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Wellesley booze news: Move to bring beer & wine to grocery stores renewed

David Himmelberger, attorney to the Wellesley stars, and client Peter Katsikaris of Fells Market, were given the floor at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting to discuss the possible sale of beer and wine at Wellesley grocery stores (Roche Bros.,  also had reps at the meeting…and Whole Foods would be a likely suspect). Himmelberger did [...]

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Wellesley resident urges fresh thinking on emergency action in light of Morses Pond tragedy

Wellesley resident Trond Undheim, who spoke up at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Monday regarding the recent drowning at Morses Pond, has published an expanded explanation of his thoughts on how to best make use of human resources during an emergency situation. As Undheim stated during the meeting, he was at the beach that [...]

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Major experiment: Wellesley High to become interactive science museum for a day

Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF), the nonprofit outfit that promotes Wellesley Public Schools, is organizing a Wellesley Science & Technology Expo for April 5, 2014 that will convert Wellesley High School into a science museum for a day. The townwide event “will promote hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning through exhibits, lectures, movies, and [...]

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All Hail Wellesley!

Wellesley resident Mitch Fournier writes: “I see your rainbow pix and raise you some hail from yesterday’s storm.” RELATED: Quintuple double rainbows over Wellesley

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A plea to support Wellesley Morses Pond lifeguards

A Wellesley resident has posted on Tumblr a plea for the community to rally around Morses Pond lifeguards in the wake of the recent drowning at the local breach. Mark Nikolewski writes that he swung by the Board of Selectmen’s meeting last night to get an update on the Morses Pond investigation, to share concern [...]

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Wellesley murder docu-drama lays it on even thicker than we could have hoped for

The writers for Investigation Discovery’s “Sins & Secrets: Murder, Lies & Bondage Ties” TV program — the story of the 1999 murder at Morses Pond of Mabel Greineder by her husband Dirk — reached deep into their thesaurus to paint a picture of Wellesley that contrasted sharply with the gruesome crime scene. The show (which [...]

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Quintuple double rainbows over Wellesley

UPDATE: 2 more rainbow photos, one sent in by reader BK, who notes “Where else would the pot of gold be?”               And another from Wellesley’s MM, taken near Fenway Park:               After the storm Monday night, rainbows arose over Wellesley. Officer Dixon [...]

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