The Wellesley Democratic Town Committee has voted to endorse Ed Markey in the Democratic Primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, April 30. Congressman Markey, currently representing the Fifth District of Massachusetts, is a candidate to fill the seat recently vacated by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Markey is running against fellow Congressman Stephen Lynch [...]
Special Senate Primary-April 30- Absentee Ballots available. Absentee ballots are now available from the Town Clerk for voting in the April 30 Special US Senate Primary. This primary will select the Democrat and Republican candidate to appear on the June 25 ballot to elect the US Senator to replace Sen. John Kerry. Voters who qualify [...]
Wellesley Town Meeting members over the past 2 nights at Wellesley High School plowed through more than a dozen articles (including budget items) and ditched a bunch more articles, and will pick up where they left off next Monday. Here’s a scorecard to get a sense of what’s been dealt with and decided so far. [...]
Wellesley’s annual Town Meeting has a serious agenda as it kicks off this Monday at 7:30pm, with the 13-page warrant including 40-plus articles on everything from cluster housing development to Wellesley Square zoning issues to marijuana dispensaries (the Advisory committee has also provided some updates on the warrant). It’s possible the meeting, which takes place [...]
Cyclists came out in force to speak at the Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday night in support of Wellesley becoming a more bike and pedestrian friendly community. The two-hour hearing came to a dramatic close when Spiros Motsenigos, whose brother Alex died while cycling after being struck by a motor vehicle on Weston Road last [...]
A public hearing on pedestrian and bicycle safety will be held at 7:30pm on Tuesday in Wellesley during the Board of Selectmen’s meeting at town hall. Email comments to sel@wellesleyma.gov The subject has become increasingly poignant since last summer’s well-documented fatal accident involving a Wellesley cyclist on Weston Road. A pair of citizen’s petitions have [...]
The Wellesley Town Clerk has released preliminary results for Tuesday’s election, with no surprises in the uncontested town-wide categories but a few close races for Town Meeting seats, including one three-way tie. Seven percent of registered voters turned out at the polls, including the cozy Precinct G polling place nestled among the DVDs and CDs [...]
