Friends of Whitehall

The Friends of Whitehall will host a program called “Birds of Prey” on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 1-2 p.m. outside the Hopkinton Center for the Arts (98 Hayden Rowe St.). The program explains why hawks, owls, eagles, ospreys and falcons are considered birds of prey. The presenter is Kathleen Regan, a naturalist at the Massachusetts […]

The Friends of Whitehall's fall lake and trail cleanup will be held on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m. until noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street (Route 135) and be assigned areas of trails and shoreline around the lake to clean up debris and refuse. Kayakers […]

The Friends of Whitehall’s spring lake and trail cleanup will be held Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street (Route 135) and be assigned areas of trails and shoreline around the lake to clean up debris and refuse. Gloves, trash […]

The Friends of Whitehall‘s fall lake and trail cleanup will be held Saturday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street (Route 135) and be assigned areas of trails and shoreline around the lake to clean up debris and refuse. Gloves, trash […]

Andrew Vitz, state ornithologist for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, will present “The History and Conservation of the Common Loon in Massachusetts” on Tuesday, Nov. 1, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Public Library. The focus will be on the nesting loons that arrived at Lake Whiteball in 2019, including photos by local […]

The Friends of Whitehall annual meeting will be held Wednesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. at the Sanctuary at Woodville (Woodville Baptist Church), 249 Wood Street, Woodville. The guest speaker will be Richard Trubiano, supervisor of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) headquarters in Hopkinton. He will talk about Lake Whitehall and Whitehall State […]

The Friends of Whitehall’s spring lake and trail cleanup will be held Saturday, April 22, from 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street (Route 135) and be assigned areas of trails and shoreline around the lake to clean up debris and refuse. Gloves, trash […]

UPDATE Oct. 20: This event has been canceled due to forecasted rain. The Friends of Whitehall‘s fall lake and trail cleanup will be held Saturday, Oct. 21, from 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street (Route 135) and be assigned areas of trails and […]

Alex Belote, fire program coordinator for the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Bureau of Forestry and Fire Control, will present a public education program on fire history, fire towers, prescribed fire, fire mitigation and national strategies for living with fire. It will be held Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Hopkinton Public Library. […]

The Friends of Whitehall annual meeting will be held Wednesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. at the Sanctuary at Woodville (Woodville Baptist Church, 249 Wood Street). The guest speaker will be Marc Bellaud from SOLitude Lake Management. He will speak about weeds in the lake, lake ecology, and successful treatments of other lakes in the […]

The Friends of Whitehall’s spring lake and trail cleanup will be held Saturday, April 20, from 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park (off Wood Street) and be assigned areas of trails and shoreline. Gloves, trash bags, tools, bug spray and water will be provided, along with […]

The Friends of Whitehall's fall lake and trail cleanup will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, from 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street (Route 135) and be assigned areas of trails and shoreline around the lake to clean up debris and refuse. Gloves, trash […]

The Friends of Whitehall annual meeting will be held Wednesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. at the Sanctuary at Woodville (249 Wood Street). Russell H. “Rusty” Phipps, a 75-year resident of Woodville, avid outdoorsman and storyteller, will discuss his personal experience growing up on Whitehall. He will talk about banding of the loons, floating islands, […]

Friends of Whitehall will host its annual spring trail cleanup at Lake Whitehall on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m.-noon. Volunteers will meet at the Wood Street boat ramp parking lot, where grabbers, gloves and trash bags will be available. Coffee, hot chocolate and doughnuts will be provided. For more information, visit friendsofwhitehall.org.

The Friends of Whitehall's fall lake and trail cleanup will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m.-noon. Participants will gather at the boat landing parking lot at Whitehall State Park on Wood Street (Route 135) and be assigned areas of trails and shoreline around the lake to clean up debris and refuse. Gloves, trash […]