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West Bridgewater Little League Opening Day

Honors Linda Dubin

Linda Dubin & Jamie Mitchenson.












Long-time Principal Linda Dubin Honored
at WBYAA Opening Day
Most West Bridgewater parents recognize Linda Dubin as Rose L. MacDonald School principal and many remember her as a reading specialist in the late 1990s. But now Dubin has a new image in town: a competent pitcher who held her own on West Bridgewater's Youth Athletic Association Opening Day.
Retiring this June after 30+ years in the West Bridgewater school system, Dubin was chosen for the ceremonial opening day first pitch.
"I was thrilled and honored to be asked to throw the first pitch for the WBYAA," said Dubin. "The association symbolizes so much what is special about WB and the spirit of our small family-centered community," said Dubin.
"Admittedly, I was a bit worried about my throwing skills, so I asked our P.E. Teacher Mrs. DePaola for some private tutoring and then practiced!" laughed Dubin. Her practice paid off as the pitch arrived strong and centered over the plate. 
"It is a memory I will treasure," said Dubin.




Morgan sings the National Anthem beautifully!
 Little League Teams enjoyed day with all it's fun, especially the visit from Red Sox mascot Wally the Green Monster. 
 
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Prize Box

 

Congratulations

Eileen McNulty

Tracey McCarthy

Susan Nephew 


They each won a hanging plant ($25) from Wrights Garden Center, 378 E Center St, W. Bridgewater

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You could win a one hour reiki session from Revolutions Salon, 
Route 106, EB
Historical Tidbit: 
 

EDUCATION IN 1647

 

Education for all was an early American ideal.  As early as 1647, Massachusetts Bay Colony passed a law mandating that all towns with more than 50 families set up a school.  If a town didn't comply with the law, they were fined five Pounds.

"That in whatsoever township in this government consist of 50 families or upwards.  Where there were families of 100 or more, Latin must be offered in Grammar School to prepare for the University. The town was responsible for making a reasonable appropriation. The profits from the Cape Fisheries, hereto ordered to maintain a Grammar School, shall be distributed to such towns as to have such Grammar Schools, not exceeding five Pounds per annum to any one town." 

Before that time, small classes were held in private homes.

 

Respectfully submitted by Sue Basile

 

Monday, June 8
Exercise - 8:30a - Council on Aging (COA)
Outreach - 9a - COA
Supportive Care - 9a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
School Committee - 5p - MS/HS
Finance Comm - 6p - Town Hall
Annual Town Meeting - 7p - MS/HS Auditorium

Tuesday, June 9

Outreach - 9a - COA
Swedish Weaving - 1p - COA
ADA Compliance - 2:30p - Town Hall
Zumba Gold - 3p - COA
Library Trustees - 5:45p - Library

Wednesday, June 10

Rotary Club of the Bridgewaters - 7:15a - Good Days Restaurant
Outreach - 9a - COA
Swedish Weaving - 1p - COA
Housing Authority - 7p - Esther Dr

Thursday, June 11

Exercise - 8:30a - COA
Board of Health  - 8:30a - Town Hall
Outreach - 9a - COA
Supportive Care - 9a - COA
Line Dancing - 9:30a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Mah Jongg - 12:45p - COA
Trucchi's Van - 1p - COA
Yoga - 6p - First Church
Local Historic District Study - 6:30p - Town Hall
Chapters Book Discussion - 7p - Library
Friday, June 12
Outreach - 9a - COA
Tai Chi - 9a - COA
Swedish Weaving - 10:30a - COA
Zumba Gold - 3:30p - COA
Saturday, June 13
Author Story Time - 10:30a - Library
Church of St. Ann Mass - 4p
 
Reminder: No weekend MBTA Rail Service 
Sunday, June 14
Church of St. Ann - 8:30a, 10:30a  
Cochestett United Methodist - Sunday Worship Service & Sunday School 10:15am
First Church - Worship Service and Sunday School 10a, Teen Bible Study 9a
Fellowship Hour - 11a 
Joy of Pentecost - Sunday School & service 10a
evening worship 6p
Temple Baptist - 10a, 11a & 6p
West Bridgewater Baptist - 9:15 Sunday School, 10:30 Service, evening worship 6p

 

* Information compiled in this issue from Town web sites & submitted information. Feel free to submit events & information from your non-profit group.
Special & Annual Town Meeting
Monday, June 8 at 7pm
MS/HS Auditorium 
 
Please join us for the annual town meeting. 
The warrants for both special and annual
town meeting are available on the town website.
They are listed on the right column of the page.

Howard School Celebration of the Arts Night

 

Wednesday, June 10

Beginning at 5:15pm

Howard School

 

Please join us for a wonderful evening highlighting the achievements of our talented students. 

 Student art is on display beginning at 5:15pm.

Concert starts at 6pm.

We are looking forward to a wonderful evening showcasing our students. 

All are welcome to join us for this free community event!

Author Visit and Story Time with Carla Marrero

 

Saturday, June 13

WB Public Library 

 

 Join us for a special story time with Carla.

Local author, Carla Marrero, will present a reading of her newest book CJ's Hide-A-Way.

The story time will be followed by a simple craft and a book signing. All are welcome!

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                Massachusetts Walking Tour Concert 
June 26th@ 6pm 
West Bridgewater Public Library
 
Sponsored by The Friends of the West Bridgewater Public Library in collaboration with the West Bridgewater Cultural Counci.
Since 2010, co-founders Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards have organized an annual non-profit bipedal concert tour of Massachusetts in support of arts and culture for towns throughout the state. Each free community concert collaborates with local artists, musicians, educational programs, trail managers and land trust groups to highlight both artistic diversity and recreational land use. With each visit, a community has pulled together and taken part in a dialogue which serves to strengthen local investment in the arts.
 
People still ask "so you actually walk?" YES, with our instruments, and camping gear, to each and every show - and after 8-13 miles of hiking roads and trailways, we perform a concert.
 
"Well, how does that support the arts?" Each Walking Tour event is a collaboration of cultural movers and shakers such as local artists, art organizations, trail volunteers, cultural council members, and school systems for an evening of shared ideas, stories, and song - thanks to state grants and private trusts, the concerts are always FREE for the communities we visit.

We are looking for local artist, musician, and poets to participate in this free community concert as a sign of support for our local arts.  All interested parties should contact Mark Mandeville @ mark@masswalkingtour.org.  Additional details about the 
Massachusetts Walking Tour Concert
 and the Nunckatessett Greenway project (Bay Circuit Trail) are provided below.

Mass Walking Tour, June 26th @ 6PM at W.B. Public Library 
  • Nunckatessett Greenway Project (part of the Bay Circuit Trail) enhances recreational, environmental, social, and educational opportunities, and also stimulates economic activity in the town of West Bridgewater and Bridgewater. The genesis of the project stems from a grassroots movement of local residents and public officials that wish to see a nature corridor that will elevate people's awareness of the Town River and of historical sites situated along that river, as well as promote outdoor classrooms, economic development and alternative means of travel. www.nunckatessettgreenway.org/resources/videos 

We look forward to seeing you at this event and for supporting the local arts.
Beth Roll Smith
Library Director
West Bridgewater Public Library
508-894-1255

               Chapters Book Discussion Group

Thursday, June 11 at 7pm

WB Public Library

 

The Library Book Discussion Group will meet on

June 11th in the Meeting Room.

The group will discuss

The Forever Girl 

by Alexander McCall Smith.

Books are available at the circulation desk.  

New members are always welcome to join us! 

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Bridgewater
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Upcoming Council on Aging Trips

 

A MUSICAL SALUTE TO AMERICA 

Wrights Chicken Farm  Harrisville, RI 

Thursday, June 11, 2015 


BEAUPORT PRINCESS CRUISE  &  ROCKPORT 

Gloucester, MA  Thursday, June 18, 2015   

 

CAPE COD CANAL  "JAZZ CRUISE" 

Onset, MA 

Sunday, July 12, 2015    

 

REMINDER - ALL TRIPS REQUIRE PAYMENT 

AT THE TIME OF RESERVATION  Telephone reservations will be held 3 days.  Seating is limited.  If you are interested in any of these trips, please do not wait to sign up.   

Eat Healthy & Get Moving!      

By Kim Noble, RN, MBA; YHC Program Coordinator 

 

vegetables  

It is finally feeling like summer! The farmer's markets are opening and there are lots of people out walking, running, hiking and cycling. 

 To help everyone move more and eat healthier the Turn the Tide Foundation has a number of resources on their website. click here for website

These include: ABC for Fitness© (Activity Bursts in the Classroom,) A-B-E for Fitness (Activity Bursts Everywhere,) Nutrition Detectives® Teaching Kids to Make Healthy Choices, UnJunk Yourself, and more.  The ABC For Fitness© and the A-B-E for Fitness are designed to help youth and adults add in movement to days when they are sitting in class or the office. 

 

The Nutrition Detectives® is a program for elementary age students to help them learn to read food labels.   The Unjunk Yourself program is designed to help youth learn important health messages on nutrition and physical activity through music and dance video clips. They have just released a new video entitled "I'm an Animal," it is just under 3 minutes in length and highlights the need for us all to consume "real" food vs. processed food.  To view the videos from Turn the Tide FoundationUnJunk Yourself, including "I'm an Animal," visit: click here 

Turn the Tide Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization created to help combat obesity by developing, evaluating, and disseminating creative, yet practical programs that can be used in the real world, by real people, for free. 
For a listing of the 243 Farmer's Markets in Massachusetts visit:  click here for link
For a list of Farmer's Markets in New England visit: click here

 

Youth Health Connection, SSH 5/28/15
"Perfection of effort is not required, by the way. It is the consistency... like anything else. If I want to tone muscle, lifting a ten-pound weight a few times every day will move me toward my goal much quicker than hoisting a fifty-pound barbell once a week. Yes, it really is true: 'Slow and steady wins the race.' Just try a little, every day. You'll see." ~ Holly Mosier
jacquie 2013


 

Carve out a little peace for yourself everyday.  You will see an amazing difference. Happy Spring.  

 ~ Jacquie
 
 

WB Town Buildings

 

Town Hall

65 N. Main Street

   (508) 894-1200

Mon, Tues & Thurs
8a-4p

Wed  8a-7p, Fri 8a-1p

 

WB Public Library

80 Howard St

508-894-1255

Mon, Thurs, Fri 10a-5p,
Tues-Wed 10a-7p
Sat 10a- 2p

 

Council on Aging

97 W Center St

508-894-1262

Mon-Fri 8:30a-4p 

 

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West Bridgewater

(508) 583 - 2941 


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School Notice

Important Dates

 

 

June 8 - 7th Grade Field Trip to Museum of Science in Boston

 

June 9 - 5th Grade Field Trip to Museum of Science in Boston

 

June 19th - Middle School  "LAST DANCE" Semi-Formal will be 7-9:00 pm in the cafeteria.  Tickets are $10.00 in advance,  $15.00 at the door.  This will be the last dance EVER to be held in this building.  We would like to make it extra special for your student.  Any donations of white Christmas lights, maroon and white balloons, streamers, table cloths would be greatly appreciated.

 

June 22nd - Grade 8 Canobie Lake Park class trip  (school committee approval pending).  The  cost is $35.00 and permission slips will be sent home in mid-May.

 

June 23rd -

Howard School - 6th Grade Celebration at noon

 

June 23rd  - 8th Grade End of the Year Celebration and Recognition Ceremony -  An invitation with specific details will be sent home.  We ask that students follow the basic school dress code, as well as no jeans and a collared shirt for the gentlemen.

 

June 24th- Field Day

7th & 8th Grades

 

June 25th - Last day of school with  early dismissal.  We have a farewell breakfast for the 8th grade students.

 

Looking For Host Families
The Brockton Rox are still looking for wonderful host families for our 2015 team!  Our players come from all over the country and are looking to have a fantastic summer of baseball and fun!  Our hosts can live as far as 30 minutes away, and the host family benefits include a cash stipend, season tickets, and merchandise discounts as well as great host family events!  
If you are interested, please contact Kate Thomas, Assistant General Manager, at  kthomas@brocktonrox.com or 508-559-7001.

THE  STITCH LOVERS GROUP at the COA

Tuesdays at 1pm

 

Spring has sprung  time to finish those UFO'S. We all have UFO"S hanging around waiting to be "stitched".  Come and join us on Tuesday afternoons from 1 pm to 3 pm.  

We will be Weaving, Crocheting, Cross stitching, Embroidering, Knitting and Sewing!

 A sewing machine is available for your use. So join us to finish those UFO'S.

prize box  
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME  
Have fun with us 
and beeee entered to win

A 1-hour reiki session from Revolutions Salon, Route 106, EB
  

 Historical Tidbit Question:

When did Massachusetts Bay Colony pass a law mandating that all towns with more than 50 families set up a school?

 

Email us your answer at: 

Please include your name, 
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your name in next week's 
Buzz Around West Bridgewater.

  

On June 9, 2015, we 
will randomly pick a winner
from the correct answers.

 

The Buzz was compiled

this week by Stephen Kelley, Robert Lundquist, Theresa McNulty, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose & Marla Prince
  

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