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InWellesley website seeks to pump up local businesses

The town of Wellesley has launched a website called InWellesley that’s designed to provide local businesses with mini-websites for free in an effort to encourage shoppers to discover and visit them. The website interface and navigation system, based on technology from WebQA, might look familiar to those who have visited the Wellesley town website, which [...]

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Will Subway’s Jared show up at Wellesley Board of Selectmen meeting?

As we first reported in early June, the Lobelia ice cream and sandwich shop at 268 Washington St., is out later this month and a Subway sandwich shop is moving in. Subway gets its shot at a common victuallers license at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting. Also on the agenda: retail sale of wine and [...]

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All invited to play golf with Wellesley’s titans of industry

All are invited to take part in the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce‘s annual golf tournament at Wellesley Country Club in late July. With all the rain of late, the grass still be pretty darn green by then.

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Lobelia ice cream/sandwich shop closing in June; Subway headed to Wellesley Hills spot

Lobelia, the ice cream and sandwich shop at 268 Washington St., in Wellesley Hills, is shutting down June 28, according to owner Ahmed Kazemi. Lobelia was formerly a Brigham’s, which shut down in 2009, but was operated by the same ownership, which ran the businesses for 9 years overall. Meanwhile, Wellesley, say Hello Jared! A [...]

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Wellesley Middle School social entrepreneurs to sell wares June 1 to raise $ for Boston One Fund

From One Hen, Inc.: Wellesley Middle School students in House S have been making products to sell to learn about building a business and to raise money to help others in need.  They will be selling their products, which range from stationary to tie-dyed socks cleverly engineered i-Pad styluses, duct-tape flower pens and monkey-fist key [...]

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Swish! Wellesley pizzeria removes Ray Allen jersey from front window

The #20 Ray Allen jersey that hung in the front window of Peter’s Pizza in Wellesley Hills has thankfully disappeared from the front window. But alas, the jersey now hangs proudly inside the store. Good compromise, we guess. Not that we have anything against Allen, who played well for the Boston Celtics in recent years, [...]

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New Wellesley business says: “Dance and everything will change”

Dance Republic, a new dance and fitness studio tucked away off the main drag in Wellesley Hills  at 10 Prescott St.,  is spicing up the local fitness scene with dance programs that range from competitive to social and Zumba to Salsa to waltz. While the exterior of the facility isn’t glamorous (a new sign is [...]

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