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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Resolving the case of Wellesley's road to nowhere

By bbrown | Published: April 29, 2009

Universal Hub reports on a state appeals court case involving a Wellesley homeowner seeking to build a house near a road that doesn’t exist at the Wellesley/Weston town line: In 2002, Robert Carlson bought the house at 107 Manor Ave., and, being a good Wellesleyite, immediately began making plans to tear it down and replace [...]

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Chronicle-ing Wellesley's H.Y.P. Studio

By bbrown | Published: April 29, 2009

The new yoga studio in Wellesley says its Wellesley and Needham locations will be featured on an episode of the Chronicle TV show about economic bright spots. Wednesday night at 7:30pm on Channel 5.

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Shocking Wellesley news!

By bbrown | Published: April 29, 2009

Seen on Pond Rd., along newish fence, during a run.

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Going green in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: April 29, 2009

The Wellesley Green Ribbon Study Commitee and Wellesley Municipal Light Plant tonight are sponsoring a free program about going green at the Wellesley Free Library from 7:30-9pm. Learn about renewable energy programs underway in town and how you can join in. More info here.

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LL Cool J raps with students at MassBay in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: April 28, 2009

And MassBay prez Carole Berotte Joseph got into the act as well, as seen here. Rapper/actor/author LL Cool J visited campus on Friday to promote his new Platinum Workout book and to chat with students about nutrition and more.

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Town officials look for Wellesley Inn site developers to tidy up

By bbrown | Published: April 28, 2009

Developers of the stalled condo project want an extension to get their project done, but town officials would like some good-faith efforts, such as making the dustbowl more presentable until the project really gets going, the Boston Globe reports. Board of Selectman chair Greg Mills called for some landscaping. If all else fails, maybe the [...]

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Wellesley's hottest fashion statement

By bbrown | Published: April 28, 2009

A souvenir from Sunday’s Amanda Palmer concert at Wellesley College:

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Wellesley Youth Football needs you — if you're in 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade

By bbrown | Published: April 27, 2009

The Wellesley Youth Football program, which launched last year, is adding 2 more teams this year but says its rosters for 7, 8 and 9 year-olds are only 75% full, so it is pushing to get more kids involved. Practices start Aug. 17, though a clinic is held a week earlier that beginners are especially [...]

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Don't blink: Wellesley Spring Boutique coming to Linden Sq for limited engagement

By bbrown | Published: April 27, 2009

Local businesswomen Pamela Lofblad and Jana Peretti are opening a temporary store called the Wellesley Spring Boutique that will call 200 Linden St. home for 8 days beginning on May 2. The idea is to showcase the works of local artists and designers without getting locked into a long-term real estate deal during the tough [...]

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Wellesley College crowns hoop rolling champ

By bbrown | Published: April 25, 2009

Senior Susan Wang of McLean, Va., and Seoul, South Korea (shown above, center) spun her way to victory this morning at Wellesley College’s 114th annual hoop rolling competition. The economics and French major got dunked in Lake Waban at the end of the 1/8 mile scramble (photos via Wellesley College). Tradition has it that Wang [...]

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Was only a matter of time till someone linked alleged Craigslist killer and Wellesley's Greineder

By bbrown | Published: April 25, 2009

A Boston Herald columnist talks to a shrink who discusses doctors drawn more to harming than healing, and of course cites Dirk Greineder, the notorious doctor convicted  for killing his wife at Morses Pond in 1999.

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Blogger asks: Since when is photography a crime in Wellesley?

By bbrown | Published: April 25, 2009

An item from the police log about a homeowner’s reaction to a person photographing his house raises the ire of a blogger at the website “War on Photography”: “Someone needs to inform both the Wellesley Police AND the homeowner in question that photography is NOT a crime and that nothing can or should be done. [...]

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Wellesley Bank of America robbed again by a gunman

By bbrown | Published: April 24, 2009

Wellesley Police have confirmed another bank robbery at the Bank of America at 342 Washington St., this time by a white male showing a handgun and fleeing in a silver sedan. The same bank was robbed in late March. Hey, don’t these guys know the real money is in Weston?

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Hollywood meets Wellesley again. Ben Affleck and boys in town to shoot movie?

By bbrown | Published: April 24, 2009

The telltale GTX signs are up along Cliff Rd. and a movie crew was setting up some very real looking fake snow at a nice house on Oakcliff Rd. this am. Best guess is that this might be the film crew for “The Company Men,” a movie starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones and Kevin [...]

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Hoopla at Wellesley College

By bbrown | Published: April 24, 2009

Circa 1986, courtesy Wellesley College If you’ve never been, it’s definitely worth checking out the annual hoop rolling event at Wellesley College Saturday at 9am sharp near the campus library. The action only takes a few minutes, but where else can you see a bunch of screaming women in graduation gowns rolling wooden hoops down [...]

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