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Holly Fair at South Meadow Village Saturday, Oct. 21

October 13, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

The Holly Fair at South Meadow Village in Carver is being held Saturday, Oct. 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more than 40 years, people from Carver and surrounding towns have made The Holly Fair part of a holiday tradition.
There will be a wide selection of home baked goods, preserves, crafts, jewelry, gift baskets and much more. There will be various items to take chances on including a top prize of $500. There will also be informational tables with the Carver Fire Dept., Carver EMS, the Carver veterans’ agent, and Carver Council on Aging. Mr. and Mrs Santa Claus will make an appearance from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The White Elephant barn and Ladies Boutique will also be open.
Please note, they only accept cash. For directions, we expect a detour in effect near our main entrance so please use our entrance on Federal Furnace Road in Plymouth. Turn at the intersection next to the Mormon Church at 747 Federal Furnace Rd. onto Rocky Neck Road to Village Way to our back entrance.

 

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Take a photo with the historic flag chest

October 6, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Take part in history – take a photo with the historic flag chest that held the giant Mount Rushmore flag on its many travels throughout the world. Now the chest is ending its two million mile journey and is retiring from the road.
Halifax, Hanson, and area residents are invited to be part of the final steps in its incredible journey. Shown here is the chest on board the U.S.S. Constitution. The crew are regular Navy seamen, wearing authentic 1812 era uniforms.
This final tribute to the magnificent 900-pound treasure is sponsored by the Halifax Council on Aging and the Halifax Historical Society. Sunday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. show your support for local history at 12 Dwight St., at the Ivy Cottage, Scout’s Rest, Monponsett. Bring your cell phone or camera and take a photo with the beautiful chest before it leaves Halifax. The chest was designed and built in Halifax by master craftsman George Sturtevant of Halifax. Sturtevant gathered cherry wood from each town in Plymouth County to build the chest and assure that each town would be represented. The chest was originally commissioned by the United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, to be used intergovernmentally by the United States for official ceremonies both here and around the world, starting with a presidential ceremony at Mount Rushmore on July 4, 1987, for the 50th year re-dedication of the Lincoln figure.
The chest was dedicated at the Kennedy Presidential Library, and stored for a time aboard the U.S.S. Constitution. It was taken to sea aboard America’s Tall Ship, the Eagle. It has been in all 50 states, all the Canadian Maritime Provinces including the island of Newfoundland, as well as British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. It was rescued by airlift from a remote airstrip in the Yukon where it was carried as part of a winter expedition to the Arctic Circle in February.
This chest was carried to the top of Pike’s Peak, and taken to the top of Mount Washington, aboard the cog railroad. It was a centerpiece at a presidential ceremony inside a volcano high above Honolulu, has crossed three continents, crossed the English Channel four times, crossed the North Sea from Holland to England, crossed the Pacific Ocean four times, the Atlantic Ocean twice, visited several kingdoms and palaces, including Buckingham Palace, the World Court in the Hague, Netherlands. It has crossed the Equator twice from the Great Barrier Reef to the Coral Sea, New Zealand, the Soloman Islands., Guam to Japan, completing a 10-year tour of the Battlefields of World War II. It even spent the night in Sherwood Forest!.
Now the chest is being called back to the Dept. of the Interior. The giant flag that it carried throughout the world is being retired. Final plans to see the chest into the next stage of its service are not yet confirmed.
On Flag Day, in 1987, when the chest was dedicated, thousands of people walked behind an authentic 1890 firewagon drawn by two white Percheron horses as they made their way to the waiting train. Route 58 was closed to traffic to allow people to walk the half-mile journey to the Monponsett train station.
The train, provided by the Bay Colony Railroad, brought the chest to the Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston to be dedicated, after making several stops along the way.
Sunday, Oct. 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. stop by the Ivy Cottage at 12 Dwight St., Scout’s Rest, Monponsett. There is no charge, just an opportunity to touch a part of history before it is gone.

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Art Show in Halifax at Farmers’ Market Saturday

September 29, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Fred Corrigan
Special to the Express
Tropical Depression Lee cancelled out the Halifax Farmers’ Market on Sept.16, but there is great weather forecast for this Saturday, Sept. 30.
The area around the Town Hall will be jumping with activity from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the Farmers Market, and the “Art is the Essence of the Heart” art show in the Town Hall Great Room.
The art show will include displays by the COA Painters, Halifax Elementary School Art, Quilters, Jewelry, Wood Carvings, Paintings, Pressed Flower Creations and more.
Come support the vendors, enjoy the art, bring the family and help to support the Halifax Helping Hands Food Pantry. This food pantry helps Halifax and Plympton citizens, and the vendors’ fees help to support the food bank. A win, win situation.
Thank you for your support!

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Plympton’s Special Town Meeting is Oct. 18

September 22, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Plympton has scheduled its fall Special Town Meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Dennett Elementary School, 80 Crescent St.
There is only one article on the Special Town Meeting Warrant: To see if the town will vote to adopt the amended Silver Lake District Agreement, a copy of which is on file and available for viewing in the Town Clerk’s office and on the Town’s website at: town.plympton.ma.us.

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Accomplished author to visit Adams Center

September 15, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Critically acclaimed author Adrienne Brodeur will discuss her June release “Little Monsters,” on Wednesday, Oct..4, at 6 p.m. at the Adams Center (33 Summer Street). She will participate in a moderated conversation with Kingston Public Library Head of Adult Services, Steven Miller.
Brodeur’s novel is a riveting book about Cape Cod, complicated families, long-buried secrets, set in the summer of 2016. The book has been highlighted in the New York Times Book Review, NPR, and the Washington Post. During this past August, “Little Monsters,” was the Boston Globe Book Club pick of the month.
In 2019, Brodeur’s memoir “Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me,” was a national bestseller as it was named a Best Book of the Year by over 20 different websites or publications including Amazon, Entertainment Weekly, People, Town and Country, and BookPage.
Brodeur has spent the last two decades in the literary world with her career beginning with the founding of the fiction magazine, Zoetrope: All-Story, with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola as she was its editor-in-chief from 1996-2002. In 2005, she became a literary fiction and memoir editor at Harcourt (later, HMH Books).
She left publishing in 2013 to become Creative Director – and later Executive Director – of Aspen Words, a literary arts nonprofit and program of the Aspen Institute. You can learn more about Brodeur at https://adriennebrodeur.com.
Copies of her book will be on sale for purchase following the author talk.
To register for this event, please visit – https://kingstonpubliclibrary.org. For more information, you can contact Steven Miller, Reference Librarian at (781) 585-0517 x6272 or at smiller@kingstonma.gov.

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Saving a life on Mayflower Road

September 8, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

The Plympton Board of Selectmen met Monday, Aug. 28, at the Plympton Town House, 5 Palmer Rd.
Chairman Christine Joy called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. to recognize “some lifesaving acknowledgements”. She then turned the meeting over to the Public Safety Dept., and Fire Chief Cheryl Davis spoke of the teamwork between the members of the fire and police departments that allowed the positive outcome of saving a life.
She then turned the podium over to Police Chief Matt Ahl, who in addition spoke to the support the departments receive from the town.
The specific incident began Thursday, Jan. 12, at 11:34 a.m. Sgt. John Simonds, Officer Cam Broderick, and Officer Robert Orr were dispatched to 118 Mayflower Rd. for a report of cardiac arrest with CPR in progress. The officers arrived on scene within 52 seconds of being dispatched. As Officer Orr rushed inside the residence to assess the situation, Officer Broderick removed the automated external defibrillator known as an AED from the medical kit in the police cruiser. Upon entering the residence the officer noted an unconscious male lying on the floor and not breathing. Officer Broderick was not able to obtain a pulse. Officer Orr opened the AED and placed the defibrillator pads on the patient. The AED then performed an automated check and determined that a shock was needed to regain rhythm in the heart. The shock was administered, followed by continued CPR. Officer Broderick then placed a bag bottle mask on the patient and began rescue breaths as the patient’s son continued chest compressions. Plympton fire personnel arrived on the scene and began using an automated CPR device called the Lucas Machine. A second shock with the AED was advised and administered and a pulse was restored, and the patient began breathing again. All police and fire personnel assisted to get the patient prepared for transport to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth. As a result of a quick response, the teamwork and life-saving actions of the police officers and fire personnel involved, the life of the individual was saved and he made a full recovery. Chief Ahl congratulated the departments saying, “Officers, your actions in this incident reflect your continued dedication to this agency, the town it serves, and the people who live here. Please keep up the great work. Thank you.”
Chief Ahl then asked Lt. Dan Hoffman present the life-saving awards to his officers, Sgt. John Simon, Officer Cameron Broderick, and Officer Robert Orr. Chief Ahl then turned the podium over to Fire Capt. John Sjostedt who reflected on the day. “As the shift commander that was on duty that day, we’re gifted with skills that help us perform these duties – thankfully we don’t have to do it every day – it’s a blessing that we can do what we have to do when we’re called upon to do it but while their response time was 52 seconds, mine was 52 and a half because I recall pulling into the driveway and seeing Officer Broderick and Officer Orr flying right across in front of me with the defibrillator in hand so I already knew they were one step ahead of the game going into the house. We got there and the patient’s son was performing CPR already for us. It’s the first time in 25 years that I let a bystander continue doing CPR. He was doing an amazing job and it allowed me to work with the police officers to do what we had to do. Nothing short of perfect is the best way I can describe how this went. We had dispatchers take a call – I listened to the call afterwards – nice and calm, professional, they gave the instructions. … that’s what leads us to what I wanted to share with you today which is called “The Chain of Survival”. It’s something that we often teach. The first link, if you haven’t seen it, is calling 9-1-1. Dispatch then provides instructions to start CPR as fast as possible. We apply an AED and used an AED. Then you have response from the EMS personnel to provide the Advanced Care: medication, electricity, whatever it is that’s needed for that particular patient. We transport them to the hospital and then we’ll leave them in the hands of the hospital, and thankfully we have some of the best medical care on the South Shore… These professionals are taking what we bring to them and doing the best that they can working together. We’re in a town works so well together – I remember pulling into the driveway and seeing Cam and Rob and I’m so thankful that they were there. I was immediately relieved I had two capable people that I was working with, and then coming right behind them were firefighter Sharenka, Chief Davis, Firefighter Galombos, and all the other responders that came along with us. There was Joe Wright, another great paramedic Gary Samaro, Zach Russini and Clayton Marshall, all professionals in this community, for a small community, we’re so lucky to have who we have responding to make such a difference to this situation. So again, I bring attention to this Chain of Survival: Call 9-1-1. Our ROCC dispatcher will give the pre- arrival instructions: staying calm, walking the family through what they were dealing with, they began CPR – it was in progress when we got there. That’s truly what saves the life – early CPR is what allowed us to bring the tools that we bring to make this work. The use of the AED delivering the shocks – I think we delivered two shocks before the paramedics started their assessment and their work and then our EMS professionals, some of the best I’ve ever had the pleasure working with in 25 years – and then I transport to the hospital and in this case, thankfully a recovery. So congratulations to everybody involved. Thank you for everything you guys did and it’s a pleasure to work side-by-side with you. At this time I’d like to have Chief Davis present our crew with a citation for the uniforms.
Firefighter Paul Sarinka, Firefighter Steve Almos, then Sjostedt asked for Mike Mahoney to come up to the podium to say a few words – Sjostedt said we’d also like to give the same firefighter award to the dispatchers who are an extension of our Police and Fire Departments .
Deputy Tucker received the Firefighter’s award on behalf of Samantha Gomes, Dispatcher Matthew Miller, Dispatcher – another dispatcher, and then recognized two of the ROCC supervisors, Matt Riggins and another fellow who wasn’t named. But came up and got his award.
Sjostedt then thanked the families and members of the community who came out to support the first responders.
Chairman Joy said she speaks for the board in saying what a great team, we realize it, we appreciate the hard work you do and we are here to support you and go through the chief, you know whatever we can We’re here for you guys and appreciate everything you do for us and our residents and we couldn’t be more proud. “I feel like proud parents, so thank you everyone.
At the close of the ceremony, the gentleman who was the recipient of all this lifesaving attention spoke up to say, “and here he is – the proof in the pudding – right here”. He got a standing ovation from all in attendance.
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Plymouth Public Library Juried Arts & Crafts Festival Sept. 9 and 10

September 1, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

The Plymouth Public Library Foundation is pleased to announce our 4th Annual Juried Arts & Crafts Festival. The Festival will take place Saturday, Sept. 9 and Sunday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Plymouth Public Library.
Held on the Library’s expansive front lawn and inside the library, thousands of visitors will enjoy a full day of music, food, and the opportunity to view and purchase artwork from more than 80 regional artisans, including painters, photographers, sculptors, custom jewelry makers, woodworkers, metalworkers, and illustrators.
Festival admission is free and activities include face-painting, sand art for kids, Child’s Play Alpaca for the whole family to enjoy, plus “Craft and Chill” where families can create their own masterpiece inside the library. We will also be holding a silent auction and an artisan raffle during the festival.
New this year, sponsored by Modern Metal Design, is “Art under Creation,” an interactive exhibit that offers visitors the opportunity to witness artists bring their visions to life.
Auxiliary parking with shuttle service is available at the Center for Active Living on Nook Road (just around the block from the Library). While at the festival, Plymouth residents can register for a library card and anyone can register for the Reading Rivals contest.
Festival proceeds assist the Plymouth Public Library Foundation in providing the Library with technology and landscaping improvements, support the Library’s Literacy Program of Greater Plymouth and also fund its many cultural, artistic and educational programs.
The Festival is funded in part by the Town of Plymouth Promotions Fund and is sponsored by area businesses and organizations including: Tech Etch, Bridgewater Credit Union, Modern Metal Design,Tiny and Sons Glass, Alvin Hollis & Co. Inc, Allen & Majors Associates Inc, COBRA, Dimarzio Insurance, Members Plus Credit Union, One Stop Painting, Plymouth-Carver Primary Care, Plymouth Ears, Nose & Throat, Renewal by Andersen, and Vinny’s Vehicles.
For additional information, on all auxiliary parking sites and participating artists, please visit our website at https://pplfdn.org/4th-annual-arts-crafts-festival-2023/ which will provide all the information needed regarding the 4th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival.

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Nancy Crochiere to visit Adams Center

August 25, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

Longtime newspaper columnist Nancy Crochiere will discuss her fiction debut novel, “Graceland,” on Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Adams Center, 33 Summer St.
Hope Robinson can’t seem to please anyone lately, especially not her mother, the flamboyant soap star Olivia Grant. Olivia loves Elvis more than Jesus and, convinced she’s dying, insists on a final visit to Graceland. Unfortunately, that’s the one place Hope can’t take her. Hope fled Memphis years ago with a shameful secret and a vow never to return. Olivia, though, doesn’t understand the word no. Instead, she wrangles Hope’s pink-haired daughter, Dylan, to drive her to Memphis by promising to reveal the mystery of her long-lost father. Hope must stop them before they expose the truth and all hell breaks loose.
As the women race from Boston to Memphis, encountering jealous soap actors, free-range ferrets, and a trio of Elvis-impersonating frat boys, everyone’s secrets begin to unravel. In order to become the family they long to be, Hope, Olivia, and Dylan must face hard truths about themselves and one another on the bumpy road to acceptance, forgiveness, and ultimately, grace.
Crochiere wrote a humor column about family life for Massachusetts newspapers for 13 years. Her collection of those columns titled, The Mother Load, was a finalist for Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year in humor and the Independent Publishers of New England 2014 Book Award. Crochiere’s essays have appeared in The Boston Globe, Writer’s Digest, and WBUR’s Cognoscenti blog. She lives north of Boston with her husband.
You can learn more about Nancy Crochiere on her website at nancycrochiere.com.
To register for this event, please visit – https://kingstonpubliclibrary.org.

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Sisters in Crime: Mystery Making Panel

August 18, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

KINGSTON — Massachusetts writers Nicole Asselin, Louisa Clerici, Kate Flora, and Sarah Smith will visit the Faunce School, 16 Green St., on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at 6 p.m. for a Sisters in Crime: Mystery Making Panel.
In this interactive workshop, four mystery authors representing different sub-genres, including cozy/traditional and thriller/suspense, will brainstorm on their feet to create a brand-new mystery using suggestions provided by the audience. This fun, fast-paced, and fascinating improv game offers important insights into mystery writers’ minds and the conventions of the genre.
Asselin, who spent her formative high-school years in Pennsylvania, always identified with her New England roots. Her family is originally from Connecticut as her grandfather introduced her to the Boston Red Sox and her grandmother got her interested in mystery novels. These two loves are combined into her Ballpark Mystery series. Asselin presently works just outside of Boston as a Technical Writer, and lives on the South Shore with her three cats.
Clerici’s stories have been published in literary anthologies and magazines, including Carolina Woman Magazine, Istanbul Literary Review, and Best New England Crime Stories anthologies 2016, 2015, and 2012. Her latest publication is Capers, Crooks, & Kitchens, a Fest of Mystery and Magic, a collection of her stories paired with recipes, published in 2022. Clerici is a writer for The Plymouth Cookbook, a fiction editor of Pink Panther Magazine, and she works as a therapist at Clear Mind Systems in Plymouth.
Flora’s fascination with people’s criminal tendencies began in the Maine Attorney General’s office. As the author of 24-books spanning many genre’s including crime fiction, true crime, memoir, non-fiction, and many short stories. She has been a finalist for the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Derringer awards while she won the Public Safety Writers Association award for non-fiction in 2015, and the Maine Literary Award for crime fiction in 2013 and 2015. Flora has taught writing for numerous organizations and institutions as she is a former international president of Sisters in Crime. She divides her time between Massachusetts and Maine.
Smith is an Agatha Award winner and Massachusetts Book Award winner for her 2010 young adult novel, The Other Side of Dark. She has studied at Harvard, where she hung out in the library reading mysteries, and film in London. As the writer of a bestselling adult mystery series set in the Edwardian period, two of those books were named New York Times Notable Books of the Year. The first of these books, The Vanished Child, is being made into a musical and her stand-alone novel, Chasing Shakespeares is being made into a play. Her most recent book is about a multicultural Titanic mystery, Crimes and Survivors, was published in 2020.
Patrons will be able to meet all four authors following the event.
Sisters in Crime is an international organization dedicated to the professional development and advancement of women crime writers. With sixty chapters worldwide, the organization welcomes anyone who loves crime fiction. Their New England chapter hosts in-person and virtual events throughout the year, from craft workshops, to author showcases, to business and marketing advice for authors at every stage of their careers.
To register for this event, please visit – https://kingstonpubliclibrary.org. For more information, you can contact Steven Miller, Reference Librarian at (781) 585-0517 x6272 or at smiller@kingstonma.gov.

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Open rehearsals and auditions for Pilgrim Festival Chorus

August 11, 2023 By Deborah Anderson, Express Staff

PLYMOUTH – Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), a South Shore-based premiere volunteer community choral ensemble, invites singers to “Open Rehearsals and Auditions” on Mondays, Sept. 11 and 18, 6:30 p.m., at Faith Community Church, 29 Carver Rd., Plymouth. Artistic Directors William B. Richter and Elizabeth Chapman Reilly welcome newcomers of all skill levels to learn about PFC and audition for vocal placement if they wish.  Rehearsals immediately follow from 7 to 9 p.m. and continue weekly throughout the fall season.  “Open Rehearsals and Auditions” are welcoming, casual, and free to attend.  Attendees enjoy singing with PFC for the first two weeks without commitment.  Membership information is available at rehearsal, and at pilgrimfestivalchorus.org.
Pilgrim Festival Chorus’s fall rehearsals prepare the ensemble for its holiday season concert “Christmas Joy,” with performances on Friday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 3, at 4 p.m., at St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth. PFC continues its annual tradition of joyful music making at Christmastime, a highlight of the magical season.
In “Christmas Joy,” choral singers blend their voices with the sounds of harp, marimba, and guitar in Conrad Susa’s Spanish collection “Carols and Lullabies of the Southwest.”  Enjoy “Ceremony of Carols,” a beloved work by Benjamin Britten, and delight in John Rutter’s lilting “Dancing Day,” a collection of English carols arranged for women’s voices.  Tickets are now available at pilgrimfestivalchorus.org.
Since 1999, PFC has been dedicated to presenting diverse choral works that educate, enrich, and engage both its members and South Shore audiences. More than 80 vocalists of all adult ages from more than 18 South Shore communities fill out the ensemble. In addition to the winter concert, PFC presents an annual “Messiah Sing” in December, a larger choral work in spring, and summer concerts featuring lighter pops-style programming. Members also perform in smaller volunteer groups engaging in community events. PFC members are drawn from diverse skill sets and backgrounds – from amateur hobby and choir singers to music educators and professional choir directors.
For more information about membership and auditions, call William Richter at 781-789-3343 or email director@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org.  For more information about this season’s rehearsal schedule and repertoire, or to purchase tickets, visit pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, or follow Pilgrim Festival Chorus on Facebook and Instagram.
Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC) is a volunteer, not-for-profit community choral ensemble dedicated to presenting diverse choral works that educate, enrich, and engage both its members and audiences in Southeastern Massachusetts. PFC is funded in part by grants from several of the region’s Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. PFC concerts are produced in cooperation with See Plymouth and Plymouth County Commissioners.
For more information, visit pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org, or follow Pilgrim Festival Chorus on Facebook and Instagram.

 

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