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🌱 Patch AM: 2 Longtime Walpole Police Officers Receive Promotions
And check out Jalapenos Mexican Grill – Walpole, MA on the Walpole Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- Two Walpole natives rise into key police leadership roles
Also on today's calendar: Fall Rummage Sale October 23 & 24th .
Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny, with a high of 73 and low of 45 degrees.
- Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 68, low: 41.
- Saturday: Sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 2 Longtime Walpole Police Officers Receive Promotions (patch.com) — Walpole residents are seeing familiar faces step into higher leadership roles as Detective Sergeant Ian Tolland is promoted to lieutenant and Officer Michelle O'Neil becomes sergeant. Both Walpole natives, they bring years of local service, specialized training, and strong community ties to their new positions following Tuesday's Select Board meeting. 
📸 Around Walpole
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Walpole
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★ Featured events ★
- Jalapenos Mexican Grill – Walpole, MA →
Jalapeno's Grill, 960 Main St, Walpole
6:30 pm
Tuesday November 3
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Other local events
- Fall Rummage Sale October 23 & 24th →
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 24 Berwick St., Norwood, MA
9:00 am - Whitman-Hanson Regional at Walpole →
Walpole High School, 275 Common St, Walpole
1:00 pm
Friday October 23
Saturday October 24
📣 Walpole Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Wacky Wiggles and Giggles →
Morrill Memorial Library, 33 Walpole St., Norwood
9:30 am - Thursday PVC Play and Learn →
Poirier Village Center, 82 Roosevelt Ave., Norwood
9:30 am - Public Health Nurse Q & A →
Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
10:00 am - Pattycake Babies →
Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
10:15 am - Multiage Storytime →
Norfolk Public Library, 2 Liberty Lane, Norfolk
10:30 am - Rhyme Time →
Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
10:40 am - Lunch Break Meditation →
Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
12:30 pm - Sensory-friendly Thursday Movie →
Morrill Memorial Library, 33 Walpole St., Norwood
1:00 pm - Art in Flight: Reinventing Postmodernism with Smithsonian Curator C
Virtual Meeting; Norfolk Public Library, 2 Liberty Lane, Norfolk
2:00 pm
Thursday October 8
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Shift Manager Closing Shifts | Earn Up to $19.50/ hr. in Norwood. Apply here.
- Acme Markets posted a job opening for Meat - Seafood Clerk in Norwood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Walpole here.
🗞 Nearby News
Medfield
- Girls Fall 2026 High School Rankings: First wave of October action complete (soccerwire.com)
Norwood
- Three juveniles arrested following home invasion in Norwood (newportdispatch.com)
- 'There is Power in a Union' (blogspot.com)
- BGM expands to Connecticut with acquisition of RLD & Co. (consulting.us)
Norfolk
- Norfolk (Unfinished Basement) Plan, Majestic Court (zillow.com)
Ok Walpole! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
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