February 24, 2019
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Last day to register to vote for town election is Friday March 15th
TOWN ELECTION Saturday April 6, 2019
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Historical Tidbit:
Edison Power Plant
The Edison Power Plant on Spring St.
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bout 1945 the tower was deconstructed. In those days, the whistle blew each night at 7 pm.
EB Historian, Margaret Alexander remembers... "We kids hated that whistle. It meant it was time to stop playing with our friends and come home each night."
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Town Hall
175 Central St 508-378-1601
Mon 8:30a - 8p
Tues - Thurs 8:30a - 4:30p; Fri 8:30a - noon
EB Public Library
32 Union St 508-378-1616
Mon & Tues 9 - 8 ; Wed, Thurs, Fri 9 - 5
Saturday 9 - 2
Council on Aging
355 Plymouth St 508-378-1610
Mon 8a - 6p
Tues - Thurs 8a - 4p
Fri 8a - noon
Food Pantries
Union Congregational Church
105 Pleasant St
2nd Wednesday from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm and last Saturday from 9:30 am - 11:00 am
St Vincent dePaul Food Pantry
St. John's Catholic Church
210 Center St EB
(508) 378-3760
Distribution 1st & 3rd Monday of Each Month
Community Meal
Wednesdays
5:30 - 6:30pm open to all.
A donation is appreciated.
Thrift Shop Open
Wednesdays 2:15-5:15pm & Saturdays 10-1pm
United Methodist Church
54 N. Central St EB
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Congratulations!
Diane Ribeiro
won
Free Consultation and kitchen gift bag ($250 value) from
Wood Palace Kitchens, Middleboro
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
lunch for 4 at Connemara Senior Living, Campello dining room (value $60)
sample menu
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The Bridge St. Recycling Center will be open Wed. Feb. 27th from 8:30am to 1pm
Additional Days/hours have been added to the Recycle Center at 877 Bridge St.
It will be open for
recycling drop off on the
2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month from December through March
from 8:30 am to 1 pm.
The regular 1st and 3rd Saturday schedule will not change. The Recycle center is subject to closure on these Wednesdays due to inclement weather.Updates will be posted here. Check the calendar below for the additional open times. You must have your
orange Recycle Center sticker
on your vehicle to access the Recycle Center.
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The East Bridgewater Garden Club
Monday, March 4 at 12 noon downstairs in the community room at the East Bridgewater Library.
Member Fred Beale will talk about "The Awe Inspiring Avian Egg." The Flower Show theme will be greens for St. Patrick's Day in a whimsical container.
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East Bridgewater Public Library Expansion Project
East Bridgewater Public Library Expansion Project The East Bridgewater Public Library is embarking on the exciting process of transforming to meet the needs of the 21st Century. The world of library services has entered the digital age, expanding ...
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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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EBBA Annual Meeting & Free Breakfast
Sponsored by Bridgewater Savings Bank. Breakfast & Coffee :Central Street Cafe. Restoration Coffee. Plus: MassHire Presentation with John Nesti Headshots with Black Thumb Studio:Limited Spots! sign up for 8:15a, 8:30a, 9:45a, 9a
Read more
www.facebook.com
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685 N. Bedford St., E. Bridgewater
(508) 659-2274
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Apostolic
Faith Church
Sunday School and Fellowship Service: 9:30am.
Worship: 11AM.
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Book, puzzle & movie donations are being accepted by the Friends of the EBPL for their up-coming book sale in March. All Items should be in good condition, and books should be current. NO encyclopedia or text books. Please bring your items inside the library to the main desk. If you need help, we will gladly come out with a cart! Please...the book drop is for checked out library material ONLY! Thank you
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East Bridgewater Public Schools Brings Clarity to Finances and Student Performance with New Transparency Dashboard.
East Bridgewater Public Schools has partnered with ClearGov, a leading transparency and benchmarking platform.
This new online tool provides taxpayers with an easy to understand, visual breakdown of the school district’s finances, as well as insights into demographics, student performance, and much more. The site also shows visitors how each budget item compares to neighboring districts.
By clicking the “Transparency Center” banner on East Bridgewater’s website, residents can now easily view revenue and expenditure breakdowns, trend data, student population and performance, and key statistics over time in a simple, digital format.
If you have any questions please contact the Superintendent’s Office at 508-378-8200
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EB Little League is now accepting Minor League Umpire Sign-Ups on their website.
You must be at least 13 years old to be an umpire. The training date for umpiring will be announced once we've collected registration forms.
Umpire Sign up
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Mollie's 8th Annual MA Vest-A-Dog Fundraiser
Supporting Police K9s with essential equipment
“Helping Police Dogs One Paw at a Time!”
Raffles * Dancing * Pizza* K9 Demo
Microsoft Gaming Station
March 9, 2019
Bridgewater Vets Club
7PM – 11PM
Tickets at the door:
$20 per adult - $10 per child
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Does your primary care physician refer you to
specialists only within their group?
Perhaps you should consider seeing a clinician who can refer you to the specialist that best fits your needs!
CALL TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT!
Bethel Family Medicine
111 Torrey St, Brockton (508) 588-1200
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Forum at Bridgewater State University: Issues Related to Wars, Trade Wars, Migration, and Refugees in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
3:30 PM - 6:30 PM (ET)
Heritage Room, Maxwell Library
Minnock Institute for Global Engagement, Global Programs, Center for Middle East Studies, Asian Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Speakers:
Prof. Ellen Gallagher, Stonehill College and Senior Advisor with the Department of Homeland
Ms. Maria Martin Goula, Civic and Social Organizer
Dr. Rachel Navarre, Political Science Department, BSU
Dr. Chien Yu, Asian Studies, Management Department, BSU
Students: Global Perspective
Dr. Madhu Rao, Director, Center for Middle East Studies, Geography Department, BSU
Dr. Jabbar Al-Obaidi, Academic Director of Global Programs, BSU
Refreshments will be served.
Open to the public
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Friends of East Bridgewater Trails -- "An Evening Walk with the Peepers" on Sunday, March 10 at 6 p.m. In lieu of our monthly morning Sunday walk -- for this month only -- we'll have a special walk at dusk to hear the spring peepers singing at Sachem Rock Farm Community Center. Park at the center, and meet up with the group to walk the trails and hear the peepers. Bring a flashlight! For more information, contact the FEBT at
febtrails@gmail.com
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199 W Center St, West Bridgewater
Contact us!:
508-510-6124
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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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Brockton Symphony Orchestra
All-Beethoven Concert
Sunday, March 3
Fire up your winter with our all-Beethoven concert! Starring the gifted international piano competition winner, Aleksandr Poliykov, the Symphony brings you the complete spectrum of Beethoven's musical power and majesty, concluding with his mighty 5th Symphony!
The performance begins at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 3rd at Christ Congregational Church, 1350 Pleasant Street, Brockton.
Under the direction of Maestro James M. Orent, the Brockton Symphony features the most talented musicians in the Brockton/South Shore area, performing professional-level symphonic music for our communities. Tickets in advance: $20; $15 seniors/students with ID. Additional $5 at the door. Always FREE for 18 and under!
Admission to this concert venue is limited to 325, so please purchase your tickets in advance. Visit
www.BrocktonSymphony.org
, check us out on Facebook, or call 508.588.3841.
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We Love our Clients!
Cuts - Colors - Perms - Waxing - Nails
for Women, Men & Children
(508) 378-1530
225 Bedford St EB
Carriage Crossing
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Honey for you and your Honey
at McGuiggan's.
546 Washington St, Whitman
(781) 447-7333
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Thursday, March 7
4th Annual Multi-Cultural Business Forum & Business After Hours
5:00pm - 7:30pm
The Perfect Place
2039 Main Street, Brockton
Free Event
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YAY!!!
Our own Chrisy Wolfe was recently recognized with the
Red Carpet Award by South Shore Bank's
Chief Executive Officer James Dunphy and Presi
dent
Paul Pecci.
So many people to greet, so little time.
You can't hide, we at the Buzz Around want to say....
Congratulations, you rock!
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
lunch for 4 at Connemara Senior Living, Campello dining room (value $60)
sample menu
Historical Tidbit Question:
What did the whistle indicate for some children?
By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's Buzz Around East Bridgewater
On February 24, 2019 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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We Are Hiring Marketing & Sales People
Marketing & Sales People Needed: Friendly and organized people are needed to meet with small businesses, explain Buzz Around products, and create marketing partnerships! *Work 25 - 40 hours per week *Make your own hours & create your own schedule ...
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Theresa McNulty, Janice O'Brien, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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Bee Relational: My weekly commentary to commemorate Buzz Around.Info’s 10th year.
Early hive building: it was a process of re-thinking my life choices. My next step in climbing out of poverty was to develop more compassion, empathy and gratitude.
In a New York Times article this week, “A Nation of Weavers” Social strategist, bestselling author and commentator David Brooks noted these statistics: 47,000 Americans kill themselves every year and 72,000 more die from drug addiction, he then pointed to isolation and individualism as the cause. We are often in the same room and not communicating. We often strive to achieve for ourselves. We look for wealth and notoriety.
I took a different approach. When living day to day not knowing how I was going to pay the bills, I reached out to care for others instead of internalizing. Here’s the breakdown: Humans have two primal reactions that can be in contrast. Fear; the fight or flight reaction and the need for community; to be relational.
When challenged, we most often revert to fear. It comes out in our words, our actions and we close ourselves off. In the case of financial difficulties, the common route to take is work harder, or figure out how to make more money. It seems logical, and sometimes it is. But often that solution does not reach the root of the problem and we then we keep making the same mistakes.
Instead of looking internally for the solution and addressing my fears, I chose to react with our other primal need: community and relationships, and opened myself up to others and new solutions.
Consciously expressing more compassion, empathy and gratitude, I made sure my children knew they were loved and supported; taking time to listen to them, play with them, and eat together. And then looked into my community to see where I could help, where can I volunteer? On the request of my teens, we shared our home with couple of their friends who needed emotional support, which taxed me; but the experience encouraged appreciation of our home, and we all felt gratitude for what we had. Together, we delivered meals to the elderly and worked on community meals. In addition, I volunteered for the Recreation Commission and was a Cub Scout den mother.
Volunteering in my community was the most important thing I did. I worked toward meeting local needs, gained confidence in my abilities and made friends out of my neighbors. This is how Sharon Graves, Theresa McNulty and I came to brainstorm around addressing community issues, out of this came
BuzzAround.Info.
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In using this process, there was less isolation. I felt supported as I tried new things and raised my children. I was still facing poverty, and the emotional and situational issues that put me there, but I wasn’t facing them alone. You don’t have to be alone, either. Thanks for reading. ~ Jacquie
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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.
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