Three patrol officers sworn in after record exam

From Wellesley News

• Capital panel reviews hundreds of millions in projects. Wellesley's Capital Planning Committee reviewed major capital projects including six road reconstructions, an $8 million Morses Pond renovation and fire station and DPW campus work that could reach $100 million, with debt service already at 9.21 percent of gross revenues.Wellesley News
• Bylaw panel preps two amendments for fall meeting. Wellesley's Bylaw Review Committee endorsed an Advisory Committee amendment to bylaw section 11.8 replacing "digital" with "electronic" and "hard copy" with "paper copy," and backed a School Committee amendment on multi-year contracts ahead of the Fall 2026 Special Town Meeting.Wellesley News
• Select Board advances Wellesley Square capital funding. Wellesley's Select Board took up $8 million in capital proposals for Wellesley Square and the Weston Road-Linden Street intersection, advancing both toward capital planning review, while also weighing a raise for Executive Director Meghan Jop.Wellesley News
• Wetlands panel weighs town demolition at 3 Bacon Street. Wellesley's Wetlands Protection Committee weighed demolishing a condemned house at 3 Bacon Street after Building Inspector Michael Grant said the town was "ghosted by four different contractors," while also continuing a contested 24-unit hearing on Walnut Street.Wellesley News
• Climate panel presses School Committee on AC plan. Wellesley's Climate Action Committee pushed back on the town's school air-conditioning plan, with member Michael McManus questioning whether heat-pump units "wouldn't have worked" at Bates and Fisk, as two town meeting funding motions head toward Fall Town Meeting.Wellesley News
• Bylaw panel finalizes Article 2 ahead of town meeting. Wellesley's Bylaw Review Committee took up a final rewrite of Article 2 on open meetings and public records ahead of the Fall 2026 Special Town Meeting, as Secretary Marjorie Freiman questioned whether moving minutes provisions could confuse residents, saying "that's my point."Wellesley News
• Select Board swears in three patrol officers. Wellesley's Select Board swore in patrol officers John Canal, Georgia Jones and Nicolas LeVangle after Police Chief Scott Whittemore said a record 160 candidates sat this cycle's entrance exam, while new FY28 budget guidelines could require roughly $1.3 million in capital cuts.Wellesley News
• Historical panel approves one waiver, delays three. Wellesley's Historical Commission approved a design waiver for 34 Sheridan Road over a dissent calling the house "enormous for the neighborhood context," and continued three other teardown proposals to November 17 amid a push to renovate rather than demolish a likely "Royal Barry Wills" Cape on Standish Road.Wellesley News
• Council on Aging delays board-size vote to November. Wellesley's Council on Aging board debated shrinking from 11 members to as few as seven, with Chair Judy Gertler citing peer-town comparisons and members split between seven and nine seats, as a formal vote awaits Select Board and Town Meeting approval expected in November.Wellesley News

Happening Wed, Oct 21

• 6:30 p.m.: Advisory Committee meets ahead of fall warrant. Wellesley's Advisory Committee meets Wednesday, October 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Hall to continue reviewing warrant articles ahead of the Fall 2026 Special Town Meeting, whose warrant closes October 22.Town of Wellesley
• 6:30 p.m.: World of Wellesley hosts author talk Wednesday. World of Wellesley hosts author Michelle Chalmers for a discussion of her book "Liabilities of Whiteness" Wednesday, October 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Longfellow Club, limited to 40 people.World of Wellesley

Wellesley on Tue, Oct 20

• Babson volleyball upsets No. 7 MIT in four sets. Babson College women's volleyball, ranked 25th, upset No. 7 MIT in four sets Tuesday night, 29-27, 25-20, 24-26, 25-23, as first-year Lia Gonzalez recorded a career-high 18 kills.Babson Athletics
• Babson field hockey blanks Springfield, 6-0. No. 17 Babson College field hockey shut out Springfield College 6-0 Tuesday evening at MacDowell Field, with junior Penny Baroni scoring a career-high four goals.Babson Athletics
• Wellesley College field hockey shuts out Clark, 3-0. Wellesley College field hockey earned a 3-0 shutout over NEWMAC rival Clark University Tuesday evening at Butler Stadium.Wellesley College Athletics
• Wellesley College volleyball falls to WPI in four. Wellesley College volleyball lost 3-1 to WPI Tuesday night at Dorothy Towne Fieldhouse despite 20 kills from Hill and a near triple-double from Kunze-Hoeg.Wellesley College Athletics
• Babson hockey picked runner-up in LEC poll. Babson College men's ice hockey was picked to finish runner-up in the Little East Conference preseason coaches' poll released Tuesday morning.Babson Athletics
• Wellesley High girls rout Natick, boys soccer ties. Wellesley Sports Blitz reported Wellesley girls soccer routed Natick 5-1, the boys team tied Natick 3-3, and girls volleyball beat Braintree 3-1 in Tuesday action.Wellesley Sports Blitz

Coming up

• Thu, Oct 22, 10:30 a.m.: Town holds flu clinic at Warren Building. The town's Health Department hosts a flu clinic Thursday, October 22, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Warren Building, 90 Washington Street.Town of Wellesley
• Thu, Oct 22: Friends' fall book sale opens Thursday. The Friends of the Wellesley Free Library hold their Annual Fall Book Sale Thursday, October 22, through Sunday, October 25, at the library, with Thursday night reserved for member shopping.Wellesley Free Library
• Thu, Oct 22, 7:00 p.m.: Theatre project stages Peter and the Starcatcher. Wellesley Theatre Project performs "Peter and the Starcatcher" October 22 through 25 at its Studio Theatre on Washington Street, with evening shows at 7 p.m. and matinees at 2 p.m. on the weekend.Wellesley Theatre Project
• Sat, Oct 24, 10:00 a.m.: Wellesley Trails leads Carisbrooke hike Saturday. Wellesley Trails leads a 1.8-mile hike at Carisbrooke Saturday, October 24, from 10 to 11:15 a.m., meeting at the White Oak Road Trailhead.Town of Wellesley
• Sun, Oct 25, 3:00 p.m.: Land trust hosts cider and donuts Sunday. The Wellesley Conservation Land Trust hosts a cider and donuts gathering at Cronk's Rocky Woodland Sunday, October 25, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at 20 Crown Ridge Road.Wellesley Conservation Land Trust
• Tue, Oct 27, 6:30 p.m.: School Committee meets Tuesday evening. Wellesley's School Committee meets Tuesday, October 27, at 6:30 p.m., its next scheduled session according to the district calendar.Wellesley Public Schools

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