Category Archives: business

Meat shop John Dewar has closed its Newton Centre meat shop after 30+ years and is “consolidating operations” at its Linden Street shop in Wellesley. Just thought you’d like to know about a business leaving somewhere else and staying here! RELATED: Wellesley businesses that opened or closed in 2011 Your Ad Here  

Hudson, the interior design business run by Wellesley High School grad Jill Goldberg, is shutting down its Wellesley Square store at 61A Central St., on Jan. 21. Hudson opened its Wellesley store in 2008, filling a space that had been occupied by Ponds Camera Shop for 30 years. According to Goldberg,  “Due to our recently [...]

We noted last month that Middlesex Savings Bank will be changing its Wellesley location this year to the former Whole Foods Market space in Wellesley Hills at 278 Washington St. (which has had festive window decor of late, as seen above).   However, Middlesex Savings, which plans to leave its Wellesley location in Linden Square, says [...]

Aaron Kushner, the Wellesley entrepreneur who has been threatening to buy the Boston Globe in recent years, has for now settled for making a big but undisclosed investment in MaineToday Media, which owns newspapers in Portland, Kennebec and Waterville.  The move makes the Kushner-led 2100 Trust the media company’s majority investor. More from the Boston [...]

I stopped by The Linden Street Barber Shop at 153 Linden St., earlier this week to give the newest barber in town, J.S. Kim, an opportunity to snip my flowing locks (that’s not me above). The shop has a clean, modern look (including a TV, magazines and WiFi access for those waiting), with a few [...]

Jack Payne Florist, which has been in business for 30+ years, closed its shop at 141 Linden St., in Wellesley at year-end. A note on the door simply reads “Closed for business, Thank You,” as Jack Payne heads off to retirement. The space is being cleared out and will become available in February, according to [...]

LX Sports, a LINX offering for kids from age 3 to 8th grade that boasts lacrosse, floor hockey, flag football and other programs, has set up shop for the winter at 167 Linden St., in Wellesley’s Linden Square, between Jos. A Bank and Petco Unleashed.

The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has awarded a $750K acceleration loan to a Wellesley startup called Allurion Technologies that has developed a novel way to help people from overeating — it delivers an expanding medical device into the stomach via a pill. According to the award press release, the Allurion has created a “medical device [...]

Larry Corda, the longtime Wellesley barber, passed away on Dec. 26. His wake will be held Thursday, Dec. 29, 4-8pm at Eaton Funeral Home at 1351 Highland Ave in Needham, followed by a Friday 9am funeral there, then a 10am mass at St. Paul’s in Wellesley. Family and friends are invited. Corda’s Linden Street shop [...]

Linden Street Barber Shop has opened at the former Larry’s Barber Shop location at 153 Linden St. The shop, next to Jimmy’s Cafe, is open Tuesday-Friday 8-6 and Saturday 7-5. Larry’s closed over the summer. Larry Corda had opened his first shop in Wellesley in the late 1950s (UPDATE: Corda passed away in late December). [...]

Don’t shoot the messenger, but we hear Middlesex Savings Bank is moving from its Linden Square location into the vacated Whole Foods Market space at 278 Washington St., in Wellesley Hills, with hopes to open by June. Not that people have anything against this particular bank from what we know, but cries of “Not another [...]