Outdoor screening of Ponyo at Wellesley College’s Davis Museum, July 27

July 24, 2017 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

One of the great pleasures of summer in Wellesley is the Wellesley College Davis Museum‘s family-friendly Outdoor Summer Film series. Picture you and your family, outside on the Davis Plaza on a warm summer evening in a relaxed atmosphere where nobody raises and eyebrow if the little ones get antsy. Sounds like summer heaven to me. Included in the festivities will be art activities, tours of the galleries, and extended museum hours. There’s free popcorn for the kids, and free beer for parents, so there’s just no way you can go wrong here.

Museum open until 7 p.m.
Art activities from 7-8 p.m.
Screenings start at 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 27, Ponyo — During a forbidden excursion to see the surface world, a goldfish princess encounters a human boy named Sosuke, who gives her the name Ponyo. Ponyo longs to become human, and as her friendship with Sosuke grows, she becomes more humanlike.

Wellesley ramping up new, user-friendly Town website

July 23, 2017 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

The Town of Wellesley is debuting a new Town website (www.wellesleyma.gov) in the coming weeks. Wellesley has partnered with CivicPlus to bring a fresh new look and user-friendly design to the site, which will be live by August 7. CivicPlus has built more than 2000 government websites across the country, including many recent winners of the MA Municipal Association’s annual website awards.

During the past nine months, a representative working group of Town managers researched current municipal website best practices and listened to feedback from public meetings on the Unified Plan. The group analyzed statistics on hits, searches, and downloads from our current Town website, and worked with the team at CivicPlus to build a site that is expected to be much easier to use and more intuitive to navigate. More specifically, the new site:

Provides quick access to the most frequently requested services and information
Aggregates agendas / minutes for most Town Boards and Committees on a single page
Is built with a mobile-friendly responsive design
Offers a personalized user experience, allowing you to create an account and engage only in information you care about

What you need to know…

The Town’s main web address (www.wellesleyma.gov) will not change, but you may need to update existing bookmarks to interior pages in your browser’s settings.
If you are a current subscriber to one of our website’s active news lists (www.wellesleyma.gov/subscriber), we suggest that you set your spam blocker to allow for mail from [email protected]. Once the new site goes “live”, we encourage you to create an account and explore the wider variety of available subscription options.
Departmental mailing lists (maintained by the NRC, COA, and others) will migrate to the CivicPlus platform over the next few months. Current subscribers to these lists will be contacted separately with specifics.
Emergency, traffic, and utility alerts will continue to be sent separately by the Wellesley Police Department, and you can sign up for these at www.wellesleypolice.com.

A “refreshed” website is an important step in the Town’s efforts to deliver the best available online municipal services and to increase transparency. Coming soon in FY18, Town managers will work with State officials to develop a Citizen Engagement Communications Plan, and will explore options to support online permit and license applications.

For questions or concerns about the new website, or to suggest new online features or functionality, please contact the Town of Wellesley Information Technology department at [email protected].

Wellesley Farmers’ Market to return with a twist

July 23, 2017 by bbrown Leave a Comment

The Wellesley Farmers’ Market, starting on Thursday, Sept. 7, will be making its return through a new online ordering and in-person pick-up model from 12:30-2:30pm. Pre-orders are already available.

Items available from dozens of providers will include farm fresh and organic products, including vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, dairy and bakery goods. You can pick up items at UU Church at 309 Washington St. or arrange for home delivery via a pedal-powered business.

Sponsors are also being sought for a Food Pantry Program. For more information, please email [email protected]com.

In past years, the Wellesley Farmers’ Market has set up on Saturdays at the UU Church.

MORE: 8 summer Farmers’ Markets and farm stands near Wellesley

No need to freeze just because you go to Babson College

July 23, 2017 by bbrown Leave a Comment

Babson Miami Babson College has announced it is expanding beyond Wellesley to Miami, Fla., with three graduate programs—including the Blended Learning MBA. The application period is open and classes are set to begin in Fall 2018.

Babson already has an accelerator called the Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab Miami and the school boasts more than 1,300 alumni in the area.

“We are excited to build on local WIN Labmomentum, further expand our role and presence in Miami’s thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, and bring three of Babson’s world-renowned graduate programs to professionals who want to positively impact large corporations, family businesses, nonprofits, or start their own venture,” says Babson College President Kerry Healey, in a statement.

Babson’s new hub in Miami will be located at CIC Miami (Cambridge Innovation Center)—a co-working space in the University of Miami Life Science and Technology Park.

While program specifics are still being developed, Babson graduate offerings will include:

A Blended Learning MBA degree—this combines online classes, face-to-face sessions, and virtual collaboration.
A Master of Science in Business Analytics degree, which provides students with the tools and analytic methods to communicate the value of data. It is delivered via online and face-to-face sessions.
A self-paced Certificate of Advanced Management degree, which allows students to build skills and earn credits that can be applied to a future Babson degree.

Beyond Wellesley and Miami, Babson also operates in San Francisco.

Here’s what that Wellesley Fire Station construction is all about

July 22, 2017 by bbrown 1 Comment

Wellesley Fire Department Station One We were at July Jubilation in Wellesley Square last weekend, and grabbed a couple of hot dogs from the crew in front of the Wellesley Fire Department’s Station One, which was also hosting a dunk tank and petting zoo. Things couldn’t have been more normal.

But then early this week we noticed orange fencing and some sort of construction going on. Here’s what’s up, according to WFD’s Jeff Peterson:

“Station One is in the midst of two projects. The first one is the replacement of the driveway on the Central Street side. The second project, which will begin next week, is the re-coating of the apparatus floor. During this time, engine one will be parked outside on the side of the station and responding from there.”

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