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Wellesley construction questions answered

A reader recently wrote to us asking:  “Can you please tell us what is happening at the intersection of Route 9 and Cedar Street  -   there is a trailer truck marked ‘construction’ and other vehicles on the grassy areas  along the ‘off-ramp roads’ on the north side of Route 9.  They’ve also put up [...]

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Wellesley High girls’ golf team teeing off on competition this spring

Wellesley High School’s girls’ golf team has quietly turned into a team to beat over the past 2 seasons, going 15-5 last year and bettering that with a 15-2 start this season. The team is only 4 years old and has been coached from the start by Ken Bateman, a WHS science teacher, and the [...]

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Schofield 5K road race & Fun Fair coming up

MORE INFO: Schofield 5K website

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Wellesley Summer Theatre Company to perform Dancing at Lughnasa

Wellesley Summer Theatre Company Presents Dancing at Lughnasa  by Brian Friel Opens Thursday May 23rd @ 7pm in the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre In the late summer of 1936 anything seems possible for the five Mundy sisters, even love. The return of their elder brother to the family home in Donegal, Ireland after missionary work [...]

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One scenario for ex-Wellesley Inn site: Foundation for new development could go in this summer

The Board of Selectmen Monday night presented a brief update on the housing development planned for the old Wellesley Inn space that’s been vacant on Washington Street for the past six years.  Developer Jordan Warshaw has proposed a less ostentatious development than that planned by the previous development team, which pulled back when the economy [...]

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Mass Beer Tour hits Wellesley

A guy drinking his way across all of Masssachusetts’ cities and towns this year in an effort to raise money for fighting kids’ cancer last week stopped by The Cottage in Wellesley. The beer drinker blogged about his brief visit: “In order to have a beer in this town you have to order food, so [...]

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Wellesley, Weston, Natick school nurses to join forces

The MetroWest Daily News reports that the Wellesley, Weston and Natick school districts are forming a cooperative to share substitute nurses, ensuring that all schools are covered when full-time nurses are unavailable.

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