Monthly Archives: January 2009

How John Updike got his start in golf

By bbrown | Published: January 31, 2009
Author John Updike, who died earlier this week, caught the golfing bug in Wellesley and played at Nehoiden: An excerpt from North Shore Golf: What were your golfing roots? John Updike: My roots were shallow; golf was beyond my family’s social station, and I didn’t touch a club until my first wife’s Aunt Dorothy put [...]
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UPDATE: The Maugus Club's Mauguslon to be March 28

By bbrown | Published: January 31, 2009
The club has firmed up March 28 as the day for its 4-sport event (table tennis, badminton, squash and candlepin bowling). Applications coming soon to the club’s website. See our earlier item on the event.
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Wellesley College celebrates Black History Month

By bbrown | Published: January 30, 2009
The school has a series of free events on tap, including a talk by Linda Johnson Rice, head of Johnson Publishing Co. (Ebony, Jet, etc.) at 7pm on Feb. 18 in Collins Cinema on Wellesley College’s campus.
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New fire engine on the way

By bbrown | Published: January 30, 2009
We’re still not sure who the new Wellesley fire chief will be, but one thing we do know is that the fire department has a new engine on the way. The Seagrave Engine/Pumper cost $475,000 and is scheduled to be delivered in late summer. Deputy Chief Rick DeLorie tells us that he and a Lieutenant [...]
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Linden St. lottery

By bbrown | Published: January 30, 2009
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A lotta yoga

By bbrown | Published: January 30, 2009
Linden Street will soon have its second yoga studio, as A Little Yoga preps to move in next month. Not sure if Laughing Dog Yoga at 159 Linden St. is laughing, but we hope the studios develop a deep connection with each other in the true yoga spirit. Of course, they’re not the only yoga [...]
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Kaps winds down

By bbrown | Published: January 30, 2009
The men’s clothing store on Central St. in Wellesley is officially shutting down.
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Wellesley Police Department spiffs up website

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2009
The slick new Wellesley Police Department website has launched. It features fresh traffic info, a Most Wanted page, videos and forms, such as those for letting the cops know if you’ll be away from your home for an extended time. And of course you can get even more photos and police info at the WellesleyPD [...]
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Governor whacks $157K from Wellesley local aid

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2009
Gov. Patrick today announced his broad plan for cutting costs for this year and and a restrained budget for next. For this year, Wellesley loses about $157K in local aid.
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Wellesley College students urged to get a life beyond computer screen

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2009
Wellesley College, the women’s college outside of Boston, is celebrating “FirstClass Offline” on Feb. 3 in an attempt to get students to meet face to face with the people they’ve been communicating with via the school’s FirstClass groupware system. Good “netiquette” is among the skills that the school hopes to instill in students. The day’s [...]
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Valentine's Day magic in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2009
Mary Pope Osborne, author of the popular Magic Treehouse series of children’s books, will be visiting Wellesley Middle School with her husband Will on Feb. 14. Doors open at 1:30pm, a presentation starts at 2pm and a booksigning follows. The event is free and open to the public. Various restrictions apply on what Osborne will [...]
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The Newton-Wellesley connection

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2009
The Newton Tab reports on the tussle between neighbors in Newton over whether to allow the old railroad bridge connecting Newton Lower Falls and Wellesley (down behind the old Grossman’s lot) should be converted into a connecting trail path. It’s one of those Not In My Backyard vs. Can’t We All Just Get Along arguments.
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No school Wednesday

By bbrown | Published: January 28, 2009
Snow wins again, says Wellesley Public Schools site.
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Wellesleyites starring in the Wiz

By bbrown | Published: January 27, 2009
Broadway Bound Dance Center proudly presents The Wiz, a hip hop musical version of the Wizard of Oz.  BBDC’s second annual youth musical features Wellesley residents Katherine Kelley as Dorothy, Victoria Davids as the Scarecrow, Nicole DuBois as the Tin Man, Lydia Tuffy as Glinda, and Julia Taibl as the wicked witch Evillene. They are [...]
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