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EARLY FENCES


 

The first settlers were interested primarily in acquiring land. Thus land became the basis of a man's wealth. There was little ready money and the  

expression "land poor" was often literally true. Most of the proprietors and many of the first settlers of a town would be called land speculators today.  As one looks through town records, it is amazing to see the constant buying and selling of land.


 

With the emphasis on land, it was necessary to have accurate boundaries and fences.  Robert Frost understood this when he wrote "good fences make good neighbors."

The first fences were probably made of pine stumps as this region was covered with huge pine trees. If the land was level and relatively free of large stones,  it would have been easy to plow. 

 Our early farmers could have burned the huge stumps as they cleared the fields, but this was a long, slow process. The settlers needed cleared field immed

iately for the planting of grain to feed their families and livestock.  These sensible, hard-working farmers had a new idea.  The stumps could be pulled and hauled to the edges of their fields to serve as fences. This fence was not only cheap, but long-lasting and needing no repairs.

 The more rockier areas  built stone walls with the large stones found in their fields.

sue and her plant Our early ingenious farmers had a use for everything!


 

 

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Upcoming Schedule of Events
Monday, August 10

Church - 9a - Council on Aging  (COA)

Computer - 10a - COA

Cribbage - 10a - COA

Tai Chi - 11a - COA

Lunch - noon - COA - 1p - COA

Craft/Knit/Crochet - 1p - COA

Joy of Writing - 2p - COA

Zoning Board - 7p - Town Hall

Finance Comm - 7p - Town Hall

Tuesday, August 11
Men's Coffee- 9a - COA
SHINE Counsel- 9a - COA
Council on Aging - 10a - COA
Triad - 10a - Police Station
Lunch- noon - COA
Line Dance - 2:30p - COA
Board of Assessors- 4:30p - Town Hall
Library Trustees - 6:30p - Library
Water Comm - 7p - Esther Dr
Board of Selectmen - 7:30p - Town Hall
Wednesday, August 12

Exercise - 9:30a - COA

Quilting - 10a - COA

Wii Games - 10:30a - COA

Chair Yoga - 11a - COA

Lunch - noon - COA

Line Dancing - 6:30p - COA

Transportation Night - 6p - Library

 Thursday, August 13

Men's Coffee - 9a - COA

Oil Painting - 10a - COA

Lunch - noon - COA

Shopping Van - 12:30p - COA

Halifax Writes - 3p - Library

Board of Selectmen - 7p - Town Hall

Friday, August 14

Our Lady of the Lake Church Mass - 9a  

Errand Van -9a - COA

Ballroom Dance -11a - COA

Lunch - noon - COA
Saturday, August 15

Gridiron Kickoff 5k - 9a - Silver Lake Regional High

Our Lady of the Lake Mass - 4p

 

 Sunday, August 16
Our Lady of the Lake Church Masses - 7:30a & 10:30a
Halifax Congregational Church Service - 10a  

 

*Information compiled from the Town & Library Websites, Council on Aging Newsletter, and individual submissions. If you'd like something listed, email us.
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Triad Meeting

Tuesday, August 11 at 10am

Halifax Police Station 

 

TRIAD will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, August 11 at 10am.

This month, our guest speakers Kimberly King and Harry Town will be presenting important information on wood ticks and the potential problems that can occur if we don't avoid the pests with vigilance.
Please join us for this informative discussion.

Transportation Night

Wednesday, August 12

at 6pm

Holmes Public Library

 

The Holmes Public Library will hold a Touch a Truck event with police, fire, highway department trucks and a First Student school bus on Wednesday, August 12 from 6pm to 7pm at the Library.

 

This is a free, fun, family event.

Don't forget to bring a camera!

Rain date August 19.



 

Gridiron Kickoff 5K

Saturday, August 15 at 9am

Silver Lake Regional High School

 

Kickoff the 2015 Football Season with the 2nd Annual Gridiron Kickoff 5K on Saturday, August 15.  
The race begins at 9:00 am with a start and finish line of Silver Lake Regional High School, 260 Pembroke Street, Kingston, MA.  click here for flyer


Looking for Volunteers

 

The Board of Selectmen invites anyone who is interested in volunteering
for the Town's summer festival event, Halifax in Lights, in 2016, to
come to a meeting on Tuesday, August 18 at 8:00pm in the Selectmen's
Meeting Room at Town Hall to talk with the Board of Selectmen about the
2015 edition of the event and plans for 2016. Volunteers are needed to
help fundraise, organize activities, obtain sponsors, and recruit
residents to help out on the day of the event. Anyone with questions
about the event can call the Selectmen's Office at 781-294-1316. 

                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. 

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Cool Fun at the Holmes Library!

 

During the heat wave last week, Summer Reading groups at the Holmes Public Library celebrated Water Week with Marie Coady and her teen volunteers.

 

Kids made water balloon yo-yos, played games (including a variation on Duck, Duck, Goose called Drip, Drip, Splash) and got really wet!

 

Upcoming events to close out another year of Summer Reading fun:
Transportation Night, Wed., Aug. 12, at 6:00 p. Rain date, Aug. 19.
Music Fun with the Girl Scouts, Thurs., Aug. 20, 11 am. Best
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  for grades K-4, but all ages welcome.

               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.

For more, visit http://holmespubliclibrary.org and click on "Our Kids Photos", and also "like" Holmes Public Library on Facebook.
 Interested Serving on the Halifax Cultural Council?

The Halifax Board of Selectmen is seeking residents interested in
serving on the Halifax Cultural Council. The Council provides grant funding for a wide-range of cultural programs and activities. However, in order to distribute this grant funding, the Council needs a minimum of five members. The Council usually meets twice a year: once in the late summer to review the grant procedures and once in the late fall to make grant decisions. Any resident interested in serving on the Council should contact the Halifax Board of Selectmen's Office at 781-294-1316.

The Monponsett Trading Post

 

This time of year, many of us enjoy the great outdoors, and in Halifax the Monponsett Pond is simply too large to ignore.

Right along its shores, on 590 Monponsett Street, is the Monponsett Trading Post; ideal for those who would enjoy catching those fish so close by.

A family operated business, it sells handcrafted lures and fishing rods.

 

 For those with a sweeter tooth, they also sell local honey!  Local arts and crafts are for sale, many with the theme of Halifax and other local towns abundant. Feel free to check it out and perhaps make that special catch on the pond afterwards.

Glass etching, rod and lure customized painting & unique fishing supplies.
A reel catch for everyone!

 

 

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"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. " ~ Robert Frost

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And that has made all the difference. : )
~ Jacquie

Halifax Town Buildings

 

Town Hall

499 Plymouth St.

781-294-1316

Mon-Thurs 8a-4p

 

Holmes Public Library

470 Plymouth Street

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Mon & Wed 10a-8p
Tues, Thurs, Fri  10a-5p

Saturday Closed

 

Council on Aging

506 Plymouth Street

781-293-7313

Mon -Thurs 9a-3p

Friday 9a-1p


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Fun Free Fridays 

70 MUSEUMS & CULTURAL VENUES
10 WEEKS OF FUN THIS SUMMER
7 SITES OPEN FOR FREE EACH FRIDAY
Free Fun Fridays offers visitors no cost admission to many of the most treasured cultural venues in Massachusetts.

August 14
JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY & MUSEUM
Boston
USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM
Boston
CAPE COD CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
Mashpee
FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM
Brockton
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF GREATER FALL RIVER
Fall River
HISTORIC DEERFIELD
Deerfield
MAHAIWE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Great Barrington

Worried about what to do with the kids this summer?

Check out these great activities and events!

Free stuff for everyone!

The kids won't have time to be bored!

 

Kids bowl free - 2 games a day all summer!

Kids bowl free link, click here 

 

365 things to do south shore

lists different daily ideas

365 things link, click here 

 

Free outdoor movies, events & more visit South Shore Mamas -click here 

 

For free events at Patriot Place

Patriot Place free activities, click here 

 

Free Kids Workshops at Home Depot

For workshop info, click here 

 

Free Kids Workshops at Lowe's

Build & Grow Clinics

For clinic times & activities, click here 

 

WATER BAN IN EFFECT

 

The Water Department has imposed water restrictions beginning on May 1, 2015.
 In addition, because of the work on the water tank, there will be an outside water ban beginning on September 1, 2015 while the water tank is being painted.

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Historical Tidbit Question:

Who said good fences make good neighbors? 

 

Email us your answer at: 

Please include your name, 
phone number & town
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Buzz Around Halifax.

  

On August 11, 2015, we 
will randomly pick a winner
from the correct answers.

The Buzz was compiled

this week by Mark Hardy, Rachel Hardy, Thomas Kelley, Jr, Theresa McNulty, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose & Marla Prince

 

 

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