April 28, 2019
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Now taking nominations for the 2019 Bridgewater Rotary Citizen of the Year award.
This will be the 20th consecutive year that three awards have been presented to citizens of the Bridgewaters who have made substantial contributions to the quality of life in their town.
The event has been sponsored for the past nine years by Bridgewater Savings Bank, helping to provide $2,500 per year for Community Service Awards (scholarships) to graduating seniors from the Bridgewaters. There will be a special ceremony this year as the club invites all past recipients to be in attendance in addition to this year's award recipients.
Find a copy of the nomination form here
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Since its inception in 1970 the members of the Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters have stayed true to their motto of "Service Above Self" as it has carried out club, vocational, community, international and youth services. Rotary, an organization of 1.2 men and women in 34,000 clubs in 165 countries strives to help create a healthier, peaceful and sustainable world. Meetings are Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast at Good Days Restaurant in West Bridgewater. Visitors are always welcome. For more information please contact Membership Chair Mike Kryzanek, 617.922.0453.
www.facebook.com/RotaryoftheBridgewaters
Here is a listing of previous years awards for Bridgewater: James “Ken” Moore, 2000, Geoffrey A. Domenico, 2001, Dr. Adrian Tinsley, 2002, Robert J. Stearns, 2003, Thomas Arrighi, 2004, Brian Tatro, 2005, Matthew Striggles, 2006, William Callahan, 2007, Katherine M. Doherty, 2008, Betty Gilson, 2009, Bob Wood, 2010, Marilee Kenney Hunt 2011, Shirley Krasinski 2012, Evelyn Delutis 2013, Patricia Oliari 2014, Carlton Hunt 2015, Sam Baumgarten 2016, Jim Quinn & Lisa Troy 2017, Peter Kelleher 2018
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Historical Tidbit: Plymouth County Agricultural Fair
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View from Broad St. cattle barn, grandstand, exhibition hall and half-mile racetrack in foreground photo:
Digitalcommonwealth.org
Bridgewater was once the home of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society's Annual Fair. It began on the Bridgewater Common and front lawn of the Academy Building in the early 1800's. By the 1850's, it had grown to a large fairground complex just north of the Town River on Broad Street. There was a 1/2 mile horse racing track, grandstands, cattle sheds and a huge exhibition hall. There were a number of functions in the hall and grounds over the course of a year but the main event was an 8-day fair in late August each year. The Governor would attend and open the fair with a blast from a ceremonial cannon cast at the iron works. There would be displays and competition of produce grown over the summer. There would also be entertainment each evening of magicians, dance troop and bands, to mention a few. The fairgrounds in Bridgewater eventually closed down in the early 1890's and consolidated with other grange fairs in the area. The land was then turned into a brickyard. The exhibition hall went on to be used as a function hall for many years and was eventually used as a shoe factory up until WWII.
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Up until the early 1950's, there were smaller fairs in town at many other locations in town, such as: Legion Field, Grange Park, McElwain School and Flynn's Field next door to the school.
Submitted by: David Moore
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Academy Building Municipal Offices
66 Central Square
508-697-0921
Mon - Thurs 8a - 4p, Fri 8a - 1p
Public Library
15 South Street
508-697-3331
Mon - Wed 9a - 8p
Thurs 10a - 5p, Fri & Sat 10a - 2p
Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
10 Wally Krueger Way
508-697-0929
Mon - Thurs 9a - 3p, Fri 9a - noon
Food Pantry
Central Square Congregational Church
71 Central Square
508-697-6016
Thursdays - 10a - 1pm
1st Monday of each month from 6 to 8 pm
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Congratulations!
Debbie Dion
won a
45 Minute Reiki Treatment from
Jacquelyn Rose
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
$15 gift certificate to
Pinches & Pounds Candy Store
785 Bedford St (Rt 18 ) Whitman
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The
Bridgewater Kiwanis is hosting a "Dining for a Cause" at the 99 Restaurant located @ 233 Broad St., Bridgewater, this coming
Tuesday, April 30 from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. We will also have raffle items to sell tickets for. Please come and help our charitable causes.
www.facebook.com/bridgewater.kiwanis
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All Shook Up presented by the Raynwater Players
Thursday, May 2nd, Friday, May 3rd and Saturday, May 4th. Show time is at 7:30 pm and will run approximately 2 1/2 hours with 1 intermission.
Read more
www.facebook.com
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Free Metal Recycling
Saturday, May 4
9am to noon
First Parish UU Church
50 School Street
Bridgewater
Adjacent to CVS on Route 104
Benefits Bridgewater Food Pantry
Information:
or on Facebook at “ First Parish Bridgewater” or 508-697-5134
Co-sponsored by First Parish Green Sanctuary Committee and Bridgewater Recycling Inc.
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Remember to keep your spine happy by stretching before gardening!
Be aware of your body technique, body form and correct posture while gardening. Kneel, don't bend, and alternate your stance and movements as often as possible to keep the muscles and body balanced. Get a kink, give us a call!
63 Main Street, Bridgewater • (508) 697-0050
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“
Yellowstone & Grand Teton”
A travelogue with Cindy and Ed Esposito
at the Bridgewater Public Library
on Tuesday, April 30th @ 6:30 pm.
Bison, deer, moose and pelicans. Mountains, waterfalls, lakes and rivers. Add in a few hot springs and geysers, including the iconic Old Faithful, and you have two of America’s most beautiful national parks - Yellowstone and the Grand Teton. You’ll see it all in this presentation by Ed and Cindy Esposito who spent 8 days from dawn to dusk photographing these neighboring national parks. This presentation includes a multimedia show with images synchronized to music to give you the feeling and mood that they experienced during their trip.
Ed & Cindy are prize-winning travel photographers doing travelogue presentations using multimedia slideshows. Their photography is spontaneous with well studied compositions that give a good representation of the places they visit. Their photography is perfectly synchronized with music resulting in beautifully unique presentations.
The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library, is free and open to the public.
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The Honey Tree Nursery School
645 Locust St • Raynham
(508) 823-5611
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Now accepting applications for September 2019. Several spots still available.
Call to schedule a visit.
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STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AT BSU
Moakley Auditorium
Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 1:00 PM
How is BSU working to improve sustainability and resilience of the water resources surrounding the campus? Please join us in the
Moakley Auditorium on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at 1:00 PM
for an opportunity to learn about the Stormwater Management Plan being developed to build on work by BSU faculty, staff, and students to meet federal permit requirements.
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Bridgewater Farm Supply – Your Complete Garden, Farm & Pet Store!
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April showers will bring you May flowers. Get your gardens refreshed right now. Call us and order your mulch and loam today!
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104)
Bridgewater •
(508) 697-0357
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The Bridgewater 4th of JULY Contests
There is a small group (5 people) that raises the money and organizes the events, this day is not otherwise funded. We are currently looking for donations - they can be made on our website
www.BridgewaterMA4th.com
or mailed to P.O. Box 390 - NO amount is too small.
Check out our contests: Design our annual 4th of July t-shirt ! Or
Sing the National Anthem!
WE are also still looking for food trucks to participate at the fireworks. the event has 15,000-18,000 people.
We are also looking for businesses that will allow a donation canister.
Thanks for all the help - much appreciated.
Lisa
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MIKE'S QUALITY
AUTO REPAIR
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• General Auto Repair
• Domestic & Imported Cars
• ASE Certified
• L1 ASE Certified
Over 20 Years of Experience
Local Family Owned Independent Shop
(508) 697-1122
85-2 Fireworks Circle (off Rt 18)
Bridgewater
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It's time to give your lawn some TLC! Rent our Blue Bird Aerator before you reseed!
Work smarter,
not harder!
Reserve yours today!
10 Bedford Park
Bridgewater
(508) 279-0950
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A Comedy for the Ages,
The Skin of Our Teeth,
Plays in Bridgewater
Bridgewater, MA
—Bridgewater State University’s Department of Theater presents a hilarious history of man’s march through time,
The Skin of Our Teeth
. Opening Friday, April 26
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and running two weekends through Saturday May 4
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, this immersive theatrical experience promises audiences an adventure unlike any other. All performances are held in the Rondileau Campus Center Auditorium at 19 Park Ave in Bridgewater, MA. Tickets are available online at
www.BSUtix.com
while supplies last.
Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play,
The Skin of Our Teeth
, tells the story of the Antrobus family as they experience apocalyptic events three times over! Through catastrophes both global and personal, this family endures thanks to their dedication to each other, by continuing to move forward, and always beginning anew. Rather than passively sitting in their seats, audiences will move from room to room with the actors in this engaging, immersive play.
Director Collen Rua has cast an array of talented actors to bring this story to life: Alyssa Germaine and Kade Page (
Attleboro, MA
); Sam Lee (
Bridgewater, MA
); Allison Oriani (
Brockton, MA
); Abigail Dwyer (
Cumberland, RI
); Julia Olimpio
(Dartmouth, MA
); Duncan Passell (
Duxbury, MA
); Ethan Child (
East Bridgewater, MA
); Michael Eckenreiter (
Fairhaven, MA
); Alex Light (
Hanover,MA
); Emily O’Donnell and Erin O’Donnell (
Hull, MA
); Colleen Sweeney
(Lakeville, MA
); Colin Lamusta (
Lynnfield, MA
); Brittany Mallebranche
(Malden, MA
); Libby Lit
(Milford, MA
); Olivia Marques and Ryan Boudreau (
New Bedford, MA
); April Womble
(Plymouth, MA
); Kaleigh Halter-Marks (
South Dennis, MA
); Eddie Plante (
Swansea, MA
); Ben Milot, Bryant Webster, and Tiago Rodrigues (
Taunton, MA
); Dylan Crowley and Eric Lander (
Whitman, MA
); and Aya Khoury and Sophia DaSilva (
Worcester, MA
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Bad Deeds? Debating Indian Land Sales in Colonial Maine
On Wednesday, May 8th, Dr. Ian Saxine will present a lecture at the Old Bridgewater Historical Society, located at 162 Howard Street, West Bridgewater. The subject of his presentation is:
Bad Deeds? Debating Indian Land Sales in Colonial Maine
. The program begins at 7:00 p.m.
This presentation examines the extended struggle to re-litigate and define the meaning of early land sales on the Maine coast between the Indians and early colonists. It argues that Indians played a central role in driving colonial ideas about land use and title.
Presented by Dr. Ian Saxine, a visiting assistant professor at Bridgewater State University and current coordinator of the Maine Historical Society’s Historians’ Forum, Dr. Saxine received his PhD at Northwestern University in 2016. In his new book “Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier” (NYU Press, April 2019), he explores how diverse early Americans understood land ownership and how that shaped the course of empire in New England.
This program is free and open to the public; Donations gratefully accepted.
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First day of summer is June 21st - This is your last chance to get ready!
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8 week Summer Jump start for $399
New members only Expires 5/31/19
180 Winter St., Bridgewater
(across from Chatta Box)
Contact Stephanie at 508-697-2900
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What will you find at the farm today?
We have Flowers and Artisan Breads. Lots of Creeping Phlox, hollyhocks, and heucherella early bird perennials ready for planting now.
318 Plymouth St. Halifax
(781) 294-1767
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“Did that really happen in Bridgewater?”
A presentation given by David Moore from the Bridgewater Historical Commission at the Bridgewater Public Library on Tuesday, May 14th at 6:30 p.m.
This presentation will consist of approximately 40 pictures of Bridgewater, taken over the last 150 years and a brief discussion of little-known events and activities in our town’s past.
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BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION all on the Boyden Quad
Graduate Commencement Thursday, May 16, 2019 6:30pm
Undergraduate Ceremony for the Louis M. Ricciardi College of Business, College of Education and
Allied Studies, Bartlett College of Science and Mathematics Saturday, May 18, 2019 9a
Undergraduate Ceremony for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Sat May 18, 2019 3pm
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Bridgewater Senior Painters Exhibit
The Bridgewater Public Library will feature an exhibit of a variety of works in different mediums by the Bridgewater Senior Painters in the Flora T. Little Art Gallery during the months of April and May.
Senior Painters participating are: J. Bernache, P. Arms, G. Bjorklund, C. Freeman, D. Jones, S. Puffer, R. Robinson, A.Smith, E. Williams. Art instructors offer bimonthly coaching to Senior Painters. For further information, contact Cole-Yeaton Senior Center, (508-697-0929)
The Flora T. Little Gallery is open during regular library hours: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Friday, Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a
$15 gift certificate to
Pinches & Pounds Candy Store
785 Bedford St (Rt 18 ) Whitman
Historical Tidbit Question
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How many days did the fair run in August?
Email us your answer at:
Please include your name, phone number with your answer.
By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's
Buzz Around Bridgewater.
On May 1, 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, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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In honor of Earth Day
I'd like to celebrate Massachusetts moving toward healthier electricity sources.
In the 1990's while working for medical respiratory supply company, I personally spoke to respiratory therapists daily in West Virginia. They shared with me stories of the huge numbers of patients suffering COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) because of the coal mines. Coal mining is harming the environment and sickening the people of West Virginia. And then I learned, at that time, that 50% of our electricity in Massachusetts came from coal burning plants, polluting our air after doing it's damage to West Virginia.
Flash forward to today: Massachusetts closed our last coal fired plant last year and is leading the country in energy innovation. While there is much debate on which technologies to invest in... at least we ARE investing.
In honor of Earth Day, that's something to celebrate. Because making these changes as a society is hard, but they do happen, we can move forward.
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We have the most power to create change right here at home. It's exciting to see. There's hope for the future. Here are some resources our Commonwealth Provides:
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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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