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Town Meeting shoots down Wellesley land purchase…but wait, there’s more

Update (4/15):  The purchase went through the next day for a lower price of $1M. Town Meeting members at a special meeting held last night to decide whether the town should fork over $1.27 million to buy land at 494 Washington St., to provide extra parking space for the proposed senior center shot down the [...]

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Meals tax, new retaining wall rules a go in Wellesley

Town Meeting members approved both a .75% tax on restaurant bills starting in the new year and an amended zoning bylaw designed to make retaining walls safer, shorter and less ugly.

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Wellesley Town Meeting: Retaining walls and meal taxes

Wellesley’s Special Town Meeting kicks off Monday night at the Middle School at 7:30pm and is scheduled to continue on Tuesday. Town Meeting members could make quick work of the 11 articles in the official warrant. The highlights: * New rules could go into effect to ensure retaining walls aren’t too high (no higher than [...]

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