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Wellesley Little League all-stars set to sparkle this weekend

Wellesley Little League is holding 4 all-star games, plus a home run derby at Reidy Field on Washington Street this weekend. Here’s the schedule: Friday, May 17 5:00pm – 7:00pm   National League All-Star Game #1 7:30pm – 9:30pm   National League All-Star Game #2 Saturday, May 18 7:30am – 2:30pm   Pancake Festival at [...]

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Wellesley softball and the fight for equal lights

Emily Willrich, a Hunnewell Elementary School 5th grader and self-described “freedom fighter,”makes her case as to why Wellesley softball teams deserve more respect, starting with a field along the lines of the town’s beautiful Reidy Field (shown here), which is used for day and night baseball games. A reader wrote in to us, letting us [...]

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Wellesley Youth Track and Field Club about to start running

From The Wellesley Youth Track and Field Club: The Wellesley Youth Track and Field Club, a USATF-certified club, is now accepting registrations for its Girls Summer Track and Field Summer Program.  The Summer Program is open to girls entering 5th-10th grade in Fall 2013.  The Club will practice on Sunday evenings in June and on [...]

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Seen in Wellesley: Boston Marathon race director continues tradition, runs course after all

Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray, who for 40 years has run the course after others have finished, obviously didn’t get a chance to do his traditional thing on the most recent Marathon Monday.  A week-and-a-half later though, McGillivray traversed the course, seen here on Rte. 125 in Wellesley. He’s among a handful of runners [...]

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Wellesley Little Leaguers grill big leaguer Nate Freiman at Fenway

The Swellesley Report joined forces with well-connected Wellesley Little League dad Chris Cavallerano to arrange for a pool of cub reporters from town to descend upon Fenway Park before the Red Sox game Tuesday to interview Wellesley High and Duke University alum Nate Freiman (pronounced FRY-man… something NESN broadcasters struggled with) about his breaking into [...]

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Wellesley youth hockey players win Mini 1-on-1 during Bruins intermission

Congrats to a couple of young Wellesley hockey players for putting on a show and winning the boys 8-and-under Mini 1-on-1 competition, shown during a NESN broadcast of a Boston Bruins hockey game.

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Wellesley jocks urged to ditch disposable bottles, switch to reusables & spiffed up fountains

The volunteer-run Sustainable Wellesley group is urging sports leagues in town to encourage parents and players to make the switch from disposable plastic bottles to reusable ones — and to refill them at new water fountains at many of the town’s playing fields (Ouellet and Philips Park as slated to get drinking fountains next year). [...]

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