Elm Street and the area of Furnace and Elm Street, but the farmers objected fearing that their cattle would be killed. There is a story that the Fall River Railroad company surveyed a line that went near Baker's Blacksmith shop (when it was on Old Plymouth Street), but the road was never built. And the town was again left out to one side when the Brockton and Plymouth street railway was built, for it just touched the northeast corner of the town.
This left Whitman and Hanson having the honor of tracks running from Boston to Plymouth. The residents of Halifax used the Monponsett Station in Hanson.
The photo is a postcard from 1940 showing the Monponsett Station on Monponsett Street in Hanson. The station was on the South side of the tracks that are there today, near where Cranland Airport is.
Respectfully submitted,
Sue Basile
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Town Hall
781-294-1316
For needed updates, check the town website.
Holmes Public Library
781-293-2271
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!
Lisa Boudreau
won a 45 minute horseback riding lesson at Stonecroft Farm's indoor riding ring (value $55).
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
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You could win a
$15 gift certificate to Pinches & Pounds
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Help North Easton Savings decide where to donate!
North Easton Savings proud to donate another $5,000 to local charities.
Please follow the link and 'like' your favorite charity. All money is donated in proportion to the number of 'likes' each charity receives. You can select a charity every day through January 31st. (Go back every day and vote again!)
Halifax VFW Post 6258, Hugs For Mito, NeighborWorks Housing Solutions, New Hope, South Shore Community Action Council, Winslow Farm Animal Sanctuary
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If you are thinking about trying to do something for the upcoming new year. Please consider volunteering for a position on one of our town boards or committees.
While the Board or Committee you want to volunteer for might be full at this time, openings are always happening with changes in peoples lives.
The town of Halifax needs more residents to have an understanding of how municipal government works. I've been working to try to get the Board of Selectmen meetings live on Zoom for the past few weeks. (Area 58 has been able to provide me a feed of their camera.) We have run into some logistical issues for participation of employees in town hall but it seems to work if you have a connection outside the building.
- Gordon C. Andrews
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Halifax Parent Teacher Organization
Virtual Meeting
Wednesday, February 3rd
7 – 8p
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Senior College Information Session: Meet the Instructors
During this event, you will learn about our offerings, meet and talk with current participants, meet staff and our instructors! This semester we will offer 33 stimulating, fun, and engaging non-credit courses for mature learners (50+).
The Senior College has something to offer for every interest including courses that will focus on bird watching, becoming anti-racist, American Sign Language, America in 2021, anxiety and anxiety disorders, memoir writing, even a course on this history of the modern dog and MUCH MUCH MORE!
Course run from 4 to 8 weeks and start on January 25th and run until the end of May.
Please share this notice with your friends, loved ones, and in your own community forums.
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We have what you need!
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104) • Bridgewater • (508) 697-0357
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Hoping to welcome 2021 into town with some good reads?
Check out the library's suggestions.
Wishing on this Christmas Train lots of joy in the New Year!
Image credits: J. Rose
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JOHNNY MACARONI'S
Eat well, Laugh often, Love much
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Take out only
Open for Indoor Dining
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End of Day at West Monponsett Lake 1/4/2021
photo credit: Audrey Hayward
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Congratulations
Impressive art from Halifax's own Kira Rancourt for "Deforestation." It was accepted into the UMass Dartmouth Emerging Artists juried Online Exhibition.
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee
entered to win a
$15 gift certificate to Pinches & Pounds
Historical Tidbit Question:
Where was the 1940 train station located?
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 January 20, 2021 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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The BuzzAround is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Ridge Kelly, Janice O'Brien & Jacquelyn Rose
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
As a child, I learned a little about him, and I thought he must have been pretty important that everyone gets a day off. I learned quotes and that he was instrumental in forwarding the Civil Rights movement.
But it wasn't until my masters studies in Interfaith Leadership that I really studied his works and his life.
How he motivated an interfaith coalition to peacefully make change happen in our laws and institutions. How he withstood death threats and direct abuse to stand up for human dignity and racial equality. How he trained others to do the same, leaning on their deep spiritual understanding. And how the movement was grounded in a moral imperative.
The quotes we have and share are supported by actions he took in his lifetime, and was finally killed for. His resistance to our systemic brutality eventually caused his death.
When I read "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." I cannot nicely tuck it into my feel good quote pile. It is a call to action. Our America and our world call all of us to drive out hate. To learn what we need to learn, to read and listen to the stories of people of color.
Martin Luther King, Jr, his actions and his life, have had a profound effect on me, and motivate me daily as he modeled how peaceful resistance and love overcome hatred and injustice.
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So happy MLK Day, folks, we have a long way to go. Thanks for joining us here. ~ Jacquie |
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