Category Archives: Environment

We wrote recently about the Wellesley Whole Foods Market  electric car charging station (See “Anyone ever used Whole Foods electric car charging station?”), and wondered whether anyone in town is actually using it. Whole Foods said that they’ve seen people using it, but weren’t tracking usage or where people were from. We heard from Wellesley’s [...]

We made our first plywood sighting on Washington Street, as local businesses brace for Hurricane Irene’s arrival.   RELATED: Wellesley Hurricane Emergency info Reporting power outages

From the town of Wellesley: With the hurricane season upon us, the Town of Wellesley and its Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) would like to remind residents of how they can prepare their families and their homes for all kinds of emergencies. The Town has published a brochure with information about local emergency contacts, shelters, [...]

We had a close call Friday afternoon as an electrical storm whipped through Wellesley and hit a 40+ foot pine tree next to our house, spraying pieces from a 10-foot strip of the trunk across our yard, the top of our cars and the street. It also took out a basement outlet, a TV and [...]

The Sustainable Wellesley project has launched its Town Wide 10% campaign in an effort to cut Wellesley’s emissions by 10% from 2007 levels by 2013. The volunteer outfit says this would save $800 per household annually and $7 million annually for the town. With Thursday’s possible record heat in the greater Boston area, Sustainable Wellesley [...]

* Wellesley Town Hall’s front lawn is getting a bit greener, as the old paved path has been dug up and is being seeded over. *Wellesley High School students are putting pressure on the administration to move to a dual-stream recycling system they argue is more environmentally friendly than the single-stream system in use today [...]

Add to the list of reasons why Wellesley’s a great place to live: it’s never been whacked by a tornado, at least from what we’ve been able to uncover (if any weather buffs know differently, please fill us in here). We’ve been wondering about Wellesley’s history with tornadoes in light of the deadly ones that [...]