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Select Board Sets July 15 Office Hours With Beth Sullivan Woods

Select Board opens summer office hours as the library confirms months of parking disruption. The Select Board announced that member Beth Sullivan Woods will hold Zoom office hours on July 15 from 9 to 10:30 a.m., giving residents a direct line to town leadership. Meanwhile, the Wellesle…

Wellesley College Names Laura Mamo To Lead Centers for Women

Wellesley College names a new research-center leader as the library rolls into a packed midsummer schedule. Wellesley College President Paula A. Johnson and Provost Courtney Coile announced Laura Mamo as the new executive director of the Wellesley Centers for Women, a move first flagged…

Weston Road Paving Rescheduled to July 8-9 After Weather Delay

Weston Road repaving delayed one day, now set for July 8-9 amid a summer packed with library events and grant news. The town's Department of Public Works pushed the closure to Wednesday and Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., after inclement weather scrapped the original dates, per a Tuesday Ne…

Wellesley libraries closed for Independence Day weekend through Sunday

All Wellesley Free Library locations are closed through Sunday as the town marks Independence Day under an Extreme Heat Warning in effect until 8 p.m. Saturday. The Main Library, Hills Branch, and Fells Branch are all shut July 3–5, with the Hills Branch remaining closed for renovations…

Wellesley Shifts Parking Ticket Payments to Police Department

Wellesley moved parking ticket payments to the Police Department's Parking Clerk starting this month. The town's July newsletter, "The W," rounded up ongoing municipal projects and events, while Wellesley Square drew crowds for its annual "July Jubilation" street festival on July 3, per…

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…

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 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…

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