by Peggy | Apr 4, 2023 | Education, Events, Wellesley News
Come celebrate the 55th year of Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend on Saturday & Sunday, May 20-21, 2023. This year’s theme is “Birth of America: Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party” There are many activities and Open Houses around town on...
by Peggy | Mar 17, 2023 | Being green
A perfectly manicured lawn is a symbol of the American suburbs. It’s part of the American dream of home ownership. A pristine plot of grass signals that the homeowners are hardworking, responsible members of the community and care about their property’s aesthetic. A...
by Peggy | Mar 15, 2023 | Education
Wellesley’s two new grade schools are designed to unleash creativityof both students and teachers. In spring 2024, a new Hunnewell Elementary School will open to succeed its 85-year-old predecessor, followed within a year by a new Hardy Elementary School replacing a...
by Peggy | Feb 28, 2023 | Arts
Margarett Sargent was a major international artist and socialite. Born in Wellesley in 1892, she was the granddaughter of Horatio Hollis Hunnewell and his wife, Elizabeth Pratt Welles Hunnewell. Hunnewell had amassed a large fortune in finance, railroads, mining, and...
by Peggy | Feb 25, 2023 | Arts, Books, Education
For generations now, the commitment of WHS English teachers to nurturing young students’ creativity has become deeply enmeshed in the department’s mission, producing hundreds of influential writers in a wide range of fields (fiction, nonfiction, scriptwriting,...
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