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Union Congregational Church 
awarded members with commemorations 
at their Annual Meeting last weekend. 


Plaque Inscriptions:                       "Presented by the members of Union Congregational Church of East Bridgewater, MA to Susan Muise

In appreciation of her years of service on several committees including deacons, finance, fair, memorial & endowment and dedicated support of the Mainspring House and the East Bridgewater Food Pantry."
 

"Presented by the members of Union Congregational Church of East Bridgewater, MA to James W. Mitcheson
 
In appreciation of his leadership as moderator, by recognizing dedicated efforts in others and his wise and calming guidance on Union Congregational Church."

Congratulations Sue & Jamie! 
February 14, 2016 <3
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Historical Tidbit:   
Special historical tidbit with memories of one of our native sons, Arthur L. Leland.  Arthur was 76  when he passed away on July 3, 2013.
 
Born Sept. 12, 1936 in East Bridgewater, Ma, Art was the son of the late Robert A. and Frances A. (Stearns) Leland and the grandson of the original owners of Leland Farm.  He was the oldest of Bob Leland's children (all boys).  
Art and his brothers and cousins worked at the farm for many years when they were young.  He worked hard.  He fed the chickens and candled the eggs in "Grandma" Leland's basement room.  He would hold the eggs up to a special light which showed any abnormality in the eggs, especially blood spots.  Those eggs would get rejected and tossed out.  Leland Farm sold only top quality eggs.  Art also worked in the fields when haying time rolled around.  His dad would drive the tractor and Art would toss the hay onto the wagon with his pitch fork.  Art would also do silo work.  As the equipment would dump material into the silo, Art would spread the silage around, again using a pitch fork.  I don't know how he stood the pungent odor!  Art was a dedicated farm worker, for sure.
 
The service was held Sept 7, 2013, at the Union Congregational Church.  Art is buried out back of the church in the Leland family plots that Grandma Leland bought years ago for the family.
 
These are pleasant memories from my childhood in East Bridgewater.  I remember picking potatoes out back of the farm, receiving 5 cents a bushel!    
 
Respectfully submitted, Betty (Belknap) Stirling  

Monday, February 15
President's Day
All town offices, banks, library and schools are closed

St. John's Food Pantry - 3pm - St. John's church hall
Alcoholics Anonymous - 7:30p - Community Covenant Church
Nomination Papers are available for all town elections at the town clerk's office at the Town Hall
Tuesday, February 16
Tax Prep - 8:20a - COA
Errand Van - 9a - COA
Chair Yoga - 9a - COA
Clinic - 9a - COA
Babysitting Course - 10a - Library
Back Alley Bridge - 10:30a - COA
Left, Right, Center - 10:30a - COA
Busy Hands - 1p - COA
Democratic Town Comm - 7p - Library
American Legion - 7p - Town Hall
Alanon - 7:30p - Community Covenant Church
Wednesday, February 17

Rotary Meeting - 7:15a - Good Days, WB

Clinic - 10a - COA

Line Dancing - 10a - COA

Crocheting - 10a - COA

Computer Workshop - 10a - COA

Families & Books - 10:30a - Library    

Advanced Whist - 11a - COA                

Toddle Time- 11a - Library                      

Mah Jongg - noon - COA

Zumba Gold - 1p - COA

Community Meal - 5:30p - United Methodist Church

Republican Town Comm - 7p - Town Hall

Youth Soccer - 7p - Belmont St

Hockomock Photography - 7:30p - Library
Alcoholics Anon - 7:30p - Union Congregational Church
Thursday, February 18
Shoppers' Van - 8:15a - COA
Tax Prep - 8:20a - COA
Friends of Seniors - 9a - COA
Yoga - 10a - COA
Animal World Explored - 10a - Library
Pizza Party & Candy Bar Bingo- noon - COA
Back Alley Bridge - noon - COA
Cake Wars - 3p - Library
EB HOPE Drop In Center - 5p - Community Covenant Church
Arts Council - 6:30p - Town Hall
Kiwanis - 6:30p - TJ Smith's
Narcotics Anonymous - 6:30p - United Methodist Church
Friday, February 19

Cribbage - 8:30a - COA

Bowling - 9a - Viking Rec

TOPS - 9:15a - Library

Crisfit - 10a - COA

Adult Coloring - 11:30a - Library

Saturday, February 20
St. John's - Service - 4p 
Alcoholics Anonymous - 7p - Methodist Church
Sunday, February 21
Community Covenant Church - Sunday school:  9:45am, Worship: 11:00am
Union Congregational Church - Service 10a
(Elmwood) New Jerusalem Church - 10a
Grace Bible Church - Worship 10:45a, Family Bible Study:  6p 
St. John's Church - Mass:  8a, 10:30a
United Methodist Church - Service 10:45a
Alcoholics Anonymous - 6p - Union Congregational


 
 * Information compiled in this issue from Town web sites and "Our Town" calendar

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Income Tax Preparation
Tuesdays & Thursdays through April 14
by appointment at the Council on Aging

Joe Benson will once again be available to help you with your taxes for a small fee.  Please contact the COA at 
508-378-1610 to make an appointment.
Healing Service
with Rev. Jim Conley and Rev. Meg Clapp
 
 7:00 PM
Wednesday, February 17 (note date change).
Union Congregational Church,
105 Pleasant St., 
East Bridgewater.  508-378-2874

East Bridgewater Public Library is proud to be partnering with the Boston Bruins and Cradles to Crayons to provide new pajamas for local children in need. 

Drop off new PJs at the Library between February 1st and March 15th.  Oh, and stop by our special Story Hour on February 17th - and wear your jammies!




[Sense]ation Day - 
Free Family Fun 
at Fuller Craft
Thurs., February 18th

Come to Fuller Craft Museum for a day filled with hands-on activities, craft demos, new exhibitions, and fun!  An exciting day of discovery!
FREE admission for up to 2 adults per family when accompanied with children 12 and under from 10 am - 4 pm (FREE activities from 10 am - 
2 pm).  Celebrate Black History Month:  make a Freedom Quilt square,  Decorate a Tiny (bird)House, Toothpick Building Craft; and Storyteller Tim Van Egmond at 1:00 pm captivates kids and parents with "The Story Bag."  For more info, visit fullercraft.org.

BRIDGEWATER FARM SUPPLY
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 (Rt 104) Bridgewater, MA  
                       (508) 697-0357 
 

Brockton Symphony Orchestra presents:

Sizzling Symphonic Favorites
Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 3:00 pm
Buckley Performing Arts Center,
Massasoit Community College,
1 Massasoit Boulevard, Brockton
Warm your winter afternoon at our family-friendly concert of orchestral favorites, featuring principal clarinetist and chairman of our BrSO family, Torben Hansen.
www.brocktonsymphony.org

Movie Day at the COA

Monday, February 22, at 

1 pm, EB Council on Aging

 

Join us for a showing of Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp as James "Whitey" Bulger and Joel Edgerton as FBI

Agent John Connolly.  Bulger became one of the most

ruthless & powerful gangsters in Boston history.

Please call the COA at 508-378-1610 to sign up.

INDOOR BOTTLE/CAN DRIVE
Monday, February 22, at 7 pm
Union Congregational Church
 
Boy Scout Troop 29 is holding an indoor bottle/can drive - perfect Super Bowl clean-up!  Drop off at United Congregational Church 
105 Pleasant St., East Bridgewater

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East Bridgewater Little League

BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL REGISTRATION

Registration for the spring 2016 Little League Baseball and Softball season is now open.  Registration can be completed online 
at Click here for link.  For additional information, visit the site 
or email David Brew @ davidbrew44@comcast.net.

It's Cookie Time Again!
EB's Girl Scouts can be seen selling their cookies Saturdays & Sundays in Carriage Crossing in front of CVS or South Shore Savings until March.  Stop by & say "hi."


2016 Water Quality Monitoring Program
Annual Training of Water Quality Monitors 
 
Saturday, February 27, 2016
10 am to 12 noon

We are seeking additional volunteers to assist in expanding the water quality monitoring program in the Taunton River and its major tributaries. The training will be held in the Visitors' Center at:  Gertrude M. Boyden Wildlife Refuge, 1298 Cohannet Street, Taunton. 
In case of inclement weather, the make-up date will be:  Saturday, 
March 5, 2016, 10 - 12.

           CERT  (Community Emergency Response Team)
CERT from all area towns responded to the recent Brockton water main break.  CERT members are in the yellow vests.
OPEN HOUSE
for the regional consolidated basic training:  Raynham, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Whitman, Hanson, and Halifax. 
March 7th, 7-9 pm
 Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School 

Everyone is welcome to our open house on March 7 to learn about the upcoming new 10-week training

Learn about CERT:  a FEMA initiative that educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills.

Come and meet some current team members, ask questions, and learn how you can benefit from the basic training course that begins Monday, March 28, 2016.  The basic training course will meet Monday evenings from 6:30 - 9 pm for 10 weeks (skipping two Monday holidays).  The  regional consolidated basic training  encompasses seven communities (Raynham, Bridgewater, East Bridgewater, West Bridgewater, Whitman, Hanson, and Halifax).  This course will be held at Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School.  

For more information and to register for the training, please contact East Bridgewater Emergency Management drepeta@ebfire.org   
 
 
"Love isn't something you find. Love is something that finds you." ~ Loretta Young
"Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier."
 ~ Mother Teresa
"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere.  You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
~ Buddha


Let's spread it around, Folks; Love is good stuff!
 ~ Jacquie

Town Buildings

Town Hall

175 Central St

508-378-1601

Mon 8:30a-8p

Tues - Thurs 8:30a-4:30p

Fri 8:30a-noon

 

EB Public Library

32 Union St

508-378-1616

Mon & Tues 9-8
Wed, Thurs, Fri 9-5
Saturday 9-2 

 

Council on Aging 

355 Plymouth St

508-378-1610

Mon 8a-6p

Tues - Thurs 8a-4p

Fri 8a-noon 

 
Small businesses make our community strong.
Support them every day!


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Whitman, MA
 
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Sat:  9am - 5pm
Sun:  9am - 1pm
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508-245-1872

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Reminder:

Monday, February 15, is President's Day.

All town offices, banks, schools & library are closed.

 

School vacation begins.

 

CAUCUS ELECTION MEETING

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16  promptly @ 7 PM

E. B. PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM 

If you are interested in attending the 2016 Democratic State Convention, please join the
East Bridgewater Democratic Town Committee for the annual Caucus Election Meeting.

Three male & female delegates and 3 male & female alternates will be elected to attend the convention in June.  Must be a registered Democrat by January 28th, 2016.
HS HOCKEY FUNDRAISER
 
The EB High School Ice Hockey Parent Association will be holding a fundraiser to support the high school hockey team on Friday, March 11th, at T.J. Smith's Victorian House, 13 Cross Street, East Bridgewater.  Doors open at 7PM, games begin promptly at 8PM.  Cash prizes, raffles, 50/50, appetizers and fun!  Cost is $25 per ticket.  For tickets or to request information, please contact maura23@comcast.net 
or 781-254-4998.

Veterans' Breakfast

 

Wednesday, Feb. 17, 9 am

Strawberry Valley Golf Course Clubhouse

 

Complimentary breakfast will be offered to all veterans who attend.  We will have omelets made to order, hash browns, fruit salad and coffee provided by Colony Center for Health & Rehab in Abington.  This breakfast will be offered to Veterans the 3rd Wednesday of each month. 
If you are a veteran and have suggestions on how Colony Center can better support veterans, please call Alicaia Facada at 774-297-9189.

Work Permits for Teens
 
WORK PERMITS are available in the main office at the Junior-Senior High School.  If your child is 14-15 years old, they will need additional paperwork filled out by their doctor before we can issue a permit.  We have that paperwork here so it can be picked up anytime the office is open.  Students who are 16-17 years old just need to bring a copy of their birth certificate and we can type out the permit while they wait.   For both age groups, they will need to have the job or promise of employment before we can give them the permit.
 
Each year the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors the Voice of Democracy audio essay contest to students at the local, state and national levels.  For many years the Social Studies Department has co-coordinated and submitted student entries.  This year's topic was "My Vision For America" and was judged by members of VFW Post 2125, which encompasses all three of the Bridgewaters.

This year's winners were:

First place:  John Immar

Second place:  Amelia Norton

Third place:  Kyle Carr

Congratulations to our three winners and to all of our students who worked hard on their entries, we are proud of all of you.

EB HOPE Drop-In Abuse Outreach & Intervention

Thursday, Feb. 18, 5 pm

Community Covenant Church

400 Pleasant St., EB

 

This program provides 4 hours of community based meetings for persons with SUD and or family members of people struggling with SUDs.  All can get information.  Health professionals are on hand to assist with in- or outpatient care, recovery services, resources for families, mental health professionals, onsite training for Naloxone, information & veterans services.  Please stop by if you or someone you know needs help with substance abuse.  We are here to help.

This is an ongoing program the 1st & 3rd Thursday of each month.
PUBLIC LIBRARY UPCOMING EVENTS
 
Come join us at the EB Public Library for these exciting events in February! 
Wednesday, February 17: LEGO Play from 2-3:30 PM; 
Thursday, February 18:  Animal World Experience at 10AM; 
Saturday, February 20:  Movie - Shaun the Sheep at 11AM; 
Tuesday, February 23:  Color It @ the Library (relaxing, coloring program) at 3PM; 
Monday, February 29: BookMunchers Book Club (book available at the library) at 6:45 PM

Community Meals for February
  

Community Meals
  
East Bridgewater United Methodist 
Feb.  17th and 24th, 5:30 pm.  
For any questions, please call the church at 508-378-2814.

Our Thrift Shop continues to be open on Wednesdays from 
3-5 pm and also on Saturdays, from 10-12 pm.

The dinner is from 5:30 to 6:30.  If you have any questions, please call the church office at 508-278-2814.

East Bridgewater United Methodist Church 
54 N. Central St.
E. Bridgewater, MA  02333

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Historical Tidbit Question:
What was one reason for an egg to get rejected?

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The Buzz was compiled
this week by Theresa McNulty, Sarah Primack, Stacy Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose, Jill Silvia, Stephen Kelley & Betty Stirling.
 
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