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🌱 Patch AM: How a Walpole ER visit helped save a starving puggle
Also, don't miss Fisher's Holiday Singalong (1st) 6:45 (2nd) 7:15 PM on the Walpole Patch calendar

Good morning Walpole! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How a Walpole ER visit helped save a starving puggle
- Where Walpole girls’ hoops stands in the Globe’s latest rankings
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Walpole? Post it to Walpole photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Find out what's happening in Walpolefor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Wednesday: Breezy with clouds and sun, with a high of 44 and low of 24 degrees.
- Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 45, low: 39.
- Friday: Breezy with rain, with a high of 58 and low of 24 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Saving Sprout: A community rallies to bring a malnourished puggle back from the brink (bostonglobe.com) — A severely malnourished puggle named Sprout was rushed to Tufts Veterinary Emergency Treatment & Specialties in Walpole, where intensive care helped pull her back from the brink. Now under round-the-clock supervision from the Animal Protection Center of Southeastern Massachusetts, she’s slowly gaining weight, drawing strong community support, and will be considered for adoption once fully healthy.
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• Globe Top 20 girls' basketball poll: No. 1 ramping up for first tip (bostonglobe.com) — Walpole girls’ basketball earns a mention just outside the Boston Globe’s latest Top 20 poll, landing in the next-10 group of teams to watch. Medfield holds the No. 1 spot as the statewide preseason rankings set expectations for the new season.
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📸 Around Walpole
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Walpole
- Fisher's Holiday Singalong (1st) 6:45 (2nd) 7:15 PM
Fisher School Auditorium
7:15 pm - BUDDY CRAFT AND GAME DAY
Fisher Walpole, MA 02081 - Adult Trivia Night
Community Room , 143 School Street , Walpole
6:30 pm - WPL Evening Book Club
Pinnacle Room , 143 School Street , Walpole
7:00 pm - Silent Sky Rehearsal
Walpole Footlighters , 2 Scout Rd , East Walpole
7:00 pm - COZY VIBES DAY , WEAR YOUR COZIEST WINTER GEAR
Fisher Walpole, MA 02081 - JERSEY DAY OR TEAM COLORS.
Fisher Walpole, MA 02081 - Visit with the GOFI dogs
Community Room , 143 School Street , Walpole
11:00 am
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Friday December 19
Monday December 22
📣 Walpole Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Children's Museum of Boston Math Everywhere CFCE Playgroup
Morrill Memorial Library Poirier Village Center , 33 Walpole St., Norwood, MA, 02062
9:30 am - PJ Library Playgroup - Sharon
Sharon Town Clerk , 90 S Main St #1 , Sharon
9:30 am - Turn the Page Book Group-The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Morrill Memorial Library Simoni Room , 33 Walpole St., Norwood, MA, 02062
10:00 am - Pattycake Babies
Children's Program Room Medfield Public Library , 468 Main St , Medfield
10:15 am
Wednesday December 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Social Security Announces Cost of Living Adjustment —Delia De Mello Read on Patch
- Wal-Mart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Walpole. Apply here.
- TIBCO Software, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Supervisor, Full Time, Merchandising - Walpole Mall in Walpole. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Walpole here.
🗞 Nearby News
Medfield
- High school photo gallery: A fast start to winter season (bostonglobe.com)
Norwood
- Sentencing for Brian Walshe, found guilty of his wife's murder, pushed to Thursday (nbcboston.com)
- Nuno F.G. Loureiro, MIT Lab Director and Professor, Killed in Home Shooting (complex.com)
- Ta-ha-Zouka Park looks to expand its sports facilities (newschannelnebraska.com)
Foxborough
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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