Monthly Archives: March 2009

Wellesley Web weirdness

By bbrown | Published: March 20, 2009

The biggest thing about Wellesley making the rounds on the Web this week? What appears to be a 2001 chart from Counterpoint magazine showing virginity rates among Wellesley College students by their majors (Studio Art lowest rate, Mathematics highest).  Tons of people commenting on it as though it were new. Seems to be demand for [...]

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Wellesley's London Harness store hangs in

By bbrown | Published: March 20, 2009

The company’s historic Boston store, around since the late 1700s, isn’t so lucky. London Harness is yet another victim of the rotten economy.

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Pulitzer Prize winner Diaz to read at Wellesley College

By bbrown | Published: March 19, 2009

Junot Diaz is scheduled to speak about his 2007 Pulitzer Prize winning book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” at Wellesley College’s Collins Cinema on April 14 at 7pm.

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Wellesley College debate: Matalin vs. Carville

By bbrown | Published: March 19, 2009

The married conservative (Mary Matalin) and liberal (James Carville) pundits are scheduled to do their act in a debate at Wellesley College’s Tishman Commons, 8:30-10:30pm on April 15.

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Wellesley blog with bite

By bbrown | Published: March 19, 2009

Well, not really. It’s more of a sales tool. But Drs. Ali and Ali are blogging about dentistry and local events for Wellesley Dental Group.

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Wellesley: Runners' world

By bbrown | Published: March 19, 2009

* To find out which of your Wellesley neighbors will be making the trek from Hopkinton to Boston via Wellesley on April 20, visit the Boston Marathon website and plug in Wellesley MA. There are 63 Wellesley entrants listed. * The Wellesley Community Children’s Center’s 29th Annual Fun Run/Fun Fair will take place on Saturday. [...]

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Wellesley cops warn Weston Rd. speeders

By bbrown | Published: March 19, 2009

They nailed over 35 drivers so far this month, mainly for speeding, on Weston Road, and have a special radar device set up to keep you in your place. More from the police.

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Wellesley graphics whiz gets more coverage

By bbrown | Published: March 18, 2009

We first told you about a plan by Valerie Gates of Wellesley’s Gates Studio back in mid-February to barter her company’s services for food from local farms. Channel 5 news piles on with this video report.

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Wellesley via Kosmix

By bbrown | Published: March 18, 2009

Was reading NYT story on a sort of search/web organization site called Kosmix. Plugged in Wellesley and here’s what I got: sort of a mishmash, but kinda interesting collection of stuff.

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Why no Panera in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: March 18, 2009

The Townsman reports on why Panera Bread pulled the plug on itself in Wellesley — for now. It has to do with restrictions imposed under the town’s agreement with Linden Square, sort of.

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Wellesley ex-baseball pro makes his pitch

By bbrown | Published: March 16, 2009

With Little League season around the corner, you could learn a few things from Wellesley’s Steven Ellis, a former baseball professional who runs a website on pitching and has written a number of books on the topic. Ellis says he doesn’t have much time to give individual lessons these days but that his website is [...]

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Boston Mamas approves of Wellesley's Cottage, Gelato Cafe

By bbrown | Published: March 16, 2009

The editor of website Boston Mamas visited Wellesley this weekend and liked what she found, calling special attention to kid friendliness at The Cottage in Linden Square.

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Contra Dance coming up in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: March 16, 2009
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Wellesley gets thrilling

By bbrown | Published: March 13, 2009

Local author Michael Palmer (Swampscott) features Wellesley in his new medical thriller, a book called The Second Opinion. An excerpt: The obvious choice was the spacious Wellesley home in which she and the others had grown up, and where Petros still lived with the ghost of their mother and with Dimitri who, many years before, [...]

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LOL: Playboy of Western World

By bbrown | Published: March 13, 2009

The Milford Daily News in its review of the Irish play “The Playboy of the Western World” says it will make you laugh out loud. It’s being performed by Wellesley Summer Theatre this month.

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