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April 23, 2023 ~
Building Community One Positive Story at a Time.
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Dress a Girl Around the World Success Day
On April 15th, Dress A Girl (DAG) West Bridgewater / Bridgewater together with BSU students and alums gathered to accomplish something truly impactful: the group made and packed 164 dresses, t-shirts, and 60 short sets. Special thanks to Carrie Clark, President of BSU Alumni Association for encouraging students and alumni to come and join the sewing and packaging day! Thank you to everyone who came to help, your generosity gives children clothes of their own. Gloria Moran was moved; “This was a very special event and we all decided it would become an annual event. A huge thanks to Emily Williams. Director and the senior center and Ann Holgrem, executive assistant.”
Story by: Fatina Mulumba
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Wolves in Bridgewater?
In our town's early history, wolves were a common threat to people as well as livestock. They were so much a threat that approximately fourteen men were charged with the task of making traps for the town. If the traps didn't work, there were monetary consequences.
Town Records of Bridgewater, Mass.
"It is agreed upon by the Towne of Bridgewater the twelfe of March 1656, that there shall be five woulfe traps made and completely finished...by the last of March. Insuing the date, if any shall be found defective...they are to pay the town for every day they do neglect the work..."
Excerpts from: Records of John Cary,
The First Town Clerk of Bridgewater, Mass.,
From 1656 to 1681,
By Loring W. Puffer, 1889
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Academy Building Municipal Offices
66 Central Square
508-697-0921
Bridgewater Public Library
15 South Street
508-697-3331
Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
10 Wally Krueger Way
508-697-0929
Food Pantry
Central Square Congregational Church
71 Central Square
508-697-6016
Thursdays - 10a - 1p
1st Monday of each month from 6 - 7:30p
St Vincent dePaul Food Pantry
@ St Thomas Aquinas Church
103 Center St
2 x month 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m
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Congratulations!
David Baker
You won a free 1.5 hour class at
Bee sure to play our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom of this newsletter.
Enter for this week's prize of
One hour of coaching (value $80)
with Glee Works Holistic Personal Coaching
Learn mindful techniques to reduce stress
and anxiety.
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Heathers the Musical
Rondileau Student Union Auditorium,
19 Park Avenue
April 27-29
Wickedly funny and with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers the Musical is based on the 1988 cult hit!
Welcome to Westerberg High where Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she joins the beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers and her dreams of popularity may finally come true, mysterious teen rebel JD teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it is murder being a somebody…
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Bridgewater Little League Spring 2023
Little League season registration closes 4/30/23
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Little League Snack Shack Volunteer Shifts!
Everyday throughout the season at Legion Field
Opening Day is just 2 weeks away, and we now have our snack shack volunteer shifts ready for everyone to sign up. Here is the link for you to pick your shift: Snack Shack
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Our new dinner specials are getting us into a
sunshine state of mind!
Available at both dine in locations.
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Canvas Art Class
Friday, April 28th, 7–8p
St Thomas Aquinas
103 Center St
Sign up for an art class and learn how to paint a beautiful red tulip painting! $30 per person. Canvas, paints, and brushes will be provided. It is a fun, easy class to enjoy with friends. Adult painting in an 11x14” Canvas. We provide step-by-step instruction. You learn new techniques while having fun with friends. Join us for a great creative experience.
Bring your own beer or wine.
Register here Password is RED
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Town Wide Cleanup!
Saturday, April 29
9a–12p
Bridgewater Academy Building
66 Central Square
Working with WIN Waste Management for a Town Wide Cleanup on Saturday, April 29, 9a–12 Noon. Meeting at the Academy Building located at 66 Central Square. WIN Waste will be providing bags, gloves, and t-shirts for all those volunteers. Come on and volunteer your time to clean up.
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Climate Can-Do: Speaking Up for Nature
There will always be a struggle to balance society and nature; but we, as the society, have a say in how our environment is treated. We can speak up. We know keeping our environment healthy affects our quality of life. One action we can take is let our local government know we care.
Local senators and representatives keep count of how many people contact them per issue. Because so many people spoke up about the algae blooms in Monponsett Pond (Halifax), it took a mere few years to clean it up. When we work together, we take important steps in caring for our earth. One active campaign right now is prevent radioactive waste from the decommissioned Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant from being dumped into Plymouth Bay. For more information, visit: www.saveourbayma.com.
Doing our part isn’t only about limiting our environmental footprint– it’s about community, and caring for every living thing within it. Advocating for our environment is one of the most crucial things that can be done. Contact local government officials and join in campaigns like Save Our Bay. Helping the planet is just a few steps away.
This Climate Can-Do Article was written by Sam Isom, BuzzAround Writing Intern, Bridgewater State University. We focus on actions which individuals can do in the face of our climate emergency. We can do!
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Guiding Eyes For The Blind Presentation
Saturday, April 29th, 9:30a–12p
Flora T. little Meeting Room
Bridgewater Public Library 15 South Street
Volunteer puppy raisers from Guiding Eyes for the Blind (a 501(c)3 non-profit) will present on what it's like to raise and train a future guide dog.
The public will be able to interact with the puppies and participate in some training activities. More information on how you can become a volunteer puppy raiser will also be provided.
No registration required, feel free to drop in at any point throughout the morning.
Schedule for the event:
9:30–10a: Informal interaction with public
10–10:30a: Presentation on Guiding Eyes for the Blind
10:30–11:30a: Formal Training Class
(public can participate or just watch)
11:30a–12p: Informal interaction with public
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Ready to clean up your back 40?
Rent one of our chippers to chip away at the job faster!
Work smarter, not harder!
10 Bedford Park, Bridgewater
(508) 279-0950
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Find YOUR Bliss with
BLISS THROUGH YOGA!
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Start Your Week Off With a Little Monday Evening Bliss!
Svaroopa yoga excels at releasing the deep tension in your body. While the benefits of this style of yoga are profound, it is very easy to do. We use the alignment of the body, rather than a lot of effort, along with blankets for propping to make the poses accessible, supportive and effective.
516 N. Bedford St, East Bridgewater
(508) 331-3564
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Favorite Animal Story Time With Apryl
Tuesday May 2
Flora T. Little Meeting Room
Bridgewater Public Library 15 South Street
Bring your favorite stuffed animal and join us for stories, movement, and music. Recommended for children ages 1.5 to 4 years old. No registration required.
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Home: Photographs by Brandon Cabral
Month Of April
Flora T. Little Art Gallery
Bridgewater Public Library 15 South Street
Drop by the Flora T. Little Art Gallery on the second floor of the Library throughout the month of April to see these photographs by Brandon Cabral. Brandon Cabral is a self-taught photographer from New Bedford, Massachusetts using film as a medium.
This exhibit is titled "Home". Similar to the saying, "Home is where the heart is" these photos remind me of home, inspire me, and warm my heart.
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The shorter and colder days are getting longer and warmer! Level up and get stronger this Spring at PTU!
In Massachusetts, you don't need to see your doc first, just give us a call!
Physical Therapy U
(508) 697-2000
75 Scotland Blvd, Unit A,
Bridgewater
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Creating With Jack
Wednesday, May 3
5–6p
The Vibe
(Teen Space)
Bridgewater Public Library
15 South Street
Come join local artist, teacher and MassArt graduate Jack Phaneuf for a one hour weekly drawing session. Complimenting the more informal "Sketching with Shane" sessions held on Mondays, Jack will explore new topics weekly and guide students with their artwork. Students are required to bring a sketchbook, a #2 pencil and a black ballpoint pen. No registration required. For tweens and teens ages 12-18.
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Invading Mars
Wednesday, May 3
6:30–7:30p
Flora T. little Meeting Room
Bridgewater Public Library
Join Bridgewater State University professor Joseph Doyle for a presentation about life on Mars. In 1938 a fictional invasion by the inhabitants of Mars panicked many Americans. Today we are invading Mars with our robots and spacecraft. Mars has become a world of robots that poke and prod the land, photograph the surface, and probe with ever more advanced instruments in order to discover the history of this world, did it have the ingredients for life and could life have arisen on this small world? What is the evidence for what we now know about Mars and its suitability to have given rise to life in the past?
There will be time for questions after the presentation.
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Town Council Meeting: April 20, 2023
BTVAccess
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Town Council Workshop: April 17, 2023
BTVAccess
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win:
One hour of coaching (value $80)
with Glee Works Holistic Personal Coaching
Learn mindful techniques to reduce stress
and anxiety.
Historical Tidbit Question:
How many wolf traps needed to be finished by the end of March 1656?
Email us your answer at:
Please include your name and phone number with your answer.
By entering, you give us permission to print your name in next week's Buzz Around.
On April 26, 2023, before 2p, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Tess Fiumefreddo, Jen Bellody, Mohamed (Moe) Ibrahim, Sam Isom, Janice O'Brien, Jacquelyn Rose, Fatina Mulumba & Greg Venezia. |
Your BuzzAround supports the dignity of all human beings, is actively anti-racist, and supportive of good law enforcement policies. |
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April is Poetry Month
Hmm. Poetry? You ask. Of course.
Poetry can express emotion and ideas in thoughtful and delicate ways, or in pounding stark ways. I thoroughly enjoy the unusual use of words. It taps into that which seems elusive. And so, for poetry month, let's look at poets!
Here; dive into Langston Hughes:
“Gather out of star-dust,
Earth-dust,
Cloud-dust,
Storm-dust,
And splinters of hail,
One handful of dream-dust,
Not for sale.”
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."
“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.”
“Well, son, I'll tell you:
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
It's had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor --
Bare.
But all the time
I'se been a-climbin' on,
And reachin' landin's,
And turnin' corners,
And sometimes goin' in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So boy, don't you turn back.
Don't you set down on the steps
'Cause you finds it's kinder hard.
Don't you fall now --
For I'se still goin', honey,
I'se still climbin',
And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.”
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Also, here is a great site for exploring poets. poets.org
You are a poem, after all. Shine. Live life completely.
~ Jacquie
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