By Elizabeth Connolly
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Walpole citizens were invited to unite on the common on Monday, January 16, in observance of
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The theme of this year’s observance was “The Beloved Community”
and the candlelight vigil featured singing, prayer, and several readings of Dr. King’s writings.
Attendees gathered in a circle for the...
By Julia Beauregard
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Walpole seniors gathered together to celebrate the annual COA birthday party, an event where everyone is celebrated. Community members celebrated the fourth birthday of the senior center building itself, as well as a collective birthday celebration for all the seniors in attendance.
By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Editor
As has become a fantastic tradition in town, Walpole Trails hosted guided and self-guided walks around some of the community’s prime parcels on January 1. The walks, which this year were scheduled for Adams Farm, Jarvis Farm, Norfolk Aggie and the new Rt 1A ballfields...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Located in the Deacon Willard Lewis House, the Walpole Historical Society is a primary
resource for residents and visitors to learn all about Walpole’s past. Established in 1898, the
society holds records, replicas, and artifacts that showcase the town’s rich history.
A Christmas open house held at the house on December 17...
Throughout the month of December, Walpole Recreation has spearheaded a Holiday Lights
House Tour, which has sought to highlight the town’s most sparkling holiday home decorations.
Recreation has succeeded with aplomb, with an available Google map conveniently marking the
festive locations throughout town — and residents themselves have done quite a bit of legwork,
The winner, declared...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Walpole seniors enjoyed a full day of merriment at the Council on Aging’s Holiday Open House
on Friday, December 16. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the center was equal parts shopping bazaar,
concert hall, and gathering place.
Beginning with breakfast, seniors had adequate time to relax, mingle with neighbors, and enjoy
a...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Familiar faces joined Lestyn Gilmore at the Walpole Council on Aging on Friday, December 9. Gilmore typically visits once a month for afternoons filled with dance, typically line dancing. She switched things up this month, however, by DJing for a jolly ballroom dance.
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Holly Berry Fair has returned to Walpole!
Marking the beginning of the 2022 holiday season, the fair is held annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. With the United Church of Walpole under construction, church members and event organizers had made adjustments...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
There was plenty to do over the weekend, but Walpole locals made sure to carve out time to attend the second annual Festival of Trees, hosted by the Junior Women’s Club of Walpole (JWCW). Held at the Walpole Council on Aging, the JWCW transformed the...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
New Englanders Andy and Judy Daigle have been partnered musicians and singer-songwriters since 2009. Beginning with mostly folk covers, they have increased their repertoire of original work to span seven albums. Happy to play live music, the duo gifted Walpole Public Library an intimate performance...
Husson University has announced that Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) graduate and Walpole native Madison Morano, a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, received the prestigious Colonel Tanya Wahlberg Nurse Cadet Excellence Award. Named in honor of a former second brigade professor of military science, the award is presented each year to...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
After an odyssey to get underway, the soon-to-be Walpole Middle School broke ground last Tuesday, November 15. The meetings, permit acquisition, funding, and decision processes are over as construction has officially begun. Current Bird Middle School Principal Edward Connor says the plan is for the...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
People love music and rhythm. We listen to music while we work, clean, cook, shop, exercise. We hum to ourselves or tap our fingers while we sit in traffic. We change the radio station in our car when we get a commercial so we can...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Camy 5K Run and David 5K Walk were held in Walpole last Saturday, November 12, for the twenty-second consecutive year.
Not even a morning drizzle could stop the registered walkers and runners from the course. The light drizzle during registration had...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Last Thursday evening, November 10, the Friends of the Walpole Library hosted Walpole High School alum Maureen Stanton to talk about her latest book. Stanton, a member of the WHS class of 1978, spoke about her 2019 memoir, “Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
It is curtains up for the Walpole Footlighters even as the curtain falls on the first show of their 99th season. "The Humans", a play written by Stephen Karam and directed by Cammerron Baits, had its final performance this past Sunday at the Walpole Footlighters...
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Those who make the choice to work in such an environment are not doing it for fame, or high salaries — they do it because they love their students and helping people.
A living example of this would be Rachel Jackson, a...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
With Halloween right around the corner, children are more than eager to celebrate. Knowing trick-or-treating is only a couple days away, kids are putting finishing touches on their costumes and building up seasonal energy as we head towards the 31st.
As the...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Willow Tree Winds recently visited seniors at the Council on Aging in town on Friday afternoon, October 14. The relaxing woodwind quintet is based in Norfolk County and lent its talents to entertain on a rainy day.
The group played everything from...
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Located conveniently off Main Street in Walpole, Epiphany Parish looks especially festive this fall season. Pumpkins of varying colors and sizes appear everywhere across the property, marking the return of the Epiphany Parish Pumpkin Patch. Every year, the beautiful display draws...
