2021-22: Ninety Years in the Making
Lionistic Year 2021-22 was ninety years in the making. And at times it seemed to contain ninety years of energy. After two-years of relative inactivity the Club was anxious to get moving. And we had a very good year. We found a new home at the Hall on Foundry; recruited one of the largest pools […]
The Moffitt Pavilion at Frothingham Park
Last July (2021) several members of the Easton Lions Club met with members of the Frothingham Park Board of Directors to discuss a possible joint project between the Park and the Club using monies that had been bequeathed to us from the estate of Warren Moffitt. Warren was a local businessman and friend of […]
Cold Crew
Proving once again that many hands make for quick (if chilly) work, a crew of over-bundled Lions met on one of the coldest days of the winter to remove the Holiday Festival trees from a very frozen Rockery. Using a full contingent of sledge hammers, crow bars, portable heaters and a jack hammer to break […]
Miracle on Main Street
Lions serve. It’s what we do. We know our community, what it needs, and what needs to get done. But as a group, the Easton Lions have had a problem telling the community what we did. Maybe that’s because service is selfless. And selfless is not about self-promotion. But we need to change that proposition. […]
The Genius of Thanksgiving
One evening last week I found myself on the highway listening to satellite radio as analysts on CNN, and then Fox drove their respective audiences to their expected corners of the political arena. After a half-hour of increasingly chaotic stridency on both sides I flipped the switch and tuned in a station that plays only bluegrass […]
Avery Lee Williams – Sep 2021
September 11, 2021
Every so often a day comes along that makes you stop and take a second look. This morning was one of those days. The temperature was cool, the air was still, and the sky was a subtle blue unmarred by any cloud cover. As I stood in my back yard with my dogs two hawks slid by overhead. Nothing […]
The Ed Hands Community Garden
Easton Lion Ed Hands was recently honored when local gardeners erected a sign declaring the Ed Hands Community Garden at Wheaton Farms. The Garden is located by the Wheaton Farm parking lot on Bay Road just south of the junction with Prospect Street. Ed has been a mainstay at the facility, digging post holes, working […]
President’s Message: July Board Meeting
The Board of Directors met tonight to vote on an operating budget for Lionistic year 2021-22. Part of the agenda included adopting a schedule of meeting dates and affirming a meeting location. The Board voted to uphold the decision to meet at the Easton/Raynham Track (Raynham Park) on Route 138 beginning September 8. […]
Markie Live
Mark Vinocoor, creator of the Easton Lions breakout music series Easton Live! (and 2021 Lion-of-the-Year), took to the stage this week to croon the Elvis classic Can’t Help Falling in Love to his wife and fellow Lion Michelle during a recent concert starring Mike Sanpietro at Shovel Town Brewery. Markie V and Mike Sanpietro are […]
