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Bridgewater / Raynham High School's Robotic's Team:
TJ2
 Trojans = T  &  Johnson & Johnson = J2 

Each September, TJ2 recruits and welcomes new students from the ranks of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School.  The 80-90 students who initially sign up for this popular program begin preparing for the upcoming build/competition season by engaging in the many team activities that are required for success; most importantly, fundraising.  Through sponsorship, our annual Cape Cod Canal Day "bike-a-thon" and Gala Benefit Dinner & Auction team members race to generate the money that the team depends on.


  • TJ2 Robotics is a year-round program, part of the FIRST Program
  • Consisting of Students, Teachers, Engineers, Parents, Community Members and other professionals
  • Members with broad ranges of interests and talents, working together to achieve common goals of accomplishment, success, and pride.


In early January, TJ2 receives, along with more than a thousand teams from across the world, the new "Game" challenge.  Then, for the next six intense weeks, the team strives to design and construct a robot that can successfully meet the challenges of game play.  Once the completed robot is shipped, team coaches and members prepare for the competitions ahead. Those most dedicated students who have logged enough hours and raised the most money are selected for the "travel team."  These will be the team representatives at the regional competitions and, with any luck, the National Championship in St. Louis in April.
TJ2 is divided up into sub groups that each completes a specific task to help the team survive as a whole.  The following is a brief description of each of our specialist teams. 

The Strategy Group, The Art Group, The Programming Group, The Build Group, and The Public Relations Group.
This year the PR group will be geared towards community involvement in an effort to interest young minds in the field of STEM.
 
Jan 09 they have a Kickoff and Jan 10, a Design Meeting.

To follow BR's Robotics team:  www.tj2.org
tj2newsletter.blogspot.com
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Prize Box
 

 
Congratulations!
 Monica Armstrong Susan Gillpatrick
Jean Shirey  

Each won a 6-ft balsam
Christmas tree from 
Nessralla Farm
Rt 106, Halifax

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:  
 From pp. 559-560 in Nason and Varney's Massachusetts Gazetteer, 1890
 
"Raynham, in the easterly part of Bristol County, and long associated with the cruder manufactures of iron, is 30 miles from Boston on the Taunton Branch of the Old Colony Railroad.  The post-offices are Raynham (centre) and North Raynham; and the other villages, Prattville, East Raynham and South Raynham.  Easton bounds it on the north; Bridgewater and Middleborough on the east; and Taunton on the south and west...
... The assessed area is 10,815 acres.  Smooch Hill in the east and Steep Hill in the west are the chief elevations.  Two-mile River, flowing through the midst of the town, and Taunton River, forming a part of the southern line, afford valuable mill sites.  Gushee Pond, in the cast, is the largest of the several ponds.  Fowling Pond in the western part has for the most part become a swamp, covered - in common with the 4, 512 acres of wood-land in the town - with pine, oak and cedar.  On the banks of this pond King Philip had his summer residence.  Nearby, James and Henry Leonard in 1652 established an iron furnace and forge.  These works continued in the hands of the Leonard family for more than one hundred years.  With this family the warrior of Mount Hope maintained a friendly intercourse, obtaining from their works implements for both peace and war. When hostilities commenced in 1675, the chieftain gave orders to his followers that the family should not be molested...
 
...The largest manufacture of this town at the present is boots and shoes; for which there were, in 1885, 5 factories employing about 150 persons, and making goods to the value of $189,649.  There were also made, shovels, nails, iron castings, wooden boxes, beverages and other food preparations.  The aggregate value of the manufactures was $224,303.  The 118 farms yielded to the amount of $116,533.  The town is prolific in fruits and berries.  The fisheries, consisting of alewives, herring and shad, yielded $4,609.  The population was 1,535, including 419 legal voters.  The valuation in 1888 was $829,168; and the tax-rate $11.80 on $1,000.  The taxed dwelling-houses were 375 in number."

Monday, December 7
Singing - 11a - Council on Aging (COA)
COA Meeting - 9:30a - COA
Bridge - 1p - COA
Beginner line dancing - 1p - COA cancelled today
Duplo Play - 1p - Library
Free Style Dancing - 2p - COA
Tuesday, December 8
Canasta/hand foot - 9a - COA
Chair Yoga - 10a - COA

Whist - 12:30 - COA

Intermediate line dancing - 1p - COA 

Pokeno - 1p - COA

Board of Selectmen - 7p - Town Hall

Wednesday, December 9
Exercise - 9a - COA
Story Time - 10:30a - Library
Tai chi - 11a - COA
Cribbage - 12:30p - COA
Mah Jong - 1p - COA
Interview Techniques  - 6p - Library
Thursday, December 10
Wii bowling - 9a - COA
Canasta/hand foot - 9a - COA
Busy Babies - 10:30a - Library
Device Advice - 11a - Library
Christmas Party - noon - COA
Sewer Comm - 6p - 416 Titicut Rd.
Friday, December 11
Exercise - 9a - COA
Quilting/knitting - 11a - COA
Painting - 1p - COA
Saturday, December 12
St. Ann's - 4p - Service
Sunday, December 13
Agape Chapel - 10:30a
First Baptist Church - Worship 10:45a, Sunday school 9:30a, AWANA program at 5:30 pm
First Congregational Church of UCC - 9:30a   
Lutheran Church of The Way - 8a, 11a Worship, 9a coffee hour, 
9:30a Sunday school
St. Ann's - 8a, 9:30a, 11a and 5p  
 
* Information Compiled in this issue from Town web sites
"Afternoon Tea with Charles Dickens"

Sunday, December 6, at 2pm

First Congregational (Stone) Church

 
Dickens is checking the time... to be sure he arrives in Raynham in time for a reading of his classic work, "A Christmas Carol."
Join Dickens for Tea and his reading. 


First Congregational Church of Raynham,
The Stone Church.  Tickets are limited and 
must be purchased in advance.
Leave a message at the church 
(508-822-6177)
or email

 

 

 

Raynham Secret Santa

 

Our Raynham Senior Center is collecting items for Secret Santa, the town-wide program run by the Raynham Firefighters. 

We are seeking donations of new toys, clothing, puzzles, and games 
for children of all ages.
We are also seeking donations of wrapping paper to assist the firefighters with the wrapping of the presents. 

All items may be dropped off at the front desk at the Raynham Senior Center, 2215 King Philip Street, Monday through Friday, 
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. until December 23.


Please join all of us in this effort to make Christmas a wonderful memory for Raynham families who need some assistance.
BRIDGEWATER FARM SUPPLY
  Bwater Farm Supply - dog food central!
Your One-Stop Pet Shop!
 
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1000 Plymouth St. 
(Rt 104) 
         Bridgewater
         (508) 697-0357 
 
This holiday season, 
we have choices: 
we choose to be busy, 
or we choose to be calm;
we choose to buy lots 
or we choose to live simply;
we choose to nurture ourselves, or we choose to ignore our body & spirit;
we choose to be around people who hurt us, or we choose to be                                                 around those who love us.

Each day is a new chance to live with the wisdom we have gained from past experiences.  Let's be kind to ourselves this holiday season.  Live in hope & live in joy. 
COA Annual Christmas Party
Thursday, December 10
at 12 noon
Raynham Senior Center


This event will be catered by DeAvila of Taunton.
The buffet menu includes:
Turkey, Boston schrod, vegetables, salad and dessert.
 A free raffle will also be held.  The cost is $7.00 per person,
and the party is for Raynham seniors only.  You must buy a
ticket before the party.  No tickets will be sold at the door.

Bridgewater Square Chiropractic
Annual Community Toy Drive
 to benefit "Operation Santa," Wed., December 16, 2015, from 8:00-11:45 a.m. & 2:00-6:30 p.m. 
All current and former patients:  Bring in an UNWRAPPED NEW TOY for either a boy or girl to the office and receive an adjustment at NO CHARGE!!
 
(Complimentary adjustments are performed 
                              on the day of the toy drive only.)
NEW PATIENTS ARE WELCOME, ALSO!!  Stop in and see our office and meet Dr. Perry and Dr. Ledin.  For your donation of an UNWRAPPED NEW TOY, you will receive a gift certificate for a Complimentary Consultation and Exam!!  Please consider helping us to help the community. 

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Raynham Youth Lacrosse

It's DECEMBER already, Warriors Families! Our BOYS' registration is up and running for the 2016 season.  Believe it or not, we are already planning for the upcoming season. Please register your player(s) on our website.
Register  for the 2016 Raynham Youth Lacrosse Winter Clinic.  This Clinic will be for both new players and returning players.  The coaches will focus on the fundamentals and specific techniques that will develop their skills, while having some fun !!!!  The clinic will be every Thursday night at the ForeKicks facility in Taunton, starting on January 7th and continuing until February 25th, from 6:00 to 7:00 for all players and age groups.   



Southeastern Massachusetts Festival Chorus presents
"On Christmas Day" - Annual Holiday Concert


Saturday, December 12, 7:00pm
Sunday, December 13, 3:00pm
Taunton High School Auditorium 
50 Williams Street, Taunton 

Entitled "On Christmas Day," this special holiday musical event will be a joyful celebration of our most cherished holiday!  The 90-voice SMFC, accompanied by 26-piece live orchestra, will present the two-hour musical program that will feature a lively assortment of sacred and secular Christmas songs to honor the coming season!  
 
Among the selections will be such time-honored classics as Little Drummer Boy and O Holy Night, lively choral settings of such pop holiday favorites as Jesus, Born on This Day and Go Tell It on The Mountain, and fresh new compositions, such as Disney's multi-cultural salute, Season of Joy, and the stirring anthem of peace, I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day. 
 
"On Christmas Day," Annual Holiday Concert
Eric Brown, Music Director
 
 
Tickets:
$18 Adult
$15 Senior/Student
$12 Child twelve and under
$2 discount per ticket for groups of eight or more and for SMFC Supporting Members.
508-821-9571, www.smfconline.org

Lunch + Movie
Thurs, December 17
Raynham Council on Aging

Movie to be announced.
Lunch begins at 12 noon $3 per person.
 ~ Jacquie

Town Building Locations:

 

Town Hall

558 South Main St. 

 508-824-2707

Mon-Thurs 8:30a-4:30p,

Fri 8:30a-12Noon
 Tues eve  6-8PM

 

Public Library

760 South Main St.

508-823-1344

Mon-Wed 10a-8p

Thurs 10a-6p, Fri 10a-5p,

Sat 10a-2p

 

Council on Aging

2215 King Philip Street 

508-824-2740

Mon-Fri 9a-3p 

 
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Raynham Historical Society 
Holiday Open House 
Sunday, December 6th from 1pm to 4pm
Historic Hannant House 
6 Pleasant St, Raynham

 
The public is cordially invited to view the house, enjoy refreshments and music.
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Interview Techniques
Wednesday, Dec. 9 at 6:00 PM
Raynham Public Library
Employment Consultant, Gary Gekow, continues advice 
to job seekers
with this workshop on Interview Techniques.  Through role-play and a question-and-answer session, he'll discuss ways to avoid job candidates'
most common interview mistakes.
Please register for this workshop.

Brockton Symphony 
Pops Concert
Sunday, Dec. 13th, 
at 3:00   
Brockton High School 

Don't miss our much-anticipated annual Holiday Pops Concert!  The holidays are quickly approaching... and what would the holidays be without music?  The Brockton Symphony Orchestra has prepared for you a special gift: the gift of music. 

Conducted by Emilian Badeau, this concert will feature mezzo-soprano Margaret Lias and Brockton's Angelo Elementary School chorus.

 For more information or to reserve tickets, go to  brocktonsymphony.org,
  Facebook or call 508-588-3841.
 
Come see pops favorites and many new pieces not heard before. 

This is an event for the entire family. Children under 18 have free admission. Adults:  $25 
Senior & Students:  $20
Lots of free parking and seating.



Fuel assistance applications
 
The list of documents you need to bring to your fuel assistance appointment are available 
at the Senior Center, 
2215 King Philip Street.
You must have the documents on that list in hand before you can make an appointment to fill out the application.  The list, and income guidelines, are also available online at the Town of Raynham website.
12/4
prize box  
WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME

Have fun with us
and beeee entered to win. 
You could win a 16-oz candle from the East Bridgewater Candle Company  

Historical Tidbit Question:

What is the name of the largest pond in Raynham?


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 Raynham.
  
On December 9, 2015, we 
will randomly pick a winner
from the correct answers.

The Buzz was compiled

this week by Theresa McNulty, Sarah Primack, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose,  Jill Silvia & Betty Stirling.. 

  

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