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Park concert
The Dredsox Band plays rock and blues from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, in Francis William Bird Park. Bring lawn chairs and blankets; refreshments will be on sale.

Presented by the Friends of Bird Park, the concert series is supported by the Walpole Cultural Council and CertainTeed.


School committee
Here's a summary on a school department page of the Aug. 16 school committee meeting.

Here's a department page with links to the school calendar and starting times.


Walpole Road Race
The 37th annual Walpole Road Race begins at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 6, Labor Day, including the Herb Lewis Memorial and John D. Murphy & Co. 10K and the "Walpole Ed" 5k Race/Walk.

Runners can sign up at walpoleroadrace.org


Obituaries
Notices from James H. Delaney & Son Funeral Home

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


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.


Board wants 6-month Longview delay

Town Administrator Michael Boynton sums up selectmen's position on Longview Farm expansion: a six-month delay in its application process and a review by town counsel to determine what grounds the board might have for a challenge.

2-minute clip from the live stream provided during board meetings at http://origin.peg.tv/pegtv_player?s=walpolema To see controller, move mouse over bottom of clip. The archived versions of the Aug. 10 and previous board meetings are available at http://origin.peg.tv/pegtv_player?s=walpolema


Board wants Longview delay
If town counsel agrees, selectmen will send a letter to the Home for Little Wanderers asking that it agree to a six-month moratorium on its applications to expand its Longview Farm.

The board's intent, as urged by Selectman Cliff Snuffer, is to provide time to determine whether improvements in procedures promised to the board two weeks ago will eliminate what have been frequent situations requiring a police response. The Farm now enrolls 40 teenage boys as boarding or day students, referred by the state or school districts. The expansion would increase that number to 80, including, for the first time, young girls.

At the Aug. 10 board meeting, Selectman Chris Timson blamed the school for "allowing kids to run rampant in the neighborhood."

Town Administrator Michael Boynton noted that as a school, Longview Farm is sheltered from the town's zoning bylaw. Under land use law, town officials do not have the authority to require the Home to accept a moratorium. But selectmen might be able to have an impact in their capacity as police commissioners, Boynton and board members maintained.

Selectmen voted to ask town counsel for advice on the extent of their public safety authority.

(The Aug. 10 meeting is available online at the web address under the clip. The board room has new microphones, improving sound quality considerably. The sound controller for the archived version is lower right, just below the clip. The Longview discussion on the archive clip begins at the 47-minute mark.)

Previous stories here and here

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Bird Machine
Selectman Snuffer mentioned at the end of the Aug. 10 board meeting he's heard unofficially that Baker Hughes, owner of the former Bird Machine property in South Walpole, might be interested in turning much of the land over to the town for conservation or restricting it by deed for that purpose.


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

Here's Sam Obar's blog,
his radio station
and a link to his live broadcasts at 4 p.m. Saturdays.

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

More Walpole links, including 2008 and 2009 MCAS results and commuter rail schedule.


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Library project
The Sept. 2 Boston Globe reports on the start of construction for the Walpole Public Library.

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Back from stroke
The Sept. 2 Boston Globe writes about Andrea Larkin's comeback after a massive stroke.

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Winslow kickoff
State Representative candidate Dan Winslow is kicking off his fall campaign from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, with a party at Fore Kicks, 10 Pine St, Route 115, Norfolk. (Admission is free. Music will be provided by DJ Reggie Beas.)

Winslow, a Republican and Norfolk resident, is running for the seat held by Richard Ross, who was elected to the state Senate in May to replace now-U.S. Senator Scott Brown. Walpole's Precinct 5 is in the House district.

Winslow served as presiding justice of Wrentham District Court and then as Gov. Mitt Romney's chief counsel. Winslow's web site.


From the Rec
Fall adult education

The Recreation Department hosts an afternoon of country music and other entertainment Saturday, Sept. 11.

Spookfest is back: Oct. 15.

More information about these and other events on From the Rec


July weather
Month hit 100; second warmest July in local records.
John Anderson's column

Farmers market
The Walpole Farmers Market has a website that includes a list of vendors. The market operates from 3 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday in the parking lot adjacent to Stone Field downtown.

Council on Aging
Here are link to the COA's July/August newsletter and the August calendar. pdf files

Here's the Hessco Elder Services website.


Library web pages
The web pages of the Walpole Public Library feature an easier to find monthly schedule of events, including activities in the children's room.

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