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WEF Sustainability Challenge winners

WEF Sustainability Challenge winners
by Rama K. Ramaswamy The Wellesley Education Foundation, Wellesley Green Schools, the Wellesley Municipal Light Plant, and heightened interest in renewable energy all sparked the Power To Choose Program to put together the Sustainability Challenge. WEF2According to Phyllis Theermann of Wellesley Green Schools and Sustainable Wellesley, “since...
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Community Investors hosts second Dodgefest

Community Investors hosts second Dodgefest
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Community Investors (CI) is a nonprofit with a mission to create “Positive Impactful Experiences (PIEs) that plant the seeds for mental and physical wellness and strengthen the emotional and social fabric of adolescents at a vital time in their lives,” as stated by co-founders, Joseph P. Roberts Jr. and Chris Cavallerano. As part...
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Wellesley Library hosts annual Nicolucci Concert

Wellesley Library hosts annual Nicolucci Concert
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter As part of Celebrating Music in Our Schools Month, the Wellesley Library and Wellesley Public Schools presented the Nicolucci Library Concert. An annual show, the concert is named after Dr. Sandra Nicolucci. This year, the show hosted nine different acts, comprised of vocalists, flutists, trumpeters, and more. Dr. Sabrina...
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WSA to host artist WSA to host artist Odin Smith

WSA to host artist WSA to host artist Odin Smith
In conjunction with their Spring Art Exhibit, which begins April 12, the Wellesley Society of Artists (WSA) will be sponsoring an art demonstration, entitled “Making Waves, Creating Translucency and Movement in Water,” on Sunday, April 30, by Cape Cod artist, Odin Smith. [caption id="attachment_17846" align="alignleft" width="400"] ‘Making Waves,’ Odin Smith, acrylics, 36x48”. Read more

WHS students serve children in Mexico

WHS students serve children in Mexico
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Sixteen Wellesley High School students traveled to Monterrey, Mexico during the February school vacation to serve abandoned, orphaned and vulnerable children. During the week students completed a variety of work projects that included breaking rock with a jackhammer, moving rocks, painting walls, building doors and helping local house parents with cooking. In addition...
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Wellesley hosts gas leaks public forum

Wellesley hosts gas leaks public forum
By Rama K. Ramaswamy A public forum on gas leaks in the town of Wellesley took place on Tuesday, March 21. The Town of Wellesley is getting National Grid to fix each and every gas leak, some of which are 20 years old. Many residents are familiar with the smell of gas in their neighborhoods,...
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Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair addresses Wellesley

Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair addresses Wellesley
By Rama K. Ramaswamy A grant from the Wellesley Education Foundation (WEF) provided for a presentation by Catherine Steiner-Adair, including a signing for her book, “The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood & Family Relationships in the Digital Age.” Dr. Steiner-Adair is a clinical psychologist, school consultant, author, and teacher whose professional life is devoted to working with...
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Wellesley Players presenting ‘Love’s Labour’s’

Wellesley Players presenting ‘Love’s Labour’s’
The Wellesley Players have produced an innovative production of Shakespeare’s early comedy, “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” in the intimate black box theater at the Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown. Performances are April 14-15 and 20-22 at 8:00 p.m., and April 23 at 2:00 p.m. Director Kat Alix-Gaudreau has chosen to set...
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Wellesley junior Angela Liu honored for oil painting

Wellesley junior Angela Liu honored for oil painting
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Wellesley resident Angela Liu, a junior student at Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, has earned a National Gold Medal in the 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. Liu was honored for her oil painting, “Ardent Aspiration.” The work is based on Liu’s community service in China last summer, and was selected from the winners...
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Fun Run/Fair on the way

Fun Run/Fair on the way
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The Wellesley Community Children’s Center 37th annual Fun Run and Fun Fair will take place inside the Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse in Wellesley College’s Keohane Sports Center on Saturday, April 1 from 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Races for children aged 3-12 years old happen throughout the morning on the recently updated college track....
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‘Now in Color’ explores METCO history

‘Now in Color’ explores METCO history
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By Lisa Moore Hometown Weekly Correspondent When Director Stephen Wrobleski began planning the winter play, he knew he wanted to produce another devised play. When a play is devised, it is created as a collaboration of ideas from the whole cast and crew. During the process, Wrobleski uses a starting point or frame of reference...
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Young Wellesley sisters give back

Young Wellesley sisters give back
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter Sanah and Sanya Goenka have been raising money for the American India Foundation for years now. Their fundraising in 2015 resulted in a donation of $3,225, while in 2016, the girls raised $4,625. The two sisters are Wellesley natives. What’s the most incredible thing about all of this? Sanah...
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STEM Expo set for April 8

STEM Expo set for April 8
The Wellesley STEM Expo will be taking place on April 8 at Wellesley High School, and promises to bring science, technology, engineering and math to life. Among the exhibits and their presenters these year are: Robot Zoo Take Control of NASA’s Valkyrie Humanoid Robot (UMass Lowell); Robots that Walk and Run (Boston Dynamics); Tiny Robots, Squishy Robots, and...
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Wellesley Library taps into fun

Wellesley Library taps into fun
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter In the area surrounding Wellesley there are numerous farms, including those in Weston, Medfield, and Dover. In the winter months, however, conventional farming is not possible in New England, and the farms must move to other activities to keep busy and to profit. Land’s Sake Farm in Weston adds...
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Wellesley Theatre Project presents ‘Spring Awakening’

Wellesley Theatre Project presents ‘Spring Awakening’
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Wellesley Theatre Project (WTP) will present the Tony Award-winning rock musical “Spring Awakening” on Friday, March 24; Saturday, March 25; Sunday, March 26; Saturday, April 1; and Sunday, April 2. WTP will mount this fully-staged work in a “blackbox theater” setting within a temporarily transformed Wellesley Community Center, located at 219 Washington Street,...
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‘Art in Nature’ coming to Broadmoor

‘Art in Nature’ coming to Broadmoor
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From April 2 through April 29, the Wellesley Society of Artists will hold an art exhibit entitled “Art in Nature” at the Mass Audubon’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary (280 Eliot Street, Rt. 16, Natick). The exhibit is free and open to the public (Tue-Fri, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sat-Sun, 10:00 a.m. to...
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Sheffield Chamber Players wow in Wellesley

Sheffield Chamber Players wow in Wellesley
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The Sheffield Chamber Players (SCP) “embody the art of Chamber music,” said one attendee at the Martin residence. Over thirty people gathered in residence of Jennifer and Ansley Martins to garner a listen. The Martins’ new guests and returning fans of SCP lingered long after the finale to personally congratulate the Players’ inspired rendering...
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Society of Artists hosting Swinand critique

Society of Artists hosting Swinand critique
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On Tuesday, March 28, the Wellesley Society of Artists will hold the annual Margaret Fernside Memorial talk, which will feature an Art Critique by Susan Swinand. This event is free and open to the public and will provide an excellent opportunity to learn what an art expert sees that makes a painting a...
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Davis offers first American look at Medici artist

Davis offers first American look at Medici artist
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By Katrina Margolis Hometown Weekly Reporter The Medici family’s name is ubiquitous in history classes. The Italian family had economic, social, and artistic influences throughout their time of power in history. Carlo Dolci, a painter who found favor with the Medicis, earning him patronage, is one of the important historical figures that came to notoriety...
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