The Swellesley Report - Since 2005: More than you really want to …
WEBLate last year the Town of Wellesley selected a consulting firm to conduct an equity audit funded through a $100K Annual Town Meeting appropriation.The firm, Racial Equity Group, is the same outfit that conducted a couple of equity audit workshops for Wellesley in spring 2023. Going forward town leaders, with help from Racial Equity Group, will host Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) focus ...
Obituaries & remembrances Archives - The Swellesley Report
WEBRobert Freeman McKown, 87, of Concord, Mass., passed away on July 12, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born on August 25, 1936, in Bar Harbor, Maine, and lived a life marked by his passions for family, competition, and the sea. Bob spent his early years in the picturesque town of Bar Harbor …
Restaurants in Wellesley, Mass.: More than 50 dining options
WEB50 Central Street, Wellesley Square, 781-772-1920. DR/P is open on weekends only to serve coffee, espresso drinks, lattes, teas, and specialty drinks like the Golden Girl + Iced Coco Matcha. The storefront spot is a part of B/SPOKE cycle, strength and yoga studio. Dryft —new restaurant.
Top 10 things to do in Wellesley, Massachusetts
WEBWellesley’s Wonderful Weekend, an annual town tradition that has been celebrated for over 50 years, usually in late May. Activities include a pancake breakfast, a military decampment re-enactment, musical performances and the annual Veterans Parade featuring the schools, antique cars, local politicians, army tanks and more. The event is ...
Wellesley High grads told: “You’re not special”
WEBJun 5, 2012 · All of this is as it should be, because none of you is special. You are not special. You are not exceptional. Contrary to what your u9 soccer trophy suggests, your glowing seventh grade report card, despite every assurance of a certain corpulent purple dinosaur, that nice Mister Rogers and your batty Aunt Sylvia, no matter how often your maternal caped crusader has swooped in to save you ...
Maugus Club badminton teams bring medals home to Wellesley
WEBAug 21, 2023 · Maugus Club badminton teams bring medals home to Wellesley. Athletes from The Maugus Club, a private social and sports club in Wellesley, have been racking up the medals in during the 2023 competitive season. Wellesley High School student Kai Chong, representing the Club, competed last month in the Pan American Junior Championships in Peru ...
About The Swellesley Report (Wellesley, Mass.)
WEBSep 13, 2024 · Deborah Brown has a background in editing and teaching, and is active in town via a gardening club, through arts projects, and serves on the Advisory Board for the Wellesley Conservation Land Trust.. Mrs. Swellesley votes, 2022. Bob Brown has been a professional reporter and editor since the mid-1980s, serving as news editor of a high tech business magazine/Web site called Network World from ...
The Wellesley Free Library reopens—a first look
WEBAug 5, 2020 · A first look at the reopened Wellesley Free Library. We managed our expectations and concentrated on molding our behavior to conform to present realities: no congregating, no computers, no copiers, no excessive chit-chat with the staff, no sitting, no bathrooms, no water fountain access.
First taste: Wellesley Square’s new Lockheart Restaurant
WEBJuly 15, 2022 by Bob Brown. Wellesley’s newest eatery, Lockheart Restaurant, quietly opened this week at 102 Central St., next to the fire station. We saw curious passersby press their faces and hands against the front window to peer in as we tried out the tacos-plus restaurant. The restaurant’s mid-summer opening gives the staff a chance ...
Wellesley’s Truly Yogurt: Changing hands, staying iconic
WEBSep 14, 2019 · A retired marketing executive who lived in Wellesley for a couple of decades before relocating to Weston, Marcus says he had no lifelong urge to open an ice cream shop. But with Truly becoming available he did see an opportunity to keep an iconic business going. After all, thousands of customers would be counting on someone to do so.