Baserunners were often left stranded as Walpole struggled with consistency at the plate.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A 5-1 loss to Newton North knocked the Walpole softball team out of the Bay State Conference tournament on Thursday afternoon. But while it would have been a...
Alex Hee had a tough tightrope to walk; only able to give up two runs without the game ending early.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
According to Google Maps, on a Wednesday night at about 5:30 p.m., it will take you around forty minutes...
Sid Vandrangi lines up a big forehand en route to a dominating victory.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With a steady stream of suit and gown-adorned fans adding a classy backdrop to their matches, the Walpole Boy’s tennis team moved to 6-2 on the...
From posters denouncing fascist ideologies, to ones pointing out the success of gay people throughout history, all the way to calling out white privilege and flipping the 'Cowboys and Indians' mystique on its head, the posters in Lewis’s exhibit were very different.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole resident John F. Carmichael, Jr. has been the Walpole Chief of Police for five years, and has served as a Walpole Police Officer for 25 years. But while you will still see him around town at youth sports events or just day-to-day as a...
Riggott thanked his family for being so supportive of all the time he's spent volunteering for the Trails Committee.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday night, April 27, Gary Riggott gave a Zoom presentation about the Walpole Trails Committee, the issues facing...
A woman peruses the herb section of the sale late Saturday afternoon.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., any Walpole resident smart enough to be on the lookout for Mother’s Day flowers, plants, and strawberry shortcake swung by...
Sam Donovan’s pitching dominated the game, to the tune of a two-hit complete game shutout.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
A complete game two-hitter from left-hander Sam Donovan gave the newly-named Timberwolves a 3-0 win on Friday night, which moved Walpole to 2-0 on the...
A Walpole player lines up a shot early in the first half.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Although his team dominated the young Stoughton Knights at the new South Walpole Community Athletic Complex (aka, the Route 1A fields), the head coach of the Walpole...
While the entire project isn't done yet, enough is done that teams and individuals can use the new fields.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Although the project isn’t complete yet, the fields off Route 1A are finally in use, nearly a decade after a...
Among the positives to come out of this year were the highlight reels that came along with having every game streamed over the internet.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While the Walpole volleyball team likely would rather have ended their season with a win,...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last year, Eleanor Johnson Middle School seventh grader Sanya Nadeem won her school level spelling bee and was going to compete for the state title, but the event was cancelled due to COVID-19.
This year, she defended her school title and...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
When indoor track got moved to the “Fall II” season, it led to a myriad of changes and issues for coaches and athletes, ranging from dealing with the weather (while still called indoor track, all events were held outdoors) to losing athletes to football, which...
Brian Malone ends Weymouth’s comeback chance with a one-handed interception in the endzone.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With fan capacity severely limited at the Weymouth High School football field on Friday afternoon, Walpole’s 17-14 victory over the Wildcats might not have represented the...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
When schools across Massachusetts were deciding how they were going to handle their athletics, most, including Walpole, opted to move sports like football and indoor track to the new Fall II season. But while much of the media has focused on the uniqueness of football...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Move over Dog Rock, there’s about to be some competition for Walpole’s most impressive painting covering up a former town eyesore. Yes, the Walpole Cultural Council (WCC) and Keep Walpole Beautiful are working in cooperation to turn seven metal electrical boxes into works of art...
A family poses for a quick photograph before returning to their s'more making.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With COVID-19 forcing everyone outside, public parks have been a major gathering place for people looking to see each other safely, or to fight off cabin...
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
One of the unique issues with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout is that the group of people who most need it, seniors, are the same group of people who have the most trouble both registering for and physically getting it. To remedy this situation, Walpole has...
Ted Reinstein designed the talk over the summer, knowing libraries would be desperate for virtual content.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Thursday night, local author and television personality Ted Reinstein presented his live slideshow presentation “The New Normal New England Road...
Medfield's Austin Verge and Garrison Schilling serve a customer after they get their generator going.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last week’s snowstorm (the earlier one, which is depressing to write) was believed to be unique in that just a few miles could...
