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Wellesley Free Library winter book sale starts Feb. 2

By bbrown | Published: January 30, 2012

The Winter 2012 Book Sale sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries will be held from Thursday, February 2 through Sunday February 5 at the Wellesley Free Library, Wakelin Room. Hours are as follows: Members’ Preview: Thursday, February 2, 5 pm -9 pm (Not a member? join that day) Public Sale: Friday February [...]

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Breaking in the new Wellesley High School theater

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2012

The new Wellesley High School’s theater’s first-ever show will be the 2012 Winter Play,  a self-scripted and student-directed 40-minute one-act show based on a story of interstellar proportions.   Wed. 2/29 @ 4:30 pm Thurs. 3/1 @ 7:30 pm Fri. 3/2 In-school performance (3rd block) for WHS students only Sat. 3/10 Performance @ METG (Massachusetts Educational Theater [...]

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Rugged Bear returning, though don’t look for new Wellesley Square store

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2012

Rugged Bear, the children’s clothing business that shut down last year and whose Wellesley Square store also closed, is making a comeback in 2012. But don’t look for a new Rugged Bear store in town. Rather, the Rugged Bear brand will re-appear this summer in department and specialty stores, according to TRB Acquisitions, which bought [...]

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Wellesley Middle School principal Chisum up for Brookline job

By bbrown | Published: January 27, 2012

Jamie Chisum, who took over as principal of Wellesley Middle School last year, has informed parents and guardians that he is a finalist for Headmaster/Principal at Brookline High School.  He wrote in part: “I did not anticipate applying for such a position when I began the school year.  I am flattered to have been recruited [...]

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Wellesley’s Village Market sells a lottery winner

By bbrown | Published: January 26, 2012

Not sure if one of the rich has gotten richer in town, but the Massachusetts State Lottery has announced that Village Market in Lower Falls in Wellesley sold the ticket that won somebody $100K last night. From Mass State Lottery’s Twitter account:   @MAStateLottery Mass. State Lottery A ticket sold at Village Market located at [...]

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Rarefied air: Paying a pretty penny in Wellesley to pump up your tires

By bbrown | Published: January 26, 2012

The Swellesley Report Hard-Hitting Investigative Team has headed out in broad daylight and gotten the lowdown on how much Wellesley gas stations charge for air, that essential mix of nitrogen, oxygen, neon, argon, helium and whatever else happens to be floating around. Most typically, gas stations in town charge 75 cents for self-service tire pumping [...]

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Entering the Year of the Dragon in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: January 26, 2012

Wellesley’s Jen Looper writes to say that Wellesley Middle School on Feb. 8 will be holding its  second annual Chinese New Year Celebration: “Led by WMS Chinese language teacher Min Zhou and supported by the PTO and a posse of enthusiastic parents, we are ringing in the year of the Dragon with a traditional Lion [...]

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Wellesley Middle School “No Name Calling” wall

By bbrown | Published: January 25, 2012

Wellesley Middle School took a stand against bullying/name calling on Wednesday, posting on a wall a bunch of crossed-out names that kids have been called  (photo courtesy Elaine Gillim)

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Trick question?

By bbrown | Published: January 24, 2012

Came across this guessing game at Fiske Elementary School in Wellesley. The words read: “How many items are inside the jar?”. We acknowledge we’re not smarter than 5th graders, but we’ll say the answer is “zero” items in the jar…. since there isn’t a jar.  

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Wellesley Choral Society readies for A Folk Song Feast

By bbrown | Published: January 24, 2012

The Wellesley Choral Society presents its second concert of the season on Saturday, Jan 28 at 7pm. This mid-winter concert is in the style of a pops/cabaret performance meant to entertain and amuse. This year’s motto is A Folk Song Feast featuring  songs from around the world. They will be presented either in their original, [...]

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Author Daniel Handler, artist Maira Kalman get quirky in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: January 23, 2012

Author Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) and illustrator Maira Kalman made a humorous appearance at Wellesley Books on Saturday before a packed downstairs crowd who braved snowy weather to hear the pair discuss their new young adult novel, Why We Broke Up. The two presented a slideshow sort of related to the book, and featuring [...]

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Wednesday will be “No Name Calling Day” at Wellesley Middle School

By bbrown | Published: January 23, 2012

Gov. Deval Patrick has designated Jan. 25 as “No Name Calling Day” as part of the state’s anti-bullying efforts, and Wellesley Middle School plans to take part. The idea of a “No Name Calling Week” was inspired by James Howe’s young adult novel, The Misfits. Among other things, Wellesley Middle School students will be asked [...]

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Wellesley School Committee meeting shuffle

By bbrown | Published: January 23, 2012

If you were planning on hitting any of the Wellesley School Committee meetings this week, note that some meetings have been pushed back to later in the week, with the School Committee now meeting Tuesday at 730pm to have a public hearing on the budget and to give an update on the school lunch program [...]

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Wine sales might be coming to Needham — Why not in Wellesley?

By bbrown | Published: January 22, 2012

Special to The Swellesley Report from Robert Dwyer of The Wellesley Wine Press: Similar to our fair Wellesley, neighboring Needham has long been a “dry” town. Well, dry insofar as there are no bars or package stores allowed, although alcohol can be served at restaurants. But that could change – as I learned from Boston [...]

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Follow the Dog Home follow-up

By bbrown | Published: January 22, 2012

Local author Kevin Walsh writes to say that Follow the Dog Home, the collection of homespun doggie tales written by Walsh and two other family members that we wrote about back in November, is now available locally at Wellesley Books and will be available nationally come Feb. 1.

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