Wellesley's Week In Review, Sept. 5 - 12

The week began with word from the DEP in a story about the previous week's Wetlands Protection Committee meeting, where it was announced the agency will be making a visit to the Wellesley Recycling Center to assess to what degree the DPW's facility there encroaches on wetlands. 

The previous day, firefighters and police responded to Cushing Road to help a man hanging by his feet from a ladder. The entanglement, which happened as the man was falling from the roof, protected him from a much more serious fall. 

On Monday, Wellesley Patch also marked the start of school sports and the retirement of Children's Librarian Mary Dalton. 

By Tuesday,  the Council on Aging was still operating out of Town Hall while waiting for cleaning and stoppering of holes at the Wellesley Community Center. The Wellesley Health Department has shut down food service there following the discovery of mouse droppings in the building. A call to the office Friday confirmed the department is still using Town Hall.

On Tuesday the Wellesley Patch also reported that selectmen will hold a liquor license review hearing for the Italo American Club to see if a July 6 disturbance there violated their liquor license.

Wednesday brought a feature story on one of Wellesley's new firefighters, Gerard Sullivan, who is living a life-long dream as a local firefighter. 

That night, the Zoning Board approved plans for the new administrative building for the Municipal Light Plant. The project is expected to break ground this winter.

On Thursday, the Wellesley Patch reported on some alcohol related arrests that happened over an otherwise slow Labor Day weekend - those and the man hanging from his ladder were it for noteworthy police news from the weekend.

The day was also a time of celebration for the Jewish faith with Rosh Hashanah, and Wellesley Patch visited the Wellesley Weston Chabad for some photos and a little information on how the local temple observed the occasion.

Friday's big news came from the campaign of Charles Rudnick, primary challenger to Cynthia Creem, which sent out a mailing praising Creem's pro-choice stance. The mailing, Rudnick supporters said, implied Rudnick was not pro-choice, which was incorrect.

Saturday's news focused on the race between Congressman Barney Frank and Challenger Rachel Brown and the Sept. 11 memorial to the lives lost during the events of Sept. 11, 2001, held at Wellesley Fire Headquarters Saturday morning.