The Walpole High School (WHS) football team recently visited to brighten the day of Nico, a young community member recovering from major hip surgery and currently in a double cast. Nico, an avid football fan, had a heartfelt wish for some of the team’s players to...
The 26th annual consecutive in-person USATF-certified Camy 5K Run & David 5K Walk will be held on Sat., Nov. 14, at the Walpole Italian-American Club, 109 Stone St., Walpole. The fundraising event features the competitive Camy 5K Run, fun David 5K Walk, free 50-yard Rosina Fun Run for kids 11 & under, two fabulous...
The Walpole Community Food Pantry is hosting a drive-through paper goods collection from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 14.
That morning the pantry’s large distribution truck will be parked in the municipal lot across the street from the Walpole Police Department and the Walpole Community Center, 60 South St., Walpole. Volunteers will be...
Patrick Melavin
If you saw Sean Connery in the James Bond franchise, you should see this; “In the Name of the Rose.” Sean Connery portrays an intellectually sagacious friar that has been sent to a mysterious abbey to investigate a peculiar death. Set in the fourteenth century and released in 1986, it is a...
It’s not just students who get a first-day-of-school experience. Every year teachers who are new to Westwood Public Schools (WPS) have their own, when they come together for new teacher orientation. This year’s sessions took place over three days in late August.
“This is our opportunity to welcome people and to showcase what is...
John Vincent Orecchio, age 73, passed away on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center at Newbridge on the Charles in Dedham, Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 11, 1952, he was the son of John Joseph and Anne Dorothy (Ciriello) Orecchio. John was raised...
MassBay Community College recently received a $35,356.49 gift from the St. John–St. Paul Catholic Collaborative in Wellesley to support the College's Textbook Assistance Fund. Each year during the 40-day Lenten period, the Collaborative selects a local or global cause to support through its Lenten Gift Program. This year, the Collaborative chose MassBay's Textbook Assistance Fund as...
Do you love to sing? Then we would love to meet you! We are Exsultet!— a fun-loving, women’s choral group made up of around twenty musicians. We love making music and challenging ourselves to present concerts which enlighten and entertain. Exsultet! sings a repertoire of choral literature spanning musical periods and cultures, and incorporates...
The MEMO Summer Concert Series continues on Thursday, July 30, with A Celtic Band performing at 6 p.m. at the Gazebo behind the Medfield Public Library.
A Celtic Band blends Irish, Scottish, and Canadian Maritime Celtic influences with American heartland roots and acoustic pop-rock. The group's original music combines traditionally inspired Celtic melodies with...
Participants learned how to make fresh summer pickles during a Quick Pickling Workshop held on the evening of Tuesday, July 21, at the Dover Town Library. The participants learned how to make “quickles” or quick pickles.
During the hands-on workshop, participants learned the basics of quick pickling...
The Sherborn Council on Aging staff and community members enjoyed an engaging historical walking tour of Dover's Highland Cemetery led by Geoff Sauter, a Dover resident, member of the Dover Historical Society, and recently retired regional sales engineer. Drawing on years of research into the area's earliest settlers, Revolutionary War veterans, and prominent...
August 21, 1953 - July 21, 2026
Heaven welcomed home a faithful servant, a man whose life was defined by his love for God, his devotion to prayer and studying scripture, and his dedication to his family. On July 21, 2026, Eric Clifford Nelson (72) passed away...
The non-profit Zullo Gallery-Center for the Arts is marking its one-year anniversary of purchasing its building on Main Street in Medfield by kicking off a series of "Summer Thursday" gatherings from 6 to 10 p.m. on July 16. These community get-togethers will then continue every other week until August 27 (exact dates are...
After more than four decades of service to the Town of Dover, longtime Department of Public Works employee Robert "Bobo" Beckwith retired in July, bringing to a close a career defined by dependability, hard work and a commitment to the community.
A Dover native, Beckwith spent his entire life in the town. He started...
Earle J. Legge of Sarasota, FL passed away of natural causes on June 29, 2026 in Sarasota.
Earle was born in Norwood, MA on February 3, 1931 and grew up in Massachusetts. A highlight of Earle’s youth was singing in the Cathedral Choir at Trinity Church...
Creator and Hometown Weekly Cartoonist Tim Jones tells us why a grumpy dog, a pet storm cloud, and a bad day make for the perfect comic strip.
It took a layoff from his job more than a decade ago to convince creator Tim Jones to revive Aesop, a miserable flying dog he’d first drawn...
The town of Walpole is mourning the loss of one of its beloved sons, Thomas Henry Groden. Born August 24, 1948 in Cambridge, Tom was raised on Lewis Farm in Walpole as 6th of the 15 children of Harold M. Groden, M.D. and Helen (Perrault) Groden. He...
Maureen E. McQuillen,
Age 85, of Norfolk, formerly of Medfield, on July 2, 2026; beloved wife of the late Jeremiah J. McQuillen. Loving mother of Michael P. McQuillen (Trish) of McLean, VA, Karen L. McQuillen (Becky Poulin) of Reading, and Kathleen M. Smahi (Hassan) of North Attleboro;...
Catherine R. "Pippen" Cook October 8, 1942 – July 1, 2026
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Catherine R. "Pippen" Cook, who died peacefully on July 1, 2026, at the age of 83. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, Pippen...
Marcia died peacefully at home with daughter Janet.
Born on February 16, 1937 in Framingham, MA. Marcia was the daughter of the late John A. and Dorothy Newell of Medfield and the beloved wife of Richard E. Allan whom we lost in 2021.
Marcia is survived by...
