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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Wellesley housing update

By bbrown | Published: May 25, 2009

A newly released Mass Audubon study that looks at changes in land use from 1999 to 2005 showed Wellesley to have the state’s 8th biggest average living space in new homes at 4,614 square feet (Dover blew away Wellesley at 6,700 sq. ft. on average). Note that these Wellesley numbers were from before anti-McMansion rules [...]

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New Wellesley pizza joint opens

By bbrown | Published: May 25, 2009

Wellesley North End Pizza is now open for business for breakfast, lunch and dinner near the Wellesley/Newton line on Rte. 16 at 7 Washington St.

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Dana Hall singers wow Fenway crowd

By bbrown | Published: May 25, 2009

We just can’t get away from Wellesley even when we do. Hit the Sox-Mets game on Sunday and wouldn’t you know that the Dana Hall Chamber Singers were doing the National Anthem. Nothing new to run into young Wellesleyites at local sports events. Swear every time we attend a Celts game some fortunate Wellesley youngsters [...]

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Bomb threat at Wellesley Middle School

By bbrown | Published: May 22, 2009

Wellesley Middle School received a bomb threat this afternoon. After the police and fire departments inspected the school, students were allowed to return at 1:45pm and attend their 7th period classes, according to a note sent to parents by principal Josh Frank. Frank told students over the PA system: There was a bomb scare here [...]

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Rocky time for Morses Pond clean-up in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: May 22, 2009

Neighbors who live along the shore of Wellesley/Natick’s Morses Pond have joined forces with town organizations such as Public Works and the Natural Resources Commission to organize an invasive plant cleanup of the pond. Unfortunately, the “hydro-rake” used to do the job got bashed up on a bunch of rocks from the pond’s floor (pictures [...]

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Bostonist blog reviews Wellesley's Tutto Italiano

By bbrown | Published: May 22, 2009

And finds its deli and sandwiches mouthwatering.

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WellesleySquare.com beta site is live

By bbrown | Published: May 22, 2009

The new website designed to better expose Wellesley’s merchants, including those without traditional storefronts, has gone live. The group behind the venture hosted a kickoff lunch Thursday at Citibankon Central St.

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Cop talk with Wellesley, Weston police chiefs

By bbrown | Published: May 20, 2009

WellesleyWeston Magazine‘s summer edition is online and includes a good interview with Wellesley chief Terrence Cunningham and Weston chief Steven Shaw. Cunningham laments the ability for most members of the force to live in town (“When I was born here, literally 98 percent of the department’s 65 officers lived in town; I went back and [...]

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More swine flu cases confirmed in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: May 20, 2009

From Wellesley’s school superintendent: Dear Wellesley Public School Parents, Guardians and Staff, I was informed this morning by the Wellesley Health Department that there are two additional confirmed cases of H1N1 affecting a single elementary student at each of the Fiske and Hardy elementary schools. To date there have been 7 confirmed cases in the [...]

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UPDATE: Missing Wellesley Middle School student has been found safe

By bbrown | Published: May 19, 2009

UPDATE: Wellesley Police say the teen has been found and no foul play was involved. Wellesley police say they are seeking information on the whereabouts of 13-year-old Monica Signorino, last seen Tuesday morning after leaving home after telling her mother that she needed to get to school early. There’s no indication of foul play, according [...]

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Sickness forces Wellesley's Dana Hall to close for rest of week

By bbrown | Published: May 18, 2009

A letter from head of school Caroline Erisman to the Dana Hall community, in light of about 100 students and staff calling in sick: While Dana Hall has not had a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu in the past 10 days, there are many students, faculty, and staff with fevers and other flu-like symptoms. [...]

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Fireworks postponed in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: May 17, 2009

Keeping with tradition, wet weather put a damper on tonight’s planned fireworks. The fireworks and picnic in the park at Hunnewell Field have been rescheduled two weeks out on May 31. The parade and other events carried on. Keep posted here.

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Wellesley police reaching out via technology again

By bbrown | Published: May 17, 2009

The Wellesley Police Department has signed on with a website called Nixle to provide alerts to community members on everything from bank robberies to traffic jams via their email and cellphones. The new alert system will go beyond what the cops currently provide via their Twitter feeds and on their website, and the department says [...]

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Couple weds on MBTA train in Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: May 17, 2009

The groom and friends boarded a private car on an MBTA train in Southborough, the bride and bridesmaids jumped on in Ashland, and others got on at Wellesley Farms where the couple was wed. The antics were inspired by the couple meeting on the train.

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Wellesley College pranksters go green

By bbrown | Published: May 15, 2009

Keeping with tradition, Wellesley College seniors have celebrated their last day of classes by vandali….er, decorating the campus in their class color, green (photos courtesy Doug Chudzik and you can see more here):

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