September 29, 2019
~ Building Community One Positive Story at a Time
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143 Volunteers Celebrate United Way's
98th Campaign Kick-Off & Day of Caring
On the morning of September 12th, United Way of Greater Plymouth County gathered at the Lakeside Villa in Halifax (formally Monponsett Inn) to celebrate the official kick off of its annual campaign. Premier Sponsor, HarborOne, Gold Sponsor, Rockland Trust and our Silver Sponsor, Wells Fargo made this day possible. Volunteers were treated to an expansive and delicious breakfast at a scenic venue. Local businesses, Target in Abington and Macy's at the Kingston Collection each donated a door prize. United Way volunteers, friends, board members, and partner agencies dressed in LIVE UNITED t-shirts to show their support and to give back to the local community with a volunteer day of service.
"Our United Way of Greater Plymouth County's annual Kick Off & Day of Caring is one of my favorite days of the year." said United Way President & CEO Dennis Carman. "We get to see many of our supporters, both veterans and new, demonstrate their generosity and compassion for our local community together with a huge day of service!"
Following the Kick-Off, 143 volunteers headed out into the community for the Day of Caring to perform service projects at many of United Way's partner agencies - local health and human service agencies located in Greater Plymouth County. Volunteer projects ranged from painting to helping organize food pantries to landscaping to installing smoke detectors. Teams from 16 organizations offered a helping hand and participated in the Day of Caring: American Credit Counseling Service, Bridgewater State University, Comcast, Eastern Bank, Enterprise Rent A Car, HarborOne Bank, Health Imperatives, Lynch & Lynch, OCES, Rexa, Rockland Trust, Signature Healthcare, Travelers, UPS, and Wells Fargo.
Thirteen organizations provided projects for the Day of Caring at 17 sites: American Red Cross of the Cape, Islands, and Southeast MA; The Arc of Greater Plymouth; Boys & Girls Club of Marshfield, Boys & Girls Club of Metro South; Brockton Public Schools; Brockton Visiting Nurse Association; Catholic Charities South; Family & Community Resources; Father Bill's & MainSpring; Health Imperatives; Road to Responsibility; Salvation Army of Brockton; and United Way's Family Center.
To see more photos, please visit United Way of Greater Plymouth County's Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/uwgpc.
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Historical Tidbit: Discussion with
Fire Chief Oscar Gassett
The following took place on November 13, 1972 to the Halifax Historical Society. Gassett was the Halifax Fire Chief for 34 years when this discussion took place.
Subject: "Firing Range During World War II"
(Proving Ground on River Street
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PART 2
First contact with the testing range was one night, 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning; I heard a big boom, with a lot of noise beyond it. It was the testing range. They had what they use to call a fire station where they put the truck that carried the ammunition from Hanover. They stored that in there. They had an oven to heat cordite for the big tanks. The truck was all loaded with ammunition for the next day when it was to be fired.
They also had a ton of dynamite in one of the buildings, the building in the front, and one morning when they came in the heat had gone out and the dynamite was frozen. The engineer said he called five different people in the Pentagon about how to find out about what he could do with it and he could not get an answer. Finally, someone told him to try talking to someone at DuPont. He called there and they told him to bring it up ten degrees per hour until the dynamite was no longer frozen. It would be alright then and they could move it. (It must of worked as no big explosion was heard.)
After the war was over they had gun barrels piled up there like we see cordwood piled up along side the road, 30 to 40 feet long. Gun barrels all bronze. All piled up there the same way. I don't think they were buried like a lot of thing, mostly like a Junk Man finally got them.
First contact with the testing range was one night, 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning; I heard a big boom, with a lot of noise beyond it. It was the testing range. They had what they use to call a fire station where they would put the truck that carried the ammunition from Hanover. They stored the truck in there. They had an oven to heat cordite for the propellant for the big tanks.
The truck was all loaded with ammunition for the next day when it was to be fired. Something caught fire and there it
went.
There were bullets and shells all over the ground up there. You couldn't take a step without being on top of them. Some of them had fired and some of them hadn't fired. The building in front of there, where the guns were housed and fired from, it was
riddled.
You couldn't find a solid piece of wood left in it. Yet, they came down from Hanover the next day and boarded it right over. You'd never know what had happened.
The company was quite upset that so many people got into the testing range that night but, when I came up the street, the guards were way down by Don Randall's
(future down River Street),
it wasn't Don Randall's way back then but the guards where way down there.
We couldn't get out until we signed out with the guards. You had to stay in there until they got thought taking your name. Oh, it was a mess over there!
After the war a lot of things changed and that is when the fire department began to get active in what was going on up there. Rockets were the big thing. Everyone was trying to build rockets, now they had two test sights for rockets up there. One was quite near the front of the complex there. And then there was one way down, maybe in an area about 75 feet in diameter, made of railroad ties and filled with dirt. There use to be a lot of flames from a rocket as well.
The bull pen caught on fire and we worked day after day trying to put that out, but we never could. Eventually that burned right around that hole to 75 feet; it was all ashes. But we never did get it out.
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Respectfully Submitted By Sue Basile
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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!
Diane O'Brien
won
2 tickets to the corn maze at Nessralla Farm Rt. 106, Halifax
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win
One Free Svaroopa® Yoga Class at
Bliss Through Yoga
484 Bedford St., East Bridgewater
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Raising A Reader
Mondays in Sept & Oct 1:00p
Holmes Library
Big Ryan's Tall Tales welcome parents and their children ages 3-5 to come to this series sponsored by the South Shore Family Network.
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IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD PROTECTION
Tues, Oct 1st
10a - noon
Halifax Police Station
TRIAD
is a national and local three-way commitment for communication between the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office, the Council on Aging and Law Enforcement (Police and Fire Departments) Ongoing programs include: File of Life (for car and home), safe disposal of used medications, Safety Low Jack for autism/dementia, visible house number replacement, Lock Box and the “Are You Okay?” phone program and updates on recent scams.
Robin Putnam will speak on IDENTITY THEFT AND FRAUD PROTECTION. She is the Research Manager for the Mass. Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. Very timely and useful information will be available to help you guard your personal information. TRIAD meetings are open to everyone. TRIAD typically meets at the Halifax Police Station, 2nd floor on the first Tuesday of each month at 10:00am. Come hear about important community news and updates. You don’t have to be a resident of Halifax to attend! Enjoy coffee and refreshments.
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Fun Family Day
Sat, Oct 5th
11a - 4p
Next Step Farm, 65 County Road, Plympton
Generations is sponsoring a fun family day! The event will include a "cow plop" (buy a square and if the cow plops in your square, you win), chances to win amazing donated items, feed the animals, cornhole, a craft fair, and more.
Lunch will be available for purchase. If you would like to volunteer or need more info, please contact Lydia at the Council on Aging at 781-293-7313.
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Bridgewater Farm Supply – Your Complete Garden, Farm & Pet Store!
Does your lawn need a little boost after the dog days of summer? Come see us for your loam, seed and fertilizer needs!
Stop in today!
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1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104)
Bridgewater
(508) 697-0357
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Halifax Congregational Church Baked Stuffed Chicken Dinner
Sat, Oct 5th
5:00p
Tickets are $14 for adults and $10 for children. The meal includes an appetizer, baked stuffed chicken dinner, salad, rolls & butter, dessert and a beverage.
In order to get a proper headcount and to guarantee yourself a seat, we please ask that you reserve tickets no later than Wednesday, October 2. There will only be a very minimal amount of tickets available at the door.
To reserve tickets, please call Susan Mahan at 781-293-0422 or the church at 781-293-6393.
If you would like to attend the dinner but don’t drive at night or don’t have a ride, please
call Susan Mahan at 781-293-0422 to have arrangements made.
Please come and join us for an evening of fellowship and a delicious home cooked dinner!
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Corn Maze Fun!
Bring this
flyer anytime during the season and $2 will be donated to Halifax Elementary PTO!
Now through Oct 27th
Sat & Sun 10a - 6p
Nessralla Farm's Corn Maze
139 Hemlock Lane
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Pajama Day at School
$1 donation allows your child to wear their favorite pajamas to school on 10/11/19!
Proceeds will benefit All for Books.
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MOLD GUYS RESTORATION, LLC
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Call today to get your
air ducts cleaned!
An air duct cleaning service is an investment not only in your health, but in the health of your HVAC system!
(781) 910-5029
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OLD COLONY YMCA –
EAST BRIDGEWATER
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Join us October 14th for our annual Fall Mud Run! Kids will compete to see who can get the muddiest while running through Camp Satucket. Fun and exciting "obstacles" and mud pits & prizes!
(508) 378-3913
635 Plymouth St, East Bridgewater
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Halifax Fire Department Open House
Sun, Oct 6th
11a - 3p
Come meet your firefighters! Tour the station, try on real firefighter gear and checkout all the apparatus! We will have a jumpy house, cotton candy machine, popcorn machine, pizza, and soda along with fire safety demonstrations.
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Fall Foliage Canoe/Kayak Trip
Sat, Oct 12th
10a (check-in at 9:30a)
South Street East river crossing on the Raynham/East Taunton line
You're invited to join the Taunton River Watershed Alliance (TRWA) for a canoe/kayak trip on the Taunton River to enjoy the peak fall foliage.
Please pack a lunch, we will stop mid-way and take a break. It will end approximately four hours later (2:00p) at Weir Riverfront Park on East Water Street in Taunton.
The registration cost is $15 per person. Pre-registration and payment is required and we've made it easy! Now you can register, pay and get the liability form online
here
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f you prefer to pay by check please make it payable to Taunton River Watershed Alliance and mail by October 7 to: TRWA, PO Box 1116, Taunton, MA 02780.
Participants must supply their own canoe or kayak and an extra paddle and wear a flotation device. If you don't have your own, there are three 10-foot kayaks with paddle and PFD are available for rent. Please email the river guide to make arrangements.
Youths under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult. Shuttle service will be provided as needed. No alcohol is allowed on the river.
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Our 12th Annual
15 Acre
Corn Maze
is Open!
Now -
Oct 27
Sat & Sun
10 am - 4 pm
318 Plymouth St. Halifax
(781) 294-1767
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Yoga
for the
Rest of US!
Experience your bliss in a basics class, every Sunday @ 6:30p
Now taking new
Embodyment® Yoga Therapy clients
Learn how you can live pain-free!
More movement, less pain!
484 Bedford St, E. Bridgewater
(508) 331-3564
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Aerial Mosquito Spraying has Ended
Aerial mosquito spraying has ended for the season. Please continue personal protection messaging until the first hard frost.
State officials continue to remind residents throughout the Commonwealth to take personal precautions to prevent mosquito bites. Residents can learn more about EEE and ways to protect themselves on DPH’s website
here.
This has been a particularly active season for mosquito-borne disease and your partnership with us is essential in reducing disease risk. We thank you for all your work at the local level and look forward to working with you over the winter to review this season and plan for next year.
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Paid Medical and Family Leave
If you employ Massachusetts workers, you'll be required to comply with the PFML law beginning
Oct. 1, 2019
Important dates:
September 30 - Notify all covered individuals
October 1 - Withholding starts
December 20 - Apply for an exemption
January 31, 2020 - Remit contributions
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Area 58, Local Cable Access
Publish your own cable shows: they will train you!
What is Public Access?
The basis of Public Access television is to provide citizens with an outlet for their individual thoughts, opinions, beliefs and ideals.
Using a percentage of the revenues that the local cable companies accrued, towns were provided with franchise fees that were designed to fund the public access centers.
Area 58 Community Access Media will teach you how to make your vision of a TV show a reality.
Once you’ve been certified and trained, they will still be there to help you every stop along the way – including teaching you do start your own Youtube channel, making the world your (potential) audience!!
The public access channel is yours. You provide the programming.
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Box Tops for Education
It's National Box Tops Week and earning just got easier! Now that Box Tops has gone digital, get to know the new mobile app so you can keep earning at your school. It scans your store receipt, automatically finds participating products and instantly adds Box Tops to your school's earnings online. No clipping required! Learn more here:
boxtops4education.com
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win
One Free Svaroopa® Yoga Class at Bliss Through Yoga. 484 Bedford St., East Bridgewater
Historical Tidbit Question:
Where did the engineer have to call to figure out how to finally get the dynamite thawed?
Please include your name, phone number and mailing address with your answer.
By entering, you give us permission to announce your name in next week's Buzz Around Halifax.
On October 2, 2019, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers
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Awesome Sauce
“The Muse visits during the act of creation, not before. Don't wait for her. Start alone.”
~ Roger Ebert
“I know that you know that I'm awesome, and that you know that I know that you're awesome!” ~ Shreya Gunna
“The beauty that lies hidden, makes my soul tremble with awe.” ~ Patricia Robin Woodruff
“Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.” ~ Brené Brown
“You are people with a present and with a future. Don't muff the ball. Be excellent.”
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
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Add your own awesome sauce to everything you do.... it makes life so-o-o-o much more tasty! ~ Jacquie
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Theresa McNulty, Janice O'Brien, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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