South Walpole News

Rev. Tsitsi Moyo, a Zimbabwe native and minister of South Walpole United Methodist Church, arranged the trip for the 23-member youth choir and two chaperones from Watershed College boarding school in Marondera, ...

A Foxboro man was arrested last Thursday night following a foot chase that led state, Walpole and Foxboro police through South Walpole.

A Foxboro man was arrested last Thursday night following a foot chase that led state, Walpole and Foxboro police through South Walpole.

Once again, the Massachusetts Legislature has failed to complete budget negotiations by their July 1 deadline.

Neil Entwistle received the mandatory life sentence without parole for the brutal murder of his wife, Rachel, and their 9-month-old daughter, Lillian Rose, in their Massachusetts home in January 2006.

If need be, Tom Roache wants you to yell at him. The candidate for state representative from the 9th Norfolk District sees a problem with the political status quo: a disconnection between "the State House and ...

Residents who are determined to keep a proposed 580-megawatt power plant out of South Walpole were heartened this week by the results of the town election.

The 1770-built Col. Timothy Mann House in South Walpole has attracted the attention of a local historic preservation group.

“If there is something to be said, I want it said in the public forum of an open selectmen's meeting”

"We have no pending plans to file," said Vice President and Public Affairs Counsel Braith Kelly. via Http

“I don't see that this particular power plant is the right project for Walpole at this time”

Town moderator and local attorney Jon Rockwood recently announced his candidacy for State Senate, but, he says, the Beacon Hill run won't affect his job or local position. via Http

“Now we have to get our hands around the costs of direct care and ancillary costs.”

As the election season takes shape, a power plant proposed for South Walpole is already figuring into the campaign. via Boston.com

Selectmen met Tuesday night with members of the planning board to discuss revamping the zoning use table that establishes which businesses can come into town and where they can set up shop once they're here. via Http

“We drink this water that is coming out of our aquifer”

Clutching candles flickering in the cold rain, hundreds of people last night marched around Town Hall to protest an energy company's plants to build a power plant in South Walpole. via Http

“There was a lot of split, a lot of animosity”

Steve Snopkowski has worked at power plants all his adult life, some so dirty he had to shower before leaving work to clean off the filth. via Http

“There have been too few occasions for citizens to sit down and ask questions”

Though East Walpole is miles from the proposed power plant site, residents in that part of town had plenty of questions for Competitive Power Ventures at a meeting last Wednesday night. via Http

“It could impact the environment and health of Sharon”

In a solidarity vote Tuesday night, Wrentham Selectmen unanimously opposed Competitive Power Venture's proposal to build a power plant in South Walpole, according to Town Administrator Jack McFeeley. via Http

“We need to look at a couple of uses and see if they make sense”

Opposition to a proposed power plant in South Walpole is broadening, with neighboring Foxborough backing Walpole's rejection of the proposed 580-megawatt, gas-fired plant within a mile of the town line. via Boston.com

“I'll be a passionate ally to you guys in Walpole.”

Foxboro selectmen joined their counterparts in Walpole by voting unanimously in opposition of the proposed power plant. via Http

The town has gone to great lengths - and heights - to improve radio communications in South Walpole for the police and emergency management departments. via Http

“The developer wants it that way.”

Competitive Power Ventures , a company interested in building a 580 megawatt power plant in South Walpole, has been dealing with the town of Walpole for over a year. via Http