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Bridgewater Business Association's Autumn Fest was a fantastic day!

A BIG "thank you" to all the volunteers. 
www.bridgewaterbiz.biz

Funds raised from Autumn-Fest, Christmas on the Common, and other events and activities the BBA sponsors help fund and grow the BBA Charity Fund. This fund has been established to help residents who seek assistance with life needs, not only during the harsh winter months, but all year long. The Bridgewater Business Association raises money to fund this account, as well as continue the operation of our organization. Since 2005, the BBA has donated over $75,000 and helped more than 300 Bridgewater residents.
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Congratulations
Bianca Sylvia

Bianca won two tickets to Nessralla Farms Corn Maze
139 Hemlock Lane, Halifax
(up to an $18 value)

You should play
our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom of this column.

You could win an Ultimate Hair conditioning treatment with a haircut & style ($70) from Revolutions Styling Salon & Spa Rte 106, 
East Bridgewater
Historical Tidbit: 
 
1840-1860 BSU was a Teaching Normal School. Founded on principles drawn from the West Point model of the "fine art of teaching," as opposed to lecture-examination or recitation-examination method.

A normal school was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name.

Tillinghast Hall (1916) is at the corner of School and Summer streets. Named after the first principal of Bridgewater Normal School

Monday, October 12

Happy Columbus Day!
All town offices, banks, schools & library are closed.

Tuesday, October 13

Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Lunch - noon - CYSC
Drop-in Story Time - 1:30p - Library
Jeff Belanger Visits - 6:30p - Library
Water & Sewer Comm - 5p - 90 Cottage St
Conservation Comm  - 7p - Police Station
Veterans Council - 7p - CYSC
Wednesday, October 14
Rotary Club of The Bridgewaters - 7:15a - Good Days Restaurant, WB
Exercise - 9a - CYSC
Crafters - 9a - CYSC
Drop-in Story Time - 9:30a - Library
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Quilters - 11a - CYSC
Book Babies - 11a - Library
Spanish Class - 11:15a - CYSC
Thursday, October 15
Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Flu Vaccine - 10a - CYSC
Food Pantry - 10a - Central Square Congregational, UCC
Book Babies - 10:30a - Library
Cooking Class - 10:30a - CYSC
Friday, October 16
Exercise - 9a - COA
Crafters - 9a - COA
Mah Jong - 10a - COA
Read Together, Grow Together - 10:30a - Library
Saturday, October 17
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Mass - 4p
Whist - 7p - CYSC
Sunday, October 18
First Parish Church - 10:30a 
Bridgewater Baptist Church - 10a
Saint Thomas Aquinas Mass - 7:45a, 10 and 12p 
Trinity Episcopal - 8am and 10a worship services, 10a Sunday school 
Central Square Congregational, UCC  - 10a
Bridgewater United Methodist - 10a
Faith Chapel Assembly of God - school 9a, service 10a
Trinity Covenant - 10a
United Methodist  - 10a - Worship & school 
New Jerusalem - 10:30a
Scotland Trinitarian Congregational - 10:30a 
St. Basil's Chapel - 10:00a and 5p -  note new 5p time * -
BSU Campus  
West Bridgewater Baptist Church - 10:30a
 
* Information compiled in this issue from Town web sites, submitted information and "Senior Publishing."  Feel free to submit events & information from your non-profit group.

TEAM TIFFANY!

On October 11, we're riding to cure Friedreich's ataxia (FA), a debilitating, life shortening neuromuscular disease that affects the heart, eyes, bones; the ability to walk, talk, eat, swallow and live a normal life. We'll ride with local FA families, friends and cycling enthusiasts to redefine what is possible in FA research.

We want to thank everyone for your support in the past. FARA is in the last leg of the marathon to find a cure!

This year, Tiffany is joining us in her wheelchair bike that she received from FARA's Ataxia Athletic Initiative Grant. We are very excited to be Team Tiffany! Please donate: checks can be made out to FARA and sent to 20 Woodland Drive, Bridgewater, MA 02324, 533 W. Uwchlan Ave, Downington, PA 19335 or just follow this link and donate on line to Team Tiffany!

 
 
Free Cooking Class With Chef Nick

 

Thursday, October 15, at 10:30am

Cole-Yeaton Senior Center

 

Please join us for a demonstration of how to make

fresh stuffed quahogs and get to sample them.  Seating is limited. 

This is a free event.  Please call 508-697-0929 to sign up.

BRIDGEWATER FARM SUPPLY

 

Give the leaves an inch and they will take your yard

 

We Have All Your Fall Clean-Up Supplies

 

    Bridgewater Farm Supply
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1000 Plymouth St, (Rt104) 
Bridgewater

(508) 697-0357 

 

Sunday, October 18, 2015 at 3:00 pm

Celebrating America!

Brockton Symphony Orchestra
James M. Orent, conductor


Join the Symphony as we celebrate the vivid musical traditions of the United States, along with our principal cellist, Kevin Crudder:

Chadwick Jubilee from Symphonic Sketches
Anderson First Day of Spring
Herbert Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major
Gould American Salute (based on When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
Dvořák American Suite in A major
Bernstein/Mason - West Side Story Medley
Sousa El Capitan March

Under the direction of Maestro James M. Orent, the Brockton Symphony brings together many of the most talented musicians in the Brockton/South Shore area to perform world-class symphonic music for our community.

Tickets are $20; $15 seniors/students with ID. FREE for 18 and under!

For more information, please visit www.brocktonsymphony.org or call the Symphony line at 508.588.3841.



THE BODY MAINTENANCE PLACE
Lisa Evans, CHT, NCLMT

Board Certified Massage Therapist
Consulting Hypnotist
Clinic Facilitator
 
Smoking Cessation, HypnoBirthing, HypnoCoach
Call for a free consultation

781-963-2901
 

Tapped:
 a film about the environmental impact of bottled water

Screening hosted by the First Parish Green Sanctuary Committee
and the Bridgewater Green Committee
Sunday, October 18th at 2:00 PM
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church
50 School Street, Bridgewater

This event is free and open to the public.
Popcorn and apple cider will be served.

Dance Theater of New England
Bring-A-Friend Week is Oct 19-24

DTNE Dancers Can Bring a Friend To Take a Class.
Free Registration Forms May Be Picked Up at The Front Desk 
or From Your Child's Instructor

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50 Central Square
Bridgewater, MA 02324
(508) 697-5255


You're cordially invited to
The Taunton River Watershed Alliance, Inc.
2015 Annual Meeting



Saturday, October 24, 2015, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Bristol County Agricultural High School, Dighton MA

Featuring a special presentation:
"The Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area: Past, Present and Future Restoration"

Guest speaker: Joan Pierce, Land Agent for the
Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game,
Southeast District


The Burrage Pond Wildlife Management Area in Halifax and Hanson is one of the irreplaceable open space gems in the Taunton River watershed. Our featured speaker, Joan Pierce of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, will talk about the past, present and future of this remarkable area: its acquisition history, outstanding natural resource values, what to see and where, management issues and future plans.

Refreshments will be served. The 2016 Taunton River Tide Calendar will be available for purchase at a discounted price.
 
Please join us for TRWA's 2015 Annual Meeting on Saturday, October 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. The event will be held in the auditorium of Bristol County Agricultural High School, located at 135 Center Street in Dighton. The program will include reports on TRWA's activities during the past year, election of Board members and officers and a display of award-winning photos from TRWA's 2016 Taunton River Tide Calendar.
The Annual Meeting is open to the public. Admission is free and all are welcome. Please bring family and friends as well! You can contact TRWA at 508-828-1101 or e-mail us at: director@savethetaunton.org. You can also visit our website: www.savethetaunton.org.


Hot Mess Concert Fundraiser for the Greater Bridgewater Women of Today
 
November 7,  7-11 PM
Bridgewater Veterans' Club
Ticket Price: $25 per person, (all proceeds benefit our Family in Need Fund)
For Tickets: Wheel House Real Estate office-604 Bedford St. 
E. Bridgewater, or e-mail: KARoss1@comcast.net
(Please note that groups of 10 may reserve a table for this event.)
Greater Bridgewater Women of Today will be hosting a concert with Boston area favorites Hot Mess! Hot Mess is a party band with roots that run deep into the Boston Music scene. Boasting drums, keyboards, guitar, bass & both male & female vocalists, Hot Mess can serve up a wide range of "OMG, they sound JUST like the original band" & "Oooooh, I love this song"!

Admission cost is $25.00 per ticket and the group asks that each person brings a canned good for donation to our local food pantry. Proceeds will benefit our Family in Need Fund. The GBWOT Family in Need Fund has been established to help assist local families experiencing hardships. 

To date, GBWOT has helped more than 40 families in various ways, including supplying gift cards to families with an immediate family member in the hospital, providing photography services to families with a terminally ill parent, providing meals and Christmas gifts to families with a parent 
recently passed away, donating gift cards to family who lost their home in a fire, and much more.

GBWOT meetings are open to the public and are held on the third Monday of the month. For meeting location in Bridgewater, visit the group's Facebook page and send them a private Facebook message.  To access event flyers and for more information on the group visit: www.mawt.org/gbwot.

 The Bridgewater-Raynham Special Education Parents Advisory Council (BR-SEPAC)
Family Special Education Night
  Friday, October 23rd, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. 
Laliberte Elementary School,
 777 Pleasant St, Raynham, MA.  



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Grounds Beauty
The Cole-Yeaton Senior Center grounds has had a fall makeover by the Bridgewater Garden Club. 
Members maintain the grounds and this week have removed the front shrubs that were planted when the building was built in 1995. Fall plants have been added to the other gardens to make it attractive. Those working on the grounds included, Daytime President, Donna Albro, her husband Carl, Carol Cleary, Roberta Reynolds, Ann Wood, Sandra Alley, Pam Odom and Claire Freeman.
Garden Club meetings are held at the Senior Center. For more information, 
call 508-697-7617 or Bridgewatermagardenclub@gmail.com.

 

One connected flow of energy....

"You may have heard the world is made up of atoms and molecules, but it's really made up of stories. When you sit with an individual that's been here, you can give quantitative data a qualitative overlay."
~William Turner

"... the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules."
~ Ellen DeGeneres
"Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow." ~ Paracelsus 

jacquie 2013
Zap. Tag, you're it. 
~ Jacquie

Town Buildings

 

Town Hall

64 Central Square

508-697-0921

Mon-Thurs 8a-4p

Fri 8a-1p

 

Public Library

15 South St

508-697-3331

Mon-Wed 9a-8p 

Thurs10a-5p

Fri & Sat 10a-2p

 

Cole-Yeaton Senior Center
10 Wally Krueger Way
508-697-0929

Mon-Thurs 9a-3p

Fri 9a-noon 

 

Food Pantry

Central Square Church

71 Central Sq.

 508-697-6016

Thursdays - 10a

Small Businesses make our Community Strong. Support them every day!

 
Viridian
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Viridian Energy Sells Affordable, Responsible Energy to Residential & Small Commercial Electric, Natural Gas & Solar Customers.

Gail Mather, Viridian Representative
(508) 350-9755

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Call Us Today to Discuss Your Rental Needs or to Make a Reservation

10 Bedford Park
Bridgewater
508-279-0950


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Reminder:

Monday, October 12, is Columbus Day

All town offices, banks, library and school are closed.

The Bridgewater Cultural Council is looking for members. 
Help us distribute funds to artistic and cultural endeavors!

Any further questions should be directed to:  Angela Dimisioris, Secretary, Bridgewater Cultural Council at angie@dimisioris.com

Fall Into Autumnfest

Wednesday, October 21 at noon

Cole-Yeaton Senior Center

 

Join us for a special gathering with a catered lunch.

Entertainment to follow by entertainer

Gary Leanues

$5.00 donation

Event is for Bridgewater Seniors Only

Seating is limited

Please stop by the Center to purchase your ticket. 

Fall Rummage Sale
9 AM to 1:30 PM
Saturday, October 24.

Central Square Congregational Church, 71 Central Sq. (on the common) Bridgewater,

  Featured will be clothing, shoes, linens, household items, jewelry, books, toys, fellowship furniture and our newest shop "Denim Den" (all things denim!).  Bag sale starts at noon.  The fantastic "Soup's On" luncheon will feature a variety of homemade soups, sandwiches and hot dogs with an assortment of condiments.  Take- out available!  There will also be a gourmet bake table.  Proceeds from the sale benefit various local mission projects.
Sacred Circle Dancing throughout the Fall!
Every 4th Sunday
(10/25 & 11/22) 12:30-2:00 pm  Bridgewater New Jerusalem Church
2 Bedford Street, Bridgewater 

Would you enjoy dancing simple, joyful dances in a circle of friendly people? To relax and let go of daily stress in a community of kindred spirits? Then come join us every fourth Sunday 
this fall.
Beginners are always welcome. No partner is necessary. The steps are simple, carefully taught each time, and easily learned. We do traditional dances from around the world (Greece, Israel, Scotland, Russia, France, North and South America, etc.) along with newly choreographed dances. The music is a delightful mix of ethnic, classical, and pop. Some dances are slow and meditative and others are quite lively and invigorating.
Circle Dance is a means for relaxation, joy, growth, awareness and healing. Also known as Sacred Dance or World Dance, it was birthed at Findhorn, a spiritual community in Scotland.
Come try it out! For more information contact 
bridgewaternewchurch
 or
 call 508-443-1688.



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"Remembering Franklin D. Roosevelt," an informative lecture at the Bridgewater Public Library

Presented by Historian and Professor Gary Hylander on October 27th



This year marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Franklin Roosevelt, a president whom many historians celebrate as the greatest president of the twentieth century.

Join us as we discuss how FDR's New Deal Programs worked to relieve the unemployment crisis of the Great Depression and in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, to fight and win a war in both Europe and Asia. No matter how grave the situation appeared, a confident FDR assured the nation that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

Hylander is currently an independent scholar who specializes as a presidential historian, a pedagogical specialist for the National Endowment for the Humanities and professor of history.

The event, which is funded by the Friends of the Bridgewater Public Library, begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library and is free and open to the public.

The Beatles: Band of the Sixties
Monday, October 19, at 6:30pm
Bridgewater Public Library

The Beatles: Band of the Sixties, will be presented by Beatle scholar, Aaron Krerowicz.
Explore the music of The Beatles in this 60-minute multimedia presentation (part history and part musical analysis) spanning the full 1960's: beginning with the band's seminal visits to Hamburg, continuing through Beatlemania, and concluding with Abbey Road.
The program will be supplemented with audio clips of music and excerpts from interviews with the band members.
This is a free event open to the public.  All are welcome.

 
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Fall Social
"The Magic of David Oliver"
Friday, October 23, from 7-10pm
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish Center 

David Oliver is a master of presenting classical magic in a contemporary manner.  You may have seen David on one of many TV appearances, including recently, when his magic was featured on the Discovery Channel, "The Early Show" on CBS, the Documentary Channel film "American Carny" and "ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
 
We hope you will join us for a night of Fun!  
Please remember to print your tickets.
 
Must be 21 years and over. Doors open at 7pm
Bring your own drinks and snacks.
Tickets are $20 in advance and can be purchased
 prize box  
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
have fun with us
and beeee entered to win

An Ultimate Hair conditioning treatment with a haircut & style ($70) from Revolutions Styling Salon & Spa Rte 106, 
East Bridgewater 

Historical Tidbit Question:

Who was Tillinghast Hall named for? 

Email us your answer at: 
Please include your name, 
phone number & town
with your answer.
By entering, you give us
permission to announce 
your name in next week's 
Buzz Around Bridgewater.
 
On October 13, 2015, we will randomly pick a winner from the correct answers.
The Buzz was compiled
this week by  Stephen Kelley, Theresa McNulty, Marla Prince, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose,
Jill Silvia  & Betty Stirling.


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