Entries from Sam Obar 180 tagged with 'library'
A Strong Endorsement for Patrick Shield
A lot of you knew this was coming. This is a very proud occasion.Sam Obar 180 is endorsing Patrick Shield for Selectman for the second year in a row. Since there are two seats open on the Board, an additional...
Longevity pay is money better used elsewhere
If you work as a Walpole police officer for at least 25 years, you automatically receive a hefty payment of $875 upon your 25th anniversary of service. Even if you work just 5 years, you get a posh bonus of...
Regionalization: What Will Work and What Will Not
My apologies for not posting on this blog as often as I should. Actually, I have a number of different articles I am writing for this blog all at once, but most of them involve extensive research in the town's...
Time Capsule Must be Found
Town Hall sources who are knowledgeable in town history have given Sam Obar 180 exclusive information. Apparently, many decades ago, a time capsule was buried under the old Stone School. Today, the school no longer exists, however, the land is...
Snuffer becomes latest official to come on the radio
Walpole Selectman Cliff Snuffer came on to The Sam Obar Show on Jan. 23 to do an interview with me. We predominantly discussed the police station proposal he is pushing for, but we also discussed issues like zoning and Allied...
Recreation Department embraces technology age
While I was paying so much attention to the new library website, I was kindly informed by various sources that actually the Walpole Recreation Department was first in rapidly expanding their presence on the internet. The Rec. Dept. now maintains...
Walpole Library Website is up and running
The new Walpole Library website has been fully updated and looks great thanks to the efforts of Reference Librarian Warren Smith. There are a number of new features that make the site a great destination to find out all about...
Police Station Proposal Disturbing
The Board of Selectmen is once again discussing the idea of building a new police station on Robbins Road, according to local news sources. Selectman Cliff Snuffer, my favorite Selectman, announced recently that a new building proposal might come very...
The latest downtown thoughts and developments
Saltwater Paradise is the name of the exotic fish and coral store that will be moving onto Glenwood Avenue. The phone number is 508-660-5000, and upon calling it I found that they have a fully functional voicemail machine that informed...
Jimmy Taylor and The Walpole Times
It seems that my letter to the editor was not the only complaint The Walpole Times received this week. The new editor, Stephanie Southworth Geary, wrote a brief statement at the top of the opinion page, as well as a...
Summer is ending in Walpole
News and Notes as the Summer Ends:The historic Walpole Train Station is apparently on its way out. The station is closing September 1, according to two signs posted on the station's window. The MBTA is apparently actively seeking tenants for...
Progress on Board of Selectmen Goals
For your entertainment: Listen to an interview that my WDIS colleague Dan Collier did with Walpole Town Administrator Michael Boynton recently.Now on to the main point of this post:Walpole is lucky to have an absolutely exceptional Board of Selectmen, made...
Finally some common sense
WalpoleNews.com has reported that, finally, after lagging behind other towns already taking advantage of the power and resources the internet provides, the Walpole Board of Selectmen has approved a proposal to broadcast and archive all Board of Selectmen's meetings online.It's...
Commentary on The Walpole Times and the Walpole Public Library
After an interview with Walpole Times staff writer Keith Ferguson on my radio show, I decided to take back what I said about the Walpole Times below.Walpole Times seems to be headed in the wrong directionThe Walpole Times has definitely...
Recount affirms Yes vote
Thankfully, the recount of the library vote was affirmed last night in an extremely tedious and lengthy process. As someone who viewed the entire recount process from beginning to end, I can attest to its length, although it ended...
Why I support a new library
With a movement afoot to get a recount for the very close library vote in the recent town election, I feel it is time for me to state my reasons why I support the new library.For those who may remember,...
My reactions to election results
Selectmen:All in all, it's okay. While I am lukewarm to the idea that Chris Timson won re-election, I am definitely accepting of the fact that Nancy Mackenzie won a seat. I am really irritated that Patrick Shield did not...
Updates, News, and Notes
It has been a little while since I last posted anything here on the blog. However, I am pleased to say that apparently my blog has now been linked to from the Boston.com Community Blog Links page. I'm not too...
Walpole Library Updates
The latest word from Town Administrator Michael Boynton is that the public library budget won't be cut as much as he had previously proposed. Tom Glynn at WalpoleNews.com reports that Mr. Boynton has stated that it's very possible that now,...
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