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WMLP calls peak-hour alert as heat wave hits Wellesley Thursday and Friday

WMLP issues peak-hour conservation alert as 90-degree heat hits Wellesley. The Wellesley Municipal Light Plant is asking customers to minimize electric use during early-evening peak hours on June 4 and June 5, citing very high temperatures and the chance to trim costs and emissions. The…

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

Wellesley Accepts $500K Federal Climate Grant Secured by Rep. Clark

Wellesley lands a $500,000 federal climate grant routed through Rep. Katherine Clark. The town and the Charles River Watershed Association jointly accepted the appropriation, announced Monday on the town's News Flash, to fund regional climate-resilience work across the watershed. In a s…

Town renews call for Bylaw Review Committee volunteers

Wellesley's town government is again recruiting Town Meeting members for the General Bylaw Review Committee, the only fresh item from primary channels Monday. The town's News Flash posted the updated volunteer call midday, pointing interested members to wellesleyma.gov. At Wellesley Pub…

Wellesley's official news channels stay silent on final Saturday in May

Wellesley's official channels went quiet Saturday, with no fresh items posted to the town's News Flash, the Wellesley Free Library or Wellesley Public Schools. That left Patch's morning roundups to anchor the day's local feed, including "🌱 Patch AM: Why Wellesley High was cleared from t…

Wellesley imposes one-day-per-week watering limit as drought hits Level 1

Wellesley moved to Level 1 drought Friday, and the Board of Public Works imposed mandatory one-day-per-week outdoor watering restrictions to conserve supply. The town's News Flash urged residents to comply as the irrigation season ramps up. Across town, the Wellesley Free Library's Hill…

Natural Resources Commission reviews Morses Pond design at 50 percent schematic

WELLESLEY — May 28, 2026 — Wellesley NRC reviews 50-percent schematic design for Morses Pond beach overhaul. Recreation Director Ainsley Martin urged commissioners not to treat the project as a bathhouse swap, saying it is meant "to reinvigorate the whole area" around the town's drinking-water source.

Hills Branch library closes June 1 for months-long renovation

Hills Branch library closes Monday for renovation as Town Hall races two June application deadlines. The Wellesley Free Library announced the Hills Branch will shut June 1 and reopen in fall 2026, while the Board of Public Works is taking applications through June 5 for an interim membe…

Wellesley light board recommends Estwanik for appointment, approves FY27 budgets

WELLESLEY — May 27, 2026 — Wellesley Municipal Light Board taps Brett Estwanik for open seat, approves FY27 budgets. The five-member board voted unanimously May 27 to recommend Estwanik — a private-equity energy investor with an MBA from Darden and CFO experience — to the Select Board after the appointment subcommittee interviewed