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Wellesley ABC still seeking 2 Boston Marathon runners

By bbrown | Published: February 3, 2012

You certainly can’t beat the Boston Marathon training weather this season, so if you’re in better shape at this point than you though you’d be and want to give the big April race a shot, Wellesley A Better Chance has two charity numbers left Wellesley ABC is an organization in its 39th year that brings [...]

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Upcoming Wellesley High hoop events: Think Pink & farewell to Larsson lower gym

By bbrown | Published: January 31, 2012

Thursday, Feb. 16 will mark the last ever event to be held in Larsson “Lower” gym at Wellesley High School.  There will be three games vs. Natick starting with the Boys JV game at 3:45pm followed by the Boys Varsity game at 5:15pm and the Girls Varsity game at 6:30pm. According to Girls Varsity coach [...]

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MLK, Jr. Day event recap

By bbrown | Published: January 19, 2012

From Sun Life/World of Wellesley: Sun Life Financial hosted the 12th Annual World of Wellesley Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast on Monday, featuring a keynote address by social psychologist Dr. Fayneese Miller. As part of her address, Miller recounted her life as a schoolgirl in the segregated South during the civil rights movement and how [...]

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Deadline looms for Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club grants, scholarships

By bbrown | Published: January 18, 2012

From the Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club: The WHJWC, an 80-member non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to community service, is now accepting applications for both grants from local organizations as well as college scholarships from Wellesley students.   Through the years WHJWC has generated over $4.7 million in funding to organizations and individuals in the Wellesley [...]

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MLK Jr. Day breakfast to feature UVM prof, plus music & dance

By bbrown | Published: January 5, 2012

From the World of Wellesley: Dr. Fayneese Miller, dean of the College of Education and Social Services at the University of Vermont, will address Wellesley’s twelfth annual Martin Luther King Day breakfast on Jan. 16 at Sun Life Executive Park at Wellesley Gateway (intersection of routes 9 and 128). Breakfast food will be available beginning [...]

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Ex-Wellesley High track co-captain turns attention to Boston Marathon

By bbrown | Published: December 30, 2011

It won’t be long before Rte. 16/135 in Wellesley start getting clogged with runners training for next April’s Boston Marathon, and one runner who is getting out in front is Rachel Hamilton, a co-captain for Wellesley High School’s track team during her senior year of 2003. The 26-year-old Hamilton has had a tough 2011, undergoing [...]

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$61K in new Wellesley education grants: Apple gear, gene sequencing, digital microscopes & more

By bbrown | Published: December 12, 2011

Wellesley Education Foundation, a nonprofit outfit that funds new programs/classes in the Wellesley Public School system as well as supports the core curriculum, has announced its Fall round of grants: District-wide Awards iPads for Language Development For English Language Learning students, WEF will help facilitate language development and allow students to access the curriculum while [...]

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How would a Marathon Museum look in Wellesley?

By bbrown | Published: December 10, 2011

It sounds like Hopkinton and Ashland are front runners to land a Marathon Museum, but other towns and cities along the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon route are also expected to show interest. The Boston Globe reports on a $60K feasibility study being conducted regarding such a showcase of running, not just the Boston Marathon. According to [...]

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5th annual Luminary Night lights up Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: December 5, 2011

Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club had a nice night Sunday for its 5th annual Luminary Night, as residents light up their decorations to celebrate the holiday season and to  support of club’s charitable giving program. (Thanks to the Ali family for sending along this photo above and for WHJWC for sending the photo below of [...]

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On your mark, get set, raise funds: How to run the Boston Marathon via Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: November 28, 2011

The town of Wellesley is making available 16 Boston Marathon invitational entries to Wellesley residents and town employees who can run 26.2 miles, pay the $300 entry fee and raise $4,000 for either Wellesley METCO or Wellesley A Better Chance.  Whew! The town, like others along the race route, are given a certain number of [...]

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Wellesley Marketplace kickstarts holiday shopping season

By bbrown | Published: November 22, 2011

The Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club’s annual Wellesley Marketplace event that took place Saturday at Wellesley Middle School drew 2,000+ shoppers and 135+ exhibitors (photos courtesy of WHJWC member Jo Kaplan Lee). Slower | Start | Faster To see the full size images, you need to enable javascript in your browser.

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Shop Wellesley First silent auction this weekend

By bbrown | Published: November 18, 2011
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Sweet Veterans Day photos

By bbrown | Published: November 11, 2011

Wellesley Dental Group once again spearheaded a post-Halloween candy drive, this year piling up 2,500 pounds of candy and snacks as well as lots of Thank You cards to send to the troops overseas through a non-profit called CarePacks (here’s hoping a few toothbrushes are packed in there as well). Participants included Sprague, Fiske, Bates, [...]

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Wellesley to celebrate 5th annual Luminary Night

By bbrown | Published: November 7, 2011

From the Wellesley Hills Junior Women’s Club: The 5th Annual Luminary Night will be held on Sunday, Dec. 4th. Homes throughout Wellesley will light luminary candles and place them along driveways and sidewalks in a non-denominational celebration of the season. Proceeds will directly benefit the WHJWC’s Charitable Giving program. Luminary kits can be purchased online [...]

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Wellesley Spelling Bee: Team Butyraceous wins back-to-back titles

By bbrown | Published: November 4, 2011

Team Butyraceous and The Spellbinders, the final two teams in last night’s 22nd Annual Wellesley Spelling Bee, correctly spelled such words as myrmecology, chiffonade and ergot. The word “warison,” defined as a bugle call to attack, tripped up both teams as they competed for the Ruth Humphries trophy. Then the women of Team Butyraceous, which [...]

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