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Here is the new LED sign at our Fire Station for those important messages.
 Looking good!

Photo Credits for all of these photos: Sue Basile

Working hard on our water tower. Let's keep it flowing!




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September 20, 2015

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Historical Tidbit:  
Old Cowbell owned by Guy Baker

  When I was growing up, my  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.
     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...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.
         sue and her plant   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.
 
Respectfully submitted by Sue Basille 


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Upcoming Schedule of Events
Monday, September 21
Love to Walk - 9a - Council on Aging (COA)
Men's Coffee - 9a - COA
Cribbage - 10a - COA
Chair Yoga - 11a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Crochet/knitting - 1p - COA
Joy of Writing - 2p - COA
Tech Savy Class - 2:45p - COA
Poetry of Winston Bolton - 6:30p - Holmes Public Library
Finance Comm - 7p - Town Hall
Tuesday, September 22
Men's Coffee - 9a - COA
SHINE Counsel - 9a - COA
Council on Aging - 10a - COA
Lunch - noon - COA
Line Dance - 2:30p - COA
Evening Book Club - 6:30p - Holmes Public Library
Board of Selectmen- 7:30p - Town Hall
Wednesday, September 23

Exercise - 9:30a - COA

Quilting - 10a - COA

Wii Games - 10:30a - COA

Chair Yoga - 11a - COA

Children's Book Club - 2:45p - Library

Line Dancing - 6:30p - All Seasons

Friends of the Library - 6:30p - Library

Board of Selectmen/COA/Bldg Needs - 7p - Town Hall

 Thursday, September 24

Men's Coffee - 9a - COA

Oil Painting - 10a - COA

Toddler Story Time - 11a - Library

Lunch - noon - COA

Shopping Van - 12:30p - COA

Pre-K Story Time - 1p - Library 

Bulky Waste Collection Day

Friday, September 25

Our Lady of The Lake Church Mass - 9a  

Errand Van - 9a - COA

Infant Lapsit - 10a - Library

Ballroom Dance - 11a - COA

Preschool Story Time - 11:30a - Library

Lunch - noon - COA
Saturday, September 26

Brush Day - 8a - Highway Dept

Generations Yard Sale - 9a - Town Hall Green

Our Lady of The Lake Mass - 4p

 Sunday, September 27
Our Lady of The Lake Church Masses - 7:30a & 10:30a
Halifax Congregational Church Service - 10a  

Our Lady of The Lake Golf Outing - 1p - Halifax Country Club
Family Sock Hop - 2p - Elementary School Gym


*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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Winston F. Bolton will read from his latest poetry collection, Among Ruins

Holmes Public Library
Monday, Sept. 21, at 6:30 pm

Copies will be available for sale, but no purchase is necessary to attend this free event. "Greece, Rome, Stonehenge . . . we prize our ruins, civilization's milestones. They tell us where we've been. Among Ruins is a look-back at a life lived through a significant part of the last century, spanning the Great Depression and WWII," writes Bridgewater poet, Faye George.
Light refreshments provided, courtesy of the Friends of the Holmes Public Library. For more about Among Ruins, please visit www.cherry-grove.com/bolton.
For more about the library, please visit holmespubliclibrary.org. 
Evening Book Club
Tuesday, September 22 at 6:30pm
Holmes Public Library

This month's selection is
Shotgun Lovesongs 
by Nickolas Butler.
Copies are available at the Circulation Desk.

New members are always welcome.

Contact: Jean Gallant   781-293-2271   hfxpl@sailsinc.org
Family Sock Hop for HOPS 
  

September 27th from 2-5pm.
Join us at the Halifax Elementary School Gym
for a FAMILY SOCK HOP!!
DJ, Line dancing, and raffles!!
$20 per family if tickets are bought before the 26th.
Prizes for the best 50's attire!! 

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT HOPS PLAYGROUND!!
If anyone is interested in donating a gift certificate / tickets to something or a basket raffle, they may contact Nicole Parmeggiani at nicoled024@comcast.net
Looking for citizens to serve on Halifax's Agricultural Commission

The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office has approved the Town's by-law establishing a seven-person Halifax Agricultural Commission.  
Six of the members are to be from the active farming community and there will be one resident at large of Halifax.
The members shall serve as facilitators for encouraging the pursuit of agriculture in Halifax, shall promote agricultural-based economic opportunities in Town, shall act as advocates, educators, and/or negotiators on farming issues, shall work for preservation of prime agricultural lands, and shall pursue all initiatives appropriate to creating a sustainable agricultural community.
Residents interested in serving on the Agricultural Commission should download the "Talent Bank" form from the Town's web site and return it to the Board of Selectmen's Office or call the Office at 781-294-1316 by no later than September 29.

Charlie Seelig
Halifax Town Administrator
781-294-1316
Is it feasible to install automated controls at the Brockton Dam on Stump Brook?

The Town of Halifax Workshop 
 Wednesday, September 30 
 7:00pm in the GAR Room of the Brockton City Hall, 45 School St.

 A workshop will be held on the feasibilityof installing automated controls at the Brockton Dam on Stump Brook in Halifax. This is one of several possible projects that could help improve the water quality of Monponsett Pond. 

The Town of Halifax invites the City of Brockton's officials and employees, along with any interested residents, to attend the presentation. For more information, please contact the Halifax Town Administrator, Charlie Seelig, at 781-294-1316.

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It's a Mystery to Me: Hallie Ephron & Hank Phillippi Ryan

Monday September 28, 2015 : 06:30 PM

Community Room at Holmes Public Library
The Halifax Cultural Council is now accepting applications for the Council's Fiscal Year 2016 grant cycle.  All applications must be submitted to the Halifax Cultural Council, 499 Plymouth Street, Halifax, MA 02338, no later than Thursday, October 15.  Grant applications and other information are available on the Council's web site: www.town.halifax.ma.us/HalifaxMA_Bcomm/Cultural/index - This year, the Council's priorities include an emphasis on events in Halifax, but not just in the "municipal center," programs related to 
nature, science, environmental education and the Town's history; programs for seniors, library patrons, and teens, and programs involving artists and speakers from Halifax.  Applicants can obtain more information through the Halifax Board of Selectmen's office at 781-294-1316.

Johnny Macaroni's
 
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The meal you wait all year for!
Chicken autumn!


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Bridgewater State Observatory Opens to the Public

The BSU Observatory will host public nights on Wednesdays during Fall 2015 beginning September 30th.
for exact dates and times. These events occur on the 5th floor patios of
the Dana Mohler-Faria Science and Mathematics Center.

These events are weather-dependent. Please check a few hours prior to each event to see if the weather will allow it to go on.
Call our hotline at 508-531-DARK, find us on Facebook (Bridgewater State University Observatory), or follow us on Twitter @BSUObservatory to check.
Goldfinch & Sunflowers - Mary Wright Julius

 
"I love to watch the birds and butterflies that come to the late-summer garden. Flocks of grackles fill the trees and empty the feeders every day as they get ready to journey South. The hummingbirds are gathering nectar from the bee balm and the butterfly bush is a favorite of the black swallowtail. The yellow goldfinches are busy pulling every seed from the sunflowers. Occasionally, the cooper's hawk shows up at the feeders and all the birds scatter until he leaves. September is a time of transition, of preparing for colder weather and the first frost, and the birds know it's coming." 

Thank you, Mary, for sharing these beautiful captures of life!
 "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." 
~ George S. Patton

"You won't change anything significant in the world if you try to be like it. Change comes when you do something different." 
~ Shannon L. Alder
"Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity." ~
Arnold Bennett

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Imagine where we would be without our dreamers and inventors! 
~ Jacquie

Halifax Town Buildings

 

Town Hall

499 Plymouth St.

781-294-1316

Mon-Thurs 8a-4p

 

Holmes Public Library

470 Plymouth Street

 781-293-2271 

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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"Frozen" Themed Corn Maze Birthday Parties Available

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Senior Singers

Sunday, September 20, at 2pm Henrich Hall at Halifax Mobile Estates

 

Join us for some musical fun with the Senior Singers today!

If you missed their free performance at the library, they'll be playing and singing for us at Henrich Hall.

This is a free event and all are welcome to attend. 

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Future of our Council on Aging
Board of Selectmen Special Joint Meeting
Wednesday, September 23 at 7pm
Selectmen's Meeting Room, Halifax Town Hall
 
This is a joint meeting of the Halifax Council on Aging and the Municipal and School Building Committee with the Board of Selectmen to discuss possible options for a future Council on Aging building.

Charlie Seelig
Town Administrator

Unique Ladies Gift Show

Friday, October 2
3 - 8pm

Saturday, October 3
10am - 3pm

Knights of Columbus
1195 Bedford St 
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Crafts * Vendors * Gifts of All Kinds

Vendors:  spots still available. 
Contact Gail Mather
for more information.
Salon Serenity
 
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Wed 10am-7pm
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Reminder:

Thursday, Sept 24 is Bulky Waste Collection Day.

If you signed up for pickup, please have your bulky items ready.  

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Generations Yard Sale
Saturday, Sept 26 from 9am to 2pm
Town Hall Parking Lot

Friends of the Council on Aging (Generations) and Triad will be having a Community Yard Sale on September 26th from 9:00am to 2:00pm at the Halifax Town Hall parking lot.
There will be lots of great bargains to choose from.
Please stop by and support your COA.
 
Only $20.00 per space if you wish to sell your treasures.
For more information, call Ken Vinton at 781-294-1057
Golf Outing
Sunday, Sept 27
at 1pm
Halifax Country Club

The 5th Annual Golf Outing sponsored by Our Lady of The Lake Church will take place at the Halifax Country Club.
There are many contests and awards. Dinner is at 6:00pm. Registration is $100.
If you don't golf, maybe you would like to sponsor our golf tournament. Please call 781-293-7971.
Registration forms can be found on the table at the rear of the church.
The Dr. Mary Jo Moriarty Pool is open for the Fall Semester 

Open Swim times include:
M/W/F 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
T/Th 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. & 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Monday - Thursday evening 8:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Community pool passes are $5.00. 

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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME 
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and beeee entered to win

A facial and a $10 gift certificate of Mary Kay products from Jeanne Smith and Cindy Guarino, Mary Kay consultants
 
Historical Tidbit Question:

In what year was the Barton Bell Company founded?

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Please include your name, 
phone number & town
with your answer.
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your name in next week's 
Buzz Around Halifax.
  
On September 22, 2015, we 
will randomly pick a winner
from the correct answers.

The Buzz was compiled

this week by , Theresa McNulty, Marla Prince, Stacy Rancourt, 
Jacquelyn Rose, & Betty Stirling.

 

 

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