Category Archive for "Walpole"

Friends of St. Patrick preparing luncheon

President Donnell W. Murphy and the Friends of St. Patrick have scheduled their 32nd annual luncheon for March 16th. The day’s events will kick off with a parade in downtown Walpole at 11:00 a.m., which will be followed by the luncheon at Ambrosia Wedding and Events, located at 2 Washington Street (Route 1) in Foxboro, at...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Mount Rushmore is one of America’s national monuments that attracts millions of visitors each year. While the enormous sculpture features the faces of four U.S. presidents who had the greatest impact on the country, lecturer Bruce Hambro suggests there should be four different faces carved into the mountainside. “Richard Rodgers,”...

The fate of Walpole's Smith-Healey House, located on 1350 North Street, is to be voted on during the Spring Town Meeting. The Smith-Healey House, originally built in 1745, is one of New England’s oldest homes, and is substantially untouched since the colonial era. Its historically significant features include four fireplaces, a beehive oven, original doors, mantels,...

Walpole engages in ‘Storytelling for All’

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter From infancy, we learn how valuable a good story is. We’re sung to as we fall asleep, and read to throughout the day. As toddlers, our overactive childhood imaginations were always looking to create a story with the help of toys and dolls. Storytelling is imbedded inside of us,...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Growing up in Walpole, I’d walked the trails of Bird Park hundreds of times. So, when I heard that I’d be joining other locals and Trustee Maura O’Gara for Wednesday Wanderings, I had a feeling it’d be a walk in the park – both literally and figuratively. I had worried...

‘Radium Girls’ illuminates Footlighters stage

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Imagine it’s the 1920’s and at the age of 15, you abandon your studies to earn money at a factory job. The work is easy, the pay is phenomenal, and the other girls in the factory make the time pass quickly with their chatter and antics. You touch a...

By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter In August, 93-year-old Ora McGuire conceived and idea to challenge her fellow seniors. As a part of the Walpole Council on Aging’s Creative Corner program, Ora devised the “Mind Over Matter Olympics,” which would test the seniors’ abilities to solve brain puzzles. From August to December, Ora organized five different games for...

The Walpole Historical Society will present an overview of the old Town Hall on Wednesday, February 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the Walpole Public Library. Originally identified as the Walpole Town House, it is the tallest and most recognizable building downtown. Located at 972 Main Street, the brick building was designed by J. Williams Beal,...

Library displays stained glass kaleidoscope art

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Winter in New England can often be a dreary season. Arctic temperatures trap us indoors, the sky is black with night before we even sit down for dinner, and oftentimes, we look up at a sky full of bleak gray clouds during the daytime. Which is precisely why local...

Breaking Bread serves meals, fosters companionship

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter For the past seven years, Walpole’s United Church has been the home of Breaking Bread, a community program sponsored by Walpole Families of Faith that provides free meals every Monday night. There’s no registration or RSVP required; anyone in need of a hot, nutritious dinner is welcome to visit...

Chris Trapper enriches library’s music scene

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Walpole Public Library hosted a special musical performance open to the public on January 18. Singer, songwriter, and storyteller Chris Trapper played a casual and intimate show to share his songs and the stories that inspired them. The Westwood-based musician performs as the lead singer for The Push Stars...

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By Bill Lombardi Hometown Weekly Correspondent January 15, 1919 was a beautiful winter day, more like spring, when 22 year-old Ralph Martin left his house for work at 120 Train St. in Boston. Just recently discharged from the Navy, he obtained a job driving a truck in the North End transporting produce to stores in...

The Walpole Footlighters are in the midst of preparing the second show of their 2017-2018 season, “Radium Girls” by D.W. Gregory. The powerful play, based on true events, is set in the early part of the twentieth century and centers on ideas still timely today, such as women’s equality, scientific progress and its effect on...

The IAM Strong Foundation, which seeks to shatter the stigma surrounding teen mental health struggles, has announced its spring 2018 grant cycle. This grant cycle opens on February 1 and will extend through April 1. Grants will be awarded on or before May 1. The very first grant cycle for the IAM Strong Foundation was held...

Trailblazer Wilkins still an inspiration

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By Sam Obar Women’s foray into Walpole’s top elected board got off to an unpromising start, but now that the first female selectman in Walpole is also the oldest living former selectman, it’s clear that women have a strong legacy in the town’s history books. Louise Lazarovich was the first woman to run for selectman...

Historical musical promotes social equality

[ccfic caption-text format="plaintext"]By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter At the Women’s Journey Conference in California in 2010, Dr. Thea Iberall premiered a play that could change America’s views on women in society. Women are no longer the damsels in distress in need of rescue by Prince Charming – and they have not been for a long time. Proving...

Folk duo Andy & Judy will entertain at 7 p.m. on Thursday evening, January 25, in the Community Room of the Walpole Public Library, 143 School Street. Part of the Music Series sponsored by the Friends of the Walpole Public Library, admission is free and all are welcome. More details are available at www.walpolelibraryfriends.org. New...

United Church in Walpole will be hosting an event for women, “I Arise Today with the strength of my faith-filled voice!,” on Saturday, January 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The leader for the day is Reverend Susie Allen, an authentic and inspiring spiritual director with 15 years experience in leading small groups and...

Last year at this time, Chris Trapper entertained a large and enthusiastic audience at the Walpole Public Library, so the Friends are pleased to have him return on January 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room. Chris Trapper, a storyteller in song, is a local resident, but with his soulful, honeyed tenor, sly humor...

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By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent All it took was a story about one young American soldier returning home from the war in Iraq to spark an idea that would have a profound effect on other veterans. As terrifying as the war was for this soldier, one thing frightened him even more — how would his...

Category Archives: Walpole

Friends of St. Patrick preparing luncheon

Rodgers and the Walpole Public Library

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Fate of Smith-Healey House in question

Walpole engages in ‘Storytelling for All’

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Bird Park hosts ‘Wednesday Wanderings’

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‘Radium Girls’ illuminates Footlighters stage

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Seniors take home Olympic medals

Historical Society looking at Town Hall

Library displays stained glass kaleidoscope art

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Breaking Bread serves meals, fosters companionship

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Chris Trapper enriches library’s music scene

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Looking back at the Molasses Flood

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Footlighters presenting ‘Radium Girls’

IAM Strong opens spring grant cycle

Trailblazer Wilkins still an inspiration

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Historical musical promotes social equality

Andy & Judy to play Walpole Library

United Church hosting Rev. Susie Allen

Chris Trapper to play Walpole Library

The guiding hands of Dolores Efthim

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