978-980 Worcester St. Complex Scheduled for Foreclosure Auction

Plans for the site have included restaurants and a residential area.

The commercial complex on Route 9 near the Natick border that will house Justine’s Table, is heading for foreclosure auction this month. The site at 978-980 Worcester St. will be auctioned July 16, according to the Boston Business Journal. The site, which is owned by Wellesley Realty Associates, affiliated with Behrand Construction & Luxury Homes of Wellesley, has a Dunkin’ Donuts, and plans have been laid out to open a restaurant and deli at the site. For years, a group lead by Dean Behrend attempted to get town permissions to open Justine’s Table at the site, while building a residential complex behind the building. The Board of Selectmen, noting that parking and traffic would be too tight in the area, shot down the request. Recently, …

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5 Things You Need To Know Today: June 28

Is Justine's back on the table?

Each morning, Wellesley Patch presents “5 Things You Need to Know,” a collection of announcements, events, reminders and odd little ditties to help you organize your day. 1. The Board of Selectmen will meet tonight at 7. No, it's not Monday. 2. On the board's agenda is an item labeled: "Common Victualler License Applications – JT’s Deli 978 Worcester St." 3. This is the same address as the finally approved Justine's. Perhaps there's been a change in ownership or a name change? 4. Writer and Wellesley College alumna Nora Ephron died Monday at age 71. 5. There is still one bear at large, authorities think.

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Question Of The Day

Should There Be a Restaurant at 978 Worcester St.?

The Board of Selectmen denied Justine’s but approved another restaurant to open along Route 9 East near Natick.

Last August, the Board of Selectmen told a group of developers they could not open “Justine’s,” a restaurant at a building at 978 Worcester St., a high traffic section of Route 9 East near the Natick line. Their reasons for the denial of a necessary common victualler’s license were based on a view that the available parking at the tight plot was unsuitable for the proposed 135-seat restaurant. However, on Monday, the board approved a license for a different group attempting to open an 85-seat restaurant at the same location. This group made ample adjustments for parking and have no interest in controlling a residential building behind the property, according to the board Monday. The previous group wanted to manage that building as a …

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Feb. 13

Your daily round up of news and events.

Yesterday was as cold as it’s been this winter. And the National Weather Service says it should be a bit warmer today. Expect a high temperature of 38 degrees. The Boston area has received less than 8 inches of snow this winter, according to CBS Boston meteorologist Barry Burbank. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. Check out our topic page for some last minute ideas. Rep. Alice Peisch will hold public office hours at the library’s main branch beginning at 9:15 this morning. The Board of Selectmen will meet tonight at 7 – (Justine’s is back on the agenda.)

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 3

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1.    Yesterday’s Question of the Day asked whether the Board of Selectmen acted correctly by denying Maryellen Behrend a common victualler’s license to operate Justine’s restaurant. What do you think? 2.    Tonight, The Glamour Girls will perform at Town Hall as part of the Wellesley Recreation Department Summer Concert Series. 3.    …That is if the weather holds. We had some thunderstorms pass through the area yesterday evening. Today, the National Weather Service says it will be mostly sunny with a high temperature of 80 degrees. 4.    Several people in the Twitterverse tweeted and retweeted an announcement on Wellesley College’s website touting a recent Princeton Review survey which said the local liberal arts school’s professors are …

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Were the Selectmen Right to Deny a License for Justine’s?

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At a feisty meeting of the Board of Selectmen that went late into the night, the board denied Maryellen Behrend’s bid for a common victualler’s license to operate Justine’s restaurant, a 135-seat high-class eatery on Route 9 on the Natick line. The space came into question because developer Dean Behrend, Maryellen’s wife, wants to build a 36-unit housing complex on the same plot directly behind the proposed Justine’s at 978 Worcester St. The board decided there was simply not enough space to comfortably fit both the restaurant and the housing complex and account for parking and traffic. Do you think the board acted correctly in denying Maryellen Behrend’s license application, or should they have at least continued the hearing to allow her …

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