March 17, 2019
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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A very special Council on Aging St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon
included a delicious meal prepared by an amazing team of volunteers including corned beef, cabbage, carrots,potato, dessert and much more.
Very lucky are we!
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Historical Tidbit:
CAN YOU IMAGINE
My Great Grandparents on my father's side bought a new kitchen stove June 28, 1901 for $13.00, the "oven section" was $3.00, a can for gasoline $1.00 and 5 gallons of gasoline $1.00 for a total of $18.00.
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One wonders what they would think of today's prices.
Respectfully submitted, Sue Basile
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BuzzAround Pet Fair
On Sat March 23 from 1 - 3:30
* Meet Chris Maynard - join in our 1/2 hour group training lesson
*Join us for the great
Bridgewater Farm Supply Scavenger Hunt
1) Take pictures of the items from the list around the store.
2) Each person (16 and older) can fill out 1 entry form
3) Random Drawings at 3:15pm : (2) $50 gift certificates to Bridgewater Farm Supply
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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
Food Pantries
Halifax Congregational Church
503 Plymouth St. (Route 106)
Halifax, MA 781-293-6393
Tuesdays -2:30-4p
St
Vincent De Paul
Our Lady of the Lake Church
580 Monponsett St
Halifax, MA (781)293- 7971
2nd & 4th Saturday 9 am
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Congratulations!
Tanya Amico
won
1-hour private lesson with Maynard Dog Training Solutions (value $100)
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
$40 Gift Certificate to Boston Guitar,
Rt 106, West Bridgewater
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Did you see the awesome showcase at the Holmes Public Library?
The 2019 Halifax Reads selection is An Invisible Thread... there are many great programs “built to surround the notions of Kindness, Civic Engagement and Reaching Out”.
As part of Holmes Library's civic engagement and kindness initiative around An Invisible Thread, the Teen Craft Night made fleece blankets/beds for area animal shelters. Great work, Teens!
Images & Story Courtesy of Holmes Public Library & Jeanne Lawrie Kling
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The Taunton River Watershed Alliance needs you!
Whether you can give an hour here and there or a few hours a month:
Water Quality Monitoring Tester
A team of volunteers that regularly test 20 sites in the watershed for water quality the second Tuesday morning of each month, April through October. Samples must be collected and then driven to the Taunton Wastewater Treatment Plant by 8:30 a.m. We train at the beginning of the new year (usually on the last Saturday morning in February). We currently need on-call/"as-needed" fill in for when a regular tester cannot test a site.
Nutrient Pollution Photographic Survey
Photograph key areas along the Taunton River for nutrient pollution. We are hoping for photographs of the same area three or four times throughout the summer.
Event helpers: Set up, man tables, clean up, launch boats, deliver lunch, strike camp, etc. at events
Fundraising/Development & Event Coordinators, River Clearing Crews
Legal Support We are looking for an attorney or local law firm that could volunteer legal support from time to time.
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Chowder Luncheons
Fridays, Mar 8 - Apr 19
11:30a – 1:00 pm
Halifax Congregational Church
503 Plymouth Street in Halifax, MA on Route 106.
The luncheons will consist of your choice of Clam or Corn chowder, dessert and a beverage. For Good Friday the choice of chowders will include a fish chowder as well. The cost per person is $8.00. For those who prefer to have chowder only, the cost is $6.00. Take-out is also available.
Please come and join us for a wonderful luncheon! All are warmly welcomed.
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Bridgewater Farm Supply is Your Complete Garden, Farm & Pet Store
Itching to get back in the garden? Can't wait to get your hands dirty? Why not start your own plants from seed this year?
We have everything you need to start your little seedlings.
Stop by today!
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104)
Bridgewater • (508) 697-0357
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Lunch & Learn
All VETS and their family members are encouraged to attend the Potluck on Wednesday, March 20th (noon)
Pope's Tavern, Halifax Council on Aging
Veteran Agent Wil Corey will bring a large variety of informational material related to veteran benefits that may not be known to us. This will include: Health care for elderly veterans (Geriatrics, Long Term Care, Home based services, etc.), Survivor’s Benefits, Aides & A-endant’s Programs, Pension Chapter 115 Benefits, and your military service and social security benefits with updated data for those who served between 1957 and 1967. PLEASE RSVP by calling
781-293-7313.
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Lunch & Learn
On Thursday, March 21st, at the Senior Center Barbara Nalen Cardosa, a registered dietitian-nutritionist from OCES who will be speaking on Nutrition and Heart Health. Your heart will enjoy this! Call 781-293-7313 to RSVP
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Old Colony Planning Council Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee Announcement
I am reaching out to introduce the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Meetings.
March 21st at 12pm at
The Old Colony Planning Council
70 School Street, Brockton
&
March 21st at 6 PM
East Branch Library
54 Kingman Street Brockton, MA
The objective of the BPAC is to support ongoing local, regional, and state planning efforts to support multimodal urban and suburban mobility; enhance and expand current infrastructure; improve safety; and raise awareness of pedestrian and bicycle movement within the region. It is envisioned that the committee will meet quarterly at key stages to review, discuss, and provide insight on the analyses of existing conditions, assessment of needs, the development of recommendations and implementation strategies, and the refinement of any studies and plans.
Best wishes,
Jimmy Pereira
Community/Transportation Planner
Old Colony Planning Council (OCPC)
Old Colony Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
70 School Street, Brockton, MA 02301
Phone: 508-583-1833 Ext: 215
Fax: 508-559-8768
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Gala Opening Reception
Celebrating our 33
rd
year serving Halifax and surrounding communities, Winnetuxet Children’s Place cordially invites the public to join our Gala Opening Reception for the start of a month-long children’s art display in the Community Room at the Holmes Public Library located at 470 Plymouth St., Halifax MA on Saturday, March 30, 2019 from 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The display is part of an annual effort to honor the Week of the Young Child, nationally celebrated from April 8-12, 2019. This year's display will be the 20th annual for Winnetuxet Children's Place budding artists. The daily themes of the 2019 celebration are: Music Monday; Tasty Tuesday; Work Together Wednesday; Artsy Thursday; Family Friday.
Light refreshments will be served.
Respectfully Submitted:
Ruth Mewis, Owner/Administrator
Winnetuxet Children’s Place
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March Shamrock Savings at Get In Shape For Women Bridgewater!
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Buy Two Months of Training - Get a Month Free
(3 sessions per week minimum)
Start today!
180 Winter St., Bridgewater
(across from Chatta Box)
Contact Stephanie at 508-697-2900
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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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Please Take the Housing Survey
The Town of Halifax is in the process of updating its Housing Production Plan (HPP) with technical assistance provided by the Old Colony Planning Council, the Regional Planning Agency for this area.
Residents can help participate by completing the following survey:
A Housing Production Plan is a proactive strategy for planning and
d
eveloping affordable housing. The State’s regional planning statute, Chapter 40B, is a law that seeks to ensure that all 351 of the Commonwealth’s cities and towns provide for the creation of new homes for individuals, families and older adults, across a range of incomes. The goal of the statute is for every city and town to have 10% of their year round housing units qualify as affordable to households making up to 80% of the area median income.
The statute helps communities meet the Commonwealth’s housing needs, by providing a flexible zoning approval process (comprehensive permit) for developments that include 25% affordable units. At the same time, Chapter 40B provides opportunities for municipalities to control their own housing growth. The law enables agencies like MassHousing to deny 40B project eligibility to projects that are inconsistent with local planning priorities in localities that have demonstrated commitment to planning and delivering housing growth. That is why it is important to have an up to date Housing Production Plan and have it approved by The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). HPP’s give
communities that are under the 10% threshold of Chapter 40B, but are making steady progress in producing affordable housing on an annual basis, more control over comprehensive permit applications for a specified period of time. Communities that demonstrate planning and production for affordable housing may also be eligible to receive priority scoring for Commonwealth Grant Programs as well as access to capital grant programs and technical assistance. Community input is a key part of the planning process and this survey will help provide a better understanding of the needs of Halifax residents. It is important to understand who currently lives in the community, demographic trends affecting future growth, existing housing stock, and future housing needs. By engaging the community in discussions about the need for affordable housing and taking a proactive approach in updating its Housing Production Plan, Halifax is more likely to achieve its long range housing and community planning goals, allowing for more diverse housing opportunities for residents of all income levels. Thank you for your participation.
Charlie Seelig
Halifax Town Administrator 781-294-1316
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a
$40 Gift Certificate to Boston Guitar,
Rt 106, West Bridgewater
Historical Tidbit Question:
How much did a can for gasoline cost?
Please include your name, phone number and mailing address with your answer.
Prize Box Rules
By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's Buzz Around Halifax.
On March 20, 2019, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers
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Great Irish Thinkers
...taking time to celebrate Irish heritage this weekend.
"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."~ William Butler Yeats
Irish proverb: May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been, the foresight to know where you are going, and the insight to know when you have gone too far.
"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us."~ Iris Murdoch
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I have not a drop of Irish in me, but have always appreciated the storytelling, the forthright attitude and the devotion of the Irish. It just is.
Jacquie
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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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