Walpole celebrates July 4
Walpole patriot Armand DuBois reminisces
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By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
PFC Armand DuBois, a 25-year-old 60mm mortar gunner, found himself lying on a bunk in an underground cell in an old French prison in August 1944, contemplating his shattered right arm. The pain felt like he had been slammed with a baseball bat.
D-Day was only a couple months earlier,...
Council on Aging holds birthday bash
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
With 250 babies born every minute, one would think that somebody would’ve had a birthday during the month of June to celebrate on Wednesday, June 19, for The Walpole Council on Aging’s monthly group birthday party.
With an abundance of vanilla and chocolate cupcakes and Hoodsie cups, seniors gathered and...
Katie Hurwitz awarded Girl Scouts scholarship
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Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA) has congratulated Katie Hurwitz of Walpole for earning a Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts Scholarship. Each year, the council presents scholarships to local graduating Girl Scouts. Katie was awarded one of two scholarships valued at $1,500.
Katie is a senior at Walpole High School. A Girl Scout...
Community learns of Neponset River cleanup
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Each year, tons of trash and other forms of pollution end up in our local waterways. For years, the problem went largely ignored, until recently when different groups have strived to clean up the thousands of bodies of water throughout the country.
At ten o’clock on Wednesday, June 12, Walpole residents...
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Shalin and Babineau provide baseball memories
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last Monday night at the Walpole Library, Mike Shalin and Steve Babineau spent the better part of an hour telling Red Sox, Bruins, and, to a lesser extent, New York Yankees stories to an intrigued audience that included former Red Sox manager Joe Morgan.
Babineau has spent decades...
AnaLeeChic dresses kids for success
This year, Ariana Chariton received a Project LOVEly grant from nonprofit This Star Won't Go Out (TSWGO) to produce and donate a line of children's hospital gowns.
The grant precipitated Chariton's popup project, AnaLeeChic. Ariana has always loved kids, and when she entered college four years ago, being around so many hospitals in the Longwood...
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Walpole recognized by Smart Growth America
The National Complete Streets Coalition, a program of Smart Growth America, has released the Best Complete Streets Policies of 2018, which recognized the hard work by the Town of Walpole to draft and institute a new Complete Streets policy, naming it one of the ten best in the country passed in 2018.
Walpole joins a long...
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Children’s entertainer Peasley makes Walpole debut
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Peasley holds up one of her letters looking for a verb that starts with “D” Photos by James Kinneen[/caption]
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Wednesday morning...
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Peasley holds up one of her letters looking for a verb that starts with “D” Photos by James Kinneen[/caption]
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Wednesday morning...
Walpole grads look to the future
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Sunday afternoon, June 2, Walpole High School held its commencement ceremony for graduating seniors. In front of packed bleachers on the football field, the class both looked towards its future and reflected on its united past.
Boston College-bound valedictorian Reshma Abraham delivered a poignant speech that began...
German club holds season’s first biergarten
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Friday night, May 24, the Boylston Schul-Verein, which proclaims itself the largest German-American club in the Greater Boston Area, held its first biergarten of the season. The club, which is celebrating its 145th year, started as a German language school and maintains both a school for German dance...
Butterflies migrate to Walpole Library
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Summer has almost begun. People’s yards are full of bright, beautiful flowers. The trees are once again full of vibrant green leaves. Migrating birds have returned to the area to make their nests. Bees are buzzing as they carry pollen from one flower to another. If you look outside, you may...
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Memorial Day Service honors veterans, Denneen
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
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Last Monday afternoon at the Walpole Town Common, veterans, mourners, military vehicles and Walpole High School students gathered to celebrate Memorial Day and honor the Walpole...
Harry Brousaides visits ‘An Outside View’
“An Outside View,” a public access cable talk show, has welcomed Town Moderator candidate Harry Brousaides for an interview. The show’s next interview guest will be Walpole Swim Coach Cheryl Cavanaugh, who also runs the town's summer swimming program.
The show may be viewed online by visiting www.tiny.cc/OutsideViewHB.
“An Outside View” is a talk show on...
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The legacy of Dickinson’s editors
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
When she died in 1886 at the age of 55, Emily Dickinson left behind her family, her home, a number of diaries, and a couple thousand poems. Before her death, Dickinson had requested that her younger sister, Lavinia, destroy all of her correspondence, her diaries, and the remainder...
Sunny Walpole Day delights community
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
With summer on the horizon, Walpole Day seemed to fall on the perfect day this year. With the sun shining and the warm weather, residents flocked to Stone Field outside Blackburn Hall to celebrate their town in a community-wide event that left parents, kids, and everyone in between happy...
Potters Place hosts show, supports community
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
On any normal day, a person could walk into Potters Place and find an active pottery studio. There may be slabs of clay, wheels, and sculpting tools all around the studio.
But this weekend, members of the Potters Place co-op transformed their beloved studio into a marketplace showcasing their...
Searching for bunnies in Bird Park
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Currently, visitors of Bird Park can participate in an entertaining scavenger hunt. There are six almost-identical rabbits that can be found around the park, part of their seasonal Bunny Quest.
I had been planning to come to Bird Park to try the Bunny Quest for weeks. However, the lovely spring...
Peace and Justice Group holds rally
The Walpole Peace and Justice Group held a tax day rally on Thursday, April 25, to call for a reduction in U.S. military spending and a redirection of those funds to human needs. A 40 foot budget banner was held showing where the Federal discretionary budget is spent today. The banner was comprised of...
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George Ransom presents on Plimptonville
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Every town comes with its own hidden treasure trove of gems. For some, it is the architecture. For others, it is the people who once called the town home.
In Walpole’s case, it’s both.
On Monday, April 22, Walpole Historian George Ransom gave a presentation on Plimptonville, a historic neighborhood in...
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