May 5, 2019
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Historical Tidbit:
Do you know your Halifax Villages?
Village - noun - a settlement usually larger than a hamlet and smaller than a town; an incorporated minor municipality.
Our geography here couldn't support large-scale farming so villages had a more compact design than other colonies of early America. The essence of each village was centered around the particular commercial /industrial goods it produced. Homes were close together and each village had its common areas such us a meeting house, woodlands and pasture land. It's here, still to this day, our unique tight-knit community bond. The term "village" is often interchanged with, "localities, districts, neighborhoods or sections." Halifax villages are: Hemlock Island, Halifax Station, Halifax, Halifax Beach, Howards Island, Pitch Pine Point, South Halifax.
Submitted by: Robert Lundquist
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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!
Lynne Welsh
won a
$15 gift certificate to
Pinches & Pounds Candy Store
785 Bedford St (Rt 18 ) Whitman
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win
A Flowering Mother's Day Basket
(value $21) from
Nessralla Farm, Rt 106, Halifax
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HOPS PLAYGROUND IS STILL CLOSED
despite finishing the construction work. The Rubber areas need time to settle and bond therefore the park is CLOSED and NO TRESPASSING please until it can be opened officially. It
will be another couple of weeks before it is open to the public.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this a dream come true.
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TRIAD: Becoming Familiar with Life-Saving Techniques
Monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 7 at 10am in the Community Room of the Halifax Police Station. TRIAD is a national and local three-way commitment for communication amongst the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, the Council on Aging and Public Safety (Police and Fire Departments).
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Rummage Sale
Day: Sat, May 11
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Place: Halifax Congregational Church
The Halifax Congregational Church will be hosting a Rummage Sale on Saturday,
May 11, from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. The church is located at 503 Plymouth Street on Route 106.
There will be men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing, kitchen and housewares, jewelry, small appliances, small furniture, ceramics, glassware, knick knacks, books, toys, games and much more!
We will be serving blueberry muffins made from scratch and baked in the church kitchen the morning of the sale along with coffee or tea. For lunch, we will be serving hamburgers and hot dogs right off the grill along with chips and a drink.
If you have gently used items you would like to donate to the Rummage Sale, they can be dropped off at the church on Friday, May 10 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. If you need to have items picked up, please contact Gail Todd at 508-245-5163 to make arrangements.
Please come and enjoy getting a great bargain or two or simply just enjoy having lunch!
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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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Annual Town Meeting
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May 13, 2019
The Annual Town Meeting begins at 7:30pm in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Halifax Elementary School.
The Special Town meeting begins at 8:00pm in the same location. The start time may be delayed until the Annual Town Meeting finishes work on the article being debated at 8:00 pm
Links to the warrants:
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West Monponsett Pond Spring Clean Up
Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Meet at the State Boat Ramp on Rt. 58.
Please help clean up the shores of West Monponsett Pond!
Just show up in your old/work clothes & old shoes/boots. Gloves & trash bags provided. Water & snacks too!
Boat, kayak, or canoe not necessary. Most of the debris is on the shoreline so walkers are needed.
All are welcome! Thank you for helping with this annual event.
There will be a small get together immediately following with food and beverage, location TBA that day.
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Halifax Historical Society
MOTHER'S DAY PLANT SALE
Halifax Town Green
May 11th - 9am to 12pm
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Our annual Spring Fling will be held on Wednesday, May 15th with a noontime lunch in the Gathering Room prepared by Laura Sullivan. (Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, salad) Please call our office to reserve a seat by 5/12 ($2.50 per person)
Following lunch, we will cross over to the Great Hall in the Town Hall for dessert & punch. A performance with ED, THE WIZARD and OPTICAL ILLUSIONIST at 1: 30pm will captivate everyone. A donation basket will be offered for your consideration. Call us soon to reserve a spot an
d bring your friends!
Halifax Council on Aging 781-293-7313
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The Great American Rain Barrel at 40% Off retail.
Halifax is encouraging residents to harvest and save rainwater by offering
REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD PURCHASE A RAIN BARREL
• One rain barrel can pay for itself in one season.
• Rainwater has no chemicals, chlorine or fluoride – great for plants and lawn.
• Rain Barrels help Towns manage water supplies and storm water runoff.
• At least $200 of precious rain water splashes off a 1000 sf roof in a season
• Help stressed trees and gardens during dry spells.
In 2016, 48% of towns in MA had water bans.
• 100% re-purposed rain barrels
produced in Massachusetts.
• Most durable and reliable Rain Barrels on the market: 3/16” wall thickness.
• Lasts for years when properly drained & stored for winter.
• Screen filter to keep mosquitoes out.
• Several rain barrels can be linked together — easy 5-minute setup
• Available Colors: Forest Green, Earth Brown, Nantucket Grey and Unpainted.
Discount Price for Town Residents:
$ 69 price 40 % Off Retail
and select
your town
or call (800)251-2352
Pick-UP
Monday June 10th 5:00-8:00pm, Wednesday, June 12th 10:00-1:00pm and Saturday, June 15th 9:00-12:30pm
Halifax Recycling Center 917 Plymouth St (Route 106) Halifax
Deadline:
June 3rd, Midnight
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Yoga for the rest of us!
New
, 6-Week Beginners Series starts May 5! Space is limited. Call & register today!
More movement, less stress!
484 Bedford St, E. Bridgewater
(508) 331-3564
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What will you find at the farm today?
We have strawberry starter plants!
Ready to go in the ground today, for yummy fruit in July!
$3.99 for a 4 pack
318 Plymouth St. Halifax
(781) 294-1767
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Volunteers Needed - Parks Commission/
Municipal and School Building Committee
The Town of Halifax is in search of volunteers to serve on the Parks Commission and the Municipal and School Building Committee. There are no specific qualifications for either the Commission or the Committee aside from an interest in the work in their jurisdiction and a willingness to attend Commission or Committee meetings (generally one night per month except when on-going projects require additional meetings). Residents interested in volunteering for either the Commission or the Committee can contact the Selectmen's Office at 781-294-1316 or download the
Town's Talent Bank form complete it, and send it to the Board of Selectmen, 499 Plymouth Street, Halifax, MA 02338
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My name is Anna and i’m from Halifax!!
I am currently traveling with a program called Up With People. It’s a performance and community action-based, cultural exchange program. Our program is composed of 100+ people from 14 different countries and our mission is to empower youth through music and action, to be positive agents of change for a more hopeful, peaceful & trusting world. We stay in a new city every week, living with host families who choose to open their homes to us. I have been on the road traveling since January, and will be gone until June.
Our tour started in the US, and we are currently in Mexico. After another two weeks here, we’re on to Europe.
I decided to do Up With People because my thought process was somewhere along the lines of, “if not now, when?”
I am sitting in Metepec, a small city in Mexico, as I’m emailing you right now. Sometimes I have to stop and take moments to recognize just how lucky I am to be here:)
Four to five days a week we’re doing community service, whether that be working in schools, volunteering to serve food at homeless shelters, painting murals at Boys & Girls clubs, etc. We have a team that goes ahead of us to each city, that sets up our facilities, finds host families, and basically asks - what do you need?? We have 100+ young people ready to help, what can we do? Throughout the semester, as a group we complete over 200 hours of community service work.
It’s an experience I am so so grateful for, and I know I’m lucky every single day to be doing what I’m doing.
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My plan was one semester. I worked all fall to travel January to June and was planning on college in September. However, this organization has changed me in so many ways, and has opened my mind to new ideas, plans and pathways.
I’ve decided on doing another semester, which means I’ll be traveling again from July to December.
If any Buzz Around readers are willing to help sponsor my community service work with a donation, it would be much appreciated. Please mail your contribution to: Anna Lofstrom 85 Summit Street Halifax MA 02338 or my venmo is annalofstrom. Thank you for your consideration.
I love Buzz Around. You have such an awesome platform and I think it’s really cool what you’re doing with it locally.
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
A Flowering Mother's Day Basket
(value $21) from
Nessralla Farm, Rt 106, Halifax
Historical Tidbit Question:
What were some of the things found in a village's common area?
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 May 8, 2019, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers
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About 71 % of the Earth's surface is covered with water, 60% of the human being is made of water (the brain and heart are 73%).
So... its no wonder we respond so strongly to rain, to oceans & ponds and rivers - like a song calling us home on a cellular level, those droplets speak to our very soul. "I will do water - beautiful, blue water." ~ Claude Monet
"Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time." ~ John Lubbock
"It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water." ~ Barbara Kingsolver
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We can get by without a lot of things... water is not one of them.
Litter control is a HUGE part of taking care of our water close to home. Please do your part. ~ 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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The Buzz Around does not claim to support any particular view.
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