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Category Archives: Outdoors
Letterboxing in Wellesley, Mass.
After seeing a Boston Globe story this AM on letterboxing — a combination hiking/mystery solving activity that involves following clues to find boxes that include stamps you can use to verify your find — we went out and looked for letterboxes in Wellesley after learning their general locations via the Web. We’ve written in the [...]
Mass Hort to charge $5 to view Elm Bank gardens
The black aluminum fence went up at Elm Bank Reservation on the Wellesley/Natick/Dover lines a few years back as part of a grand scheme to keep loose dogs from chewing up its gardens and to charge park goers a fee that would help turn around MassHort’s rough financial situation. However, it is only as of [...]
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Still time to take part in PMC Kids bike ride
From the PMC: The 4th Annual PMC Wellesley-Weston Kids Ride takes place on Sunday, June 6 from 9-11:30 at Babson College. Last year, the ride raised $130,000 for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund which helps provide care for cancer patients and looks for ways to cure cancer. Kids aged 3 to 13 can ride one of three [...]
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Great runs in Boston’s Burbs (including Wellesley)
Ex-Wellesleyite Mark Lowenstein has just come out with his latest Great Runs book and it features routes in Wellesley, Newton, Natick, Weston and more. Lowenstein earlier released books on Boston and Brookline, where he now lives. Lowenstein will be celebrating the book’s release and signing copies at Wellesley Booksmith on May 8 from 5-7pm.
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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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Have your say at Wellesley open space hearing
The Wellesley Natural Resources Commission invites you to a public hearing on its open space and recreation master plan, and Fuller Brook Park preservation master plan. It will take place at 7:30pm at Town Hall on Jan. 12. Your feedback is needed to help the NRC establish priorities and identify open space and recreation opportunities.
Where to sled in Wellesley
Sledders were out in force around town, including at Elm Bank Reservation on the Wellesley/Natick/Dover borders. For more info on sledding in Wellesley, click here. Let us know of other spots we’ve left out, if you’re not afraid of giving away your secret sledding locations…
Guided Guernsey Trail walk in Wellesley this Saturday
Don’t let a little drizzle stop you from enjoying this Saturday’s guided walk of the Guernsey Trail in Wellesley from 9-10am (meet at trail head on Winding River Road). Catch the foliage along the Charles River and the view from the Waban Arches. Shown here, members of the Wellesley Trails Committee gussying up the trail [...]
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Charming pictures of Wellesley's Reeds Pond
Wellesley’s Reeds Pond is a nice little place to fish, hang out or see the occasional bear, located along Cedar Brook Rd.
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The Swellesley Report as art: How we contributed to the techie new Davis Museum exhibit at Wellesley College
Wellesley College’s Davis Museum and Cultural Center has 2 exhibits opening on Sept. 16 and running through Dec. 13. One exhibit, Cell Tango, is described as “a dynamically evolving archive of cellphone-transmitted images contributed by participants from anywhere within the reach of cellular transmission and reception.” To submit your images and tags, fire away to [...]
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Zebra mussels not showing their stripes in Wellesley
I guess this is a kinda non-news story. Having heard and read about the latest zebra mussel scare out in the Berkshires, I was wondering whether this invasive species has dared to take a dip in any of Wellesley’s watering holes or water ways. Janet Bowser, who heads up the Natural Resources Commission in town, [...]
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UPDATE: Posponed — Wellesley welcomes Willy Wonka to Warren Park
The Recreation Dept. has postponed the outdoor movie until next Tuesday, July 28, due to rainy conditions. Wwwwwhew. The free outdoor movie is slated for Tuesday night, July 21 at Warren Park outside the Rec Department building at about 8:15pm.
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Perfect weekend for Pan-Mass Challenge