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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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Wellesley gets festive

By bbrown | Published: December 4, 2011

The elves have been busy at Wellesley storefronts and elsewhere in town. Slower | Start | Faster To see the full size images, you need to enable javascript in your browser.

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Wellesley Christmas and holiday events

By bbrown | Published: December 2, 2011

*Festival of Trees at Elm Bank Reservation. Check out themed holiday trees and fancy gingerbread houses, plus catch a train ride around Elm Bank’s grounds. Viewing Days: Nov. 23 thru Dec. 10 (open Thanksgiving Day) Hours: weekends and the day after Thanksgiving: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Other days: 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Train [...]

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One train you can always count on in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: November 29, 2011

The old-fashioned Holiday Junction trains and tracks at Faber’s Rug in Wellesley Square are back for your viewing pleasure, along with an amusement park setup and other old but well-preserved toys. The Wellesley Historical Society display has become a holiday tradition in town.  

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Let the Wellesley Christmas shopping season begin!

By bbrown | Published: November 29, 2011

Thought this nicely captured the start of the holiday shopping season (and no, I didn’t put the shopping cart there as a prop!). RELATED: Wellesley Christmas and holiday activities

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Wellesley celebrates Thanksgiving with Stanley CornuCupia

By bbrown | Published: November 23, 2011

Wellesley Middle School held its annual Turkey Promenade on Wednesday, an event during which students celebrate home room spirit and dress up according to various themes, such as superheros or sports. They also brought in food and household products to support an outfit called Voices against Violence. Above is the tremendous Stanley CornuCupia of Plenty, [...]

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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 trick or treat 2011

By bbrown | Published: November 1, 2011

    And a couple of pictures from Wellesley Dental Group’s Halloween party. Also, drop off extra candy at the dental office at 5 Seaward through Nov. 10, and they’ll send it along with any handwritten notes to US troops overseas.

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Wellesley Halloween fun

By bbrown | Published: October 28, 2011

Here are some of the Halloween-related happenings planned for Wellesley this month (we’ll keep updating as new items come in): *Oct. 15.-til… Pumpkins for sale at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church at 207 Washington St., starting Oct. 15. *Oct. 29. Halloween Parade & Party at Linden Square courtyard, 2-4pm. Costumes, pet parade, story time, freebies, fun. [...]

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Festival of Trees returning to Elm Bank Reservation

By bbrown | Published: October 25, 2011

It’s not even Halloween or Thanksgiving yet, but Mass Horticultural Society is on the hunt for businesses, individuals and organizations who want to sponsor or create trees to show off at this year’s Festival of Trees, taking place Nov. 23-Dec. 10 (including on Thanksgiving Day) at Elm Bank Reservation on the Wellesley/Natick line on Rte. [...]

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2011 Wellesley Halloween spirit

By bbrown | Published: October 24, 2011

Slower | Start | Faster To see the full size images, you need to enable javascript in your browser. Other spooky Halloween scenes from town? Send pictures here: theswellesleyreport@gmail.com (if you want credit, let us know)

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Inappropriate flags in Wellesley?

By admin | Published: June 15, 2011

Wellesley Patch features a photo gallery this week of a Flag Day celebration at Woodlawn Cemetery during which old flags were burned. Over each photo are these words: “Flag as inappropriate” — a standard header on all of its photo galleries allowing readers to “flag”, or call attention to, content that’s in poor taste, but [...]

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Wellesley Memorial Day observances

By bbrown | Published: May 27, 2011
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Happy Mother’s Day Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: May 7, 2011

Nothing says Happy Mother’s Day Wellesley like….this building at Babson College. Your Ad Here

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A brief history of Wellesley and U.S. Presidents

By bbrown | Published: February 18, 2011

Wellesley has a long and storied association with Presidents of the United States, starting with George Washington himself. * As you may know, Washington Street running through the center of town is named after old George, who visited town in in November of 1789 on his Presidential Tour of New England. A plaque mounted on [...]

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