🌱 Patch AM: 2 Longtime Walpole Police Officers Receive Promotions

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In today's newsletter:

• Two Walpole natives rise into key police leadership roles

Also on today's calendar: Fall Rummage Sale October 23 & 24th .

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• Thursday: An a.m. shower; partly sunny, with a high of 73 and low of 45 degrees.
• Friday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 68, low: 41.
• Saturday: Sunshine, with a high of 68 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 2 Longtime Walpole Police Officers Receive Promotions (patch.com) — Walpole residents are seeing familiar faces step into higher leadership roles as Detective Sergeant Ian Tolland is promoted to lieutenant and Officer Michelle O'Neil becomes sergeant. Both Walpole natives, they bring years of local service, specialized training, and strong community ties to their new positions following Tuesday's Select Board meeting.
   

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Tuesday November 3
• Jalapenos Mexican Grill – Walpole, MA →
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Friday October 23
• Fall Rummage Sale October 23 & 24th →
  Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 24 Berwick St., Norwood, MA
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Thursday October 8
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  9:30 am
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  10:00 am
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  Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
  10:15 am
• Multiage Storytime →
  Norfolk Public Library, 2 Liberty Lane, Norfolk
  10:30 am
• Rhyme Time →
  Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
  10:40 am
• Lunch Break Meditation →
  Medfield Public Library, 468 Main St, Medfield
  12:30 pm
• Sensory-friendly Thursday Movie →
  Morrill Memorial Library, 33 Walpole St., Norwood
  1:00 pm
• Art in Flight: Reinventing Postmodernism with Smithsonian Curator C
  Virtual Meeting; Norfolk Public Library, 2 Liberty Lane, Norfolk
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🗞 Nearby News

Medfield

• Girls Fall 2026 High School Rankings: First wave of October action complete (soccerwire.com)

Norwood

• Three juveniles arrested following home invasion in Norwood (newportdispatch.com)
• 'There is Power in a Union' (blogspot.com)
• BGM expands to Connecticut with acquisition of RLD & Co. (consulting.us)

Norfolk

• Norfolk (Unfinished Basement) Plan, Majestic Court (zillow.com)

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