Octagenarian has spent a decade of his retirement restoring stone walls in his community Share Updated: 8:18 AM EDT Apr 24, 2021 Matt Reed Share Updated: 8:18 AM EDT Apr 24, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript IT’S NEW ON 5. THERE ARE COUNTLESS STONE WALLS ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS WITH SOME DATING BACK TO THE REVOLUTION. BUT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS 87 YEAR OLD BILL DORITY OF WESTWOOD HAS SPENT HIS RETIREMENT RESTORING YOU GET IT UP THERE. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO ADJUST IT AND WE’RE BUILDING WALLS ACROSS THE STATE. THIS IS BETTER THAN SITTING IN THE ROCKING CHAIR. THEY ALWAYS SAY EXERCISE IS GOOD FOR A LONG LIFE. I BELIEVE IN THAT HIS WORK CAN BE ADMIRED FROM MEDFIELD TO STOWE WITH HIS LATEST PROJECT HERE IN WALPOLE A RARE PAID GIG TO BUILD A BRAND NEW 250 FOOT LONG WALL FOR MICHAEL BRATE RETIRED STONE MASON HIMSELF. THERE’S ONLY THREE WEEKS INTO IT AND HE’S ALMOST PUT DOWN 70 TIMES. BOLDNESS, YOU HAVE TO SEE IT FOR YOURSELF. IT’S JUST AN AMAZING FEAT AT 87 YEARS OLD. I DON’T KNOW HOW HE DOES IT. I REALLY DON’T. BILL, I THINK THAT’S AN OLD WIVES TALE, BUT IT’S ALWAYS METHODICAL. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO STEP BACK. YOU HAVE THE FORMER PURCHASING AGENT HAS COMPLETED HUNDREDS OF WALLS AND IS NO PLANS OF SLOWING DOWN AND WITH SO MANY OF US STARTING PROJECTS AND PICKING UP HOBBIES DURING THE PANDEMIC BILL IS PROOF. IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FIND YOUR PASSION. NO MATTER HOW HARD THE WORK IS. I JUST GOT MY TETANUS SHOT. AND THEY SAY I DON’T HAVE TO COME BACK FOR 10 YEARS. SO PROBABLY AT LEAST ANOTHER 10 NOW BILL SAYS THEY’LL TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF FINISH THIS WALL. HE’S ALREADY GOT HIS NEXT PROJECT’S LINED UP, BUT HE SAYS IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN HIS SERVICES, JUST PULL OVER THE NEXT TIME YOU IN WALPOLE MATT REED WCVB NEWSCENTER 5 I AM GOING I DON’T