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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 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…

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 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 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…