A Wellesley Who’s Who
Mama Who from “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical!” is Jackie Piro Donovan, who grew up in Wellesley and Lynnfield, according to this Boston Herald column. The show runs through Dec. 28 at the Wang Theatre.
Mama Who from “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical!” is Jackie Piro Donovan, who grew up in Wellesley and Lynnfield, according to this Boston Herald column. The show runs through Dec. 28 at the Wang Theatre.
Wellesley Police deputy chief Bill Brooks explains in an editorial why Massachusetts may come to regret decriminalizing marijuana possession: The system that brought about this change in our drug laws is flawed and the public was hoodwinked. Now law enforcement is left to deal with this mess.
This advice from The Radford might be coming too late for some of us, but here are 5 ways to dominate the WHS scene, including sitting on the heater at lunch. Now there’s one we wouldn’t have guessed.
Needham topped Wellesley 26-7 in the annual Thanksgiving football game behind super running back Jean Baptiste, dropping the Raiders to 2-9 for the year. This despite having inspirational fan William Fahey on the sideline cheering on Wellesley.
But here’s something to make you feel better. The Detroit Lions lost 47-10 to the Tennessee Titans later in the day on national TV and remain winless on the year.
Universal Hub reports that a Wellesley High student’s name has come up in reports related to the Indian authorities going on social network website Twitter to stop people from possibly giving away police/military plans.
The town is still looking for a replacement for Fire Chief Kevin Rooney, who in May announced he was looking to retire this past September. From the Wellesley job board:
The Town of Wellesley, Massachusetts (pop. 27,000) is seeking to fill the position of Fire Chief which is becoming vacant after the retirement of the incumbent after eight years of service as Chief of the Department. The Department consists of 57 fulltime uniformed employees and an operating budget of $4.1 million. Appointed by a five member Board of Selectmen, the Fire Chief serves as the community’s Emergency Manager. Minimum qualifications include: Bachelor’s Degree in Fire Science, Business or Public Administration, Master’s preferred; completion of the Massachusetts Chief Fire Officer Management Program, ten years of fire suppression experience as a fulltime uniformed member in an organized fire department and at least four years of experience in a supervisory capacity. Candidates must have demonstrated experience and skill within the following critical areas: budgeting, crafting collaborative interagency relationships, labor management relations in a unionized environment, pacing change, fireground management, incident command and emergency management. Graduates of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer Program are encouraged to apply. Hiring range is $105,000 — $115,000, depending upon qualifications. Full compensation package negotiable. Send cover letter and resume to Ms. Gail Schillinger, Administrative Assistant, Municipal Resources Incorporated, 120 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith, NH 03253. Electronic submissions in PDF format sent to recruitment@municipalresources.com preferred. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
A new pizza joint, Northend Wellesley-Pizza, is planning to set up shop at the east end of Washington Street, according to this Townsman report. It’s getting a bit crowded with Wellesley Hills House of Pizza and Peter’s Pizza already down that end of town.
The International Herald Tribune profiles a Wellesley company called Aptius Education that is starting to cash in on the demand by business people to learn Mandarin by distributing Chinese textbooks and other instructional materials:
“This is the fastest-growing language in higher education,” said [Nader] Darehshori, 71, a co-founder of Aptius who spent a dozen years as chief executive of the educational publisher Houghton Mifflin. “There are large numbers of American students and businesspeople taking Chinese. If you want to sell something in China, it helps to know their language.”
Here’s how the Needham Times breaks it down, as 5-5 Needham and 2-8 Wellesley face off on Thanksgiving morning in Needham (Here’s an historical piece from last year)
WCAC-TV will partner with The Needham Channel to co-produce the 2008 Thanksgiving Day High School Varsity Football game at Memorial Field in Needham for cablecast on the local cable channels in both Needham and Wellesley. The replay of the game will be 8:00 pm Thanksgiving Day evening on the local cable channel in Wellesley (channel 9 Comcast/channel 39 Verizon.) Replays of the 2006 and 2007 games will show during Thanksgiving day as well.
While it’s been a tough season for the Wellesley team, there is good news for one alum, Thomas Claiborne, who is making his mark at Boston College. At least one member of the BC coaching staff thinks the team’s starting right guard has a shot at the pros. He wouldn’t be the first Wellesleyite to play in the NFL. Not sure who was, but among them: Greg Comella, who played fullback for the New York Giants in Super Bowl IIIV and part of the Comella clan that operates a restaurant bearing their name in Wellesley.
“Shall the Town of Wellesley be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to fund the design, construction, equipping and furnishing of a new Wellesley High School at 50 Rice Street, including the cost of acquiring three properties on Seaver Street?”
The special election for debt exclusion for Wellesley High takes place Dec. 9 from 7am-8pm. More voting info.
