This morning, Sunday 28 June, Walpole’s Health Officer, Dr. Chuck Shaw, shared that the first Covid-19 case has been reported in Walpole. No further details have been shared.
The facts for your safety are clear, and not to be disputed. WEAR YOUR MASK – SOCIAL DISTANCE – WASH YOUR HANDS. Your life, everyone’s life depends on these simple actions. Stay safe, and be well. Yours, Ray Boas, Publisher
The July twenty page issue of the CLARION is now on-line. The content of the June and July issues, of necessity, shifted from relating past events, and highlighting upcoming events. With COVID-19, events have been cancelled, thus nothing to report to you. However, in both the June and July issues, I was pleased to bring to the CLARION’s pages a number of feature articles/pieces to inform and entertain you. June included articles on: Walpole water; a welcome parade; Kiniry’s Barn; and, Abingdon Spares. The July issue, sadly, has articles relating to the murder of George Floyd, and Walpole’s response. August (and possibly the rest of 2020) could also lack past and future news events. So if you have an idea of something you would like to read about in the CLARION, send me your idea. Or, better yet, send an article for publication consideration.
Feel free to share this post and issue with friends, neighbors, and out of town family and friends. THE WALPOLE CLARION is also on Facebook, and updates occasionally posted, so “Like Us” there. And, I encourage all to sign up on the CLARION website to receive post updates. In addition, I encourage you to visit The Walpolean.org and sign up there also for emails with area information.
Thank you, stay home or keep a “social distance” and be well, yours, RAY BOAS, Publisher
The CLARION is a monthly, but for almost daily news of Walpole, North Walpole and Drewsville, there is an on-line “blog” – The Walpolean. You have seen it mentioned on the CLARION’s pages, and I have encouraged you to sign up. Last evening I chatted (from a distance) with Lil who handles this additional community service. Since the June CLARION was received she got some new subscribers, but I said to her, “let me do a post and then share that on Facebook. So, click below on the URL or image, visit THE WALPOLEAN, and “sign up” to receive posts for the entire Walpole community. Thank you, RAY
The June issue of the CLARION is now on-line, and again twenty four pages, in spite of the lack of past events to report on, and lack of events in June. Sadly, Old Home Days, which we would have been enjoying the end of the month, was rescheduled to 2021.
But, on this month’s pages are some fun articles for you to enjoy (I hope).
Feel free to share this post and issue with friends, neighbors, and out of town family and friends. THE WALPOLE CLARION is also on Facebook, and updates occasionally posted, so “Like Us” there. And, I encourage all to sign up on the CLARION website to receive post updates. In addition, I encourage you to visit The Walpolean.org and sign up there also for emails with area information.
Thank you, stay home or keep a “social distance” and be well, yours, RAY BOAS, Publisher
I had a goal today, and I achieved that goal. I needed to get out and find more flamingos to share, and bring that number to a hundred. As you settle down this evening you may enjoy taking a look at
by just clicking on the link above.
Share this link for others to smile and enjoy, and if you see more of our friends as they are bringing joy and hope in these difficult times, send your pictures along. As always, yours, RAY
double what was documented yesterday — some great scenes, and you can check them all out by visiting this page on the CLARION website.
among those recently seen is this loving pair on North Road.
FLAMINGOS IN LOVE ON NORTH ROAD – photo by Eric Merklein
Please share this post, visit the Flamingo page, and smile. And if you have a sighting, take a picture are send it along to me at the CLARION to share, thank you, RAY
Do you have Flamingo visitors? Your neighbors have shared the sightings in their yards, and I now have over 30 documented birds on the CLARION website for you to see by clicking on this link.
Please look at the page, and make a note of how you can share the birds in your yard with the world. These pink friends have brought us some smiles in these troubling times. Looking forward to hearing from you, yours, RAY
The invasion continues, and continues to bring hopes and smiles to residents from one end of town to the other. South to North, and East to West. I received an email earlier today from Charles Caserta, saying, “HI Ray…..they’re playing in the pond at entrance to Walpole Valley Farms !!” I had to see them.
So, I “broke the rules” and left my home with BLUE BELLE (1960 MGA for those of you who don’t know), and toured the hills and back roads to Surry and back, circling down Wentworth Road to see the “new” pink feathered friends. And, here they are enjoying the pond life.
And, then it occurred to me. Many people have said the “pink plaque” has flocked their way also. “Why not set up a page on the CLARION website, and share everyone’s pink visitors,” Ray said to Ray. So, I am asking, no pleading, that you share your Flamingo images, and I will begin sharing them with the world on-line.
Take a nice shot, and email it to me at rayboas@comcast.net — I am sure there are many out there, lets capture (in picture) as many as we can to share with the world. I look forward to receiving your precious pink portraits soon. Thank you, and stay safe, yours, RAY
The May issue of the CLARION is now on-line, and will be in your mail boxes by May 1st, if not on April 30. Twenty four pages again – with COVID-19 information, and articles from your neighbors as to how they are coping “staying at home.” But there is hope and fun, and shared on May’s pages is a new wave of flamingos, that first visited at the Mill Pond last month, and some precious stones that “someone” placed around town the beginning of the month.
Please share this post and issue with friends, neighbors, and out of town family and friends. And, I encourage all to sign up on the CLARION website to receive post updates. In addition, I encourage you to visit The Walpolean.org and sign up there also for emails with area information.
Thank you, stay home or keep a “social distance” and be well, yours, RAY BOAS, Publisher
The First Congregational Church of Walpole UCC is conducting online services now. The link to Sunday services is now posted on the Church’s website homepage – https://walpolenhucc.org/ . Chuck Shaw has provided the following ZOOM information for this Sunday’s Easter Service, 12 April.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/147623504?pwd=NkJHMEtNZVBTQVZPZlRPOWxxMWQxdz09
Meeting ID: 147 623 504
Password: 185173
ZOOM, as you are aware, has become a popular platform to “stay connected” while distancing. Once installed on your computer, the prompts have become easier to navigate and join in a meeting, chat, or Church service. Join in at 10 AM– HAPPY EASTER, yours, RAY
Click on Above to Visit and Subscribe
FLAMINGOS WALPOLE STYLE - Click Image and Enjoy
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