Category Archive for "Walpole"

Olympian sets record straight about depression

By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter If you’ve watched the past three Summer Olympic Games, you’ve probably heard the name Allison Schmitt announced a few times. Since her debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Allison has become an eight-time Olympic medalist on the U.S. Olympic Swimming Team and has seen success at the World Aquatics...

The Rev. Traci Blackmon will speak at United Church in Walpole on October 28 at 7 p.m. Rev. Blackmon is an inspirational speaker, and addresses important topics. Her talk will be preceded by music provided by United Church’s band, and a reception will follow. The Rev. Traci Blackmon is an out-front leader for social justice. Currently...

Footlighters present fresh, Southern comedy

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter The Walpole Footlighters transported their opening night audience from the quiet suburbs to a perfectly-kept veranda as they watched the wild lives of four middle-aged women unfold in “The Savannah Sipping Society.” The Jones Hope Wooten comedy, directed by Wendy Stuart, held its opening night on October 20, and...

Walpole marches for breast cancer awareness

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and at Walpole High School, everybody knows it. Walpole High’s Student Council spends hours and hours each year planning and prepping for the various activities to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer. This year, Student Council planned the second annual Walpole High...

Walpole addresses Alzheimer’s and discusses dementia

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Alzheimer’s is one of those cruel and heartbreaking diseases that has an impact on more than just the person suffering from it. It affects the lives of family and friends, too. While there is not yet a cure for Alzheimer’s and dementia, Julie McMurray from the Alzheimer’s Association came...

Artist Diane S. Scotti will be showing two special exhibits at the Walpole Public Library this month. The first, in the large common room area, is a large-works show of some related and unrelated subjects. Two 3x3-foot canvases of starlings in flight are alongside eggs, which are nestled in their beds of straw. The second exhibit...

Governor Charlie Baker offered an enthusiastic endorsement of State Senate candidate Jacob Ventura at a Walpole rally on October 7, ahead of the Special Senate Election scheduled for Tuesday, October 17. The rally, which also included speeches by Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, Selectmen chairman Eric Kraus, Walpole Chamber of Commerce president and former State...

Community partakes in discussion beyond measure

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Students’ pressure to perform well is met with increasing rates of stress, depression, and anxiety. The emphasis on perfect grades and the need for an after-school calendar full of extracurricular activities are two ingredients to set a student up for failure. Administrators, teachers, and parents of Walpole Public Schools...

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Maura O’Gara, one of the Trustees of the Reservations at Walpole’s Bird Park, said, “Once you start seeing the world through seed glasses, you start to see all of the tiny seeds around us.” At October 4’s “Outdoor Preschool Adventures,” O’Gara taught participants how to find and identify the...

All are invited to Walpole High School's second annual Walpole Makes Strides for ASC, more commonly known as the Pink Walk, on October 12 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Walpole High School. The 1.4-mile walk around Walpole town center will bring all members of the community together to show local support for breast cancer research. Refreshments...

Footlighters presenting ‘The Savannah Sipping Society’

The Walpole Footlighters are set to open their 2017-18 season with “The Savannah Sipping Society.” In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by fate —and an impromptu happy hour — and decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for...

Builder Suffolk has announced it has hired Charles McCarthy of Walpole as Vice President of Operations for its Mission Critical sector. In this role, McCarthy is responsible for identifying and cultivating client relationships, recruiting and developing team members, and ensuring all construction projects adhere to Suffolk’s highest safety and quality standards. He will leverage state-of-the-art...

Walt Whitman (1819-1892), the 19th-century poet and mystic, will visit Walpole soon, through the acting talents of Stephen Collins. Collins has previously delighted audiences in town with his Shakespeare and “Irish Voices” presentations. His sensitive impersonation of Whitman, based largely on the author’s poetry, will begin at 7:00 on Monday evening, October 16, in the...

Brains battle for bronze, silver, and gold

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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter It’s a seven-letter word and the category is “Thing.” The wheel spins and a woman guesses an “O” to kick off the game. Laurie Blake, a community service representative from one of the local in-home senior care companies, fills in the sixth letter of the word with an “O”...

Attorney General Healey speaking in Walpole

The League of Women Voters will be sponsoring an appearance by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey at a Town Hall Meeting on Monday, October 23, at 6:30 p.m., at Walpole High School. Healey will be outlining the issues she and her office are standing up on, but most of the time will be devoted to answering...

Walpole flu vaccine clinics are upcoming for Walpole residents ages four years and older. All state vaccine can only be used on ages 18 years and younger - so Rite Aid will be at the town’s clinic and will accept all insurance cards, except Tufts, to vaccinate all adults 19 years and older. Residents are...

Principal Stephen Imbusch of Walpole High School announced that Nirupa Abraham, Dana Demartino, Jessica Fitzgerald, Sylvia Lanni, Matthew Luongo, William Porter, and Katarina Ruda have been named Commended Students in the 2018 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, was presented...

Olympic swimmer Schmitt addressing IAM Strong

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The IAM Strong Foundation will sponsor, with the support of The Norwood Theatre, “An Evening With Allison Schmitt” on Wednesday, October 18. The program will take place at The Norwood Theatre at 109 Central Street, Norwood. The doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and the program begins at 7:30 p.m. Allison Schmitt is an...

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On Saturday, September 23, the Walpole High School (WHS) Alumni Association presented a check for $7,500 to Ron Dowd, Athletic Director at WHS. The check presentation was held at half time on the football field at the Walpole/Norwood game. Rich McCarthy, June Wilson Burke, and Al Mullen, all members of the WHS Alumni...

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The USATF-certified 17th annual Camy 5K Run & David 5K Walk will be held on Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Walpole Italian-American Club, 109 Stone St., Walpole. The Camy 5K Run is at 10 a.m., the David 5K Walk at 9:50 a.m., and the free Rosina Fun Run of 50 yards for kids...

Category Archives: Walpole

Olympian sets record straight about depression

Rev. Traci Blackmon to address Walpole

Footlighters present fresh, Southern comedy

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Walpole marches for breast cancer awareness

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Walpole addresses Alzheimer’s and discusses dementia

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Artist Scotti displaying at library

Governor Baker stumps in Walpole

Community partakes in discussion beyond measure

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Bird Park sprouts love for nature

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Walpole to make strides for cancer

Footlighters presenting ‘The Savannah Sipping Society’

Walpole’s McCarthy hired as Suffolk VP

Library to host Whitman performance

Brains battle for bronze, silver, and gold

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Attorney General Healey speaking in Walpole

Flu vaccine clinics coming to Walpole

Walpole students commended by NMSC

Olympic swimmer Schmitt addressing IAM Strong

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Alumni Association presents check to AD

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Camy 5K Run & David 5K Walk upcoming

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