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Wellesley Historical Society Annual Gala to celebrate town’s firefighters

By admin | Published: June 13, 2013

From the Wellesley Historical Society: The Wellesley Historical Society will be holding its annual gala/fundraiser at Wellesley College’s Alumnae Hall on June 20 and the public is invited. The event will feature an historical display of firefighting in Wellesley, including trucks, plus a silent auction, scholarship awards, food stations, music and more. Society executive director [...]

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WHS students go old school with Wellesley Memories project

By bbrown | Published: June 9, 2013

Wellesley High School juniors (going on seniors) Chris Ulian and Ben Griswold have created a website called Wellesley Memories, a community service project they completed as part of a leadership training course they were selected for at the school along with other students. “After briefly considering rather sub-par ideas such as ‘teach young children how [...]

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Wellesley war memorial monuments

By bbrown | Published: May 27, 2013
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One scenario for ex-Wellesley Inn site: Foundation for new development could go in this summer

By bbrown | Published: May 20, 2013

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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Wellesley Veterans’ Parade to honor town’s finest this weekend

By bbrown | Published: May 16, 2013

As Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend nears, the Celebrations Committee has revealed the names of those being honored that day, as listed below, as well as the Line of March (those marching in the parade). That’s shown below as well.     Parade Grand Marshals Korean War Veterans In recognition of those “Not Forgotten”. Distinguished Service Award [...]

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History to be strong theme of Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend

By bbrown | Published: May 15, 2013

The list of activities and attractions on tap for Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend May 17-19 keeps growing. Fresh additions: *In keeping with the Korean War theme of the 45th Annual Wellesley Veterans’ Parade, Korean War materials will be on display at Wellesley Free Library. *The Wellesley Historical Society has put up a display of Wellesley Then [...]

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Sandy and sunny scenes from Wellesley Country Club

By bbrown | Published: May 6, 2013

Anyone got a dune buggy? You’d need one to park in the official spaces for those visiting the site of the original Wellesley Town Hall at the front of the Wellesley Country Club property on Wellesley Avenue (though there are plenty of other unmarked spaces that do the trick just fine). Meanwhile, it was a [...]

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