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Schofield 5K road race & Fun Fair coming up

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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 ice cream joints to unite for Cone Crawl

Wellesley Theatre Project (WTP) this weekend will begin selling tickets to the first annual Wellesley Cone Crawl, which on June 15th from noon to 5pm gets you a small cone at 6 local ice cream/smoothie shops (JP Licks, Pinkberry, Truly Yogurt, White Mountain Creamery, Whole Foods  and Boloco) and raises money for WTP programs. You [...]

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400-plus brave rain to run Wellesley 1-Miler for Hannah’s Fund

A little wet weather didn’t dissuade more than 400 people from running the Wellesley 1-Miler for Hannah’s Fund at Elm Bank Reservation to kick off Mother’s Day on Sunday morning. The race attracted lots of families, with many little ones making the trek by foot or stroller. Christopher Simpson of Arlington won the race, in [...]

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Wellesley PD Boston Strong T-shirt sales to benefit Boston Marathon One Fund

Here’s a close-up of the new Boston Strong T-shirts designed by the Wellesley Police Department and now available for $20 at the department around the clock in sizes small to 3XL Sales of the shirts, which debuted this past weekend at the Officer Savage Memorial 5K road race, will raise money for The One Fund [...]

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Letter carriers collecting items for Wellesley Food Pantry this Saturday (May 11)

The Stamp Out Hunger Postal Food Drive takes place this Saturday, May 11, with local postal workers collecting items from residents to deliver to the Wellesley Food Pantry at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church. If you’re willing to take part, put items near your mailbox by 9am on Saturday. The food drive is collecting non-perishable items [...]

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Wellesley fundraisers to aid Boston Marathon bombing victims

Waterstone at Wellesley will host a pasta dinner on Friday, May 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. to raise money for those affected by the Boston Marathon bombings. Dinner and dessert will be $10, and all proceeds will go to the One Fund Boston, Inc., formed by Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Tom Menino [...]

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