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Members: Marjorie Freiman (Chair), Tom Ulfelder (Vice Chair), Colette Aufranc (Secretary), Kenneth Largess (Member), Beth Sullivan Woods (Member)

Select Board Policy Subcommittee advances four draft policies toward full board review

Select Board Policy Subcommittee advances four policies toward full board review. The subcommittee voted 2-0 to approve prior minutes and cleared the Draft Naming of Public Assets Policy for a second read, the Draft Abutter Lot Sale Program and Draft Withholding of Permits and Licenses Policy for

Select Board approves expanded hours for Shake Shack; adopts Fire Station Master Plan

Wellesley Select Board votes unanimously on alcohol licenses and fire infrastructure. The Board approved extended evening hours for Shake Shack's Common Victualler and liquor licenses to align with neighboring restaurants, with alcohol service extended to midnight (5-0 for both votes). In its first

Wellesley Select Board receives fire station master plan recommending new Weston Road headquarters

WELLESLEY -- June 2, 2026, Wellesley fire master plan calls for new Weston Road headquarters and renovated Station 2. Fire Chief Rick DeLorie and Context Architecture's Jeff Shaw told the Select Board on June 2 that Station 1 is roughly 100 years old, that both existing stations contain only

Select Board hears Fire Station Master Plan, advances annual appointments

WELLESLEY -- June 2, 2026, Wellesley Select Board hears Fire Station Master Plan pointing toward a bigger Station 1. Consultants and fire officials, including former Chief David Soar, told the board Tuesday that the Station 2 headquarters "isn't big enough to handle what would be needed" when

Board approves $7.5M bond anticipation note for Hardy Elementary School solar project.

Wellesley Select Board unanimously renews $7.5M bond note for Hardy Elementary School solar project. Treasurer Maura O'Connor reported Fidelity Capital Markets won competitive sale at 2.60 percent net interest cost, a decline from 3.00 percent the prior year. The board also voted unanimously to end