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‘Purple Heart Community’ honors Vietnam veteran

By Julie Marrinucci Hometown Weekly Correspondent

Armistice or Remembrance Day, on May 16th of this year, was apropos for the events taking place at American Legion, George B. Preston Post 209 in Dover, MA.

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, the town’s Memorial Day Committee, Legion members, relatives,...

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Hospice nurse and Walpole native authors book

By Julie Marrinucci Hometown Weekly Correspondent

“I have been a hospice nurse for several decades,” writes Maureen Groden, RN, MS, CHPN, in the introduction of her new book titled, When A Loved One Is Dying. She goes on to write that, “Caring for people who are dying has been the privilege of my personal and...

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WHS student documents 1,500 veterans

By Julie Marrinucci Hometown Weekly Correspondent

“The best part of this project was learning all about people in Walpole who sacrificed their lives,” said Rocco Lewis, a Walpole High School junior. “And this might sound crazy, but being out in nature, in the quiet, focusing on documenting these veterans, it really brought me peace.”

Lewis...

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BSS principal meets Pope Leo XIV

By Julie Marrinucci Hometown Weekly Correspondent Call it synchronicity. Divine intervention. The tenacity of a Catholic school administrator. Or a combination of all three. Whatever the reason, when Walpole’s Blessed Sacrament School (BSS) Principal Marilena Martucci found herself at the Vatican, talking one-on-one with Pope Leo XIV, it was a moment she described as “absolutely amazing,” It all...
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Teacher’s Top 40 song is music to his ears

By Julie Marrinucci Hometown Weekly Correspondent

Elementary school teacher by day and musician by night, Joe Rich is working on his third album titled “King of Goodbyes,” scheduled for release in September. Not surprisingly, the singer/songwriter, who says he loves words and clever phrasing, teaches Language Arts at Blessed Sacrament School in Walpole.

 “I want...

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