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Entries from January 2012

Attleboro “Soup for Heat” Saturday, March 3, 2012

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

Helping with Energy Assistance Together, Inc. Established February 8, 2005 Getting Started: DeAnne Auclair, who passed away in 2010, had great compassion for the people of Attleboro and founded H.E.A.T. She spent many hours working to establish a non-profit and bi-laws for this organization. She organized a group of seven volunteers (Helping with Energy Assistance [...]

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Attleboro Historic Preservation Society

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

As part of its ongoing mission to preserve, restore, promote and develop the historical assets of our city, the Attleboro Historic Preservation Society will present a program of Attleboro’s early occupations.   The panel presentation will include George Handy representing agriculture in early Attleboro, Ted Leach in jewelry and Paul Hamilton discussing the textile industry.  This [...]

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Weaver Library Presents We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân

January 31st, 2012 · No Comments

Weaver Library, 41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, RI invites you to a special film screening of We Still Live Here – Âs Nutayuneân, a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Anne Makepeace on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 6:30pm.  Associate Producer and Researcher Jennifer Weston will attend the screening, introduce the film, and open the floor [...]

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North Attleboro: Recreation Basketball Week #5

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments

7TH- 8TH Grade Boys The North Attleboro Park & Recreation basketball league completed week number five this past Saturday January 28th at the North Attleboro Middle School gymnasium.  The Celtics took on The Nets in the first game of the afternoon. The game was a back and forth battle between two well coached teams that [...]

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Three GBCA Students Claim Top Prizes At Statewide Academic Competition

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments

  These eight students at Grace Baptist Christian Academy of Attleboro produced either first-place, second-place or third-place finishes during the recent 2012 Bible, Speech and Spelling Competition sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Christian Schools at Twin City Christian School of Lunenburg. Shown here, from left, are: 1st row, Rachel Nichols, Ashley Moraes, Abby Silva, Gina Bigelow [...]

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Norton Library

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments

Thursday, February 9th, 2012 10:30 AM      Alphabits! Storytime                Join Ms. Leslianne, the Norton Public Library’s Children’s Librarian, for a fun preschool storytime on most Thursday mornings at 10:30am. “Alphabits” is story-song-rhyme-and-play time for preschoolers age 3-5 and  their favorite grownups, carefully crafted to help build language, vocabulary, early-literacy, and social skills, and [...]

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Seekonk Library

January 30th, 2012 · No Comments

Meditation 101 Thursday, February 23rd at 6:00 pm and Thursday, March 1st at 6:00 pm SEEKONK, MA – If you are looking for a way to relax, be more productive, or live in the moment, then you will not want to miss this free 2-week meditation series beginning on Thursday, February 23 at 6:00 pm [...]

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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST SCHOOL: STUDENTS BUILD ROBOTIC CAR

January 29th, 2012 · No Comments

Eryk White, James Thursby, Kyle Araujo from the Robotics Activity Class at St. John the Evangelist School just built the school’s first robotic car using Lego WeDo. According to Mrs. Kelly Schremp, “the Lego WeDo is a programmable robotic teaching tool that St. John’s received through a grant from UMass Lowell. With the WeDo, students [...]

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United Methodist Church: Lobster Roll Luncheon

January 29th, 2012 · No Comments

CENTENARY United Methodist Church 15 Sanford Street at the Corner of North Main Street Attleboro, MA 02703  Choose Which Lobster Luncheon   Friday – February 10, 2012  Now you can choose which lobster luncheon you want. Try the new craze, Lobster Mac & Cheese – a 12oz container of macaroni and cheese with chunks of [...]

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South Attleboro Knights of Columbus

January 29th, 2012 · No Comments

The South Attleboro Knights of Columbus 7th Annual Craft & Vendor Fair will be held on Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 from 10 to 3 at the air-conditioned and handicapped accessible K of C Hall located at 304 Highland Avenue (rte#123). An 8 foot table & 2 chairs are provided for a $35.00 fee, which supports [...]

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