Bates Pumpkin Fair returns Saturday, noon to 4

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Bates Pumpkin Fair returns Saturday

The Bates Elementary School PTO's annual Pumpkin Fair runs Saturday, Oct. 3, from noon to 4 p.m. at Bates Elementary, 16 Elmwood Road. The fair features games, rides, inflatables, haunted houses, balloon art, treats, dancing and karate. Organizers call it a beloved tradition and a vital PTO fundraiser, and they are counting on families to volunteer.

Bates Elementary School PTO

Climate Action Committee meets Friday morning at Town Hall

The committee meets from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. in the Juliani Room at Town Hall. The meeting is hybrid.

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Babson hosts public venture capital workshop today

Babson's Wellesley campus hosts Show Her the Money: Venture Capital 101 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The program includes a film, panel discussion and workshop.

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Library offers online Intro to Google Docs workshop

The Wellesley Free Library holds the online workshop today at 10 a.m. Registration is required.

Wellesley Free Library

School Committee policy subcommittee meets Friday

The Policy Subcommittee meets from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in a hybrid session. The town calendar directs attendees to the agenda for access and location details.

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Online lecture explores Antioch artifacts and their histories

Davis Museum staff member Nicole Berlin gives a Zoom lecture today from noon to 1:30 p.m. on artifacts excavated at Antioch in the 1930s and now held in museums across North America.

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture

Wellesley hosts Hopkinton in varsity soccer at 4 p.m.

Wellesley plays Hopkinton in a varsity soccer match today at 4:00 p.m.

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Library schedules Spanish Fun program for children

The in-person program is today at 3:30 p.m. and uses games, songs and pretend play for children ages three and up.

Wellesley Free Library

Sprague PTO hosts Fall Fest and Movie Night tonight

The Sprague School PTO event runs from 5:00 to 8:30 p.m. at Sprague Elementary School.

Sprague School PTO

Wellesley football hosts Weymouth Friday night

The varsity team plays Weymouth tonight at 6:00 p.m. at Wellesley High School.

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Temple Beth Elohim holds Simchat Torah and Shabbat service tonight

The service runs from 6 to 7:15 p.m., in person at the temple and online.

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Free parking at bagged meters for Discover Wellesley, Oct. 2–3

Shoppers get 2 hours of free parking at bagged meters in Wellesley commercial areas today and Saturday. It is part of Discover Wellesley, a new fall merchant event.

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Wellesley beats Milton 3-2, ending three-game skid

Wellesley won Thursday's soccer match 3-2 over Milton, ending a three-game losing streak.

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Wellesley College hosts free organ recital Saturday

Organist Peter Westerbrink performs seventeenth-century European works Saturday, Oct. 3, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Houghton Chapel's Upper Chapel. The recital is free and open to the public.

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