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Wellesley residential property sales for May 28-30, 2025

June 23, 2025 by admin

Buyer/s	Seller/s	Property address	Date of sale	Sale price
Beatown Home Nt & Nt TSvcs LLC Tr	Roth, John D & Roth, Sandra	55 Old Farm Rd	05/29/2025	$6,390,000
Debonis, Dominic & Debonis, Emily	51 Radcliff Road LLC	51 Radcliffe Rd	05/30/2025	$4,985,000
Quintero, Jorge V & Panameno, Paula C	Ten Great Plain Ave LLC	10 Great Plain Ave	05/28/2025	$3,500,000
Ryan, Patrick & Ryan, Kathryn	Paquette, David A & Paquette, Catherine B	110 Hampshire Rd	05/28/2025	$2,875,000
Defelice, David J & Hamlin, Marguerite C	Rottenberg, Judd & Rottenberg, Heather L	25 Brookdale Ave	05/30/2025	$2,455,000
Botter, Valerie J & Percy, Thomas B	Roche, Edward G	32 Standish Cir	05/28/2025	$2,410,000
Epler, Brett & Epler, Kirstin H	Debonis, Dominic D & Debonis, Emily N	1 Lafayette Cir	05/29/2025	$2,388,000
Bayerl, Andrew G & Kim, Sohee	Belichick, Brian & Belichick, Catherine	8 Hampden St	05/30/2025	$2,364,500
Liu, Xi	Chadwick Homes LLC	67 Overbrook Dr	05/29/2025	$2,303,000
Mayani Realty LLC	Delanson Rlty Partners LL	100 Linden St Lot 203	05/29/2025	$2,110,000
Qian, Jin & Lu, Gary X	155 Cedar St LLC	155 Cedar St	05/28/2025	$2,058,000
Alkhateeb, Khaled J & Mantash, Dana	Shively, Peter C & Shively, Mary H	24 Kingsbury St Lot 1	05/28/2025	$1,550,000
Rajagopalan, Krishnan R & Krishnan, Nivedhitha	An, Bin	286 Linden St Lot 286	05/29/2025	$1,200,000
Lahant LLC	Qin, Hongmei	11 Sessions St	05/28/2025	$1,180,500

The attached report is republished with permission from The Warren Group LLC.

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Note: All of the information shown in this post is also publicly accessible via the Norfolk County Registry of Deeds.

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Wellesley Council on Aging July/August program registration to begin

June 22, 2025 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

The Wellesley Council on Aging has announced that registration for July and August programs starts Tuesday, June 24 at 9am for residents and Wednesday, June 25 at 9am for non-residents.

Among program topics this summer are financial planning, mobility and the MBTA, and tariffs in U.S. history.

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Community news: Wellesley Girl Scout sells 500-plus cookie boxes; Metrowest Women’s Fund ambassador named

June 22, 2025 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

The latest Wellesley, Mass., community news:

Wellesley Girl Scout sells 500-plus cookie boxes

Wellesley Girl Scout Reagan Der, of Troop 63316, has earned special recognition for selling more than 500 packages of cookies. A portion of the cookies were donated to Needham’s Good Shepherd Hospice, specifically the pediatrics palliative care program that Der’s younger brother Wyatt had been a part of .

According to the scout, the cookie program offered entrepreneurial and other skills. The cookie sales helped earn the troop funds to use for an end-of-year special event.

Just over 500 Girl Scouts sold over 500 packages of cookies in 2024-25.

More information on Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.

Metrowest Women’s Fund ambassador named

The Metrowest Women’s Fund, which focuses on the needs of women and girls in the area, has named Wellesley’s Christina Pavlina as a community ambassador.

The fund accepts grant applications annually for programs serving women and girls from low incomes. These range from programs focused on health, education, legal assistance, activities, and more.

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Wellesley government meetings for week of June 23, 2025

June 21, 2025 by admin Leave a Comment

A sampling of Wellesley, Mass., meetings and agenda items for the week of June 23, 2025.

See info on all upcoming town government meetings.

Select Board (June 24, 6pm, town hall & online)

Moderator Debrief on Annual Town Meeting; Discuss and Vote Executive Director’s Contract; Discuss Strategic Housing Plan

Natural Resources Commission (June 24, 7pm, town hall & online)

Discussion with Animal Control Officer • Pond Dredging Design Review: Reeds and Duck ponds • Warren Park Playground Surfacing • Hunnewell Tennis/Pickleball Courts-Follow up from June 4th meeting • Position Statement on North 40 • MWRA Tunnel Redundancy Program • Review Status of Hunnewell Track and Field Projects and Lighting

Design Review Board (June 25, 6:30 pm, online)

Sign permit for Sunoco at 2 Washington St.; Hunnewell Field Team Room construction

Advisory Committee (June 25, 6:30pm, town hall & online)

Presentation of Year End Recommendation letter; Vote Policies and Procedures; Discuss Advisory’s feedback on Strategic Housing Plan; New Advisory members for FY26

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Read it & reap: $2 bill found at Wellesley Free Library

June 21, 2025 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

I dropped by Wellesley Free Library on Friday to meet our summer intern and got an unexpected bonus: a $2 bill was just sitting there on the entryway rug.

Sure, it looked as phony as… a $2 bill. But I snapped up the legal tender just in case.

I wondered whether someone had been using it as a book mark. Or maybe it was somebody’s good luck omen. Did it escape from the Library of Things? Had the library hatched a new marketing scheme to attract candidates for its Board of Trustees opening?

I then looked up and chased down an adult and child who had just walked through the lobby. I asked if they’d lost a $2 bill, but no, it wasn’t theirs.

So I pocketed the money for the moment.

I’d happened to leave my phone in Mrs. Swellesley’s car. So when I met our intern, Zoe, I immediately gave her an assignment. I tossed the bill back onto the rug where I found it and asked her to take a photo. So yes, what you see below is a re-enactment (truth in journalism!).

My point to Zoe was: “You never know when you might come across content.” Especially in summer in Wellesley, when… things… slow… down.

I mean, it’s just not every day you come across a bill bearing the face of Thomas Jefferson on the front and an image of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back.

After Zoe and I met, I stopped by the circulation desk and told the person behind it that I had the weird question of the day: “Has anyone come looking for a $2 bill?” Nope, so I kept the money.

But that $2 bill was burning a hole in my pocket, especially after Mrs. Swellesley suggested stopping by Truly’s.

We walked over and bought our ice cream. As I pulled out my wallet, I told the young woman behind the counter that I’d just found a $2 bill. She said her Dad gave her a $2 bill one time and that she’s held onto it.

At that point, I dropped the $2 bill into the tip jar and we were off to enjoy our treat.

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School news: Wellesley High grad earns high honor at Stanford; WHS seniors collect home goods for those in need

June 20, 2025 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

The latest Wellesley, Mass., school news:

Wellesley High grad earns high honor at Stanford

2015 Wellesley High School and Northeastern University graduate Ian McRae last week was awarded the highest academic achievement award at Stanford University.

McRae, only the second-ever MBA graduate to post a 6.0 grade point average, received the Henry Ford ll Scholar Award. The recognition, which includes a cash reward, is given to the MBA student with the highest academic achievement in the class.

According to his family, who contacted Wellesley High’s principal about this news, the support and education he received at WHS has played a major role in his higher education success. McRae left his mark during high school in part by coaching, mentoring and tutoring.

WHS seniors collect home goods for those in need

A Wellesley High School senior project has resulted in the largest single donation of used home goods that the Welcome Home organization has received in its eight years of operation. According to the organization, over the course of an hour, car after car pulled up filled with high quality, mostly used goods for those in need. A Welcome Home volunteer team then sorted and shelved the items at the Newton pantry.

Co-founder and Executive Director Julie Plaut Mahoney said the students made a connection with the organization through one of Welcome Home’s volunteers. “They delivered everything we needed, from blankets and sheets to sliverware, mugs, pots, and pans,” she said. “Not only were these our most needed items, but they were also really good quality. Good quality items show dignity to our clients.”

What’s more, the students were “high spirited, helpful, and energetic” in delivering the goods, she said.

Welcome Home has a waiting list that is months long, so these items will go a long way toward addressing people’s needs.

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