Wellesley camps out
Annual dinner to honor Fr. Connelly
The Elizabeth Seton Residence of Wellesley Hills will be honoring Father John J. Connelly of St. John the Evangelist parish in Wellesley Hills at their Annual Meet the Need Dinner on Thursday, October 11, at the Wellesley Country Club.
Fr. Connelly, a long-time supporter of the Elizabeth Seton Residence was born and raised at St....
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Stephanie Hawkinson hired for outreach position
The Town of Wellesley has created a new outreach position to help organize and improve communication to residents about important news, events and special projects across all departments. The Executive Director’s office announced today that Stephanie Hawkinson has been named Communications and Project Manager and will guide the town in effectively conveying information that will...
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UU Wellesley offering OWL classes
Starting this September and running through June, The Unitarian Universalists of Wellesley (known locally as UU Wellesley) will offer Our Whole Lives (OWL) classes free of charge to youth in grades 7-9. The classes will be held approximately twice monthly on Sunday evenings from 5-6:30 p.m. and will be facilitated by trained volunteers from the...
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Celebrating summer’s end with ice cream
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Families flocked to the Wellesley Library to celebrate the end of summer - and to enjoy delicious ice cream and fun activities - last Friday afternoon. The Wellesley Library held its third annual end-of-summer ice cream social to celebrate the reading kids had done over the past months as...
Act!vated Story Theatre delights at library
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Families thronged to the Wellesley Library last Wednesday night to watch the exciting visual storytelling of Act!vated Story Theatre. Children made themselves comfortable on the floor of the Wakelin Room as the theatre group performed folktales in front of an oversized book that revealed a different setting with each...
Historical Society hosting Craft Beer Experience
The Wellesley Historical Society Craft Beer Experience event will be held on October 13 from 4-6 p.m. at the Wellesley College Club. Admission to this New England craft beer experience includes two beers or wine, delicious eats, a raffle and a chance at a door prize, all for $35.
For more information and to purchase tickets,...
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Chakraborty performing ‘Songs of East India’
By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Local artist and vocalist Maitreyee Chakraborty will be leading and performing "The Songs of East India Influenced By The Mystic Minstrels Or Bauls" at the Wellesley Community Center (WCC), at 219 Washington St., Wellesley, on Saturday, September 8, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. This concert will explore the philosophy of minstrels from East India,...
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Library hosts blues artists
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Music lovers filled the Wellesley Library last Tuesday night to listen to guitarist Paul Speidel and Danielle Miraglia play some old-time blues. The performance, sponsored by Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries, brought around 70 members of the community to the Wakelin Room to hear classic blues hits and...
Montague ‘roughs it’ to prevent malaria
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By Matt Liberman
Hometown Weekly Intern
It’s easier for Joel Montague to list the countries that he hasn’t visited rather than the ones that he has. He wrote a book on postcards in French Colonial Cambodia and has a collection of antique health posters from France.
While many people his age are golfing, or fishing,...
A Cappella Singers seek new members
The A Cappella Singers (ACS), based in Natick, are a women’s chorus which sings both accompanied and a cappella music. The chorus is currently welcoming prospective new members who have prior choral experience and/or can read music in all parts (Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto I and Alto II) to join them at their open...
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Seniors serenaded by dueling pianists
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Seniors at Waterstone at Wellesley enjoyed listening to the beautiful music of dueling pianists Ethan Stone and Adam Bergeron last Thursday.
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Infected mosquitoes found, WNV buzz increases
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By Stephen Press
Hometown Weekly Staff
Massachusetts Department of Public Health officials have announced that mosquitoes trapped in Dover and Wellesley have tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV); this is in addition to several positive-testing mosquitoes located in Newton, which borders Hometown Weekly communities Wellesley and Needham, on July 24.
WNV is a viral infection...
WTP presenting ‘Big Fish: The Musical’
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[/caption] The Wellesley Theatre Project (WTP) is set to present "Big Fish: The Musical" on Thursday, August 16, at 7...
Act!vated Story Theatre coming to Wellesley
The summer reading theme at local libraries is Libraries Rock, and the National Touring Theatrical Troupe Act!vated Story Theatre, now in its 31st year, will be returning on August 22 to rock local libraries with performances of multicultural folktales that feature or highlight music. The troupe will appear at 7:00 p.m. at the Wellesley Library.
Thirty...
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Non-profit Dignity Matters expands
By Rama K. Ramaswamy
Dignity Matters, a Massachusetts-based non-profit that provides feminine care products, underwear and bras to homeless women and school-aged girls, recently moved its headquarters from Wayland to 7 Bishop St, Building 29, Framingham. As of this year, 2018, the organization has tripled its in-kind donations from 120,000 to over 360,000 donated products. In...
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Wellesley PD plants for pollinators
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Local birds, insects and other animals that pollinate crops and flowers have a new home at the Wellesley Police Department: a recently planted pollinator garden. The Wellesley Natural Resources Commission (NRC) successfully applied to host one of only three such gardens in Massachusetts as part of Pollinate New England, an initiative of New...
Meteorologist Fisher visits LINX camp
Beautiful blue skies, temps in the low 80s, and eager-to-learn LINX science campers greeted WBZ’s Chief Meteorologist Eric Fisher for his visit on Monday afternoon, July 16, at Regis College in Weston.
"The best time to get someone interested in science is when they're most curious about how the world works … and the LINX camp...
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Benjamin Franklin visits Wellesley Library
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By Emily Greffenius
Hometown Weekly Intern
On Thursday, July 19, Dr. Benjamin Franklin made an appearance at the Wakelin Room of the Wellesley Library. He recounted his life growing up in Boston, his adult work as a printer, inventor, and activist, and the crucial part he played in the American Revolution.
As portrayed by professional actor...
Fun for all at July Jubilation
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By Daniel Curtin
Hometown Weekly Reporter
Wellesley Square was bustling with energy as hundreds came out Saturday to partake in the great sales and family-friendly activities at the 2018 Wellesley July Jubilation Sidewalk Sale.
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