Monponsett Pond  Treatment

Image credit: Monponsett Watershed Assoc.

The last of this year's treatments in East Monponsett Pond in Halifax to reduce the amounts of non-native and invasive weeds in the pond will occur on Monday, August 24. Use of water from the Pond for drinking, cooking, boating, fishing and swimming is not recommend on Monday, August 24 and Tuesday, August 25. The water should not be used for irrigation until Thursday, September 24. For more information, please contact the Halifax Board of Selectmen's Office at 781-294-1316 or Aquatic Control Technology at (508) 865-1000.

Respectfully Submitted, 

Charlie Seelig
Halifax Town Administrator
781-294-1316

Senior Singers Sing -Along

Holmes Public Library

Tue Aug 25 - Come join us!

At its meeting on Tuesday, August 11, the Halifax Board of Selectmen voted to hold a special town meeting on Tuesday, September 8, at 7:30pm in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Halifax Elementary School, 464 Plymouth Street. The primary reason for the meeting is to transfer money originally appropriated in May for the first year of a five-year lease-purchase of an aerial firefighting platform/vehicle for the Halifax Fire Department so that it can be used, instead, as a matching share to the Assistance to Firefighters Grant received by the Town in order to purchase this vehicle. The language in the appropriation approved in May was very specific and another vote is needed in order to properly authorize the use of the money as the Town's match to this grant. In addition to this article, there will be an article to use the rest of the money from the original appropriation to reduce the Town's tax rate and an article to transfer money from an article to purchase computer equipment for the Elementary School in order to help purchase a new telephone system. A copy of the warrant is available.

The last day to register in order to be eligible to vote at this special town meeting is Monday, August 31. The Town Clerk's Office at the Halifax Town Hall, 499 Plymouth Street, will be open until 8pm to accommodate those who wish to register.

The pivotal moment of the Twentieth Century, The Second World War came to it's end seventy years ago this month. 

Politically, scientifically and even culturally, it marked a transitional phase in our nation. 

Many of us grew up hearing of the saga from those who participated in the events. For others, it is a journey through tomes and photographs, capturing not only the technical aspects of the conflict but also the emotions, fears and hopes of those who lived and died through it. Countless films of various quality have been made. 

What is important about this anniversary of the end of the War is how close we are to losing all living memories of those years. Surviving veterans are now well into their late eighties and nineties. Even the children who participated in scrap metal drives are now senior citizens. Let us ponder all that happened in those years, and think about those who sacrificed their tomorrows so we could have our todays.

Signing the surrender on the deck of USS Missouri, 9-2-1945. Photo public domain.

.  Respectfully Submitted, M. Hardy