On September 14 at 7:00 p.m., the community will celebrate a night of fun and entertainment to benefit a wonderful Walpole family’s fight against ALS.
The band Magnus will take the stage at the German American Club in Walpole for the fundraiser, which will include a cash bar, live music, light refreshments, door prizes, raffles, and...
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Remembering Walpole’s ‘Peace Crane Lady’
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By Linda Thomas
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Ora Lora (Spadafora) McGuire could not be held down. Not by the Great Depression, not by institutional sexism, not by war.
And that’s why her legacy as Walpole’s “Peace Crane Lady” is likely to last long after her recent passing on June 13, 2019, nearly a week shy of her...
Norfolk Aggie creates clean energy jobs
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Most teachers will tell you that when a kid comes back from summer break, all too often they will say that they both did and learned “nothing.” And even among those kids who found summer jobs, it’s hard to imagine that they learned a wide variety of life...
Walpole girls love STEM class
By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Today, there is more of a push than ever to encourage girls to join STEM programs, whether it be at a national or even local level.
To that end, SWENext (Society of Women Engineers) members Aishwarya Velu and Jenna Allman have organized a program this summer to get local Walpole girls...
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Big Ryan tells tall tales
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Sometimes, kids have so much energy that it is impossible for them to sit still, even during story time. The Walpole Library had the best solution for this type of predicament on Monday, July 15. Big Ryan, a well-trained storyteller, stopped by to tell these kids some great stories,...
Hula La brings islands to Walpole
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
The problem with most kids’ concerts is that no matter how good your music is, a child’s attention span isn’t long enough to keep them from squirming, getting bored, asking for your phone, or lashing out.
But on Tuesday at the Walpole Library, Hula La had the answer for...
Adams Farm concert brings in crowd
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By Amelia Tarallo
Hometown Weekly Staff
Summer is definitely the season for long walks, picnics, and outdoor concerts.
On Saturday, July 13, visitors to Adams Farm in Walpole could experience all three at once.
From noon until 3:00, guests gathered at the barn to hear a free concert, sponsored by the Friends of Adams Farm....
WCT set to present ‘Wizard of Oz’
Walpole celebrates July 4
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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While the world was focusing on the pros and cons of Donald Trump’s July 4th celebration, Walpole held its annual July 3 festivities to significantly less controversy. For over fifty years, Walpole has held its “Night Before the Fourth,” celebration and this year would be no different -...
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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By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Wednesday morning...
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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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