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 tags cost an extra $5 after that date.
Daily tags cost $5 for residents, $10 for non-residents.
For more info, swimming lesson info, visit the Wellesley Recreation Department website.
Carl Crawford, the $140M former Red Sox outfielder now playing for the LA Dodgers, last month sold his 5, 235 sq. ft. ,Wellesley home at 39 Temple Rd., for $2.6M.
He was looking for $3.2M last summer when the single-family home with batting cage near Dana Hall School hit the market, but settled for a little bit more than the $2.5M he paid for it 2 years ago.
As for Crawford, he’s bounced back a bit baseball-wise, batting over .300 so far this season after a couple of disappointing injury-plagued seasons in Boston.
Former Celtics player Ray Allen, the other big pro sports player who lived in Wellesley but headed out of town, sold his mansion for $4.6M earlier this year to break even on the investment.
The Wellesley Celebrations Committee plans during the 45th Annual Wellesley Veterans’ Parade on Sunday, May 19 to honor those whose efforts helped capture the Boston Marathon bombers and protect the public during the events.
From 3-3:15pm at the 13.1 Mile Mark (halfway home) of the Boston Marathon, a ceremony will be held to salute “Boston & Wellesley Strong,” according to Roy Switzler, chairman of the Wellesley Celebrations & Parade Committee. A band will play the National Anthem and America the Beautiful, a Marine Color Guard will be in attendance, and the street will be marked with a painting of the Boston/Wellesley Strong symbol, he says.
What’s more, expect an appearance by the Watertown Police Department and a fly over by the helicopter used to locate the 2nd marathon bomber in the Watertown boat. The state police copter is expected to land later at Hunnewell Field, though that depends on whether it has any assignments that day.
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 | Janice G. Coduri In recognition of 18 years service as Director of the Wellesley Free Library. |
| Chief of Staff | Edward B. Williams In recognition of Wellesley’s oldest Veteran, 102 years of age. |
| Dedicated Service Award | Peter Bracken In recognition of 40 years service at the Municipal Light Plant and Department of Public Works. |
| Dedicated Service Award | Dr. Robert Callahan In recognition of 25 years service as a teacher at Wellesley High School. |
| Dedicated Service Award | Lynne Johnson In recognition of 33 years service as an Art teacher at Wellesley Middle School. |
| Dedicated Service Award | Richard A. (Rick) Weaver In recognition of 37 years service at the Wellesley Police Department. |
| Community Service Award | Suzanne G. Suzy Littlefield In recognition of 12 years service on the Wellesley School Committee, and as a former Advisory Committee member, Wellesley High School Building Committee member, and longtime TMM. |
| Community Service Award | Mary Ann Cluggish In recognition of 12 years service on the Wellesley Free Library Board of Trustees, and service on the Wellesley Natural Resources Commission, Wellesley Recreation Commission, Open Space Management Study Committee, Advisory Committee, Permanent Building Committee, and longtime TMM. |
| Community Service Award | Mark Antonelli In recognition of 6 years service on the Wellesley Recreaton Committee, and service as a former Advisory Committee member, Town By Law Committee member, and longtime TMM. |
| Special Appreciation Award | Marcia G.Weaver In recognition of the committee and by the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad Company (MBCR) for her efforts to bring the “Gold Star Memorial Coach” train to life. |
| Special Appreciation Award | Wellesley Hills Branch Library In recognition of the 100 year Anniversary of its founding. |
| Special Appreciation Award | Wellesley Boy Scouts Troop #182 In recognition of their 100 year Birthday. |
| Special Appreciation Award | St. Mary’s Church In recognition of their 200 year Anniversary. |
| Special Appreciation Award | Richards of Wellesley In recognition of Mr. Richard Foote, 50 Years in Wellesley business. |
| Special Appreciation Award | The Family of Francis Cummings In recognition of a former Wellesley resident who was a crew member of the USS Thresher, a nuclear powered submarine, which sank 50 years ago in 1963. |
Wellesley High School students Ryan Chan and Luke Arney, for their senior project, have organized a used electronics drive to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
They’re shipping the old electronics to Causes International, a company that focuses on recycling or reselling
old electronics. Causes takes the electronics and wipes any data off of them, then refurbishes the electronics and sells them. Causes takes half of the proceeds and donates it to the JDRF.
There are collection boxes at the Middle School and High School main offices, as well as the second floor reference desk at the main library. The students are also willing to pick up donations (ryanchanis@gmail.com).
Longtime Wellesley resident Rolly Wester has worked out a consignment deal with Wellesley Books to sell his first book, Rhyming Around, which is a self-published collection of rhymes with titles such as “Young Ladies With Red Cars on Highways” and “In a Dentist’s Chair, Impatiently.”
Wester, who describes himself as retired though doing some substitute teaching in the Wellesley Public School system, says the poems are “mostly my attempt at humor”and are intended for adults.
Wester worked on the book in recent months, though says some of the poems go back a couple of years. He has read some publicly at venues of The Wellesley Players, of which Wester is a member. (There aren’t actually any references to Wellesley in the book, though Wester says maybe he should have included a few.)
The 55-page book costs about $12, and Wester says his biggest mistake was giving it away to so many friends/relatives first.
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 and Now in the windows of Faber’s Rug in Wellesley Square, as seen here. Also, the Society will be offering a sneak peek on Saturday, May 18 of Stanwood House, its future headquarters, from 11am-1pm. at 323 Washington St.
