Always a colorful sign of fall in Wellesley: the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church pumpkin patch along Washington Street. Proceeds from the ongoing pumpkin sale go to church outreach and youth service projects. (Photo: Deborah Brown) MORE: Wellesley Halloween Happenings
Whether you call it knit graffiti, guerilla knitting, or yarn bombing, it’s shown up in Wellesley. According to Wikipedia, the artsy-craftsy phenomenon started in Houston, and the graffiti, which knitters wrap around public architecture such as lamp posts, parking meters, or in this case, a stop sign, started as a cozy way to bring a [...]
Mrs. Swellesley swung by the grand opening for The Clean Bedroom this weekend at 444 Washington Street, near Whole Foods. She confirmed that the organic mattress/pillows, etc., showroom is in fact, clean. RELATED: Whole Foods getting new neighbor: The Clean Bedroom
A memorial to Alex Motsenigos has taken shape at the Weston Road location in Wellesley where the cyclist was killed after being struck by a car on Friday afternoon. Flowers and a message from fellow cyclists/Pan Mass Challenge participants are among the items at the spot. An online memorial has been set up here.
We had the opportunity this week to sit down with Wellesley’s new Superintendent of Schools, Dr. David Lussier, who comes to town following a six-year stint as executive director for the Office of Educator Quality in the Austin, Texas Independent School District. His move to Massachusetts is a homecoming of sorts: Lussier boasts some serious [...]
It’s official Service Day for some 400 Wellesley Middle School 8th grade students, and they can be seen around and about Wellesley today helping the elderly, organizing food and clothing drives, feeding kittens at the SPIN shelter for strays, and even cleaning up the dump/recycling & disposal facility, as seen here.
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