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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Wellesley goes Hollywood again
Wellesley Weston Chabad employs some “Curb Your Enthusiasm” footage from HBO featuring cranky Larry David to encourage people to attend upcoming High Holiday services. Separately, actress Ari Graynor from Wellesley is in the new movie “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” Perhaps more intriguing, however, is her upcoming role in a movie set for release next [...]
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MCAS results revealed for Wellesley and the rest
Wellesley’s numbers are good overall on the MCAS exam results for grades 3,4,5,6,8 and 10, but here are a few numbers that jump out from a quick review of data. The % of 8th graders scoring Advanced (Proficient, Needs Improvement and Failing are the other grades) in Math jumped from 34% last year to 46% [...]
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October Recyclable of the Month: Plastic Bags and Plastic Film
From the Wellesley RDF: Plastic bags and plastic film should be recycled in the Plastic bag bin along the recycling wall. Items such as plastic grocery bags, dry cleaning bags, and shrink wrap can be placed in the bag bin as well. According to Wikipedia “Used bags should not be littered: this is unsightly, damages [...]
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Wellesley 10-year-old to portray Helen Keller
Elise Hana of Wellesley will star as Helen Keller in Roxbury Repertory Theatre‘s upcoming production of William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker.” The play, which tells the story of Helen Keller and teacher Anne Sullivan, also includes cast members from the Perkins School for the Blind. Ten performances begin Oct. 16.
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Return of the squash coach
Cliff Wenn, who left Wellesley’s Maugus Club last year to start up squash and fitness club in Natick, is back at Maugus. Wenn, who had coached at Maugus for 11 years, says he is working with the board there re-energize the club’s squash program.
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Wellesley is bearer of good tidings about economy
The Globe reports that Wellesley town officials spent $2.6 million less in fiscal 2008 than they could have. Don’t be looking for them to blow it on a big party, but it could lessen the need for an operating budget override vote next summer.
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Longtime Wellesley educator dies
Condolences to family, friends and former students of Richard Willemann, who died Friday after a long battle with cancer. Willemann began his career in Wellesley in 1974 and retired as K-12 Director of Art for Wellesley Public Schools in 2004. He is survived by his wife, Diane Campbell, head of the English Department at Wellesley [...]
The Swell Season and The Swellesley Report: Must be fate
Won tickets to see a concert by an Irish/Czech duo called “The Swell Season” this week. While their music is a bit too heartfelt for our tastes and we didn’t attend, we couldn’t help but think winning that lottery was meant to be.
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Wellesley weekend action: Fiske fair, Kids Trails Day and Jimmy Fund walk
The annual Fiske Wild West Round Up takes place at Fiske Elementary School, 45 Hastings Street, Wellesley, 10 am – 2 pm, rain or shine. Features games of chance and skill for all ages, arts & crafts, face painting, fun prizes, and fabulous food. Plus, pony rides, a petting zoo, moon bounces, and a giant [...]
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Get a piece of Wellesley Country Club
Wellesley Country Club is auctioning off everything from fox hunting paintings to toilet paper dispensers to chandeliers and furniture today as it makes its move from the old clubhouse to the new one, seen here. Inspection at 9am/auction at 11am. More auction details here.
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And now for a brief technical update, especially for those using Microsoft Internet Explorer Web browsers
We’ve been ironing out some of the kinks in the new technology we’re using to support The Swellesley Report. One thing we’ve heard from some of you is that those of you using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (also called IE6) as a Web browser are seeing some overlapping columns and general funkiness (to figure out [...]
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We can't take credit for Swellesley
Globe writer and Wellesley native Erica Noonan eggs on her old 1988 Wellesley High School classmates to show up at their Oct. 11 class reunion. She dismisses a bunch of excuses she fears they might use to blow off the event: But seriously folks, even though some of us lived in Wellesley before bloggers started [...]
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Wellesley High project clears another hurdle