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Blue Ginger’s Ming Tsai on Why Wellesley?
Blue Ginger’s Ming Tsai is asked why he chose to open his restaurant in Wellesley, not Boston. For one thing, he couldn’t find space at the time (the dot.com boom years) in Boston.
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Mr. Wellesley Freshman contest sparks controversy
An online publication called Her Campus has some Wellesley College students fuming over its Mr. Campus Freshman contest, which had students nominate males they know from other colleges, such as Vassar and the University of Arizona, rather than picking from among transgender students from the all-women college.
Wellesley students have flooded Her Campus with emails imploring [...]
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Wale to play Wellesley College in April
Hip hopper Wale (music video below) will perform at Wellesley College in April during its annual Spring Week festivities. Also said to be performing are Passion Pit and the Hood Internet.
Past artists entertaining students during Spring Week have included the Decemberists and Regina Spektor.
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Wellesley High investigates more graffiti
The Globe reports that Wellesley High has informed parents and students that more offensive graffiti has been discovered at the school, and school-wide meetings are planned for Friday to address the issue.
Dear WHS Parents and Guardians,
As you know, in recent weeks we have been spending time here in school discussing the effects of recent [...]
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Mapping your Wellesley bike route
Google has added a bicycle route mapping feature to Google Maps. So say your daughter has her sights set on graduating from Wellesley High School and going straight to Wellesley College, here’s a selection of 1.8 to 2.3 mile routes that will take 11 to 13 minutes. Or if there’s someone you don’t like, you [...]
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Latest on Rte. 16/9 Wellesley bridge: Same old, same old
WCVB TV/Channel 5’s Team 5 takes on the case of Wellesley’s most notorious bridge project, the never-ending Rte. 16/9 mess. The report notes that the project has cost taxpayers $10M-plus dollars and taken 7 years rather than originally planned 2. Latest estimate for completion: this summer. Rep. Alice Peisch, speaking for the rest of Wellesley, [...]
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Amazing play on the way to Wellesley Middle School
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Wellesley College a real beauty
Forbes asked architects and designers to pick the most beautiful college campuses in the world, and Wellesley College made the cut.
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Least controversial Wellesley Town Meeting agenda ever?
The warrant for the meeting, which starts April 5 at Wellesley Middle School’s auditorium, is now available here at the town website. Among other things up for vote will be whether to allow RDF land to be leased for such purposes as hosting cellular phone towers (all the better to ensure good reception for those [...]
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Quilters and knitters
The Quinobequin Quilters, a not-for-profit group that formed in 1983 and meets regularly in Wellesley, will be holding its biennial Quilt Show in Needham at the Masonic Hall at 1101 Highland Ave. on March 26 (10am-8pm) and 27 (10am-4pm).
More than 100 quilts made by 50 members from Wellesley and surrounding towns will be on display, [...]
Brookline Bank coming to Wellesley
The strip of storefronts at the far east end of Washington St. in Wellesley is almost full now, as Brookline Bank has announced it is moving in alongside Bobby’s Grille, Wellesley North End Pizza and Village Market.
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Inflamatory columns run in this Wellesley family
Boston Herald columnist/ranter Howie Carr’s wife Kathy stole the spotlight this week with a controversial column of her own in the Wellesley Townsman about teenage drinking in town and the responsibility of parents to reign them in. Carr even turned photojournalist, sending along a picture of empty beer cans and alcohol bottles strewn along Benvenue [...]
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Wellesley student to appear in TCAN play “Jake’s Women”
Wellesley 7th-grader Nora Panahi makes her debut with The Center for the Arts in Natick, portaying the character Mollie in Neil Simon’s “Jake’s Women.”
PERFORMANCE DETAILS: Jake’s Women opens March 5 and runs through March 14. Performances are at 8 pm on March 5, 6, 12, and 13; at 7 pm [...]
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Fiddler on the Roof kicks off tonight in Wellesley