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BuzzAround Raynham
December 12, 2025
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Raynham Lions Club New Year's Day Breakfast
"A very successful New Year's Day Breakfast was served to about 45 diners who enjoyed a great breakfast.
And, we were honored to be visited by District Governor Micheal Middleton and his family, who also enjoyed a hearty breakfast. Raynham Lions Country Breakfasts are the first Saturday of every month."
Reposted from: Raynham Lions Club FB
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Historical Tidbit
The First Raynham Meetinghouse
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The first Raynham meetinghouse, built two years prior to the town's incorporation in 1731, was a very simple building without blinds, a steeple, or a bell. (It would have looked similar to the one pictured.)
In 1773, the first meetinghouse was replaced by a simple structure. The second meeting house was built by a local carpenter, Israel Washburn, and also was without a steeple.
sec.state.ma.us
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TOWN HALL
Town Clerk
508-824-2700
Treasurer/Collector
508-824-2702
Assessors 508-824-2704
Selectmen 508-824-2707
Building Dept. 508-824-2708
Board of Health 508-824-2766
Planning 508-824-2745
Veterans Service Officer 508-828-4527
Town of Raynham
Public Library
508-823-1344
RaynhamPublicLibrary.org
Council on Aging
508-824-2740
COA
Food Pantry
Raynham Food Basket
2nd and 4th Thursday of the month
9 - 11a
494 Church St, Raynham 774-406-5612
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Congratulations!
Kevin Griffin
won
a free month of training and a free uniform from Premier Martial Arts, Raynham
Bee sure to play our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom of this newsletter.
Enter for this week's prize of
a free full day of doggie daycare at
Angie' Pet Care
in-home custom pet daycare in Middleboro
Value $45
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COA Hosting a Rock Painting Class
Mon, Jan 13
1p
COA
The Council on Aging is hosting a rock painting class, where all the supplies will be provided for, so that there is an afternoon of fun rock painting.
For more information on the event, visit the Raynham COA Newsletter
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Special Town Meeting
Tue, Jan 14
7p
Raynham Middle School
The attached packet includes the warrant articles for the Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, with an article summary. All three articles are zoning-related and sponsored by the Planning Board. Please be aware that the Special Town Meeting warrant packet will not be mass mailed but will continue to be shared through the Town’s website, the Town’s email list, and posted on Town bulletin boards. Paper copies of the Town Meeting warrant packet may be obtained before the Town Meeting in the Board of Selectmen’s Office at Town Hall, at the Raynham Library, and at the Raynham Senior Center as well as at the Town Meeting itself.
If you have any questions about the meeting, call the Selectman's office: 508-824-2707
or you can email: ddooney@town.raynham.ma.us
For more information, visit the Town of Raynham Website
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COA Hosts
"Musical Memories"
Tue, Jan 14
1p
COA
A vocal duet with guitar accompaniment. John and Linda are a brother and sister team who have revived their music avocation after raising their families and managing their careers. Their performances feature cover songs from the 50s through the 90s with a particular emphasis on vocal harmonies. Requests are always welcome. Come listen to songs that will conjure up your pleasant memories.
For more information on the event, read the Raynham COA Newsletter
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Bingo Fundraiser for Bridgewater Raynham Girls Youth Lacrosse
Wed, Jan 15
7-9p
Raynham Lions Club
Join BRGYL as they host the first bingo fundraiser of 2025. Prizes will go up as tickets are sold!
Only 100 tickets are available, get yours now!
For more Information on the event, Email: Jen at brgirlsyouthlax@gmail.com
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Learn About the Taunton River Watershed
Raynham is one of 43 cities and towns which are included in the Taunton River Watershed. This includes rivers that feed into it. Salisbury Plain River flows from the city of Brockton, where it joins the Matfield River. This river system also includes many smaller streams and “headwaters” – the most upstream areas, often wetlands and springs where rivers originate. The Taunton River Watershed Alliance (TRWA) has been a voice for the Taunton River and its watershed since 1988.
They are an alliance of concerned residents, businesses, and organizations united to restore and properly manage the water and natural resources within the watershed. They advocate for environmental protection, sustainable development, and responsible stewardship of our precious and irreplaceable water resources.
The TRWA mission is:
*To protect and restore the Watershed’s natural resources for current and future generations.
*To build and support responsible stewardship of our fragile ecosystems, water quality, forests, farmland, and wetlands.
*To be an integral resource for environmental education that is so crucial to the continued health and enjoyment of the Watershed’s waterways, woodlands, meadows, marshes, wildlife, and open spaces.
*To be a voice for threatened land and water resources.
If you would like to participate in achieving the mission you could support by becoming a corporate sponsor, an activity sponsor, a member, or a volunteer. Whether you can give time or money, your help would be greatly appreciated.
savethetaunton.org
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Council On Aging Meeting Jan 7, 2025 | | | |
ECPO & RMSPO Sports Booster Raffle
Chances available until Fri, Jan 24
Help support the RMS sports teams and get your chance to win a free RYBSA 2025 registration and a $100 gift card to Apollo Sports in Taunton. Drawing on January 24th.
Tickets are $10 per chance and are available until January 24th.
Total Prize Value = $220-$270 (depending on RYBSA division)
For more information, visit the RMSPO FB
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RMSPO Hosts
7th Grade Winter Dance
Fri, Jan 31
6-8p
Raynham Lions Club
Join for a DJ, Photos, and Food! Dress up or down, and have some fun with your friends.
For more information on the event, visit the RMSPO FB
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Climate Can Do:
Doing our part to decrease Nano-plastics in the environment.
To do our part, we need to stop disposing of single-use plastics as much as possible. Our throwaway culture affects our drinking water. We often prioritize convenience over consideration of long-term impacts, leading to trash cans filled with plastic and roadways littered with single-use bottles. These plastics break-down over time leaching nano-plastics into our drinking water.
Let's work together to make a change.
Here are some suggestions:
- Replace plastic water bottles with a refillable one
- Bring your own take-out container for restaurant leftovers or frequent restaurants that use earth-friendly containers
- Wash and reuse any plastic containers you get with purchases
- Purchase drinks in cans or glass, not plastic. (That plastic bottle is leaching nano-plastics into your drink)
- Purchase laundry and dish detergent in Pods or Sheets instead of plastic bottles
Together, we can do it!
Climate Can Do written by Jacquelyn Rose.
Source: National Institute of Health
Consumer Reports
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Raynham Park & Recreation Spreads Holiday Cheer with Cookie Decorating Party
On December 20, the Raynham Park and Recreation Department brought our community together for a festive Cookie Decorating Party. Families and friends came together for a fun-filled time of decorating delicious holiday-themed treats while celebrating the season in a warm and welcoming environment.
This event was a sweet way for Raynham Park and Recreation to wrap up 2024, and the department looks forward to offering more fun activities to our community in 2025!
Source & Photo Credit: Raynham Park and Rec FB page
Written by Tatum Angerthal, BuzzAround Intern, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Have fun with us and bee entered to win:
a free full day of doggie daycare at Angie' Pet Care
in-home custom pet daycare in Middleboro
Value $45
Historical Tidbit Question:
What year was the first meeting house built?
Email us your answer at: Prizes@buzzaround.info
Please include your name and phone number with your answer.
Prize Box Rules
By entering, you give us permission to print your name in next week's Buzz Around.
On January 15, 2025, before 2p, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
| The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Bethani Jerke, Alexa Pennington, Jamie Puhi, Jacquelyn Rose & Greg Venezia | | |
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Innovation:
Earth friendly lifestyle changes are here; bringing about new industries and ways of living that don't harm the planet.
For energy sourcing, offshore floating wind farms are further out in the ocean, less in the way and more productive: As reported by John Upton of Climate Central and Clarisa Diaz of Quartz: Wind farming is "bringing job training for a growing army of maintenance workers known as wind energy technicians. The skills are being taught by hundreds of community colleges and other training institutions nationwide." Offshore wind farming has been booming in Europe for decades and morerecently across parts of Asia. "... oceans are reliably blustery places. Calculations by the nonprofit Environment America indicate that offshore wind farms could provide almost all of the power Americans need by 2050. That means keeping the lights, heaters, and air conditioners on and fueling a nation’s worth of electrified cars, trucks, and transit systems, all from coastal wind farms."
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Looking forward folks: imagination, innovation & change for better living in sync with the environment. It's exciting.
~ Jacquie
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