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Rachel Smith from West Bridgewater. “...went to the principal with two other girls from West Bridgewater,” back in 2018. And Brooke Lydon from East Bridgewater. said : “At first we didn’t think we’d have enough players so we combined with West Bridgewater,” This year they combined with Southeastern Regional Vocational High to put on the ice a 22 player formidable team. Their season goes until the end of February.

Photo Credits: Christine Green Powers. & Rebecca McPhee LeBaron

Bridgewater Youth Softball will be running a softball clinic for 10U & 12U and have extended an invite to both West Bridgewater & East Bridgewater. There is pitching, catcher position and hitting sessions offered each week.

The cost is $25 each session. More information as well as the registration link can be found at www.bridgewatergirlssoftball.com.

At the Town Clerk's Office - $105.00.

A maximum of 2 stickers per household.

Must present current vehicle registration and proof of residency at time of purchase.

Contact lwilliams@westbpl.org for more information and the Zoom meeting code.

Inclusion Matters is offering FREE 30-minute virtual consultations to caregivers who pre-register for them.

A consultant will meet one-on-one in a private breakout room with the caregiver(s). Caregiver(s) will have 30 minutes to ask questions, seek advice, and learn to better understand their child's IEP or 504 Plan. Caregiver(s) can choose to share their IEP or 504 Plan with the consultant ahead of time (using form here to do so) and/or to share their questions/concerns with their consultant ahead of time.

Lunches are available in the dining room or as Grab 'n Go on Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays. Please let us know your choice when you make your reservation. Reservations required 24 hrs in advance 508-894-1262   Grab 'n Go lunches are served promptly at noon. $5 suggested donation.

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Download the Libby App and borrow ebooks, audio books, and more from WB Public Library for FREE!

Log into Hoopla here and borrow movies, TV shows, ebooks, audio books, comics & music.

For more info and any questions contact your friendly WB library staff. westbpl.org

The guest speaker for this event is President & CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, Kenneth Turner.

Questions? Contact Cathryn Schofield cschofield@metrosouthchamber.com or call (508) 586-0500 x 231 for assistance.

The last day to submit nomination papers to the Board of Registrars is Friday, February 18, by 5p.

Annual Town Election will be held on Saturday, April 9. The following offices will be included on the ballot:

One SELECTMAN for 3 years; one ASSESSOR for 3 years; two LIBRARY TRUSTEES for 3 years; two SCHOOL COMMITTEE members for 3 years; one WATER COMMISSIONER for 3 years; two CONSTABLES for 3 years; one BOARD OF HEALTH members for 3 years; one PLANNING BOARD member for 5 years.

Call the Town Clerk’s Office at (508) 894-1167 for further information.

And that's a wrap, congrats to our grand prize winner! 🎉 Thank you to all that entered our calendar raffle! As always we appreciate the continued support! Without it we couldn't do what we do for the WBMSHS athletes. Happy New Year to all!!

If you would like to be a part of the boosters the next meeting will be Wed, Jan 12th, 7p at the WBMSHS Learning Commons.

West Bridgewater is one of 43 cities and towns which are included in the Taunton River Watershed. This includes rivers that feed into it. Tributaries like the Hockomock, the Matfield and Town Rivers. This river system also includes many smaller streams and “headwaters” – the most upstream areas, often wetlands and springs where rivers originate. The Taunton River Watershed Alliance (TRWA) has been a voice for the Taunton River and its watershed since 1988.

They are an Alliance of concerned residents, businesses and organizations united to restore and properly manage the water and natural resources within the Watershed. They advocate for environmental protection, sustainable development and responsible stewardship of our precious and irreplaceable water resources.

The TRWA mission is:

*To protect and restore the Watershed’s natural resources for current and future generations.

*To build and support responsible stewardship of our fragile ecosystems, water quality, forests, farmland and wetlands.

*To be an integral resource for environmental education that is so crucial to the continued health and enjoyment of the Watershed’s waterways, woodlands, meadows, marshes, wildlife and open spaces.

*To be a voice for threatened land and water resources.

If you would like to participate in achieving the mission you could support by becoming a corporate sponsor, an activity sponsor, a member or volunteer. Whether you can give time or money your help would be greatly appreciated.

The Town of West Bridgewater has over one thousand catch basins, and they are all available for adoption!! Click here for the interactive map and click on the basin you'd like to adopt. You'll find a link to get more information about your catch basin and be able to give it a name as well as have your name listed as the fantastic environmental hero that has stepped up to help protect our natural resources here in West Bridgewater!

Catch basins are the receptacles found below the square grates in the street or parking lots all around town. They collect the storm water and floating debris during heavy rainstorms and keep it from flooding the streets or private property and from pouring that potentially polluted water directly into our local streams and rivers.

Although the West Bridgewater Department of Public Works cleans the basins on a rotating yearly schedule, it is not possible to clear every grate before and after every storm. It is our hope that you or your organization would adopt a specific basin and keep it clear of debris so that it may perform its job to the fullest extent possible all year long.

For more information contact the Department of Public Works (508) 894-1217.

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For energy sourcing, offshore floating wind farms are further out in the ocean, less in the way and more productive: As reported by John Upton of Climate Central and Clarisa Diaz of Quartz: Wind farming is "bringing job training for a growing army of maintenance workers known as wind energy technicians. The skills are being taught by hundreds of community colleges and other training institutions nationwide." Offshore wind farming has been booming in Europe for decades and more recently across parts of Asia. "... oceans are reliably blustery places. Calculations by the nonprofit Environment America indicate that offshore wind farms could provide almost all of the power Americans need by 2050. That means keeping the lights, heaters, and air conditioners on and fueling a nation’s worth of electrified cars, trucks, and transit systems, all from coastal wind farms."

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