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 [...]
From the Metropolitan Area Planning Council: The MetroWest Regional Collaborative and MAPC are working with Framingham, Natick, Southborough and Wellesley on a Route 9 MetroWest Smart Growth Plan focused on compact, mixed-use developments that are more pedestrian- and bike-friendly. A brief review of prior Route 9 Smart Growth presentations will be followed by a discussion [...]
Town Meeting, as the Wellesley Town Clerk likes to say, has been “dissolved,” its work complete after 6 solid sessions over the past month. In the latest action, Town Meeting members voted against a proposal for cluster subdivision development that residents had been briefed on. Town Meeting members also voted in favor of amending downtown [...]
Metal fences have been erected along the Rte. 9 east property near Justine’s Table and Dunkin’ Donuts, as developers get ready to tear down some structures and add a fourth CVS to the Wellesley landscape (the others are in Linden Square, Wellesley Square and Lower Falls). We have an inquiry in to get a sense [...]
Wellesley History blogger Josh Dorin makes his case for the town and Wellesley Inn property developers to preserve 53 Grove St., a late 19th century cottage that was spared a teardown with the rest of the Inn in 2006. While original plans for the Inn property included using 53 Grove St., for some affordable housing [...]
Good Afternoon Wellesley. Skip Kingsbury St today and take the Rockland St bridge! twitter.com/WPDPhoto/statu… — Wellesley Police(@WPDPhoto) January 11, 2013 Wellesley Police are spreading the word that you can now drive over the Rockland Street bridge in Wellesley, which was originally expected to open in September, then December, then January, then tomorrow. So, a day [...]
The Rockland Street bridge, under reconstruction since early last year, is set to re-open on Saturday morning, according to Wellesley Police Lt. Jack Pilecki. The bridge re-opening has had a handful of false starts, with the most recent delays caused by a needed gas main fix by National Grid and then some inclement weather. But [...]
