Wellesley news flash: No more blinking lights for St. Paul School crossing

A reader asked us recently whether the town would be turning off the 20 MPH flashing lights on Washington Street across from St. Paul Church and School, now that the school has been shuttered.

We hit up the Wellesley Police with this question and they found the right department in town to handle it, and sure enough, the flashing lights going on at school opening/closing hours had been an oversight. They’ve now been turned off, but of course you’d still be best off going pretty slow on that stretch that goes right by the Police Station.