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In today's newsletter:

• How a Walpole first-year starred in UMass Dartmouth's volleyball loss
• Walpole man sentenced in multimillion-dollar Medicare kickback fraud case

Also on today's calendar: Walpole Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call cows dancing in the dark 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Clouds and sun; not as warm, with a high of 66 and low of 45 degrees.
• Sunday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, temps: high: 63, low: 57.
• Monday: Cloudy with a little rain, with a high of 67 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• No. 22 Women's Volleyball Gets Past UMass Dartmouth in Four Sets (babsonathletics.com) — A first-year player from Walpole, Brooke Harrington, led all competitors with 18 digs as UMass Dartmouth women's volleyball fell in four sets to nationally ranked Babson at the New England Fall Classic. The match recap highlights her strong defensive performance against a top-25 opponent and notes both teams' upcoming games later today. It's a solid early-season showing for a local athlete on the college stage.
   

• Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Violate the Anti-Kickback Statute (justice.gov) — A Walpole resident has been sentenced in federal court to 13 months in prison and ordered to repay $2.3 million for a Medicare kickback scheme involving medical equipment companies he ran. The case, based in Massachusetts, details how telemarketers were paid for unnecessary brace orders, and it comes as federal authorities ramp up fraud enforcement statewide. Locals are also urged to report suspected benefit fraud through a dedicated hotline.
   

📸 Around Walpole

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Walpole

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 19
• Walpole Electronics Recycling Event ♻️ →
  Blessed Sacrament School, 808 East St, Walpole
  9:00 am
• Art In The Park Sharon 2026 →
  First Congregational Church, 29 N Main St, Sharon
  11:00 am
Wednesday September 23
• Avenue Restaurant: Farm-to-Table Dinner →
  Avenue Restaurant, 445 Main St, Medfield
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 23
• An Evening With: Mari Froes →
  Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave, Allston
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 26
• Alex Cohen Acoustic: Walpole Farmers Market →
  Walpole Farmers' Market, 938 East St, Walpole
  10:00 am
• Whitman-Hanson Regional at Walpole →
  Walpole, 275 Common St, Walpole
  11:00 am
Monday September 28
• Walpole Community Food Pantry - Golf Fundraiser →
  Walpole Country Club, 233 Baker St, Walpole
  12:00 pm
Tuesday October 6
• Upper Cape Cod RVT at Norfolk County Agricultural →
  Walpole MA
  5:00 pm
• Jalapenos Mexican Grill – Walpole, MA →
  Jalapeno's Grill, 960 Main St, Walpole
  6:30 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday September 19
• HomeWorks/MassSave Pop-up Resource Table
  Morrill Memorial Library, 33 Walpole St., Norwood
  10:00 am
• Chess Club for Ages 8-12
  Lower Level Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
  10:15 am
• Drop-In Weekend Fun
  Children's Program Room Medfield Public Library, 468 Main S, Medfield
  11:00 am
• Mahjong Invasion →
  Farthest Star Sake, 120 North Meadows Road, Medfield
  5:00 pm
• Concert: Atwater Donnelly Trio →
  Not Just Another Coffeehouse, 4 North Main St., Sharon
  7:00 pm
• Floydian Trip at the Norwood Theatre →
  Norwood MA
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

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• A Craft Fair with a Cause —Diane Parazin Read on Patch

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🗞 Nearby News

Medfield

• About 'daylight savings' time change, when we fall back or spring forward (jacksonville.com)

Norwood

• Police Chiefs in Norwood and North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Defend Flock License Plate Cameras, Citing a Missing Rhode Island Teenager and Violent Crime Investigations (centralrecorder.com)
• 'Situations.' Norwood MA native, longtime actor takes up screenwriting (wickedlocal.com)
• 'The Traitors: New Blood' premieres with a traitor from Boston (telegram.com)

Norfolk

• 38th Annual Cape Cod Glass Show & Sale (antiquesandthearts.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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