Buzz Around Bridgewater, MA

Lion's Cable TV Auction 
November 1         5-10:30pm 
Tune in to Channel 9 this Sunday, from 5-10:30pm, for the 2015 Academy Lion's Auction.  Call 508-807-5035 to make your bid.
To watch from your computer:
With colder weather right around the corner, have you been thinking about how you can save money and energy at home? Have a question about your electric bill? Wonder what happens when the power goes out? Curious about what your local utility company is doing in your neighborhood?

National Grid and the Town of Bridgewater are hosting a FREE community event that will answer these questions - and many more - for our South Shore customers. The evening kicks off at 6 p.m. with refreshments and a talk with Marcy Reed, President of National Grid in Massachusetts: Monday, November 2, 2015, 
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM.
Following a brief presentation and question and answer session, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an exhibit-hall style event that will feature displays on topics, including:

* Energy Efficiency - Find ways to save energy at ngrid.com/save
* Connect21 - National Grid's approach to creating the energy networks of the 21st century
* Understanding your utility bill - For ways to take control of your energy bills, visit ngrid.com/billhelp
* How we respond to power outages
* Energy safety
*Improving the reliability and resiliency of our electric systems
And more!

This event is also an opportunity for you to let us know how we're doing, in person. Dozens of National Grid representatives will be on hand to hear your feedback about the services you receive and to provide energy information and helpful tips.

Feel free to invite your friends, families, and neighbors by sharing the link www.ConnectingBridgewater.com
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Prize Box
 


Congratulations
Sue Cyr

Sue won a facial and a $10 gift certificate of Mary Kay products from Jeanne Smith and Cindy Guarino, Mary Kay consultants

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

You could win a 16-oz candle from the East Bridgewater Candle Company ($17 value)
Historical Tidbit :  Boston Post Cane
On August 2, 1909, Mr. Edwin A. Grozier, Publisher of the Boston Post 
newspaper, forwarded to the Board of Selectmen in 700 towns in New England a gold-headed ebony cane with the request that it be presented with the compliments of the Boston Post to the oldest male citizen of the town, to be used by him as long as he lives (or moves from the town), and at his death handed down to the next oldest citizen of the town. The cane would belong to the town and not the man who received it. 
The canes were all made by J.F. Fradley and Co., a New York manufacturer, from ebony shipped in seven-foot lengths from the Congo in Africa. They were cut to cane lengths, seasoned for six months, turned on lathes to the right thickness, coated and polished. They had a 14-carat gold head two inches long, decorated by hand, and a feruled tip. The head was engraved with the inscription - Presented by the Boston Post to the oldest citizen of Bridgewater - "To Be Transmitted." The Board of Selectmen were to be the trustees of the cane and keep it always in the the hands of the oldest citizen. 

In 1924, Mr. Grozier died, and the Boston Post was taken over by his son, Richard, who failed to continue his father's success and eventually died in a mental hospital. At one time the Boston Post was considered the nation's leading standard-sized newspaper in circulation. Competition from other newspapers, radio and television contributed to the Post's decline and it went out of business in 1957.

The custom of the Boston Post Cane took hold in those towns lucky enough to have canes. As years went by some of the canes were lost,  taken out of town and not returned to the Selectmen or destroyed by accident. In 1930, after considerable controversy, eligibility for the cane was opened to women as well.
Bridgewater's Boston post cane can be seen on display at the Cole- Yeaton Senior Center. 

Monday, November 2

Painters - 9a - Council on Aging (COA)
Lunch - noon - COA

Tuesday, November 3

Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Lunch - noon - CYSC
Town Council - 7:30p - BTV Studios
Wednesday, November 4
Rotary Club of The Bridgewaters - 7:15a - Good Days Restaurant, WB
Exercise - 9a - CYSC
Crafters - 9a - CYSC
Shopping - 10:15a - CYSC
Quilters - 11a - CYSC
Book Babies - 11a - Library
Spanish Class - 11:15a - CYSC
Ready for the Holidays - 6:30p - Library
Senior Trustees - 6:30p - CYSC
Thursday, November 5
Zumba - 9a - CYSC
Food Pantry - 10a - Central Square Congregational, UCC
Friday, November 6
Exercise - 9a - COA
Crafters - 9a - COA
Mah Jong - 10a - COA
Saturday, November 7
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Mass - 4p
Whist - 7p - CYSC
Sunday, November 8
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.
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Nobel Prizes Explained 
Monday, November 2, 4pm-6pm
Dana Mohler-Faria Science and Mathematics Auditorium

The Center for the Advancement of STEM Education and the Center for Advancement of Research and Scholarship at Bridgewater State University cordially invite you to Nobel Prizes Explained

BSU faculty members in each of the Nobel Prize categories will explain, discuss and entertain questions on the recently announced prizes in: Chemistry, Economics, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology/Medicine.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

Kindly R.S.V.P. to tinyurl.com/Nobel-Prize-2015

Please join us to discuss, learn and be inspired by these ground breaking 'noble' ideas. Parking is available in the BSU parking garage.

Reservations for this NY City bus trip must be received 
by Nov. 3, 2015. 
For more information, please contact joangam@comcast.net

 



Lines of Fire:
One Act Staged Reading of Extraordinary War Letters
First Parish Church, 50 School St, Bridgewater, MA
Thurs., Nov 12, 7pm

Dance Theater of New England
It is Not Too Late to Register for Fall Classes!
    
Why DTNE?
Check Out Why Dance Theater of New England is Meghan's Choice!

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


The Bridgewater-Raynham Special Education Parents Advisory Council Presentation:
DCAP/ICAP 
 Thursday, November 12th at 9 am.  
Bridgewater-Raynham Central Office Conference Room
166 Mt Prospect St, Bridgewater, MA.  

 Carla Thomas, Director of Student Services, will discuss the purpose and implementation of the DCAP (District Curriculum Accommodation Plan) and the ICAP (Individual Curriculum Accommodation Plan).

 The BR-SEPAC is made up of parents that represent about 850 children with special needs within the Bridgewater-Raynham School district.  The BR-SEPAC works collaboratively with the Bridgewater-Raynham Public Schools and Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee to provide support and information for parents, school personnel, and the community about disabilities and the special education process. The Bridgewater-Raynham SEPAC accomplishes this through regular meetings, workshops, presentations, and special events. The meeting is free and open to all.  For more information visit our website: brsepac.org or email kwaskiel@hotmail.com.

Bridgewater Square Chiropractic

18th Annual Community Food Drive
 to benefit the Bridgewater Food Pantry is Wednesday, November 18, 2015 
 8:00-11:45a.m. & 2:00-6:30p.m. 
All current and former patients:  bring in a shopping bag of non-perishable food items as well as toiletries  and receive an adjustment at NO CHARGE on Nov 18.
NEW PATIENTS: For your donation of a BAG OF NON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS AND/OR TOILETRIES. you will receive a gift certificate for a Complimentary Consultation and Exam!!

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                63 Main Street 
     Bridgewater
    (508) 697-0050

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 bring 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.

BRIDGEWATER FARM SUPPLY

 

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Bridgewater

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18th Annual Community Food Drive
to benefit the Bridgewater Food Pantry 
Wed, November 18, 2015 
8:00-11:45a.m. 
& 2:00- 6:30p.m. 
 
All current and former patients are asked to bring in a shopping bag of non-perishable food items as well as toiletries (diapers, wipes, paper towels, napkins, toothbrushes, toothpaste, & deodorants) to the office to receive an adjustment at NO CHARGE!! (Complimentary adjustments are performed on the day of the food drive only.)

NEW PATIENTS ARE WELCOME ALSO!! Stop in and see our office and meet Dr. Perry and Dr. Ledin. For your donation of a BAG OF NON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS AND/OR TOILETRIES, you will receive a gift certificate for a Complimentary Consultation and Exam!!

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63 Main Street, Bridgewater, MA 02324
508-697-0050

Hank Phillippi Ryan to Speak at Bridgewater Public Library 
on November 16 to discuss her recently released book, "WHAT YOU SEE."

Hank Phillippi Ryan is the on-air investigative reporter for Boston's NBC affiliate. She's won 33 EMMYs, 13 Edward R. Murrow awards and dozens of other honors for her groundbreaking journalism. A bestselling author of seven mystery novels, Ryan has won multiple prestigious awards for her crime fiction: five Agathas, the Anthony, Daphne, Macavity, and for THE OTHER WOMAN, the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award.  Her 2013 novel, THE WRONG GIRL, won both the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel and the Daphne Award for Mainstream Mystery/Suspense, and is a seven-week Boston Globe bestseller. Her novel, TRUTH BE TOLD, is the Agatha Award winner for Best Contemporary Novel and an Anthony Award nominee for Best Novel. TRUTH BE TOLD is also a Library Journal BEST BOOK OF 2014, with starred reviews from Booklist and from Library Journal.  She also won a second Agatha Award in 2015 for Best Nonfiction, as editor of WRITES OF PASSAGE, an anthology of essays by mystery authors. Ryan's next novel, WHAT YOU SEE, debuted in October 2015.

The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library, is free and open to the public and will include a book signing.

Tiffany Gambill Rides Again!





TEAM TIFFANY!

On October 11, we rode 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 rode with local FA families, friends and cycling enthusiasts to redefine what is possible in FA research.

We want to thank everyone for their 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!

 
  
~ 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!

MATA Karate

"Never Lose The Fight Within"

After School Classes
Enrolling Now!

 516 North Bedford St
2nd Floor
East Bridgewater

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DAYLIGHT Saving Time

ends Sunday, 

November 1, at 2 am

Don't forget to turn your clocks back 1 hour,

and change the batteries in your smoke detectors!


 
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Free Admittance for ALL Senior Citizens to concerts, shows and sporting events!

 

The BR School Committee offers Senior Citizens living in the towns of Bridgewater or Raynham, ages 62 and older with ID, to be allowed FREE admittance to district events such as athletic contests and school concerts.  Please call the COA at 508-697-0929 

for more information.  

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"Ready for the Holidays?"
Wednesday, Nov 4
6:30pm
Bridgewater Public Library

Join Bettie Howarth of the American Credit Counseling Service, Inc., a United Way Community Partner.  Although the holidays bring cheer and celebrations, they also bring stress to many, especially when it comes to finances. The key to enjoying an affordable holiday season is creating a budget that covers all expenses. 
Topics of discussion will include how to develop and stay within a budget, tips for reducing expenses, as well as how to prepare for the impact of higher fuel costs this winter.
 
The event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Bridgewater Public Library, is free and open to the public.
Bridgewater United Methodist Church
 Annual Fair
Friday, Nov. 6th, 
from 5-8, Saturday 
Nov. 7th, 9-3.

There are crafters, a bake table and bargain basement in the Eldon T. Cole building
15 Cedar Street.

There is a luncheon of soup and sandwiches both days and a silent auction 
in the church basement. 

 On Saturday there will be a children's craft table.

35 School Street Bridgewater, MA 

508-697-9165
2015 HOLLY BERRY FAIR
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 The Stone Meadow Residents Association will hold their annual Holly Berry Fair on Saturday, November 7th,  from 9:00am to 2:00pm at Stone Meadow (off Plain Street, Bridgewater).
  We will have crafts, baked goods, Victorian Tea Room, Grandma's Attic, Chinese raffle, door prizes, and our Stone Meadow Café.  Free admission and free parking.

Central Square Congregational Church Annual Fair: Winter Wonderland!
71 Central Square
(on the common)

Friday, November 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm (including Pie 
and coffee night!)
Saturday, November 14, 9:00am-2:00pm, including luncheon service
Saturday, November 14, 5pm & 6:30pm turkey supper seatings (plus takeout)

MARK YOUR CALENDAR, AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS!

All of your favorites will be there: Pie! (Friday evening pie & coffee) * The cookie walk (how many different cookies can you fit in your tin?) and other baked goods * Homemade candy and goodies * Hand-made gift items * Holiday items * Jewelry * Attic treasures rummage * Silent auction gift baskets * Beth Basler's amazing luncheon offerings * WALKING TACOS! * Hanson Farm harvest table * Turkey supper, to eat in 
or take out.

Bring your friends! Invite your neighbors! Tell them about the food items and they won't be able to resist... "The cookie walk?" Chef Basler's fabulous chowder? A turkey supper with generous portions? Walking tacos???

Turkey supper reservations can be made by calling the church office at 508-697-6016, or emailing office@csccucc.com. Information required: 5pm/6:30pm/Takeout? Name, phone number, how many people in your party.

Please also note: we encourage anyone coming to the fair to bring one nonperishable food item to contribute to the Bridgewater Food Pantry if they are able. Spread the word!

Visit www.csccucc.org for full details.
Open Lab Night:  A BSU event for the community, including 
K-12 students
Thursday, November 19, from 5:00 - 8:00 PM
 
The Center for the Advancement of STEM Education and the Office of Community Partnerships at Bridgewater State University are excited to hold "Open Lab Night 2015" in the Dana Mohler- Faria Science and Mathematics Center!
 
Love science and mathematics?  Love learning in a hands-on environment?  Then please join us for Open Lab Night at BSU.  You can chat with BSU faculty and students, hang out in our labs, and even do a few experiments.  A wide variety of hands-on activities will be running throughout the night; anything from the "Virtual Reality Sandbox" to "Alien Substances." The Observatory will be open from 5:00-7:00 PM (weather permitting).
 
Snacks and refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.  All children must be accompanied by an adult. 

Parking is available in the Bridgewater State University Parking Garage. To view the campus map, please click here.

From Boston Children's Hospital Center for Media &
Children's Health, here is an
computer
internet-safety-toolkit
to help guide your child's internet experience and make it a healthy one.

There are four sections within this toolkit covering the topics of: The Basics, For Content They See, For Content They Make and For How They Interact. Within each section there are age specific tips for parents of preschool, school-age, 'tweens and teens. 


Early Morning Visitors at the Birdbath. 

Thank you to Sue Basile for these wonderful fall pictures.
 prize box  
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME

Have fun with us
and beeee entered to win

a 16-oz candle from the East Bridgewater Candle Company ($17 value)

Historical Tidbit Question:
Where is Bridgewater's Boston Post Cane? 

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 November 3, 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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