🌱 Walpole: What You Need To Know Today (Mon, Dec 6)

Happy Monday, Walpole! Here's everything you need to know going on locallytoday.

First, today's weather:

A thunderstorm in the area. High: 63 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories in Walpole today:

1. Phyllis Bigelow Obituary (1923 - 2021) - Walpole, MA (Legacy.com)
2. Where To Find Christmas Trees In The Walpole Area (Walpole Patch)

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Today in Walpole:

• By-Law Committee - Town of Walpole (2:56 PM)

From my notebook:

• Walpole Police Department: "‼️ WPD is happy to announce that we’ll again be participating in the 2021 She Loves Police Gingerbread Contest!! During last week’s #TBT post, we hinted that we’d be honoring our old Police Station and the former Walpole Town Hall with a..." (Facebook)
• Walpole Police Department: "🎄Giving Tree Update!! 🎁 So far we’ve had a HUGE amount of returned tags and toys dropped off!! So many that we moved much of everything into a separate room! We still have a healthy amount of tags left on the Giving Tree, due to a high..." (Facebook)
• Walpole MA Chamber of Commerce: "The WCC Chamber submitted our tree today, with over $400 in gift cards to local business and restaurants. Please visit the Walpole Senior Center this weekend do bid on one!" (Facebook)

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— Mary Ellen Gambon

About me: I am a Freelance Massachusetts Editor covering the towns of Canton, Dedham, Norwood, Westwood and Walpole, MA. I am a Boston native who began my journalism career in 1994. I graduated from Boston University, where I received bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science. In 2002, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a master's in public administration. I am a 1994 Pulliam Fellow, a national award given to 10 graduating college seniors who are pursuing careers in journalism. I previously was a staff reporter for Gazette Publications, Inc., The Dedham TImes, The Daily Transcript and The Parkway-West Roxbury Transcript. Over the past four years, I have been a freelance reporter at Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. and Gannett, Inc. covering greater Boston. I also write for The Hopkinton Independent.

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