By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Summer on Stone program, a weekday camp designed for children ages four to eleven, is currently in full swing in the center of town. The program, run by Walpole Recreation Department, runs for six weeks.
Good times roll at Summer on Stone
Epiphany Parish Pumpkin Patch returns
This little girl was happy to get a pumpkin at the Epiphany Parish Pumpkin Patch.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
If you haven’t driven through Walpole center recently, you might not realize that the Epiphany Parish Pumpkin Patch has returned for the season. But...
Needham beats Walpole a second time
Coach Tarabelli noted that having his players back from injury played a huge role in the game.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As a general sports rule, when two teams or individuals play each other and one team or individual dominates the later stages...
Walpole volleyball loses tough Milton match
A Milton defender can’t stop a hard hit ball from Walpole.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Last Monday night, the Walpole Timberwolves girls’ volleyball team traveled to Milton looking to pick up their third win of the year. But while they played well enough...
Porkers stay undefeated with Milton victory
Walpole is now the number one team in the state, according to The Boston Herald.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
When asked what her team’s record was after a rather routing victory over Milton, Porker head coach Jen Quinn hesitated to remember how many...
Salons, barbershops talk COVID impact
Anthony’s Barbershop in Needham noted how many of their customers used the time they were closed to experiment with new hair styles.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
As COVID recedes, Hometown Weekly is taking a special look at how some of the businesses in...
Adams Farm hosts guided wildflower walk
Although the walk focused on flowers, Cassie couldn’t help but point out a few animals and insects, like this Chinese mantis.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Saturday afternoon at Adams Farm, the crowd of people on the wildflower walk had already learned that...
Scout Burke warns of sun danger
Rachel Burke has been at the Farmer’s Market educating about the dangers of the sun for three weeks, as part of her Gold Star Award project.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
From a shaded section of the Walpole Farmer’s Market on Saturday...
Girl Scouts seek help renovating house
The Scout House is now entirely maintained by the Walpole Girl Scouts.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
After years of doing service projects for the community, Walpole’s Girl Scouts are looking for a little bit of help.
At the Walpole Farmer’s Market,...
Critters on the Trail at Bird Park
This butterfly sits just in front of a bed of orange flowers…
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Through July 31, Bird Park is holding a Critters on the Trail scavenger hunt, designed to get children searching for seven cutout animals: a snake, a bat,...
Crowds swell at Adams Farm concert
The barn and walking trails provided a rustic backdrop for Diandra Doble’s performance on Saturday afternoon.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
With COVID vaccines seeming like more of a hopeful wish than a scientific reality, around this time last year, outdoor, socially-distanced events were...
Walpole celebrates Juneteenth for second year
Keynote speaker Ron Jones began his speech by taking on the role of a soon to be freed slave on Freedom’s Eve.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While making it a national holiday brought it into the spotlight earlier this week, Walpole residents should...
Farmer’s Market opens for the season
There are more vendors than last year - and more room, should a larger number of vendors want to take part.
By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Featuring vendors as varied as a Medfield restaurant, a trading card and collectible business, three farmers and the...
Walpole knocked out of BSC tournament
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...
Walpole baseball implodes against Newton North
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...
Walpole tennis easily beats Weymouth
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...
Walpole Library hosts diversity poster exhibit
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
Chief Carmichael resigns for Newton job
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...
Gary Riggott hosts ‘Exploring Walpole’s Trails’
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...
Epiphany Parish holds plant sale
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...
