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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Wellesley RDF recyclable of the month: Steel

By bbrown | Published: October 23, 2008

From the Wellesley RDF: Steel is used in a variety of products ranging from cars to cans and is made from recycled steel, which means that anytime you buy any steel product, you are purchasing a product that has been recycled. According to Fact Sheet,”Virtually every car taken off the road today is recycled – [...]

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U.S. House candidates to debate at Wellesley College

By bbrown | Published: October 22, 2008

From Wellesley College: Wellesley College is hosting a debate among the three candidates for the Fourth Congressional District.  U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (Democrat) and challengers Earl Sholley (Republican) and Susan Allen (Independent) have accepted the invitation from Wellesley’s Political Science Department. The debate will take place Sunday, Oct. 26, at 4:30 pm in Tishman Commons, [...]

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Wellesley weathervanes

By bbrown | Published: October 22, 2008

Wellesley Hills Library Elm Bank Reservation (Dover/Wellesley) Wellesley High School Wellesley Country Club Hunnewell Farm Wellesley Congregational Church Talbots/Central Street shopping strip Hunnewell Elementary School

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Another view of Wellesley: Violet's Neighborhood

By bbrown | Published: October 22, 2008

A Wellesley newbie has made the trek from Santa Cruz to Evanston, Ill. to Boulder Junction, Wisc., and now landed here. She’s viewing Wellesley with a fresh eye and is armed with a nicer camera than we have, apparently. See for yourself at the Violet’s Neighborhood blog.

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Pumpkins are back at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church

By bbrown | Published: October 22, 2008

We mentioned recently that the supply was pretty picked through, but Wellesley Hills Congregational Church pumpkin patch organizers tell us that they’ve had a fresh delivery and should have plenty more to sell between now and Halloween, from 10am-6pm daily. On Sunday the church got a shipment of about 3,000 new pumpkins (46,000 lbs.), including [...]

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Wellesley High plan gets big thumbs up at Town Meeting

By bbrown | Published: October 21, 2008

Roughly 91% of Town Meeting members last night voted in favor of the town moving ahead on its $130.6 million Wellesley High School building project. Next up: a debt exclusion vote being put to residents in December. More from the Townsman.

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Babson prez inaugurated in Second Life

By bbrown | Published: October 21, 2008

Babson president Leonard Schlesinger‘s inauguration this past Friday didn’t just happen in real life, it took place in the Second Life online virtual community as well (as you can see, standing room only). If you don’t know what Second Life is, that probably means you have a real life, but here’s the scoop.

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Babson art exhibit: Put a spork in it

By bbrown | Published: October 21, 2008

Babson College is hosting an art exhibit called “Fork, Knife or Spoon?…a question of identity” that encourages people to answer the question and have those answers become part of the exhibit. The sculpture is the creation of artist Julie Levesque and runs Oct. 28-Dec. 15 at the Reynolds Campus Center.

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Girls gymnastics bounces back at Wellesley High

By bbrown | Published: October 21, 2008

The Townsman reports that Wellesley High is restoring its girls gymnastics team in December, 4 years after it was cut due to a lack of interest. The team is being self-funded.

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New blog: The Wellesley Wine Press debuts

By bbrown | Published: October 20, 2008

A local wine enthusiast named Bob Dwyer has created a new blog called The Wellesley Wine Press devoted to chatting about wine, with a Wellesley spin. Though as he notes: It is a little ironic that there be a site dedicated to buying wine in Wellesley since the town doesn’t allow wine stores. The site [...]

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Wellesley real estate roundup

By bbrown | Published: October 17, 2008

This is a work in progress, but have started to compile a new page on our site devoted to Wellesley real estate resources, including blog feeds from local realtors. Suggestions welcome. It’s a work in progress.

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Wellesley weekend action: Pumpkin Fair, free Shakespeare

By bbrown | Published: October 17, 2008

A reminder that the Bates Pumpkin Fair is on Saturday: Separately, Actors from the London Stage offer two more free performances of Shakespeare’s The Winter Tale at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday at Alumnae Hall on the Wellesley College campus.

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Absentee voting info

By bbrown | Published: October 17, 2008

From the town of Wellesley: Voters who are eligible to vote via Absentee ballot may do so in person at Town Clerk’s office beginning October 16, 2008. Office hours are 8 am – 5 pm. The deadline to file an application for absentee voting is NOON November 3. Voters who require an absentee ballot to [...]

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Author stuff

By bbrown | Published: October 17, 2008

The Townsman profiles Wellesley’s Sibylle Barrasso, whose new mystery book “Dark Waters” features Wellesley in it.  She appears at the Wellesley Booksmith on Oct. 21 at 7pm. Separately, three authors (Alix Kates Shulman, Gregory Maguire and John Hanson Mitchell) are featured at the Wellesley College Club‘s fall Authors on Stage event on Nov. 13. Main [...]

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Wellesley and the economy

By bbrown | Published: October 15, 2008

Wellesley College is hosting a panel discussion on Oct. 21 in Pendleton Auditorium dubbed “Donkeys, Elephants, Bulls and Bears!” featuring 5 members of the school’s economics department. They’ll be discussing the causes and consequences of the financial crisis. Meanwhile, supporters of the new Wellesley High School project are urging likeminded residents to attend Monday’s special [...]

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