Category Archive for "Walpole"

Quilt Guild show outdoes itself

By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Rhododendron Needlers Quilt Guild has been going strong for 27 years. A non-profit organization aiming to preserve to culture and history of quilting, as well as an understanding of the art of quilting, members come from 37 towns in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The group meets once a month at...

Hootstein is Outstanding Student of the Year

The Walpole Recreation Department is pleased to announce that department team member Sara Hootstein has received the 2017 Massachusetts Recreation and Parks Association annual Outstanding Student of the Year Award. The Award was given at the MRPA annual conference in Worcester in March, during which hundreds of park and recreation professionals gather for networking activities,...

Phillip Lippolis is a courageous ten year old boy battling leukemia for the second time. His family has spent a tremendous amount of time at Boston Children’s Hospital. Phillip received a bone marrow transplant and is currently unable to leave his house in Walpole. His wonderful teachers go to his home to tutor him. The...

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Joseph F. Major, a longtime Walpole resident, has been selected as the Northeast Region’s Lifetime 4-H Volunteer of the Year by the National 4-H program and as such will be considered to become the National Lifetime 4-H Volunteer of the year. Present and past 4-H members and their families gathered at Ward’s Berry...

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff Leave it to members of the Walpole community to figure out how to make St. Patrick’s Day even more festive. On a beautiful, sunny Friday morning, friends and neighbors gathered to celebrate the holiday, the town, and the giving spirit. The Friends of St. Patrick (FOSP), self-described as “a small...

Celebrating its fifteenth season, Walpole Robotics RoboRebels FRC Team 1153 is off to a promising start. In their Week Zero preseason event held in Nashua, NH, the team was in the coveted first position for alliance selections and won the overall event. They just finished their first qualification matches at Worcester Polytechnic Institute placing 15th...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter For fans of Irish culture, March is a mecca of events, opportunities, and offerings. One of these such events was offered at the Walpole Public Library on Saturday. Stanley & Grimm, a Celtic duo, played at 1:00 p.m. for any and all who were available to come. Sponsored by...

Walpole girls participate in golf league

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In 2013 when Jillian Barend asked her dad Dave to help create a golf league for young girls, little did they know they were starting a movement. More than two years later, the program has expanded to 200 girls in 20-plus Massachusetts towns playing alternate-shot, 9-hole, par 3 tournaments and holding driving events....

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Experiences with giving blood range drastically. Some have never given at all, and don’t know their blood type. Some give consistently every two months, doing the absolute maximum they can. No matter what end of the spectrum Walpole residents might be on, the Blood Drive held roughly every four...

HESSCO Elder Services in Sharon is once again partnering with Mick Morgan’s Irish Pub for the 6th Annual Mick Morgan’s St. Patrick’s 5K. This event, which is scheduled for Saturday, March 18, is HESSCO’s largest fundraiser and coincides with the national March for Meals campaign. The campaign mobilizes hundreds of local Meals on Wheels programs...

Artist Chris Coyne to give demonstration

Rockport artist Chris Coyne will demonstrate watercolor painting at the Walpole Public Library on Monday evening, March 20, at 7:00 p.m. Coyne has a gallery on Bearskin Neck, and many examples of his work, including oils, can be seen at http://fineartamerica.com/artists/chris+coyne.

Christopher J. Coyne was born...

Barb Maiewski will serve up batches of chowder for the Annual Chowdah Fest at Union Congregational Church, 55 Rhoades Avenue in East Walpole, from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 31. Homemade clam chowder, vegetarian corn chowder, and Apple Harvest Fair fish chowder will be offered, along with sandwiches, desserts, and beverages. Prices range from $3.50...

Walpole Library celebrates fifth anniversary

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter It’s hard to imagine Walpole before the current Walpole Library, as it has become such a staple in the community. The new library building celebrated its fifth birthday this past week, an event marked by the Friends of the Walpole Public Library and the Library Trustees. “We saw this...

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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter When most people imagine a puppet show, what comes to mind are pieces of fabric to slip over a hand, or perhaps a marionette, pulled by strings to move and walk. However, Wednesday at the Walpole Library, there was a whole different kind of puppet show. “Shadows Around the...

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The community is invited to join the United Church in Walpole on March 12 at 3:00 p.m. for a family-friendly afternoon of traditional American and Celtic folk music and dance featuring the highly praised husband-and-wife duo, Atwater-Donnelly. The duo blends gorgeous vocals with an astounding array of instruments including the mountain dulcimer, old-time banjo, tin whistle, guitar,...

Friends of Walpole’s Elders seek donations

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The Friends of Walpole’s Elders (Friends) are very excited to announce their effort to fundraise upwards of $1 million to supplement the construction costs of the new elder facility to be located next to the Walpole Police Station on South Street. The Friends are kicking off the effort by donating $100,000 to the...

By Linda Thomas Hometown Weekly Correspondent The day he had been waiting for was here. That 1988 September morning, Eric Moskowitz bounded through the school yard and walked straight into his new fourth grade classroom at the John Eliot Elementary School in Needham. The year earlier, he’d walked to school every day with a neighbor who raved that Stephen...

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Celtic duo Stanley & Grimm entertain with a celebration of traditional music through old and new interpretations of jigs, reels, and songs played with lively fiddle, guitar, and voice. Fiddler Nikki Engstrom and singer/guitarist Sean Brennan create a musical journey through a bounty of fiddle tunes and ballads of all origins, alongside modern...

Walpole Children’s Theatre is presenting "King Midas and the Touch of Gold." The play is a faithful adaptation of the popular myth, which teaches that money and wealth aren't everything. King Midas is a powerful ruler who can think only of gold. His lovely daughter, Princess Penelope, is having a birthday, and noble guests come...

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The Walpole Public Library Trustees, Friends of the Library and staff are hosting a celebration on Saturday, March 4 to honor the 5 year anniversary of the Library’s new facility at 143 School Street. Open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Library will feature many events appropriate for all ages, ranging from...

Category Archives: Walpole

Quilt Guild show outdoes itself

Hootstein is Outstanding Student of the Year

RB Foundation supports two local heroes

Walpole’s Joe Major honored by 4-H

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Spirit of St. Patrick strong in Walpole

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RoboRebels roll into fifteenth season

Stanley & Grimm offer Celtic escape

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Walpole girls participate in golf league

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Walpole Library hosts blood drive

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HESSCO St. Patrick’s 5K upcoming

Artist Chris Coyne to give demonstration

Chowdah Fest to take Walpole

Walpole Library celebrates fifth anniversary

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History of shadow puppets shines

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Atwater-Donnelly to play in Walpole

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Friends of Walpole’s Elders seek donations

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OPR School Principal Fortin looks back

Stanley & Grimm to play Library

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WCT to present ‘King Midas’

Library five-year celebration planned

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