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January 15, 2023 ~
Building Community One Positive Story at a Time.
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Breakfast for Dinner
A Celebration of Aiden Ramsey
January 23
6 - 10p
The New World Tavern
Aidan Ramsey was an amazing, sweet kid and we want to help his family celebrate his life while helping raise money for the Aidan T Ramsey Scholarship Fund.
The New World Tavern is hosting a Breakfast for Dinner night to get everyone together to remember Aidan. Proceeds from the night will go towards the scholarship fund that is setup for selected student(s) at Silver Lake High School to help them take the next step forward to college.
Tickets are $20 which includes the buffet & soda/coffee/tea.
We will also be selling T-Shirts & Shamrocks to help raise money as well as a 50/50 Raffle.
Total Strangers have generiously donated their time to play on our stage out back for everyone to enjoy.
We would love for everyone to attend and enjoy each-others company, but if you cannot make it but still wish to donate to the family, you can send it to their Venmo for the scholarship fund @AidanRamseyScholarship.
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Historical Tidbit:
Cowbells
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When I was growing up my maternal grandfather, Guy Baker, use to call his corner of the world “Cowbell Corner.” Over the years I used the term myself, thinking the saying was quite quaint. He also owned an old cow bell (pictured here). I never remembered him saying why he called the intersection by that name but over the years I formed my own opinion as to why he did.
When he was growing up the family had a milk cow; she might have had a cowbell to locate her if she wandered away.As the years went by Mr. Baker bought his own home on the corner of Routes 105 and 106, not far from the home where he was born, thus making this “his corner.”
My paternal grandfather, Clyde Bosworth Sr. happened to have a dairy farm next door to "Grampa" Baker's new home leaving one to wonder if perhaps in the early mornings he would hear the melodious tinkle as cows moved slowly from one grazing spot to another as they left the barn. Or maybe around sundown, when the herd was being brought home for milking.
Farmers of the world have been belling their cows for thousands of years. In America, except for a few remote spots, the old and time-honored tinkle of the cowbell is now mute and almost obscure. Today's cows are mechanized and data-processed and the modern dairyman knows where every cow is at all times.
The traditionally prudent New England dairy farmer sometimes fashioned, with his frugal fingers, bells out of scraps of metal, which he then shaped with a hammer. History records the first commercial manufacturer of cowbells as being the Barton Bell Company, founded in 1793 in East Hampton, Connecticut.
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Respectfully Submitted by Sue Basile
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Town Hall
781-294-1316
Holmes Public Library
781-293-2271
Council on Aging
506 Plymouth Street
781-293-7313
Food Pantries
Halifax Congregational Church
503 Plymouth St. (Rt 106)
781-293-6393
Tuesdays 2:30 - 4p
St Vincent De Paul
Our Lady of the Lake Church
580 Monponsett St, Halifax
(781) 293- 7971
2nd & 4th Saturday 9a
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Congratulations!
Heather Fernald
You won a free 1.5 hour class at
Bee sure to play our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom of this newsletter.
Enter for this week's prize of
Lunch is on us! Win a $10 gift certificate to Lady CJ Soulfood & Catering.
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FITNESS and WELLNESS CLASSES
PLEASE CALL THE CoA TO REGISTER :
- CHAIR YOGA/GENTLE YOGA
- HEALING HANDS
- BLOOD AND DIABETES CHECKS
- LINE DANCING
- ZUMBA GOLD
- SOCIAL GROUPS
- Crafts Classes each month
For more info check out this link:
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Halifax Board of Selectman Meeting -
January 10, 2023
Video Provided by Area58_Halifax
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Opening Reception
Saturday, January 28th
1 - 3p
Fuller Craft Museum
455 Oak Street, Brockton
Celebrate the opening of new exciting exhibits at the museum with us!
The new exhibits are:
Daniel Jocz: Permission Granted
Creative Alloys: The Boston Metals Scene
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Silver Lake Regional School Committee - January 12, 2023
Video Provided by Area58_Halifax
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Halifax Fire Open Burning
Burning permits are now available online. The open burning season takes place between January 15th and May 1st.
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Happy New Year
Please consider making a resolution to either become a litter buster or a become a more active litter buster in 2023. Our roads and open spaces require regular TLLC (tender loving litter care). Please "adopt" a roadway by where you live and/or an open space you hike at to routinely litter bust for the year.
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Experience An Award Winning Dinner!
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The Brockton Symphony Orchestra Presents: Close Connections
Sunday, January 29th
3p
Christ Congregational Church
Brockton
The Symphony's annual chamber music concert celebrates intimate and dynamic spaces created by music with smaller groups, featuring the Blue Hill Chamber Players (a combination of flute, piano, and strings), and brass quintet Bailey Street Brass.
Masks are strongly recommended but not required.
The BrSO covid guidelines are subject to change, so please check back for updates.
We will be offering ticket sales at the door, but advance purchase is preferred. If online purchasing is not possible, call the Symphony Line (508-588-3841) and Jeff will get back to you.
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Adult Recreation Volleyball
Thursdays 7 - 9p
April 28 - June 16
Halifax Elementary School Gym
Cost: FREE for residents, $20 for non-residents
Please make checks payable to The Town of Halifax. Payment is non-refundable. Mail registration/payments to:
Halifax Town Hall
c/o Halifax Youth & Recreation Department
499 Plymouth Street
Halifax, MA 02338
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Upcoming TRIAD meetings
Just a reminder that the next TRIAD meeting is at 10a, next Tuesday, Feb 7, Great Hall at the Halifax Town Hall.
Save the date for these additional TRIAD meetings:
Feb. 7- DA's office will talk about Narcan
March 7- David Thurston will tell us about his amazing trip on the Appalachian Trail
April 4- a Cape Cod cranberry grower will present
May 2- a presentation on the State 911 program
Story from: Jeanne Kling
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Climate Can-Do:
Help save the Earth and your wallet!
In Massachusetts, we have access to free energy services that help save money. With the winter weather getting fiercer each day, we’ve been turning on the heat.
“How can I save money managing my heating and cooling ?” You might ask.
MassSave provides an assessment the of your house-hold or business energy use. In Massachusetts - we’ve already pre-paid for it through a surcharge on our electric bill.
Check out the MassSave website, to schedule a no cost virtual or in-person home energy assessment and an Energy Specialist will assess the status of your energy use. They will also provide solutions to lead a more energy efficient household. MassSave collaborates with NGRID, Berkshire Gas, Eversource, and Cape Light Compact. MassSave provides these services and energy assessments for any category of property here in Massachusetts, whether that be residential, multi-family, or business oriented. Check it out!
This Climate Can-Do Article was written by intern Sean Fitzgerald from Lasell University. We focus on actions which will help mitigate the environmental changes of our climate emergency. Our goal is to keep the Earth's temperature from rising 1.5˚ C to lessen the impact. We can do!
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Drop-In Knitting - Holmes Free Library
10a - 12p
Meets every Tuesday
Drop-In Knitting and the Holmes Public Library Fibers Arts Group is an informal group interested in all types of Textile Handiwork- knitting, crochet, quilting, etc.
Drop-In Knitting meets every Tuesday from 10a to noon. Knitting, chatting, laughing….this group gathering is a highlight of the Library week.
For more events like this check out the January 2023 Newsletter:
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Silver Lake Future Stars Basketball Clinic
Halifax Elementary School
All Sessions take place 9:30 - 10:30a
Session 3 Dates: 2/5, 2/12, 2/19
For ages 5-6, all kids can enjoy a fun co-ed basketball clinic coached by SLGBB coach Moriah Wicker and the other high school players! There are two sessions left and each session costs $40.
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New Veteran's Services Committee |
January 10th at the Board of Selectmen meeting, Steve Littlefield proposed the termination of the Memorial Day Committee (which hasn't had anyone on it) and instead institute a new, all-encompassing Veteran Services Committee for the Town. He is happy to report that this was unanimously passed.
More details will follow in the coming weeks. Steve's goal is to have a committee where anyone who wants to help the Veterans of the community be able to have a forum where people can collaborate on ideas and put them into action to assist the Veterans and Veteran families of Halifax - especially those most in need. He will also work on Memorial Day and Veterans Day Ceremonies, community outreach, and more!
Thanks to the Board of Selectmen for their support, and Steve looks forward to big things in the coming months.
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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
Have fun with us and bee entered to win a:
Lunch is on us! Win a $10 gift certificate to Lady CJ Soulfood & Catering.
Historical Tidbit Question:
Who was the first commercial manufacturer of cowbells?
Email us your answer at:
Please include your name and phone number with your answer.
By entering, you give us permission to print your name in next week's Buzz Around.
On January 25, 2023, before 2p, 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, Mohamed (Moe) Ibrahim, Janice O'Brien, Jacquelyn Rose, Leanna Silva, Maeve Stowe & Greg Venezia. |
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Waxing Cloud Poetic
“All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide
like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;
but a hidden star can still be smiling
at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling”
~ Munia Khan
“How sweet the morning air is! See how that one little cloud floats like a pink feather from some gigantic flamingo. Now the red rim of the sun pushes itself over the London cloud-bank. It shines on a good many folk, but on none, I dare bet, who are on a stranger errand than you and I. How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!”
~ Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I
“To say goodbye, is to die a little.
To say good morning, is a hope for a new sunshine in a cloudy winter.”
~ Nabil TOUSSI
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It seems, this weather pattern has us all beneath a gloom, a layer of grey, blanketing us in the most unimaginative covering. But even to this, I say, let's laugh at ourselves, and bring our own colors to the party. When nature has sad days, let's cheer her up! ~ Jacquie |
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