Aquifer concerns push two hearings to 2027
From Walpole News
- EDC previews festival, weighs clubhouse closure risk. Walpole's Economic Development Commission got a full operations briefing on Friday's Main Street Live festival along Elm Street, from music lineup and vendors to wristbanded alcohol sales, as staff flagged a possible yearlong Country Club clubhouse closure that could upend the commission's own Business Forum.Walpole News
- Building committee weighs school project change order. Walpole's Permanent Building Committee took up a new change order and large vendor invoice on the nearly finished high school project, as staff disclosed an unresolved fight over $2,000-a-day liquidated damages tied to the contractor's late completion.Walpole News
- EDC hears Toll Brothers groundbreaking update. Walpole's Economic Development Commission previewed Friday's Main Street Live festival and heard that Toll Brothers has a groundbreaking ceremony set for Wednesday, while a commercial redevelopment at the former Country Kitchen site on Main Street moves through the Zoning Board of Appeals and Planning Board.Walpole News
- Planning Board continues Union Street condo hearing. Walpole's Planning Board continued a six-home Union Street condominium hearing to October 15 after members said police and conservation sign-offs were still missing, while builder Walsh faced pointed questions about a competing 40B permit application he said he intends to withdraw.Walpole News
- Walpole opens new student welcome center. Walpole's School Committee heard that a new Welcome and Engagement Center, staffed by Jill Kimball, has opened at the high school to support newly enrolling families, as elementary and middle school principals reported enrollment of 2,596 students leaves their buildings effectively at capacity.Walpole News
- Zoning Board weighs Pennstone parking fine appeals. Walpole's Zoning Board took up Pennstone Apartments' appeal of a $300 stadium-parking fine tied to a World Cup final, including a motorhome marked 'World Cup Tour,' while a Winter Street homeowner negotiated a separate fine for 17 cars outside her home.Walpole News
- Select Board weighs new Casella trash contract. Walpole's Select Board took up a proposed agreement with Casella Waste Systems that would shift residents to 96-gallon carts while keeping weekly collection, with Chair Allyson Hamilton calling the current rear-loading system 'a dinosaur,' as the board also filled three appointed seats.Walpole News
- Conservation Board reviews condo permit, wetland dispute. Walpole's Conservation Commission took up a land disturbance permit for six Union Street condos, then spent most of its meeting on a 16 Main Street enforcement case, where neighbors and the owner disputed how much fill reached a flagged wetland.Walpole News
- Planning Board pushes two hearings into 2027. Walpole's Planning Board continued hearings on a former Country Kitchen site redevelopment to December 3 and on a 2160 Providence Highway project in the Aquifer Protection District to October 15, after the Conservation Commission flagged 'substantial changes' and residents pressed to block the aquifer project.Walpole News
Walpole on Tue, Oct 6
- Walpole remembers Evelyn F. Kavana, 83. Evelyn F. Kavana, 83, of Walpole died September 30 surrounded by her family, according to an obituary posted through Schlossberg Chapel in Canton.Legacy.com
- Frost possible across Massachusetts overnight. Walpole Patch reported that low-lying Greater Boston suburbs, along with parts of Vermont and New Hampshire, could see temperatures dip into the 20s overnight as an early October cold snap moves through the region.Walpole Patch
Coming up
- Thu, Oct 8, 4 p.m.: Walpole hosts Wellesley in soccer Thursday. Walpole's varsity soccer team hosts Wellesley in an away-conference matchup Thursday, October 8 at 4 p.m., according to MaxPreps' schedule listing.MaxPreps
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