GOFI grants ‘paw-sitive’ opportunities for disabled
Schlittler, Rebel baseball eye playoff success
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The 2018 baseball season has been the year of Cam Schlittler and Matt Danato, Walpole’s one-two punch of hard-throwing right-handed aces who have thrown a combined 124 innings and tallied nearly 150 strikeouts.
Last season, the Rebels met a tough playoff fate in the quarterfinals of the...
Curtis, Rebels clinch conference on senior night
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The defending Division I state champion Needham Rockets traveled down the road to Walpole on Monday evening for a pivotal Bay State Conference showdown with the undefeated Rebels (15-0, 10-0).
Back on April 5, the Rebels came from four down in the final quarter to upend the Rockets...
Walpole students walk red carpet
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As they have for sixteen years now, Walpole students took to the red carpet on Thursday, May 17, for the Walpole Film Festival’s award show. The awards and nominees are listed as follows:
Best Film winner: “This Was You.” Nominees included “Drivers Ed,” “The Education of Mr. Whittenhall,” “Grim,” “Hit and Run,” “Hung Up,”...
Lady-Rebels outlast Kelley, Rockets
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The defending Division I state champion Needham Rockets traveled down the road to Walpole on Monday evening for a pivotal Bay State Conference showdown with the undefeated Rebels (15-0, 10-0).
Back on April 5, the Rebels came from four down in the final quarter to upend the Rockets...
Mulcahy, Rebel softball walk it off
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole High School varsity softball team is off to a ferocious start to the 2018 season, currently sitting at 8-1 on the year and 5-1 in Bay State Conference play.
This past week, the Lady-Rebels took home a pair of W’s while playing a back-to-back set against...
District Art Show celebrates student work
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole Public Library patrons may have noticed the wide variety of beautiful artwork during their last visit to the building. With dozens of student-created pieces from each one of Walpole’s public schools on display, members of the community have been able to witness first hand the amazing work that...
A home run for tee ball parents
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole’s Stone Field, right behind Town Hall, is almost always packed with families on Saturday mornings when the weather is nice. April 21 was not an exception, as it was Walpole Recreation’s second week of tee ball games.
Children between the ages of 3 and 8 were allowed to...
United Church hosting giant yard sale
United Church in Walpole will be hosting its annual giant Indoor Yard Sale on April 27 and 28. This is a very popular event open to the entire community.
Yard Sale items include: kitchen items of all description, tools, gardening items, camping gear, sporting goods, toys, books, games, puzzles, bikes, scooters, small home furnishings such...
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Footlighters to present ‘Lucky Stiff’
The Walpole Footlighters are returning with their final production of the 2017-2018 season, "Lucky Stiff."
Nebbishy British shoe store clerk Harry Witherspoon’s life is going nowhere until he learns that an American uncle he’s never met has left him $6,000,000 worth of diamonds. There’s only one catch – the terms of Tony Hendon’s will require Harry...
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A future for the Italian American Club
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Walpole’s Jean St. George remembers pieces of her childhood being spent at the Italian American Club. She recalls the times her grandfather and father spent hanging out at the club, and can name plenty of family members, including her son, who had become members. In fact, St. George even...
Tax Day vigil promotes human needs
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Over the weekend, many adults spent a chunk of their time scrambling to file their taxes before April 17. Certainly, these last-minute filers were busy, but so was Walpole’s Peace and Justice Group, who held their Tax Day vigil on town common on April 14.
With banners and signs in...
McInerney, Rebel softball have high hopes
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Despite a 16-5 regular season and a Bay State League title, the 2017 season ended with a bit of a sour taste in the mouths of the Walpole High girls softball team, as the No. 7 seeded Rebels fell 13-10 to arch rival and No. 10 Norwood in...
‘Green Politics’ poster exhibit coming soon
Residents of Walpole will have an opportunity during the month of April to view a unique poster exhibit from the collection of Stephen Lewis. The theme of the exhibit, named "Green Politics," is posters about the environment. Many of these posters are from green movements and Green political parties in Europe. The theme of the...
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Wilson’s 26 best Lavanchy, Rebels
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole and Westwood boys basketball teams took to the hardwood last Tuesday night in the preliminary round of the Division II South Sectionals.
The No. 17-seeded Rebels (7-15) entered looking to make some noise under first-year head coach Mike Masto, while the No. 16 Wolverines (10-12)...
Wilson’s 26 best Lavanchy, Rebels
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole and Westwood boys basketball teams took to the hardwood last Tuesday night in the preliminary round of the Division II South Sectionals.
The No. 17-seeded Rebels (7-15) entered looking to make some noise under first-year head coach Mike Masto, while the No. 16 Wolverines (10-12)...
The legacy of Walpole’s Old Town Hall
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By Laura Drinan
Hometown Weekly Reporter
While it is now home to over 25 thousand people, in 1881, Walpole’s population hovered around two thousand. In that very year, the town spent a grand total of $29,322.65 to build what is one of Walpole’s most beloved buildings: Old Town Hall.
On February 21, the Walpole Public...
Hometown communities a lacrosse gold mine
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Lacrosse has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, and the seven towns that Hometown Weekly covers (Dover, Medfield, Needham, Sherborn, Walpole, Wellesley, Westwood) have all become certifiable hotbeds for the sport.
But how hot, exactly?
Currently, 37 NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse players reside in, or are natives to,...
McCarthy named TVL MVP, Rebels outlast Warriors
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By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Two of the area’s top girls basketball programs squared off on Monday afternoon to conclude their respective regular seasons as Walpole, led by sophomore sensation Sydney Scales, hosted non-league foe Medfield, led by Harvard-bound and recently-named TVL MVP Maggie McCarthy.
Back on January 18, the Lady Rebels (15-5,...
Griffin, Huskies end 30-year Beanpot drought
