More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.
LINX Dancers fared much better than the Boston College Eagles football team at this past weekend’s game vs. Wake Forest, with grade 4-11 dancers busting out moves during the 2nd quarter timeout of the game, which BC lost.
The one minute routine began with a back tuck by one of the dancers,
gaining an immediate roar of support from the student-packed crowd, according to LINX, which is based in Wellesley.
The Wellesley High School girls and boys Cross Country team will hold a yard sale fundraiser on Saturday, September 16, 9am – 1pm.
Great donations from team parents eager to clean out their garages, basements, and closets have already been pouring in. We’re talking plasma cars, a Patagonia jacket, jewelry, sports equipment, and more.
There will even be perennials for sale, and now is the time to snap those up since fall is hands-down the best time for planting. Fill in all your garden’s bare spots with tried-and-true hostas, ligularia, European ginger, and more.
Baked goods will be available for sale, as well. Plus, 10% of the proceeds go to hurricane relief funds.
WHAT: Yard sale fundraiser for the WHS boys and girls cross-country team
WHERE: 17 Rice St.
TIME: 9am – 1pm (no early birds, please)
The Boston Red Sox are bringing their traveling showcase to Wellesley on Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 11am-1pm at MassBay Community College at 50 Oakland St.
This transportable Fenway Park, which also visited Wellesley’s Hunnewell Field last summer with Wally and the World Series trophies in tow, features interactive games and activities against a Green Monster replica. Highlights include a batting cage, virtual reality experience, pitching accuracy stations and a Green Monster selfie station.
The Red Sox Street Team will be on-site promoting the club’s #Student9s ticket program designed for high school and college students to purchase $9 tickets to Fenway Park.
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The Wellesley Sportsplex slated to be built at 900 Worcester St. as soon as winter of 2018-2019, has been weaving its way through the town regulations process, and on Tuesday will be the subject of a big Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at Town Hall at 7:30pm. Parking, sewage and other issues still need to be addressed as the project moves along.
Developer Wellesley Sports Center has already received approval for a permit as a project of significant impact by the town’s Planning Board, and is also working its way through the Design Review Board regarding signage, etc. The outfit hopes to start construction by October and maybe have the facility open in time for Wellesley High School’s 2018-2019 hockey season.
The nearly 102,000 sq. ft. facility would include 2 National Hockey League-sized ice rinks, competition and training swimming pools, a field house, and a parking lot designed to accommodate more than 350 vehicles.
The town earlier this year approved a lease of the property to Wellesley Sports Center.
900 Worcester St. is the former site of St. James the Great Catholic Church, which was officially shuttered by the Archdiocese of Boston in 2004. The Town of Wellesley paid $3.8M for the 7.85 acre property in 2012 with the idea of using it for recreational purposes.
Registration is open for the free Straight Outta School Sports program for Wellesley Middle School students.