Category: The Swellesley Report
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Race for Norfolk DA opens after Morrissey steps down amid controversy surrounding Read, Birchmore cases
After years of controversy surrounding the Norfolk County district attorney’s office, voters will choose a new top prosecutor this fall as a crowded field of candidates begins to take shape. District attorneys serve as the chief law enforcement officials in…
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Wellesley’s new ice rink: ‘nothing more special than skating outside’
Photo by Emma Mullay
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Tracking Wellesley Select Board’s plan to split town, school budgets
The Wellesley Select Board recently came to consensus about splitting the school budget from the town’s overall spending plan, ending a decades-long practice of consolidating Wellesley’s municipal finances into a single budget. Town Meeting member Michael Tobin proposed the separation…
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Everything came up green for Wellesley Middle School teachers at Spelling Bee
Three Wellesley Middle School teachers won their first victory after 20 years of competing in the Wellesley Education Fund’s annual spelling bee Wednesday night, correctly spelling “ailurophile” to defeat 38 other teams. The Spell-tics – two middle school teachers and…
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Wellesley Hills Church Pumpkin Patch: A colorful tradition of volunteers and community spirit
The Wellesley Hills Congregational Church has hosted a New England-styled pumpkin harvest for more than two decades, a tradition featuring pimpled gourds in marbled green and sunshine gold, alongside cozy bunches of ribbed orange orbs – some tall, others stout,…
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State and MassBay land sale forum in Wellesley draws another standing-room only crowd
Dozens of Wellesley residents gathered at MassBay Community College on the night of Oct. 8 to comment on the potential sale of 45 acres of land—a parking lot and a swath of verdant forest— to a housing developer under the…
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SunDay protest held in Wellesley went beyond environmental justice issues
Anti-Trump protestors co-mingled with demonstrators promoting environmental justice on Sept. 21 in front of Wellesley Town Hall, resulting in a shared event among residents with similar social and political sensibilities. SunDay, a national event promoting clean energy and sustainable technologies,…