The Wellesley Department of Public Works this past week hosted a retirement party for Dwight “Smitty” Rogers, more than 51 years after he started working for the town. His retirement starts on Sept. 1.
From Smitty’s start in 1975, the lifelong Wellesley resident rose through the ranks to become town’s water treatment plant operator in 1981. From there he became general foreman in 1988. In every capacity he’s worked in, Smitty has provided front-line supervision, oversight, maintenance, and on-call service for all town water treatment issues…