Category Archives: Morses Pond

Morses Pond beach tags on sale

Residents can now purchase Morses Pond beach tags, while non-residents can buy tags starting next week. The pond officially opens for swimming on May 25, the start of Memorial Day weekend. Tags cost $25 for kids up to age 16, $30 for adults and $25 for senior citizens until June 11. The child and adult [...]

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X Games, Wellesley-style: Snowstorm Nemo edition

It’s time for another edition of X Games at Morses Pond in Wellesley. Thanks to a VERY proud wife for sending in this photo of her husband today…                 You might recall this scene on Morses Pond during Hurricane Sandy last year. And no, these aren’t the same [...]

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How Morses Pond neighbors dealt with Hurricane Sandy

                        Some boldly (or insert your term here) headed onto Morses Pond in Wellesley when Hurricane Sandy hit…                           Others waited a little too long to do homework, so were forced to [...]

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Don’t mess with Morses Pond clean-up machine

Thanks to reader CH for sending in this colorful photo from Morses Pond in Wellesley: As she writes: “What is this? If you are a pair of 10-year old boys canoeing to school, it’s clearly a nest of aquatic robo-zombies. However, if you are less creative, it’s the pump in place for the long anticipated [...]

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St. James skating rink? Not so fast, unless you wanna skate on Morses Pond sediment

Readers have been curious about the giant tarp and skating rink-like structure that has risen at the St. James the Great property in Wellesley on Rte. 9. And while the town is planning to erect a skating rink, swimming pool and more on the space, this current project is actually related to dredging at Morses [...]

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1 sign of summer winding down in Wellesley

  Morses Pond closed up for the season on Sunday. If you’re wondering why the pond closes down before summer ends, here’s why: Lack of staff. Jan Kaseta, director of the Wellesley Recreation Department, says “it’s a lack of staff that forces pretty much all of the local pools and ponds/lakes to close. College kids [...]

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Double rainbow over Wellesley’s Morses Pond

Nice double rainbow over Morses Pond in Wellesley on Saturday. Thanks to Carrie MacDonald for sending photos.

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