Opinion: What a Town!
Is this not the best town ever? There are examples every day, but here are just three things I've witnessed our citizens doing in the past 24 hours...
* How about Ray Boas and The Walpole Players' production of "A Christmas Carol"? This colorful version of Dickens' work is the perfect reminder of what Christmas is all about and is put on one final time tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Town Hall. If you are not among the already more than 200 that have picked up the free tickets for tonight, give it a try! (Although you may only get standing room!) The 40-person cast is great, the editing and sets are really good, and the costumes--thank you Barbara Kasper and the Costume Ladies!--are terrific!
* This morning's Walpole Holiday Farmers Market had the best that Walpole offers in many fields! From wine to woolens, foccacia to fresh vegetables, it was tasty, tantalizing and tremendous fun! And the opportunity to see many friends and neighbors was unbeatable. Thanks to Jill Robinson and her many assistants for their many hours of work in getting it together and carrying it off in fine fashion!
* Congratulations and good luck to Krystyna Marcom. She's initiated a petition to persuade the Walpole Planning Board to reconsider engaging an independent consulting firm to review the plans for building the Champlain Oil gas station over a town aquifer off Rt. 12 near the Cold River. The Board voted not to do so last Tuesday. Surely the Board owes its citizens a thorough review by a qualified, disinterested expert before permitting permanent installations of tanks of fuel and connecting pipes, pumps and hoses over part of our water supply.
Chuck Bingaman
