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Health & Wellness Symposium Workshops
Sunday, April 3, 2016, Noon - 4 pm
Free
Featured Speakers: 
Mike & Arielle Ruggiero ~ Getting Started For a New You
Lisa Evans ~ Hypnotist
Noelle Armstrong ~ Holistic & Realistic
YMCA's Helen Byrne ~ Enhanced Fitness.
Author Julie Ann Gerstel ~ Living Happy
Rachelle Croteau ~ Reflexology For Everyone
Stephanie Woods ~ Singing Bowls of the Himalayas Meditation
Healing Hearts Holistically ~ New Research of Relationship of Stress & Cholesterol

Plus 20 tables with health & wellness products & professionals & free massages  
Concessions by Peppercorns! You are going to LOVE this afternoon! 
March 27, 2016

 

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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 12noon-8p
Tues, Thurs, Fri  10a-5p
Saturday 10a-2p

Council on Aging
506 Plymouth Street
781-293-7313
Mon -Thurs 9a-3p
Friday 9a-1p


Congratulations,
Tanya Bejarano!

Tanya won a $35 gift certificate to Lambert's Deli

You should play
our Historical Tidbit Trivia Game at the bottom 
of this column; 
you could win a 1.5-hr 
self-defense class for winner & 9 friends at 
Mata Karate, Rt 18 
East Bridgewater.
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Upcoming Schedule of Events

Historical Tidbit: 

Sodom Woods 

     
I grew up knowing a mile long section of Elm Street
as "Sodom Woods." 
 It started at the east end of the street near Furnace Street and
ran west, toward Pond Street.  Back in the early 1900's, one had
to walk through there whenever they wished to make connections
 with the railroad or trolley cars.
  
My grandfather would tell us of his walks through there as he went
to visit his grandfather in Hanson, or to catch the trolley from the South Hanson station to Kingston to court the lady who would
become my grandmother.  The gap between the house and
the trolley was four miles and he made that trip to her door for
five years.  That would be an eight-mile round trip just to the trolley...ahhh young love!!!     
          
  
Respectfully submitted, Sue Basile
 

Monday, March 28
Church - 9a - Council on Aging (COA)
Computer - 10a - COA
Cards - 10a - COA
Wellness Clinic - 11a - Town Hall
Crochet/Knit - 1p - COA
Joy of Writing - 1p - COA
Teen Book Club - 6p - Library
Finance Comm - 7p - Town Hall
Tuesday, March 29
SHINE Counsel - 9a - COA
Drop-in Knitting - 10a - Library
Lunch - 12p - COA
Honoring Choices - 1p - COA
Taxes - 1:30p - COA
Line Dancing - 2:30p - COA
Board of Selectmen - 8:15p - Town Hall
Wednesday, March 30
Quilting - 10a - COA
Wii Games - 10:30a - COA
Chair Yoga - 11a - COA
Singing Seniors - 3p - Library
Line Dancing - 6:30p - All Seasons
Healthcare CPR Course - 6p - Fire Station
Thursday, March 31

Men's Coffee - 9a - COA

Employment Networking - 9a - COA

Oil Painting - 10a - COA

Toddler Story Time - 11a - Library

Lunch - noon - COA

Grocery Shopping - 12:30p - COA

Pre-K Story Time - 1p - Library

Adult Coloring - 2:30p - COA

Friday, April 1

Errand Van - 9a - COA

Ballroom Dance - 11a - COA

Infant Lapsit - 10a - Library

Preschool Story Time - 11:30a - Library
Saturday, April 2

Hazardous Waste Day - 7:30a - Recycling Center

Rabies Clinic - 9a - Highway Barn

Sensory Story Time - 11a - Library

Our Lady of The Lake - Mass - 4p

Sunday, April 3
Our Lady of The Lake Church - Masses - 7:30a & 10:30a
Halifax Congregational Church Service - 10a  

*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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Singing Seniors

Wednesday, March 30, 3 pm

Holmes Public Library

 

The Singing Seniors, a group from the Halifax Mobile Home Estates Park, will perform at the Holmes Public Library on Wednesday, March 30 at 3 pm. The group's playlist includes classics that are sure to please everyone, including all members of your family.

Rabies Clinic
Saturday,  April 2    9 - 10:30am
Highway Barn
 
Sunday, April 10th - Plop for HOPS  Noon - 3 PM

It's that time of year again!  Hazel the cow will once again make her presence felt (hopefully multiple times) on the Town Green during our 2nd annual cow bingo!  The day will also feature jumpies, face painting, pony rides, a petting zoo, snow cones, and food... all while our beloved bovine gets down to "business."  Squares on the grid are $10 or get 5 for $40... Tickets are on sale now at the Town Clerk's office.  Get 'em quick cause like Hazel... they'll go fast!
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Bridgewater Square Chiropractic

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Celebrating our 30th year in business, Winnetuxet Children's Place invites you and your family to join us for our gala opening reception for a month-long art display honoring Week of the Young Child. 

The reception is on Saturday, April 2, 2016, from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm in the community room of the Holmes Public Library, 470 Plymouth St., Halifax, MA.  The theme of the 2016 Week of the Young Child is: "Celebrating Our Youngest Learners" and will be nationally recognized from April 10 -16, 2016.  All are welcome.  Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact  
Ruth Mewis, Owner/Administrator
Winnetuxet Children's Place, Inc.
3 East St.
Halifax, MA  781-293-5588
 
Halifax Historical Society presents: 
"Triple Tragedy"
 
Monday, April 11th
at 7:00 pm
Albert E. Kiernan Schoolhouse
South Street
 
           
After 30 years with the Boston Police Department, rising to the rank of superintendent and chief of detectives, John F. Gallagher retired and turned to writing stories about true local crimes.  His latest venture brought him to Halifax to investigate the Sturtevant Murders.  Brothers Thomas Sturtevant and Simeon Sturtevant, along with their housekeeper, Mary Buckley, were brutally murdered in the Old Sturtevant homestead, February 15, 1874.  Come join us as we listen to John tell of his research into this heinous crime perpetrated "just down the street."
            He will bring copies of his books, Murder on Broadway:  A History of Homicide in Hanover and Arsenic in Assinippi; and The Trial of Jennie May Eaton for the Murder of Her Husband, Rear Admiral Joseph Eaton, in case anyone is interested in those stories as well.
ALL ARE WELCOME.
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I lack desire because I think I possess.
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In trying to give, you see that you have nothing.
Seeing that you have nothing, you try to give of yourself.
Trying to give of yourself, you see that you are nothing.
Seeing that you are nothing, you desire to become;
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~ Mahatma Gandhi

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spring clean-ups  * wood chippers *thatchers & aerators  *Slice seeders  * log splitters

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 "Honoring Choices"  Tuesday, March 29

at 1 pm

 Council on Aging

 

This first, one-of-its-kind public education and engagement program is meant to help adults open the door to lifelong health care planning discussions.  The program informs and empowers competent adults to exercise their right to choose a Health Care Agent and make a personal plan.  The workshop will be taught by Norwell Visiting Nurse Anne Marie Powers.

Healthcare CPR Course
Wednesday, March 30
6pm
Fire Station

The Halifax Fire Department is sponsoring a healthcare CPR course on Wednesday, March 30, at 6 pm at the Halifax Fire Station.  Please call the Fire Department at 781-293-1751 to register for the course.
 New Career Path Help For folks 50 & over
Bi-Weekly Networking Meetings

The Halifax Council on Aging, with funding and support from the Massachusetts Councils on Aging, is sponsoring a regional networking group program to support and assist people 50 years and older who are looking for a new job or a new career direction.  Bi-weekly networking meetings will be held at the Halifax Police Station, 540 Plymouth Street, on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, from February to June, from 9:00 am until noon.  Meeting dates are:   April 7 and 21, May 5 and 19 and June 2 and 16.  To defer the costs of these events, donations are requested.  For additional information, please contact Susan Drevitch, Program Coordinator, through the program's LinkedIn Group or e-mail Susan at susan@sdkelly.com

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WEEKLY TRIVIA GAME
  
 
Historical Tidbit Question:
Why would someone walk through sodom woods?
 
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 On March 30, 2016, we 
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this week by Hillary Gurney, Theresa McNulty, Sarah Primack, Stacy
Rancourt, Jacquelyn Rose,
Jill Silvia, & Betty Stirling.

 

 

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