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Town election
Sam Obar has posted in his blog the full list of townwide and Town Meeting candidates in the town election Saturday, June 1

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Selectmen agenda
Here's the agenda for the selectmen's meeting Thursday, May 30. pdf

Hessco fundraiser
From Hessco:
Put on your dancing shoes! The Summer Wind, a magical evening celebrating the songs of Frank Sinatra, features Mike Dutra and the Strictly Sinatra Band.

Four Points by Sheraton in Norwood will be the venue on Sunday, June 9, from 5:30 to 9 p.m.  Tickets are $50 each and include appetizers and small bites prior to the concert (while guests peruse the unique silent auction items) and dessert and coffee during the concert.  Visit www.hessco.org or call 781-784-4944 for additional information or to purchase tickets.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the programs and services of HESSCO Elder Services.  HESSCO is committed to helping older people maintain their independence and stay living in their homes for as long as safely possible.


Obituaries
Notices from Alexander F. Thomas and Sons Funeral Home.

Notices from James H. Delaney & Son Funeral Home

Notices from Ginley Funeral Homes. (Includes Walpole, Franklin and Medway funeral homes)


Blogs, links
Got a Walpole-related blog or site? Send the link here:

Sam Obar's blog

Friends of the Walpole Public Library

Potters Place

Mike Iwanowicz
Walpole columnist

Walpole Town Meeting (Jon Rockwood)

The Walpole Peace and Justice Group

The Walpole Public Library's young adult blog

Walpole Friends of Music

More Walpole links, including MCAS results and commuter rail schedule.


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Megan Koch of Symphony Nova leads a cello workshop for middle school students.

Friends make music in the schools
From the Walpole Friends of Music:
This marks the 6th year of Walpole Friends of Music’s  mission supporting music education in the public school system. Highlights included selling Walpole Music hoodies to middle and high school students, funding cello and flute workshops by visiting professional musicians for middle school students, sponsoring performances by the Symphony Nova string quartet and Eine Kleine Konsort recorder ensemble at all four elementary schools, and purchasing a new bass clarinet and ¾ tuba for the middle schools.  WFM also organized a piano donation to Boyden Elementary School, funded special teacher requests, awarded scholarships to Walpole High School seniors, and much more.

Unique to this year, Walpole High School Digital Film Making students had the privilege of working with Tony Carbone, a member of the WFM Steering Committee and assistant professor MP&E at Berklee College of Music.  Mr. Carbone advised the students in the development of musical scores for their popular films shown at the annual WHS Film Festival.  Mr. Carbone guided students in the creation of their compositions, which ranged from Neo-Classical to Electronic music, and assisted them with implementing music production software for use in their scores.  To the pleasure of students and staff, each week Mr. Carbone generously offered his time and expertise in the creation of these soundtracks.

Walpole Friends of Music celebrated March is Music Month at the public elementary schools by sponsoring a poster contest entitled “Why We Enjoy Music in Our Schools.”  Over 100 students from grades K-2 and 3-5 created amazing posters showing their love of music in Walpole.  All entrants received certificates of recognition and winners were presented with a gift card for Jimmy's Pizzeria.  Everyone was welcomed to a fun reception at the Walpole Public Library to view all entries.  Winning posters remained on display in the Children’s Room at the library during the month of April.  Many thanks to Jimmy’s Pizzeria for their generous support of this event!

These programs and new instruments for young musicians were funded in large part by the generous support of local businesses and individuals in the greater Walpole area.  The Symphony Nova performances were also supported in part by a grant from the Walpole Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.  Walpole Friends of Music is a non-profit, parent volunteer organization relying on music education supporters to continue providing excellent opportunities for students in grades K-12 in the public schools.  To learn more, visit www.walpolefriendsofmusic.org or contact WFM at walpolefriendsofmusic@aol.com.


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Memorial Day
From the Facebook page of Walpole Veterans Service Officer Jon Cogan:

Walpole will be observing Memorial Day at 1100 on Monday, 27 May 2013 at the flagpole on the town common across from the police station.

While recognizing the ultimate sacrifice of all our brave service members, the town of Walpole is dedicating the flagpole to Everett C. “Rocky” Rockwood, local WWII and D-day veteran and the unofficial face of Walpole’s veteran community, who passed away in January.


Everett (Rocky) Rockwood

The Veterans’ Committee is working with local organizations and citizens to have a convoy and stationary display of WWII-era military vehicles and a flyover of a Korean War-era aircraft during the ceremony.

After the ceremony, the Committee is organizing a barbecue at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5188, at 109 Robbins Road in Walpole. There will be food, drinks, a live band, and drawings for multiple gift baskets donated by local businesses.


School menus
This school department page links to weekly menus for all grades.

Walpole weather
April was mild and dry John Anderson's column.

Council on Aging
Here's the Walpole COA's May newsletter and the May calendar. both pdf

COA web page

Hessco serves the elderly in Walpole and
neighboring towns.


Historical Society
Walpole Historical Society has posted a link on its site (at bottom) to the results (more than 1,000) of a search on Flickr for Walpole photos.

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