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A reader wrote to us asking if anything is being done by the town to further safeguard drivers and pedestrians at the Linden Street/Weston Road intersection, which includes crosswalks, a stop sign and blinking red or yellow lights. His note reads in part: “It seems that the word ‘stop’ along with a flashing red light [...]

A trust fund has been created for the three young Newman boys, who have been left without both parents after last week’s tragic events in Canada. The Newman family, who moved from Wellesley to Canada a few years ago, remained close to many families in Wellesley’s Hunnewell school district, and those families are spreading the [...]

Reader BK sent along these photos from a camera phone of some sort of unusual activity taking place at Centennial Reservation in Wellesley on Thursday AM. Seems like one of those things where the fewer questions asked, the better. RELATED: Wellesley Spring trails walks schedule released Half-wolf, half coyote: Not in Wellesley

The Swellesley Report faces the 7th-year-itch challenge in 2012, but we’ll try to stay strong. Thanks for all the great tips, feedback, ideas and kind words throughout the year. How you can help in the year ahead: *Think of us first if you have a tip or idea *For those of you on school or [...]

A Wellesley couple, Christopher and Sarah Grillo, are proud parents of 2012′s first babies in the Boston area. The couple had a girl and boy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital at 12:10 am and  12:11 am after being shut out at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, which Christopher Grillo told the Boston Herald had no room for more [...]

Not sure what the shoe on the trash can and the glove on the post were all about in Wellesley Square, but they seemed poignant…

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah Wellesley.

Boy Scout Troop 185 is doing a brisk business this weekend selling Christmas trees and more next to St. James Church on Rte. 9. They’re selling trees, wreaths and more Sunday Dec. 11, from 10am-4pm. RELATED: Wellesley Christmas and holiday events

It’s been just another wicked, oily, windy, star-studded, controversial, wonderful year in Wellesley, Mass.: 20. Wellesley gets greener. Community vegetables gardens popped up all over the place, from churches to schools, while the Wellesley Sustainablity Committee organized seminars and events throughout the year, and local owners of electric cars got a place to get their [...]

If you get really stuck for winter exercise, the Wellesley Recreation Department is offering to let you walk around inside the bulding and gym (maps/mileage info available at the office). They’ve got a lot more activities available as well: With snow in the forecast, it is hard not to think about the upcoming winter and [...]

UPDATE Monday night: Wellesley Police issued the following update: The Wellesley Police Department Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) is investigating a reported sexual assault that occurred on Edmunds Road on November 28, 2011 at 1:13 PM.   The Wellesley Police Department Emergency Communications Center (ECC) received a call at 1:13 PM from a female party reporting a break in at a dwelling [...]

The Swellesley Report can now also be found on Google+, the search giant’s newish social media service and would-be Facebook killer.  Exactly what we’re going to use our Google+ page for that we don’t already do on our website, Facebook page or Twitter….not sure yet. Google has only started to let businesses and brands use [...]

Wellesley Cable Access Corp. (WCAC-TV) has been renamed Wellesley Media Corp., and the new name reflects some pretty big changes, especially for those of us in the 1% or whatever of people in town who previously didn’t have access to Wellesley Channel programming because we live on the edges of town (we get Natick’s local [...]

Careful out there Wellesley, treacherous conditions outside following the 1 millimeter of snow that blanketed town overnight. Expect another possible centimeter over the weekend. Slower | Start | Faster To see the full size images, you need to enable javascript in your browser.