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Monthly Archives: July 2008

The composers are here, so are free concerts

The Composers Concert is being held at Wellesley College this week and next, and a series of free concerts are being held several nights between now and Aug. 2 at 8pm at Jewett Auditorium. Here’s the schedule.

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Flavored breast milk

ABC News reports on how the flavor of breast milk — based on a mom’s eating habits — can affect feeding. A Wellesley mother of two and lactation consultant chimes in with her thoughts: “It’s sweet. The one time I tried it, it was maple syrupy, but not overly sweet,” said Morgan Kennedy Henderson, 43, [...]

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Au pairs with a twist

Remember a few years back when Wellesley cut Spanish language classes at its elementary schools? Here’s one way to make up for it: Hire an Au Pair who speaks the language you’d like your kids to learn. A Wellesley woman talks about this with Channel 7 news.

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Plein Air into thin air?

We recently offered up our blooming gardens as a possible painter’s delight to Mass Hort for its Paint! Plein Air Painting event planned for September, but sadly, we were told recent job cutbacks wouldn’t allow the group to support the event this fall. In the past, painters have plopped down around Elm Bank Reservation and [...]

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The Swellesley Report goes soft

A reader recently asked us about the condition of the Duck Pond at Town Hall, suggesting that it was looking a bit shabby. Took us a little while to get over there, but finally did the other day, and while I’ll wouldn’t exactly eat my lunch off the wood chips there and the water is [...]

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Wellesley College all-star team on the way

The school has issued its list of 15 incoming Newhouse Center for the Humanities scholars, including  experts on film, law and South Asian art. A number of them will teach courses and work on books.

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Cops: Baseball bat, pellet gun a bad combo

The MetroWest Daily News reports that a Wellesley man has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (actually two, a baseball bat and a pellet gun) after he allegedly showed up at the Framingham house of someone he was arguing with. That someone wasn’t there, but police got a call and arrested the Wellesley [...]

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No more excuses for getting lost

The Wellesley Trails Committee has spruced up the trail maps in its map holders across town. The new maps are much more detailed than the ones that were replaced.

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Grill grilled

The Globe reports that the proposed Falls Grill (we’ve also seen “Grille”) at Wellesley Lower Falls isn’t a sure thing. The Board of Selectmen has raised questions about where the heck people would park in light of the big apartment complex going in at the old Grossman’s lot.

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Class of '79: Not too soon to start planning

Ellen Burns writes to alert members of the Wellesley High School Class of ’79 that your 30-year reunion is around the corner. It will be held June 6, 2009 at the Natick Elks Club. More info here.

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Wellesley's ironman

Congrats to Wellesley’s Josh Black for a strong performance at today’s Ironman competition in Lake Placid, N.Y. (2.4 mi swim, 112 mi bike, 26.2 mi marathon run). The 39-year-old finished 153 out of 2,340 competitors, including a sub-3:40 marathon to finish it off. And there you were, fussing about walking out to get your newspaper [...]

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Swap strollers

Magic Beans at 200 Linden St. in Wellesley (as well as at its Brookline and Hingham locations) is running a stroller exchange on July 24. Bring in your gently-used stroller, which will be given to a family in need, and you get 10% off a new stroller purchase. Make sure you read the rules on [...]

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Picnic at the beach

Friends of Morses Pond are gathering on July 27 at 3pm for a picnic at the Morses Pond beach area. More details here.

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Reviewing Wellesley's ice cream shops

Freelance writer Jeff Breeze has a focused new blog called We All Scream for Ice Cream, and his latest reviews are of White Mountain Creamery and Truly Yogurt in Wellesley. We’re hoping this guy exercises, too.

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Lights, cameras, you're ticketed

Count Wellesley Police Chief Terrence Cunningham among those in favor of putting cameras at traffic light intersections that can automatically generate tickets for people who run red lights. From a Globe story on the issue: “We think it’s effective,” he said. “We’ve looked at studies that talk about rear-end collisions and we don’t think there’s [...]

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