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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Wellesley Town Meeting kicks off this week
Wellesley Middle School is the venue for Town Meeting, which started Monday and Tuesday at 7:30pm. Go and you can see:
* What the heck a moderator does
* Town characters in all their glory
* Town officials talking about pot
* The very fate of your futures determined
Oh, plus discussion of how much money to dish out for [...]
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Leonards furniture coming to Wellesley's Linden Square
Leonards, which offers antique furniture, reproductions and interior design services, will be making its way into a 4,000 sq. ft. space in Linden Square (next to Linden Cleaners) this summer. The business started in 1933 and still has its original Seekonk shop, plus another in Westport, Ct. The business also posts once in a while [...]
Wellesley Townsman record breaker
It’s easy for print newspapers to get lost amidst the nonstop online news shuffle, but we’d be negligent not to call attention to this journalistic feat: Wellesley Townsman reporter Elana Zak last week cranked out six Page 1 stories in the paper edition of the weekly. That has to be a modern era record.
Not to [...]
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What saving Wellesley High really means
The Boston Globe details just which parts of Wellesley High school local preservationists are intent on having worked in to the new building, scheduled to open as soon as 2012. Among the treasures: a brick walkway, a Sylvia Plath plaque and the clock tower. Needham and Brookline, in building new schools, made similar considerations to [...]
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Recruiting talent For community television show
Community announcement:
Are you an exciting, adventurous Wellesley family? Do you think you know your way around town, and could beat another family to the finish line in a scavenger hunt? Come apply for a new community game show.
“Where In Wellesley?” is the new show from the producer of “Wellesley Password” and [...]
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Norovirus shuts down Wellesley's Babson campus
Babson College’s campus closed at 5pm Saturday to outsiders due to an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused probably caused by the Norovirus. More than 100 students and staff have been stricken with the sickness, which results in unpleasantness such as vomiting and diarrhea. Classes and other events on campus are canceled until Wednesday, April 1. [...]
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Wellesley visitors: Beach Boys in 2008, Beetles in 2009?
We had the Beach Boys in town last year. Now let’s prep just in case the Beetles invade.
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources is encouraging residents and business owners to examine trees at home and work for signs of damage caused by the dreaded Asian Longhorned Beetle, and is planning to visit agricultural groups in [...]
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Welches on way to Wellesley
Columnist and author Suzy Welch will discuss her new book “10-10-10: A Life Transforming Idea” with husband Jack Welch at Babson College’s Knight Auditorium on April 23, 6-8pm. Presented by Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson. Free, open to public. More info.
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CSI: Wellesley coming soon?
If we’re not careful around here Hollywood’s going to wind up extending its CSI or Law & Order TV series to Wellesley and start promoting stories “ripped from headlines.” Between Wellesley College campus flashers, daytime home break-ins and yesterday’s bank robberybomb scares it’s getting downright tabloidy around here.
Photo: FBI
Here’s a recap of yesterday’s action, according [...]
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Bank robbery, bomb scares hit Wellesley
Photo credit: FBI
All Hell broke loose in town late Thursday afternoon. Wellesley police, bomb squad personnel and the FBI are trying to sort out a couple of serious situations today, including an armed bank robbery at 342 Washington St at Bank of America in Wellesley Hills and a bomb scare at Star Market down the [...]
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Wellesley cops investigating 2 home break-ins
Both took place yesterday during daylight hours, according to a Police Department press release. One was near Woodlawn cemetery, the other near MassBay Community College. A smash-and-grab vehicle break-in also took place last night near Wellesley Country Club.
Note to would-be crooks: Instead of stealing, consider checking out consignment shops for good deals. The Globe highlights [...]
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Type 1 diabetes cluster being investigated in Wellesley, Weston
A reader emailed to ask if we’d come across a recent TV report on diabetes and Wellesley (UPDATE: another reader, ML, says it will be on Channel 5 news on Thursday, March 26 at 11pm). We hadn’t but did last night happen across a good Boston Magazine article from February exploring investigations into whether Wellesley [...]
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Secrets of a Wellesley spelling bee champ
A few dozen kids ranging from kindergartners to teens took part in last night’s SCORE Spelling Bee at Wellesley Free Library. This was an impressive bunch of wordsmiths, especially a cadre of confident 1st grade girls who looked unbeatable for most of the 2-plus hour event. In the end, 5th grader Caleb Brown took home [...]
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Wellesley just can't stay out of the news these days