February 2, 2020
~ Building East Bridgewater Community One Positive Story at a Time
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Message from the EB Community Gardens
Hello EB Community Gardens plotholders and supporters!
Happy New Year! We are happy to announce our new website:
ebcgma.org
. We thank our webmaster, Tony Realini, for creating this website, which will make information about our beautiful gardens more clear, complete, and accessible to the public. Check it out, and let us know what you think! If you'd like information on how to be more involved, the
Connect With Us tab
will be most useful to you.
In tandem with the website, we have a new, official email address, which will appear in your email inbox as "EB Community Gardens". It's linked to the "Contact EBCG" feature on the new website. The email address is
sachem@ebcgma.org
. Please don't hesitate to contact me.
Some other updates: Lisa Rue and Jon Babcock have finished their tenure as Community Gardens Stewards. We wish them well, and thank them for all their good work. Leah Murray, plotholder and nutrition specialist, has joined the Stewards this year. Welcome, Leah!
Your 2020 Community Gardens Stewards: Ken Reale, Chair; Korin Zigler, Secretary/Treasurer; Barry Lott, Tony Realini, and Leah Murray, Members-at-Large. Any and all of us can be contacted via the new website, or directly through the new email address listed above.
We still have a few calendars for sale at a reduced price of $10. Please respond to the email if you'd like a calendar, we will deliver them to you. We could really use your support.
Many plotholders have already renewed their rental for 2020. An email will be going out to eligible plotholders who have not yet renewed on 2/1 with information on how to renew your plot. You will have until 2/29 to renew. On 3/1, unrented plots return to open status, and wait listed parties will be contacted with availability. We look forward to a wonderful growing season with returning gardeners, and new ones as well!
Our annual gardening class will be held at the Center at Sachem Rock on Sunday, March 22nd from 2-3 PM. Entitled "Feed the Soil, not the Plant", it will be conducted by CGS Chair, Ken Reale. This class is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Please let us know if you have any questions or feedback. The Community Gardens Stewards are here for you! ~ Korin Zigler, CGS Secretary/Treasurer
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Historical Tidbit:
Tavern Required
In 1656, the General Court made it law that each town in
the Bay Colony had to provide a tavern. From 1760 until 1772, Joshua Pratt kept a tavern on the north side of Central St. and in 1787 Benjamin Harris kept a tavern near a pond in Satucket. Taverns provided refreshment, food and a place to sleep. They were also a place to get news. In the early days, the price was also set by law (sixpence for a single dinner and a penny for a quart of ale), so a traveler knew the prices would always be honest.
Information from the East Bridgewater Sesquicentennial Book
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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 ...
Read more
buzzaround.info
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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
E. Bridgewater Public Library
32 Union St 508-378-1616
Mon & Tues 9a - 8p ; Wed, Thurs, Fri 9a - 5p
Saturday 9a - 2p
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 12:30p - 2:00p and last Saturday from 9:30a - 11:00a
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 - 6:30p open to all.
A donation is appreciated.
United Methodist Church
54 N. Central St, EB
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Congratulations!
Steve Lyons
won a
45 minute Reiki Treatment with
Jacquelyn Rose.
You should play our
Historical Tidbit Trivia Game
at the bottom of this newsletter.
You could win a
Jump Start Training Package including nutrition consultation & 6 free sessions from Get In Shape For Women at
180 Winter St, Bridgewater
Value: $140
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54 N. Central St
Mondays in February
Thrift Shop is open from 11 - 2p.
Wednesdays in February
Thrift Shop is open from 2:15 - 5:15p.
Community Meal is held at 5:30p. There is no cost for the meal but donations are gratefully accepted.
Thursdays in February
Thrift Shop is open from 4:30 - 6:30p.
Saturdays in February
Thrift Shop is open from 10 - 1p.
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STEAM Lab Night!
STEAM Teacher Tori Cameron and the Gordon Mitchell Middle School present the 1st Annual STEAM Lab Night!
Brought to you by EBCAM
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Last Day to Register to Vote for the Presidential Primary Coming Up
Wednesday, February 12th is the last
day to register to vote and change party enrollment.
Early voting will be available February 24th through February 28th during regular Town Hall hours.
Check your voter status
here.
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Notice on REAL IDs
In c
ase you haven't heard, after October 1, 2020, you will need a REAL ID or a passport to fly within the United States or enter federal buildings.
You can get a REAL ID when you renew your licence at the RMV or AAA center if you have AAA. The AAA center is less crowded, so I'd go there if you are a AAA member.
Learn more about getting a REAL ID
here
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Come See Our New Home
265 Bedford St, Bridgewater
(508) 378-9971
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Coats for Vets Program Comes to Pembroke
Friday, February 7th
11:00a - 1:00p
128 Center Street, Pembroke
(behind the Pembroke Recreation Center)
Local veterans and their families are invited to take advantage of a free program distributing brand new winter coats, food and hygiene supplies to military families in need.
State Rep. Josh S. Cutler, Pembroke Veterans’ Agent Robin Kernan and Hanson Veterans’ Agent Tim White are pleased to host the Mass. Military Support Foundation visit. The Mass. Military Support Foundation's "Mobile Empowerment Center" truck will be on hand to provide the supplies.
The Coats for Vets event is open to any military personnel, US Coast Guard, veterans and their families in Pembroke & surrounding areas. The Mass. Military Support Foundation Inc. provides the winter coats thanks in part to the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation.
Mass. Military Support Foundation's Mobile Empowerment Center
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Good Morning Metro South with Congressman Joseph Kennedy III
Friday, February 14 – 11:45a – 1:30p Thorny Lea Golf Club | 159 Torrey Street, Brockton.
Read more
www.metrosouthchamber.com
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We're Your COMPLETE Garden, Farm &
Pet Store!
We have everything you need to keep yourself safe, and your pets, fish and feathered friends safe, too!
Stop in today!
1000 Plymouth St (Rt 104) Bridgewater • (508) 697-0357
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The BSU Observatory S
chedule for FREE Public Nights
Weather allowing, the BSU Observatory will be open on the following dates in Spring 2020:
- February 19 and 26 from 6:00 - 7:30p
- March 4 from 6:30 - 8:00p
- March 18, 21, 25 and 28 from 8:00 - 9:30p
- April 1, 8, 11, 15, 22, 25 and 29, & May 2 from 8:30 - 10:00p
You can also follow us on Twitter @BSUObservatory or call our hotline at 508-531-DARK for the weather decision. (The night has to be clear.) Parking for these evening events is available in the West Campus Lot.
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Girl Scout Cookie Booth
Friday, February 21st
5:00p - 7:00p
7 Eleven
52 North Bedford Street, EB
Find more locations where you can buy cookies and support the girl scout
here.
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D'Agostino Insurance
111 Torrey St Suite #1
Brockton, MA 02301
Call (508) 586-0414
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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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Remembering Randy
Saturday, February 29th
2:00p
EB Junior - Senior High School Auditorium
143 Plymouth St.
The Julius Family invites you to join them as they gather to honor and remember Randy Julius.
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Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty
Current exhibit at Fuller Art Museum until April 5, 2020.
As Fuller marks its fifty-year anniversary in 2019, we turn to gold to commemorate this milestone with Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty in its Stone and Barstow galleries. This invitational project will explore the storied traditions, contemporary interpretations, skillful applications, and conceptual rigor of gold as an artistic material, while investigating the multitude of cultural, material, and sociopolitical associations. For the 57 selected artists, gold remains central to their work as they delve far deeper than embellishment or decorative effect. This landmark exhibition celebrates the museum’s rich past as we plan for our brilliant future—and shines a light on all things golden.
The exhibition is co-curated by Fuller Craft Museum Chief Curator of Exhibitions and Collections Beth McLaughlin and Suzanne Ramljak, an art historian, writer, curator, and former editor of Metalsmith magazine. Among the exhibition themes to be explored are avarice, vanity, consumption, environmental consequences, power, divinity, cultural and social measures, alchemy, repair/kintsugi, artifice, transformation, and the body. Exhibited works will include craft media as well as fine art mediums to fully reflect Fuller Craft’s dual histories as both a fine art institution and a craft museum.
fullercraft.org
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BEE CHARMED GIFT SHOP
& COUNTRY STORE
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We've Moved!
Stop by our new location!
We still carry your old favorites & many soon to be new favorites!
Plenty of parking in the back.
Hope to see you soon!
494 No. Bedford St (Rt18)
East Bridgewater
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TRIO CAFE
Family Owned & Operated
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Let us cater your next event!
We're Open:
Mon - Sat: 8am - 4pm
Sunday: 8am - 2pm
12 Temple St. * Whitman
(781) 447-1064
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Order your wooden 02333 & viking blocks to support the Class of 2021.
Jofish Beard posted:
"W
e’re working on them! If you don’t believe me then here’s some proof! If you haven’t ordered them then here is the
link
. Thanks for the support. The class of 2021 thanks you!"
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a
Jump Start Training Package including nutrition consultation & 6 free sessions from Get In Shape For Women at 180 Winter St, Bridgewater Value: $140
Historical Tidbit Question:
How much was the set price for a
quart of ale?
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 East Bridgewater
On February 5, 2020 we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
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The Buzz Around is brought to you this week by: Jen Bellody, Theresa McNulty, Janice O'Brien, Jacquelyn Rose & Gregory Venezia
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Americana
I was raised in this American Dream of opportunity. "American Ingenuity" "Freedom of choice." It's why I was empowered to learn and make my life better, and to launch the BuzzAround.
It's with the wisdom of years that I have come to understand the ways that not everyone is given access to that American Dream. Sometimes it is systematic or individual bigotry or sexism.
Many voices have cried out in desperation and anguish and have brought us here to where we can see it, name it and work on changing.
The good news is that we have the ability to change... to change our communities, to change our policies and our government, to give everyone fair access to that American Dream.
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The Buzz Around has embarked on the process of documenting the ways which we benefit society. Businesses can operate to help achieve the American Dream and take care of our planet. It does not have to be either/or it can be and/ both! Onward and upward!
~ 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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