Category Archives: Outdoors

Wellesley’s Fuller Brook Park Coordinating Committee and Natural Resources Commission last week held public meetings regarding the latest on the Fuller Brook Park Preservation Project. They’ve also now posted the 37-page presentation on the final design recommendations here that address everything from invasive species management to plantings to path width and materials. Expect to see [...]

While you might think most people in town have more than enough property, some push the limits and essentially take over abutting land either intentionally or not. As a result, the town has recently formed the Interboard Encroachment Committee, which has the mission of creating a uniform town-wide encroachment and enforcement policy to deal with [...]

By Elizabeth Baxter Butcher (special to The Swellesley Report) A few weeks ago a friend said, “Did you know they are planning to pave the Brook Path? It’s going to be eight-feet wide asphalt across the whole path.” “Oh no.” I said, “That would ruin the whole thing.” “I know.” she said. As a fan [...]