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Monthly Archives: November 2008
Wellesley cop laments pro-weed voting result
Wellesley Police deputy chief Bill Brooks explains in an editorial why Massachusetts may come to regret decriminalizing marijuana possession: The system that brought about this change in our drug laws is flawed and the public was hoodwinked. Now law enforcement is left to deal with this mess.
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How to be cool at Wellesley High
This advice from The Radford might be coming too late for some of us, but here are 5 ways to dominate the WHS scene, including sitting on the heater at lunch. Now there’s one we wouldn’t have guessed.
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Wellesley High football loses, but it coulda been worse
Needham topped Wellesley 26-7 in the annual Thanksgiving football game behind super running back Jean Baptiste, dropping the Raiders to 2-9 for the year. This despite having inspirational fan William Fahey on the sideline cheering on Wellesley. But here’s something to make you feel better. The Detroit Lions lost 47-10 to the Tennessee Titans later [...]
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For those of you who wanted to be a fire chief when you grew up…
The town is still looking for a replacement for Fire Chief Kevin Rooney, who in May announced he was looking to retire this past September. From the Wellesley job board: The Town of Wellesley, Massachusetts (pop. 27,000) is seeking to fill the position of Fire Chief which is becoming vacant after the retirement of the [...]
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Piling on the pizza in Wellesley
A new pizza joint, Northend Wellesley-Pizza, is planning to set up shop at the east end of Washington Street, according to this Townsman report. It’s getting a bit crowded with Wellesley Hills House of Pizza and Peter’s Pizza already down that end of town.
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Wellesley publisher finds China angle, or however you say that in Mandarin
The International Herald Tribune profiles a Wellesley company called Aptius Education that is starting to cash in on the demand by business people to learn Mandarin by distributing Chinese textbooks and other instructional materials: “This is the fastest-growing language in higher education,” said [Nader] Darehshori, 71, a co-founder of Aptius who spent a dozen years [...]
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What 2-8 record? It's Thanksgiving football time
Here’s how the Needham Times breaks it down, as 5-5 Needham and 2-8 Wellesley face off on Thanksgiving morning in Needham (Here’s an historical piece from last year) WCAC-TV will partner with The Needham Channel to co-produce the 2008 Thanksgiving Day High School Varsity Football game at Memorial Field in Needham for cablecast on the [...]
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You have until Dec. 9 to come up with an answer to this question
“Shall the Town of Wellesley be allowed to exempt from the provisions of Proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to fund the design, construction, equipping and furnishing of a new Wellesley High School at 50 Rice Street, including the cost of acquiring three properties [...]
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Chillin' at Pickle Point
Ice started taking over Morses Pond at Pickle Point this weekend.
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Wellesley winter recreation brochures available
Residents can begin signing up for programs online Dec. 9.
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Remnants of a Wellesley accident
Seen on Rte. 135 in front of Wellesley College on Saturday a.m. following a 3-car accident the day before.
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Where Wellesley ranks in tech friendliness
We’re No. 62 according to the Mass High Technology Council’s latest MassTrack rankings of 351 communities in Massachusetts, based on such factors as single vs. split tax rate, % of 10th grade students who are advanced/proficient in 2008 Math MCAS and number of college grads within a 30-minute drive. Wellesley doesn’t have the expedited permitting [...]
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