Three fifth grade students from Katherine Lee Bates Elementary school recently wrote a letter to the Wellesley NRC about the use of pesticides and fertilizers. The students have been learning about the negative impact of pesticide and fertilizer use on the environment and the living things in the environment, including humans.
Jack Burkhead, Natalia Medina, and...
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Wellesley NRC Seeks Ban on Plastic Bags
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By Robert Rosen Hometown Weekly Staff When Town Meeting goes into session on March 28, the Wellesley Natural Resources Commission will ask members to ban plastic checkout bags at retail establishments, citing environmental reasons. The move follows a similar decision by the City of Newton last spring, when they banned plastic checkout bags. Stores in Newton...Hearing Scheduled for Proposed Plastic Bag Ban in Wellesley
