February 10, 2019
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Halifax Fireworks Committee is looking for a Halifax resident to volunteer chair the committee for the Fireworks Celebration this July 2019.
Chairperson Role Includes:
-Setting up meetings
-Planning/Writing Meeting Agendas
-Coordinating with committee members to complete tasks
Resources Available to you:
-Inside IT assistance/Back end event assistance
-Binders/Documents on last 2 year's events
-Personal assistance from former committee members
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Halifax Board of Selectmen 01/22/19
Video Courtesy of Area 58
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Historical Tidbit:
Telephone History
The telephone was first invented by an Italian inventor, Antonio Meucci in 1849. Alexander Graham Bell acquired the first successful patent for the telephone in 1876. He brought it to mass market through his company, AT&T (American Telegraph and Telephone Company). Telephones were initially used for single person to person communication. It wasn't until the invention of the first telephone exchange in 1878 that telephones were used to connect with multiple people. After that the switchboard was introduced. Initially, woman would serve as operators, switching wires on a switchboard to connect callers to the people they wanted to speak with.
Today we have digital phones that transmit information via radio waves as 0's and 1's. Digital phones can transfer more information at once, and are less error prone. These phones allow for communication with multiple people at once.
For an interactive historical telephone experience, check out the Rockland Telephone History Center on Saturday, February 17th from 1:00PM to 5:00PM
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83 East Water Street, Unit E-229, Rockland, MA. Telephone Operators will be on duty to connect calls from 5 switchboards that are connected to the displayed phones from 1900 thru 1990. Everything is hands on, interactive, fun. Talk on the phones, sit at the switchboards and see what it was like to be the operator and connect calls.
Story Credit: Gregory Venezia
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Halifax Weekly Calendar
Check out the weekly calendars on our town websites
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Town Hall
499 Plymouth Street
781-294-1316
Mon-Thurs 8a - 4p
Holmes Public Library
470 Plymouth Street
781-293-2271
Fall / Winter Hours
Mon. & Wed. 12-8
Tues., Thurs., Fri. 10-5
Saturday 10-2
Council on Aging
506 Plymouth Street
781-293-7313
Mon - Thurs 9a - 3p
Friday 9a - 1p
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Congratulations!
Waverly Ciffolillo.
Waverly
won 45 Minute Reiki Treatment
with Jacquelyn Rose
(value $45)
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
A $35 gift certificate
to Salon Esprit, 225 Bedford St E. Bridgewater
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Our Town Needs You!!!!
The Halifax Board of Selectmen is seeking volunteers to fill vacancies
and serve on the following boards, committees, positions, and commissions:
Agricultural Commission (alternate); Cable TV Advisory Board, Capital
Planning Committee, Cultural Council, Fence Viewer, Field Driver,
Finance Committee, Fireworks Committee, Historic District Commission,
Historical Commission, Traffic Safety Committee, Wage and Personnel
Board, Youth and Recreation Commission, and Zoning Board of Appeals
(alternate).
- and return it to Board of Selectmen,
499 Plymouth Street, Halifax, MA
the Selectmen's Office at 781-294-1316.
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Bridgewater Farm Supply is Your Complete Garden, Farm & Pet Store
Keep your floors clean, avoid slips and protect your porch floor this winter! Our stall mats can do it all!
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104)
Bridgewater • (508) 697-0357
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The Boston Bruins will be hosting their 12th Annual PJ Drive from February 1 - March 15. The drive will benefit Cradles for Crayons and DCF Wonderfund, two non-profits that ensure positive living conditions for children.
Drop off BRAND NEW PAJAMAS in any kid size (don't forget school age kids!) at the Library!
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Halifax Girls Softball League
2019 Summer-Smash Tourney Dates are set! The 15th Annual Halifax "Summer-Smash Tournament" will be held August 2-3-4 this year. Registrations are now being accepted. Reg forms and Tourney info can be downloaded here.
Read more
www.halifaxgirlssoftball.com
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Yoga for the rest of us!
Specializing in Svaroopa® Yoga for adults & Mindfulness & Yoga 4 Kids!
Ask about our workshops
for Scout Troops!
484 Bedford St, E. Bridgewater
(508) 331-3564
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We'll help you stay nice & warm all winter long!
Keep the home fires burning - get your seasoned firewood from Nessralla Farm!
318 Plymouth St. Halifax
(781) 294-1767
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Darwin Day
is an international celebration of Darwin’s theory of evolution as well as a day dedicated to science communication and outreach, celebrated on or near the birthday of Charles Darwin.
All interested are welcome to join faculty, students and staff for a day-long event that includes natural history displays, faculty and student presentations, and a keynote presentation by world-renowned Canadian parasitologist and evolutionary biologist, Daniel Riskind.
February 15, 2019 from 8:00 AM – 9:00 PM
at Bridgewater State University, 131 Summer Street, Bridgewater, MA.
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Halifax Community Axcess Media
* Gives everyone the training, equipment and opportunity to produce their vision.
* Tapes our local government meetings to keep everyone informed
Check out opportunities to get involved:
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Community Autism Resources Presents
Painting Rustic Wood Signs
for Adults with ASD 18+
At My Art and Souls Studio
12 West Union St., East Bridgewater, MA 02333
781-727-6180
Saturday
February 16th, 2019
at 11AM
Come and create your own rustic wood sign!
This event is free.
Pre-registration is required!
You must pre-register via our website
Please remember you are not confirmed until you receive an email from CAR!
Please call Cassie Ricco if you have any questions at 774-381-7919 or
contact her via email at
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Hope everyone is doing well. Can't wait for spring to get here. Have been enjoying the birds over the past 2 days. Went through some birdseed, but I love watching them. Though you might enjoy these. Had a flock of turkeys a few days before the storm, must of been a warning. Even got up in the birdbath, they were looking for food. Seems like every bird in the neighborhood was in my back yard over the past two days. Goldfinch was wet, sitting up out of the freezing rain and the other photo shows a bird "fluffed up" trying to keep warm.
Submitted By, Sue Basile
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
A $35 gift certificate
to Salon Esprit, 225 Bedford St E. Bridgewater
Historical Tidbit Question:
Who acquired the first patent for the telephone?
By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's Buzz Around Halifax.
On February 13, 2019, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by:Theresa McNulty, Janice O'Brien, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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As a social entrepreneurship
the Buzz Around is all about the “why.”
Why create a news source focused on one community’s good news?
When a community feels good about itself, it has more pride, and when a human feels good about their existence, they feel empowered.
In a world where we are constantly barraged with negativity, violence and seemingly insurmountable problems, the Buzz Around provides a positive vision…
People ARE doing good things. Humans can be kind and loving. It is good to live in a democracy, where each person has power.
How to we engage with our community in a way that will improve our own life and the life of those around us? In the Buzz Around, our reader finds positive stories about their friends and neighbors and action that we can take to be part of the solution.
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Thank you for reading and for the time you take to make our world a better place, one good story at a time.
~Jacquie
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