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Bird Park now prepped for pickleball

Bird Park now prepped for pickleball

The group warmed up before playing a game by rallying back and forth with no points being scored, which explains the pickleballs strewn all over the court.

By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter

If you’ve been to Bird Park lately to play a tennis match,...

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Bird Park hosts Afternoon S’mores

Bird Park hosts Afternoon S’mores

A family poses for a quick photograph before returning to their s'more making.

By James Kinneen
Hometown Weekly Reporter

With COVID-19 forcing everyone outside, public parks have been a major gathering place for people looking to see each other safely, or to fight off cabin...

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Library Friends host annual meeting

Library Friends host annual meeting
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The Friends of the Walpole Public Library held their annual meeting in December with Dr. John Warren, Archivist of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as keynote speaker. President Philip Czachorowski summarized the year and recognized retiring officers and board members, as well as the ongoing work of volunteers. Sally Rose was reelected as treasurer...
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Bird Park invites families for nature quest

Bird Park invites families for nature quest
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter With springtime and Easter coinciding, many families ring in the season of blossoming flowers and warm weather with an Easter egg hunt outdoors. Maura O’Gara, Bird Park’s event and program manager, formulated a different idea: an Easter nature quest. Ideal for children ages two to eight, the quest was open...
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Bird Park hosts ‘Wednesday Wanderings’

Bird Park hosts ‘Wednesday Wanderings’
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Growing up in Walpole, I’d walked the trails of Bird Park hundreds of times. So, when I heard that I’d be joining other locals and Trustee Maura O’Gara for Wednesday Wanderings, I had a feeling it’d be a walk in the park – both literally and figuratively. I had worried...
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Reindeer Quest inspires whimsical park tour

Reindeer Quest inspires whimsical park tour
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter “The woods are lovely, dark and deep…” I thought of Robert Frost’s renowned poem as I walked through the trails of Bird Park, some glistening with ice and snow. While I didn’t have promises to keep, I did have reindeer to find at the park’s first self-guided Reindeer Quest. Although I grew...
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Bird Park illuminates holiday season

Bird Park illuminates holiday season
By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter With the sun now setting just shortly after 4 p.m., many are feeling the effects of the short days and long, chilly nights. For those in Walpole who crave sun-kissed summer afternoons and long hours of daylight, there might only be one thing that makes a winter night enjoyable: the abundance...
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A Bird’s-eye view on park history

A Bird’s-eye view on park history
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Since it opened in 1925, Bird Park has secured a spot in the hearts of those who grew up and lived in and around Walpole. There are many who still remember the swimming pool that opened for the hot summers before it was transformed into one of the ponds that...
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Bird Park sprouts love for nature

Bird Park sprouts love for nature
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By Laura Drinan Hometown Weekly Reporter Maura O’Gara, one of the Trustees of the Reservations at Walpole’s Bird Park, said, “Once you start seeing the world through seed glasses, you start to see all of the tiny seeds around us.” At October 4’s “Outdoor Preschool Adventures,” O’Gara taught participants how to find and identify the...
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