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There are both Republican and Democrat town committees.
The chairman of the Republican Town committee is Ron Mariani you can look him up in the phone book. Not sure when the next meeting is.

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The Walpole Annual Town Report (available for no charge to all Walpole residents at the Town Clerk's office at Town Hall) has descriptions of both the Republican town committee and the Democratic town committee and how to contact the chairmen of each.
You can also probably simply contact the town clerk's office and find this information out quicker.

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Bring back the Confederate flag to Walpole High. I've had enough of the politocal correctness. Confederate soldiers were Americans too. All parties involved n teh Civil War are long gone, and the past is the past.

Go Rebels!

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http://news.bostonherald.com/localRe...icleid=1016702

Williamsport, PA is a very sweet little town. Reminds me of the Walpole of long ago.

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Has anyone been there? Is it better to go CT-NY-PA or NY-PA?

Yaaa Walpole Little League! Go team!

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I have been to Williamsport.

More of a small (very small) city than a town. NOT a fancy place...VERY working class. If you like "not very fancy places that remind you of working-class New England towns (like Walpole once was), then get your a$$ down there.

NOW.

Diners, coffee shops, Italian-Americans, Czech-Americans, very "Deerhunter-ish" folks.

Nestled along a river.

Worth a visit if it is to see a Walpole team win the World Series of Little League.

I would definitely consider a trip down there if I had the time.

You can buy a little house there for about $45,000.


These kids are going to make history. Go Walpole Americans!

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http://news.bostonherald.com/localRe...icleid=1017073
comparison to Walpole Americans....

This group deserves a lot of praise. Those kids won an AAU tournament in Kentucky late last month after an undefeated season. The rules to play apparently are "study first, sports second". What did the mainstream media say about it? Practically nothing.

http://www.merrittingattention.org/

Unfortunately the good news from the inner city is not reported like it should be. Walpole was front page of the Globe. The Bengals....zilch.

I wonder why??

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You imply some racist underpinnings to the reporting of the Walpole Americans and the Roxbury Bengals. Maybe it's just because its baseball season, not basketball. Baseball is at the forefront of our (greater Bostonians) collective consciousness this time of year, and we could not care less about basketball (except for the Kevin Garnett blip). AAU teams are a dime a dozen anyway, but a Massachusetts team going to the Little League world series is big news, worthy of the front page of the Globe. That's why.

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Don't get me wrong: I am happy as heck to see that Walpole kid on the front page of the Boston Globe.

The main stream media did drop the ball on the Roxbury team, especially considering the organization that is behind it and its emphasis on education.

Walpole's win brought that story out, and that is good for both teams.

There is a good news from the inner city, that is the point I was trying to make, and the main stream media hardly knows how to report it because they react to police reports more than being proactive and finding the good news in the neighborhoods.

I think your comment about these AAU teams being a dime-a-dozen trivializes what they accomplished. Would you say the same thing if that basketball team was from Walpole? I have a sneaking suspicion the answer would be no.

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So I suppose that the Globe, the herald, a dozen radio and tv station as well as ESPN on a national level are racist becuase they did not report on this obscure basketball program?

It's little league baseball for crying out loud. Most Americans played in this organization at some point in thier lives.

The same people complaining today that this basketball team did not get the recognition it deserved should themselves look in the mirror when pointing the blame as they did a lousy job of promoting the program. The other poster was right - if Walpole doesn't get to the World Series, none of us would have never heard of this baskteball team.

Complaining and whining publicly about a lack of attention and souring someone else's experience is a great lesson for those basketball players.
Typical "they're all out to get us" crap