By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Familiar faces joined Lestyn Gilmore at the Walpole Council on Aging on Friday, December 9. Gilmore typically visits once a month for afternoons filled with dance, typically line dancing. She switched things up this month, however, by DJing for a jolly ballroom dance.
Holly Berry Fair decks the halls
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Holly Berry Fair has returned to Walpole!
Marking the beginning of the 2022 holiday season, the fair is held annually on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. With the United Church of Walpole under construction, church members and event organizers had made adjustments...
Walpole JWCW hosts Festival of Trees
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
There was plenty to do over the weekend, but Walpole locals made sure to carve out time to attend the second annual Festival of Trees, hosted by the Junior Women’s Club of Walpole (JWCW). Held at the Walpole Council on Aging, the JWCW transformed the...
Folk duo Andy and Judy play WPL
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
New Englanders Andy and Judy Daigle have been partnered musicians and singer-songwriters since 2009. Beginning with mostly folk covers, they have increased their repertoire of original work to span seven albums. Happy to play live music, the duo gifted Walpole Public Library an intimate performance...
Walpole breaks new middle school ground
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
After an odyssey to get underway, the soon-to-be Walpole Middle School broke ground last Tuesday, November 15. The meetings, permit acquisition, funding, and decision processes are over as construction has officially begun. Current Bird Middle School Principal Edward Connor says the plan is for the...
Seniors Drum Alive at COA
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
People love music and rhythm. We listen to music while we work, clean, cook, shop, exercise. We hum to ourselves or tap our fingers while we sit in traffic. We change the radio station in our car when we get a commercial so we can...
The 22nd annual Camy/David 5K road race
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Camy 5K Run and David 5K Walk were held in Walpole last Saturday, November 12, for the twenty-second consecutive year.
Not even a morning drizzle could stop the registered walkers and runners from the course. The light drizzle during registration had...
Walpole ‘87 alumnus speaks at library
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Last Thursday evening, November 10, the Friends of the Walpole Library hosted Walpole High School alum Maureen Stanton to talk about her latest book. Stanton, a member of the WHS class of 1978, spoke about her 2019 memoir, “Body Leaping Backward: Memoir of a Delinquent...
Curtains up on the 99th season
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
It is curtains up for the Walpole Footlighters even as the curtain falls on the first show of their 99th season. "The Humans", a play written by Stephen Karam and directed by Cammerron Baits, had its final performance this past Sunday at the Walpole Footlighters...
Walpole High nurse has celebrity status
By Cameron Small
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Those who make the choice to work in such an environment are not doing it for fame, or high salaries — they do it because they love their students and helping people.
A living example of this would be Rachel Jackson, a...
COA hosts Willow Tree Winds concert
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Willow Tree Winds recently visited seniors at the Council on Aging in town on Friday afternoon, October 14. The relaxing woodwind quintet is based in Norfolk County and lent its talents to entertain on a rainy day.
The group played everything from...
Timberwolves beat Braintree on the road
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
In an homage to the Halloween season, the Braintree student section came out dressed in orange and black on Friday night, but Walpole refused to be spooked as the visitors rolled to a 28-12 victory.
As has been the case in many...
Hometown Weekly’s favorite leaf-peeping spots
By Lauren Schiavone and Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
New England autumns are famous for a reason, and it’s not just because of the pumpkin spice and perfect weather. While tourists from around the country flock to our neck of the woods for a glimpse of the fall’s most perfect foliage,...
Epiphany Pumpkin Patch returns for October
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Located conveniently off Main Street in Walpole, Epiphany Parish looks especially festive this fall season. Pumpkins of varying colors and sizes appear everywhere across the property, marking the return of the Epiphany Parish Pumpkin Patch. Every year, the beautiful display draws...
Walpole Harvest Fest returns
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Walpole’s Harvest Fest is anticipated every year and marks the beginning of fall for many in town. Taking place this year on October 1, a gloomy Saturday, the festival significantly brightened the day for any families who made their way to Stone Field for the...
Timberwolves fall on road to Milton
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
The Walpole High School varsity football team faced its toughest test of the year on Friday night as it traveled to Milton High School to face the team ranked one spot ahead of them in the Boston Globe’s top 20.
A second-half...
Adams Farm celebrates 25 years
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
Adams Farm is known in Walpole for being a beautiful place where visitors can stop and enjoy nature for a while. With gardens, walking trails, and hundreds of acres of spacious woods, the area is a favorite spot for many.
Timberwolves come back in Wellesley
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
Saturday was a day of firsts for the 2022 Walpole High football team: their first road game, their first Saturday afternoon game, and their first time playing from behind.
Despite these unfamiliar circumstances, the Timberwolves held on for a dramatic 27-23 victory.
Walpole makes statement in home opener
By Max Clifford
Hometown Weekly Correspondent
In front of a raucous crowd of hometown fans, the Walpole Timberwolves put together a dominant season-opener in their victory over Framingham, winning by a final score of 56-0.
Walpole opened their season at Turco Field last Friday night, looking to build...
Seniors arrange flowers at COA
By Lauren Schiavone
Hometown Weekly Staff
The Walpole Council on Aging has a multitude of fun events for seniors to partake in before the summer is over. Recently among them: local seniors joined Pat Connell from The Flower Lab to create their own unique masterpieces.
