Wellesley Free Library parking lot construction begins, libraries closed for July 4 weekend

Wellesley enters the July 4 holiday weekend with library parking under construction and an active electricity peak alert. The Wellesley Municipal Light Plant called on customers Thursday to reduce power use — raising thermostats, shutting off EV chargers — as an Extreme Heat Warning tak…

Wellesley Select Board Approves $4,725 for Council on Aging Summer Interns

Wellesley Select Board approves $4,725 for Council on Aging summer interns, then enters executive session with five unions.

Wellesley Advisory Committee Approves $5,000 in Year-End Transfers, Riley Hands Off Chairmanship

Wellesley Advisory Committee approves two $2,500 year-end transfers and debates the independence of its annual report.

AG Approves Wellesley Flood Plain Bylaw Change as Heat Watch Takes Hold

Wellesley closes out June with two urgent town hall developments on the same day. The Health Department's heat safety advisory warns that seven days of dangerous heat and humidity pose serious risks to residents, urging use of cooling locations; separately, the Massachusetts Attorney Ge…

Wellesley Planning Board Unanimously Approves FAR Permit for 26 Washington Street Bank

Wellesley Planning Board approves FAR special permit for Lower Falls bank building, defers affordable-housing permit to July.

Wellesley Approves Tax Consulting Contract for Three Municipal Solar Projects

Wellesley Climate Action Committee unanimously approves a contingency-fee tax consulting contract for three municipal rooftop solar projects.

This Week in Wellesley: Jun 22 - Jun 28

10 stories from Wellesley News this week.

Wellesley Natural Resources Commission adopts land conservation plan as town heads into a quiet summer sports week.

It was a quiet week on the Wellesley sports calendar for the period of June 22–28, 2026, with no high school games scheduled. Wellesley High School Athletics announced fall registration opens July 1 and tryouts begin August 24. The Recreation Department's summer camps — Camp Apex, Camp Nova, Camp

Obituary notices, week of Monday June 22 through Sunday June 28, 2026

One Wellesley obituary appears in this week's notices (June 22–28, 2026): Manley, Dianne R. (Bethoney), 81, of Wellesley, who died June 26, 2026. Services are scheduled for Tuesday, June 30th, at Henry J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home and Saint John the Evangelist Church in Wellesley. The notice was

Wellesley Man Pleads Not Guilty to Murder in Father's Fatal Stabbing at Phillips Park

A fatal stabbing at Phillips Park put Wellesley in the regional spotlight Friday, as James Floyd Bennett III pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and was held without bail after allegedly killing his 58-year-old father Thursday afternoon. The case was investigated jointly by Welles…