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June 2026 Clarion Closing Date – 5/21/26
Yes, time again and deadline is a week away for the June 2026 CLARION. I am getting started on this issue, and ready for your article submissions, and new advertisements. Closing date for the June issue is Thursday, May 21. – or earlier if you can. Submission guidelines, and contact email are on the CLARION website.
Your early submissions are always welcome and appreciated as I start developing the layout well beforehand. If you have some “news” send it along. In addition, I like to have on-hand material of interest that is not time-sensitive to fill space to round out a pleasing issue. So, if you would “like to be in print” and have something to write and share (images as well), send along for possible inclusion space permitting. Please do remember, it is the advertisers in each issue that make this community publication possible, so please support and thank them.
If you have any questions, or interest in placing an advertisement, reaching over 1900 Walpole, North Walpole and Drewsville addresses, I welcome your inquiries, so please do get in touch with me. Advertising information and contact information is on the CLARION website.
Thank you, RAY BOAS, Publisher
Walpole Players Planning Meeting – 5/17/26
The Walpole Players will be holding a planning meeting in the Helen Miller Theater in the Town Hall on Sunday, May 17 at 4pm. The purpose of the meeting will be to brainstorm and discuss ideas for a possible play to be held late fall of this year. Those interested in contributing ideas or considering helping to direct, stage manage or produce are welcome to come and participate in the discussion!
In addition, our next board meeting will be held on Sunday, June 7 at 4pm, also in the Helen Miller Theater, upstairs in the Town Hall. Members of the public are always welcome to attend Walpole Players board meetings.
Planning Board Meeting Agenda – 5/12/26
Walpole Planning Board Agenda
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Town Hall
7 pm
Roll Call: Appointment of alternates if needed.
Call to order:
Minutes: Review minutes of the April 2026 meeting.
New Business:
SAU60 Change of Use. Building in North Walpole. Joey Carter.
Old Business:
Public Hearing:
Site Plan Application: Snowplow Sales Development, Brookside Real Estate LLC and Levi Hubbard, 538 Main Street, Tax Map 12, Lot 58, Commercial District. This includes a 3,360 square-foot office and a two-story 8,000 square-foot store for snowplow and small equipment sales. There will be open bins with various types of soil and mulch with two larger ones for sand and salt. And they will host a landscaping business.
Gravel Pit reminder: Tim Graves inspection.
Presentation by Sarah Bollinger SWRPC: Topic: Family-Based-Child Care Zoning.
Short-term rentals
Great Decisions at the Library – 5/11/26
“Great Decisions” next Monday Evening
“The Future of Human Rights and International Law”
On Monday, May 11, at 6:00 pm, “Great Decisions” in the Walpole Town Library will explore the status of human rights and international law in the United States. It may surprise you to learn how very few international human rights treaties have been ratified by the U.S. Congress.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, is the most translated document in the world. While this is cause for optimism, the undermining of human rights in the U.S. – targeting women, immigrants, non-white racial and ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ individuals – has reached levels not seen since the UN’s establishment. Why has this happened?
The relevant reading is “The Future of Human Rights and International Law in a Divided World” by Jose E. Alvarez. A copy of this article, published by the Foreign Policy Association, is available at the library and can be emailed to you upon request to our Library Director: jmalmberg@walpoletownlibrary.org If you are joining the discussion via Zoom, please request the Zoom link and join at 6:30 pm; in-person meeting begins at 6:00 pm with a Master Class video.
Growing Together – Soil Health Workshop at the Hooper Institute – 5/7/26
Join us next week on May 7 for our Soil Health Workshop with Fritze and learn how to protect, and improve your soil for the growing season ahead.
Whether you’re new to gardening or looking to deepen your knowledge, this is a great opportunity to get your hands in the dirt and learn something new!
We need to fill 3 more spots! Registration is required here: https://forms.gle/GiEuoQCy3RXqmAc26
May 2026 Clarion Now Online
And ready for mailing to all postal addresses in Walpole, North Walpole, and Drewsville — 1,549 addresses. Again 20 pages and may I remind you for a color experience with both pictures and ads, do visit the on-line edition.
This year is moving quickly again, and it will soon be time for summer adventures. If there is space in the June issue I will share some adventure ideas from “Shunpiking with Ray”
For now CLICK THIS LINK for the MAY issue, or on the front cover below. Stay safe and well, yours, RAY BOAS, Publisher
The Walpolean 
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