RTM Mildred Rockwood Has Passed Away

It is with a sad heart that I report here that long-time RTM Mildred Rockwood passed away this morning, at the age of 87. Of course, she was Auntie Millie to me, and was simply a wonderful woman. She was so very supportive of my involvement as Moderator. She loved being an RTM, and even up until the very end, there was very little that happened in town where Millie was not one of the first to know. Even with the untimely deaths of her husband Rocky in 1975 and Alan in 2003, Millie seemed to enjoy life more than most people I know. A loving family (which included about half of Walpole), 12 grandchildren, and this great town of Walpole were her sources of great pleasure in life. So, Auntie Millie, who always sat in the first seat of the last row of the left section at Town meeting, say hello to Uncle Rocky and Moody for us, and know that Walpole Town Meeting will miss you terribly.


The announcement from Delaney's Funeral Home can be accessed below.


http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=166385&fh_id=10354&s_id=A157652498F2D30453C18AC8F530643E

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING SESSION
on
ZONING BY-LAWS REWRITEThursday, November 29, 2007
7:00 P.M.
Town Hall – Main Meeting Room

This public meeting session will be the second in a series of four focused sessions on specific sections of the Town’s comprehensive rewrite of the Zoning By-Laws. The specific Sections of the rewrite that will be addressed on November 29 are:
· SECTION 5: USE REGULATIONS
· SECTION 6: DIMENSIONAL REGULATIONS
· SECTION 7: SIGN REGULATIONS
· SECTION 8: PARKING REGULATIONS

These four public meeting sessions are providing an opportunity for Walpole residents to comment on text changes proposed within the rewrite in preparation of the articles that will be presented for the special Town Meeting scheduled for March 10, 2008 to specifically address the comprehensive rewrite of the Zoning By-Laws. Members of the consultant team, Zoning Study Committee, Planning Board, and staff, all of who are working on the rewrite will be in attendance to present work to date on the rewrite and to seek public input. A complete copy of the existing Zoning By-Laws and a complete draft of the text of the Zoning By-Laws rewrite are available for viewing on the Town web site. Hard copies of a side-by-side comparison of the text of the existing Zoning By-Laws and the draft of the Zoning By-Laws rewrite are available in the Planning Board office. Any and all comments and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.

Welcome!

Welcome Town of Walpole to the Moderator's Blog. Hopefully we can do some creative and interesting things here, to make Walpole Town Meeting more meaningful for RTM and citizens' alike.

Over the next several months, Walpole Town Meeting will likely be called upon to vote on two very important issues. One is zoning, and the other is the proposed PILOT agreement for the power plant proposal. Perhaps those two issues can general some discussion here.

Comments are always welcome. Thanks.