Advisory panel splits over school AC funding

From Wellesley News

• Historical Commission clears Mananak Road home for demolition. Wellesley's Historical Commission freed a 1947 Cliff Estates house at 17 Mananak Road from the town's 12-month demolition-delay bylaw, while raising concerns over design and tree canopy on three other oversized new-home proposals continued to October 14.Wellesley News
• Planning Board presses ZBA on Railroad Street parking loss. Wellesley's Planning Board pressed the Zoning Board of Appeals to address parking loss ahead of a September 24 hearing on an eight-unit Railroad Street project that would eliminate 47 spaces used by neighboring tenants.Wellesley News
• Trails Committee tables North 40 land-swap statement. Wellesley's Trails Committee held off on a statement backing a land swap to protect North 40 trail acreage, with members debating how much state and town meeting approval the deal would need before its Kids Trail Day scavenger hunt at Morse's Pond on October 3.Wellesley News
• Health Board presses Coco Beat on code violations. Wellesley's Board of Health pushed Coco Beat restaurant to fix repeat health-code violations after inspections turned up more than a dozen at a time, prompting past closures and citations, though a new chef has begun corrections.Wellesley News
• Select Board hears two hours of North 40 pushback. Wellesley's Select Board heard nearly two hours of resident pushback on a proposed Weston Road fire station site, with nearly 20 speakers, including neighbors and the Conservation Land Trust's president, arguing the 46-acre parcel's future use should be settled before picking a site.Wellesley News
• Advisory Committee backs ending mandatory mail reports. Wellesley's Advisory Committee voted to stop mandatory postal mailing of its Advisory Report, with the secretary calling the U.S. Postal Service mailing the committee's single greatest logistical challenge, and separately heard a contested pitch to extend school bus contracts from five to ten years.Wellesley News
• Design Review Board clears two home expansions, four signs. Wellesley's Design Review Board worked through two house expansion proposals and four sign requests in one session, including a Wall Street roof raise and a new Arnold Road colonial requiring removal of roughly 71 trees.Wellesley News
• Housing Authority to seek new management firm. Wellesley's Housing Authority board chose to seek proposals from outside housing agencies to manage its properties after the Cambridge Housing Authority's contract ends October 31, aiming to have a new manager in place by November 1.Wellesley News
• Natural Resources Commission punts on White Pond funding. Wellesley's Natural Resources Commission left it to town meeting to decide whether to fund legal work untangling White Pond's lapsed 1955 trust, after the Wellesley Conservation Land Trust estimated the work at $25,000 to $50,000 against far larger eventual acquisition costs.Wellesley News
• Advisory Committee delays vote on school AC funding. Wellesley's Advisory Committee grilled dueling plans to cool four hot schools, including an accelerated design track that a building committee chair warned could still cost the town its usual three weeks of schedule float, without voting on any of it.Wellesley News

Wellesley on Sat, Oct 3

• Wellesley football falls to 0-4 against Weymouth. Weymouth routed Wellesley 35-0 on October 2, dropping the Raiders to 0-4 on the season, according to Wellesley Sports Blitz; Wellesley Patch also covered the loss to Weymouth's ground attack.Wellesley Sports Blitz
• Girls soccer ties Lexington 0-0. Wellesley's girls soccer team played to a scoreless tie against visiting Lexington on October 3, as the Raiders' bid for a fourth straight win fell short.Wellesley Sports Blitz
• Wellesley garden family shares bounty with neighbors. A Wellesley family is giving away flowers and tomatoes from their driveway garden to build community connections, Wellesley Patch reported, citing CBS Boston's coverage of the project.Wellesley Patch

Coming up

• Sun, Oct 4, 1:30 p.m.: Library hosts Fiber Craft Club for kids, tweens. Wellesley Free Library's monthly Fiber Craft Club meets Sunday, October 4: grades K through 3 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and grades 4 through 8 from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m., both in the Wakelin Room.Wellesley Free Library
• Sun, Oct 4, 2:00 p.m.: STEM Quest workshop rotates kids through four labs. Wellesley Free Library's STEMspire STEM Quest workshop runs Sunday, October 4 from 2 to 4:45 p.m. in the Craft Room, rotating students in grades 1 through 8 through four 30-minute STEM activities.Wellesley Free Library
• Mon, Oct 5, 5:15 p.m.: Walpole JV field hockey visits Wellesley Monday. Walpole's junior varsity field hockey team plays an away non-conference game at Wellesley on Monday, October 5 at 5:15 p.m., MaxPreps reported.MaxPreps
• Tue, Oct 6, 6:30 p.m.: School Committee meets Tuesday evening. Wellesley's School Committee holds its next regular meeting Tuesday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m., according to the district's calendar.Wellesley Public Schools
• Wed, Oct 7, 5:30 p.m.: Chabad hosts Women's Tanya and Tea Wednesday. Wellesley Weston Chabad holds its Women's Tanya and Tea class Wednesday, October 7 from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.Wellesley Weston Chabad

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