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5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 22

Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend becomes Wellesley's Wonderful Week.

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 School Committee will meet tonight at 7:30 to discuss, and vote on, a variety of issues. 2. The Planning Board welcomed a new alternate member last night: Deborah Carpenter. 3. Traffic on Washington Street was at a stand still briefly last night as a truck attempted to back into Whole Foods just after 8 o'clock. 4. Board of Selectmen Chair Barbare Searle last night said the weekend's downtown scavenger hunt was such a success, area merchants are planning another one for a date to be determined. 5. Searle added that the Wellesley Wonderful Weekend events of this …

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend Edition

Welcome to the 14th annual Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend celebration.

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. Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend begins tonight with the annual Hunnewell Fun Fair from 3 to 6 and the Masterworks Concert at Wellesley High School at 7. 2. Saturday's highlights include a Wellesley Square scavenger hunt taking place all day, tours of the new high school from 9 a.m. to noon and a dedication of the new school at 4 p.m. 3. Sunday's highlights include a parade and fireworks display. 4. ...Sunday's events include a few road closures. 5. Add your photos to our pics and clips section, and have some fun, the weather should be perfect.

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 17

Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend will celebrate 14 years. It begins officially tomorrow night.

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. Roads around Wellesley will be closed this weekend for the 14th annual Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend parade. 2. If you have photos from this year's parade, submit them in our pics and clips section. 3. Check our schedule of events for this weekend. 4. Where do you shop for beer, wine and liquor? 5. Wellesley is a safe town, here's how to keep it that way.

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Road Closures for Sunday’s Parade and Fireworks

Major town roads will be closed Sunday for the Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend parade.

The Wellesley Police Department has published road closures for this Sunday’s parade. There will be no parking along the parade route. These sections of Washington Street will reopen between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m.

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Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend to Celebrate 14th Year

A dog contest, tours of official buildings and a parade round out the celebration.

This weekend marks the 14th annual Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend celebration. This year’s theme is education in honor of the opening of the new high school. There will be tours of the new school – which include spotting of the green energy features – the police station will hold an open house, there will be a walk through of Morses Pond and a scavenger hunt in Wellesley Square. The events begin Friday afternoon and end with a fireworks display Sunday at dusk. The World of Wellesley organization asks that residents bring a canned good to Sunday's parade to stock the Wellesley Food Pantry.

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 23

Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend leads to another Wellesley week of work.

1.    What a weekend! Despite a week of rain and cold, Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend went off without a hitch. Check out our galleries today celebrating the traditional town event. 2.   Monday means it’s back to business. There are several meetings on the town of Wellesley website’s calendar tonight. 3.    And speaking of the weather, could there be a light at the end of this overcast tunnel? Not so fast: The National Weather Service predicts another cloudy day, with a high of 62 degrees. 4.    That means it will probably be good enough for outdoor high school sports to continue. The baseball and softball teams will take on Milton, both at home, this afternoon at 3:45. 5.    If you haven’t done so yet, “like” Wellesley Patch’s Facebook …

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5 Things You Need to Know Today: May 20

Don't want to speak too soon, but, rumor has it the sun will be out today. (shhhh, don't jinx it!!)

1.    The Hunnewell Fun Fair has been postponed due to inclement weather. It will now be held Friday, June 3. 2.    That brings us to the weather update, which shows the most promising forecast in days. The National Weather Service predicts a partly sunny day with a high near 67 degrees today. There’s some chance of rain, however. 3.    Looks like some Wellesley High School teams might actually get some games in today. Both the girls’ and boys’ tennis teams have matches beginning at 3 p.m. The boys are at Newton while the girls play in Braintree. 4.    David Wright blogged recently about his involvement with the Wellesley Historical Commission. What do you have to blog about? If anything, e-mail the editor at Bret.Silverberg@patch.com, and…

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Five Things To Do This Weekend: 'Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend' Edition

Wellesley celebrates it's 13th annual "Wonderful Weekend."

It’s Thursday, and you’ve got no idea what you’ll do for the weekend. Wellesley Patch is coming to the rescue. This weekend is the 13 annual "Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend" festival. There will be non-stop activities throughout town. Here is a sampling of events from the planned festivities. 1. TOMATOMANIA Where/When: Elm Bank, Massachusetts Horitcultural Society, Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Why Go: According to Tomatomania's website, Tomatomania events are what The New Yorks Times calls, "the tomato freaks' Woodstock." One of the largest traveling tomato sales in the country, this event promises to be more than your average green thumb gathering. Pricing: Free 2. TURTLE TALK Where/When:  Longfellow Pond on Oakland Street, Saturday, 8:30 a.m…

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