By Peter Kougias
Hometown Weekly Intern
Last Wednesday morning, children gleefully entered the library for storytime with Ms. Loomis. Leslie Loomis has been a librarian for 30 years. She says that she absolutely loves her job.
As the children sprinted into the room, Loomis started the story hour with “If You're Happy and You Know It”....
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
When the Medfield and Dover-Sherborn Regional High School varsity girls lacrosse teams were placed in the same part of the MIAA Division II South Sectional bracket on May 26, one had the sense that these two arch-rivals would be meeting up for a third and final time in...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Whenever Walpole and Norwood get together on the baseball diamond, it is due to be a heated and entertaining match, given the fierce rivalry these two Bay State Conference powers share. On Thursday, the No. 6 seed Rebels (13-7) hosted the No. 11 seed Mustangs (11-9) in the...
[caption id="attachment_18736" align="alignright" width="400"] Photos by Courtney Doherty[/caption]
On Sunday, May 21, The Old Post Road school in Walpole held its annual fun run. Over 130 participants pre-registered for the fun run, which was immediately followed by a retirement party for Principal Steve Fortin.
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Vandana Apte of Walpole has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to the Czech Republic from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Apte will support the teaching of English at Nový Jičín as part of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.
Apte was valedictorian of Walpole High...
The Walpole Conference of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Mick Morgan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant are co-sponsoring the first annual “Helping our Neighbors” 5K run or walk. The event will be held on June 3, with onsite registration at 9:00 a.m. and race start at 10:00. The beautiful course begins...
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On Wednesday, May 17, members of the Walpole community gathered in the Walpole Public Library to listen to the positions of the different candidates running for Walpole office. Walpole Candidate’s Night, hosted by the League of Women Voters for of Westwood/Walpole/Dedham and the Walpole Chamber of Commerce, allowed candidates...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Entering Saturday afternoon’s national quarterfinal contest against perennial ACC power Duke, Ohio State had never been to an NCAA Division I Lacrosse Final Four. Behind the play of Walpole native and Xaverian graduate Luke Buckley (two goals), the Buckeyes (15-4) took down the Blue Devils (13-5) by a...
Memorial Day will be held on May 29 and starts at noon near the flag pole at the Common. The program lasts about 30-40 minutes.
Members of the Veterans Committee and Walpole’s local Representatives will speak. WWII Veterans Bob Moody and Henry Scanzio will...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
Over the years, Needham High School, Xaverian, St. Sebastian’s, and Dexter-Southfield have been four of the household names in the Massachusetts high school/prep lacrosse world. During these next several weeks, alumni from all four of these local powerhouse programs will be competing for the NCAA Division I National...
Over 30 people gathered on the Walpole Common on Saturday, April 15, at a peace vigil calling for a reduction in military spending and a redirection of those funds to human services. Sponsored by the Walpole Peace and Justice Group, a 40-foot banner was held showing where the Federal discretionary budget is spent today based...
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...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
A high bar has been raised by generations of great alumni at Wellesley High when it comes to the school’s varsity lacrosse team. In recent years, WHS has produced an abundance of NESCAC lacrosse talent such as Tim Rahill (2015, Skidmore), T.J. Noonan (2015, Connecticut College), as...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
For years throughout their upbringing, Cam and Craig Hanley were arguably two of the best all-around athletes in the town of Walpole, thriving specifically in baseball and football during their youths. To their peers around Walpole, Craig and Cam were better known as “Hammer” (Craig) and “Nails” (Cam),...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Needham High School varsity boys basketball team was victorious in their first-round matchup with No. 13 seed Barnstable in the MIAA Division I South State Tournament on Wednesday night, winning by a final count of 68-58 and earning themselves a date with old friend, Newton South, on...
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...
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...
By Katrina Margolis
Hometown Weekly Reporter
On February 2, the Town Administrator, James A. Johnson, presented Walpole’s town budget for the 2018 Fiscal Year. The plan “focuses on meeting the needs of the Town in terms of local services while also balancing the cost to the community’s taxpayers.”
For the Fiscal Year 2018, the data...
By Michael Flanagan
Hometown Weekly Sports Editor
The Walpole and Needham High School gymnastics teams faced off against one another last Tuesday night in a Bay State Conference match. Led by Ellie Nash, the Rockets were able to prevail 125.65-110.75 over the Rebels in a back-and-forth bout.
The Rebels were led by the tandem of Elyse...
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...
