Monday Night Madness

Museum of Science - Animal Invaders

Monday, August 3 at 6:30pm

Holmes Public Library

Join us for a presentation by the Museum of Science!

Animals are a part of our environment, living among us whether we want them to or not!

Learning to "live green" includes learning to coexist with the animals that share our planet.

*For ages 7 and up!*

                Vacancies on the Planning Board

Beginning on August 1, there will be two vacancies on the elected
Halifax Planning Board out of the five seats on the Planning Board.

The
Board of Selectmen is seeking residents who might be interested in
serving on the Planning Board. If selected, the residents will serve
until May 2016 at which time they can choose to run for the remaining
years of the term for that specific seat. Interested residents can
contact the Halifax Board of Selectmen's Office at 781-294-1316 or
download a Talent Bank form on the Town's web site:
www.town.halifax.ma.usages/HalifaxMA, complete it and send it to the Selectmen's Office at Town Hall. 

 Monponsett Pond Update

               Crafts at the Holmes Public Library

The Toddler Storytime group made personalized tool belts in their favorite colors during the craft portion of one of the many "Every Hero Has a Story" programs presented by Marie Coady ("Miss Marie") at the Holmes Public Library last week.

42nd LATITUDE

We can begin to think of our location as a hub in the center of a rather extensive region. We are favored with ideal conditions in many respects and one very significant item is our zoning. The 42nd latitude is just about ideal for maximum vigor and variety. The degree of latitude line passes through White's Island between the two lakes. The composition of this particular area is that of greywacke and granite and an authority has said that because of this combination our land will become some of the best in the state. Except for the north section of the town we are very free of stones, witness not many stone walls nearby.

When the Major Purchase was divided among the original settlers the ratio of swamp land to upland was about 7 to 2 with the larger, or 7 part swamp. We are not all old stuck in the mud. The total earth picture with respect to land and water is in the ratio of about 2 to 6.

So if the balance is tipped a little to the wet side with the water problem becoming more acute with man's needs seemingly becoming more thirsty, it just figures that we are on the favored side of the street so to speak. There are 1700 acres of ponds plus small storage of water along with the two more important rivers, the Colchester and the Winnetuxet, that make up our water volume. It is a very favorable comparison to the way nature has designed the over all pattern, water and land wise, the world over.

Silver Lake has not always been known as such. In early times it was called the "Jones River Pond." It is almost exactly 2 miles long and may average a little less than 1/2 mile wide. The quality of the water and the subsequent ice that formed on it in the winter with the advantageous closeness of the railroad track were probably the inducements that influenced the enterprise knows as the Boston Ice Company.

Indigenous Americans came from a wide radius to drink of the beneficial waters that flowed plentifully from a sulfur spring south of River Street, not far from Fuller Street and River Street junction. 

Respectfully Submitted by Sue Basile, edited by M.Hardy