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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Wellesley's Week in Review, Sept. 19-25

The Community Center is Cleared to Serve Food Again, the Middle School Building Committee Narrows Expansion Options to 3, and a Field Trip to a Mosque Makes Headlines

The week began Sunday with word that the Health Department had cleared the Wellesley Community Center for food service again. Food serving was suspended at the building Aug. 20 after an inspection from town facilities workers and a Wellesley Health Department inspector found evidence of mice in the building.  On Monday, the talk around town was about a video of middle school students on a field trip praying at a mosque, which garnered widespread media attention throughout the week. Charles Jacobs, head of Americans For Peace And Tolerance, made a complaint on behalf of an anonymous Wellesley parent, but other parents have been quick to defend the value of the field trip. In other school news Monday, Superintendent Bella T. Wong outlined …

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