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Historical Society open for holiday shopping

Historical Society open for holiday shopping
The Walpole Historical Society is open on Saturdays from 2 to 4 p.m. this holiday season. Published this year is "Civil War Soldiers" of Walpole, containing over 500 pages. The Society also has books relating to the town’s history, including "The Industrialists of Walpole," which describes the history of the original businesses that established mills along...
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Watershed Association celebrates 50 years

Watershed Association celebrates 50 years
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With the arrival of 2017, the Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA) marks a major milestone: fifty years since the founding of the organization. NepRWA was formally founded in August of 1967, as the Neponset Conservation Association (the name was “modernized” in 1987). The founders were Harry Fraser, Hanna Bigelow, Henry Lyman, Frank Chase, Lawrence...
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Medfield water woes continue into autumn

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By Stephen Press Hometown Weekly Staff The word is out: Massachusetts' communities are facing something of a water shortage, and Medfield is no exception. After a summer that has seen a large-scale drought in the Bay State, some residents are returning from their summer vacations assuming that the worst is behind the community. Not so, says...
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Neponset Watershed facing severe drought

Neponset Watershed facing severe drought
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Massachusetts is experiencing a significant drought this summer, with the Neponset Watershed categorized as an area facing "severe drought". During an average rainfall year, stream flows in the Neponset River are heavily impacted by water withdrawal, loss of groundwater recharge from paved areas, and groundwater that leaks into aging sewers and gets carried...
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