Wellesley
Wellesley father to pay daughter $200 to give up Facebook for the rest of the school year
By adamg - 2/5/13 - 11:49 pmThe Swellesley Report alerts us to the five-month agreement - under which she also has to give him her password so he can change it. On his blog, dad says it was all her idea.
Philip Borenstein is aghast:
That guy's getting quite a deal. I'd be embarrassed if my son did it for less than $400. And I live in Natick.
Dear work crews: Please stop puncturing gas lines
By adamg - 11/27/12 - 11:08 amA work crew dug up and ruptured a gas main in Wellesley this morning, forcing evacuations.
A couple hours later, a work crew punctured a gas main on Granite Street in Braintree. forcing evacuations.
Police in Wellesley order ghost-bike memorial removed
By adamg - 11/14/12 - 10:09 pmThe Swellesley Report reports.
Needless to say, the driver was arrested
By adamg - 11/14/12 - 8:29 amWellesley Police posted this video, showing an alleged drunk driver bursting out of the Whole Foods parking lot onto State Street (around 1:00) Friday morning. WCVB reports the driver is an ER doctor at Newton-Wellesley Hospital and that the driver of the car she hit was taken to the hospital with two cracked ribs.
Wellesley: Den of Iniquity
By adamg - 10/20/12 - 12:52 pmFirst that 50 Shades of Wellesley book, now massage-parlor contretemps. What's next in this burgeoning sex capital of the western suburbs?
Supermarket chain tries to reel in seafood customers, connect them to sea's ragin' glory
By adamg - 10/19/12 - 8:07 amThe Swellesley Report alerts us that Roche Bros. has slapped QR codes on its seafood displays that let smartphone users "see a photo of the fishing boat, the location fished, and even a description of the fishing gear used."
Reverse Halloween in Wellesley
By adamg - 10/12/12 - 9:01 pmThe Swellesley Report alerts us to ghosting, in which people sneak up on a front door, leave some treats, then ring the bell and run away.
One of our frogs is missing - one of our giant, fuzzy frogs, to be exact
By adamg - 9/21/12 - 4:56 pmToday must be Let's Lose Things Day in Wellesley.
Police say they know who hit, killed bicyclist in Wellesley
By adamg - 8/26/12 - 6:21 pmThe Globe reports Wellesley Police have interviewed the driver, are still looking for a particular witness.
Another scorpion found in Wellesley
By adamg - 7/30/12 - 11:34 amBetter start shaking your boots out if you visit.
Wellesley Hills bakery briefly becomes a drive-thru
By adamg - 7/29/12 - 11:17 amThe Swellesley Report rushes to the scene.
Moose on the loose in Wellesley, Moosachusetts
By adamg - 6/25/12 - 12:20 pmUPDATE: Photo of the moose.
Stephen Jones reports Wellesley Police are investigating a moose sighting near Reeds Pond close to the Natick line.
Everybody stopped to stare out at Harvard Square
When she pulled up a seat at the juice bar
Could I please have a juice for this thirsty moose
She's been jogging cuz' she doesn't have a moose car
Separately, a Wellesley woman was stung by a scorpion, although it apparently hitched a ride in her luggage back from Italy.
Wellesley High teacher to graduating seniors: Get over yourselves
By adamg - 6/5/12 - 2:52 pmThe Swellesley Report posts a copy of the speech one teacher gave at graduation this year.
Wellesley gets gruff with weeds in town forest
By adamg - 5/25/12 - 8:31 pmBrings in herd of goats to munch invasive plants, rather than using herbicides.
Man wears Wellesley-appropriate attire to bank robbery during the Marathon
By adamg - 4/16/12 - 6:46 pmWellsley Police report a TD Bank branch on Rte. 9 was held up around 2:30 p.m. today by a white guy in his 30s wearing a white button down shirt, khaki shorts and boat shoes.
Massholes know temporary pedestrian bridges are perfectly fine for driving across
By adamg - 2/28/12 - 11:57 pmThe Swellesley Report offers up some video of a car being driven across a temporary pedestrian bridge.
Some people just aren't cut out for a life of crime
By adamg - 1/21/12 - 10:56 pmSuch as the guy whose footprints in the fresh snow Wellesley Police followed as he went from one house to another yesterday.
Boston Police report a similar allegedly dense break-in artist in Brighton early this morning.
WPD account via the Swellesley Report.
Bald eagle in Wellesley
By adamg - 1/14/12 - 7:12 pmThe Swellesley Report posts photos of a bald eagle spotted flitting around Reed Pond.
When Massholes park, they stay parked
By adamg - 1/5/12 - 10:20 amWellesley PD Action News reports live from the scene!
Wouldn't you love to hear the explanation for this crash in a Wellesley parking garage?
BostonC75 snapped the photo this morning.
"Negative injuries," Wellesley PD reports.
Alleged Pops purse snatcher now facing more serious charges in three suburbs
By adamg - 12/27/11 - 9:25 am
Wicked Local Newton reports that Chelsea Ingalls, arrested on charges she stole two purses at a Pops concert earlier this month, now faces armed robbery charges in Newton and Wellesley and a charge of attempted armed robbery in Framingham.
Wicked Local reports that in Newton, she is charged with pulling a large knife on a gas-station attendant on Christmas, five days after she was charged with coming down from the balcony at Symphony Hall and stealing two purses from the more expensive floor seats.
Innocent, etc.
Public-school parents outraged by missing funds, workers with assault records, rodent infestations
By adamg - 12/4/11 - 6:51 pmShocking: Somebody actually uses those electric-car recharging stations
By adamg - 10/27/11 - 8:06 pmThe Swellesley Report talks to one of Wellesley's first Volt owners, who uses the recharger installed at the town Whole Foods.
Three guys went to a lot of effort to steal a safe from a Dunkin' Donuts
By adamg - 9/6/11 - 1:20 pmWellesley Police report they are looking for three guys who broke into the Dunkin' Donuts on Rte. 9 eastbound just after the Natick line sometime early this morning and made off with a safe:
Two men using a yellow "fat max" bar make forced entry through the drive-thru window. ... The two men struggled with the window, finally made entry. One of the men opened the rear door allowing a third male to enter the store. Suspect #2 wearing a mask, used a sledgehammer to force open an office door. Once inside, suspects remove small Sentry style safe from a drawer and fled through the rear of Dunkin Donuts.
And they're off
By adamg - 8/6/11 - 1:23 pmPaul Keleher watched the beginning of one leg of the Pan-Mass Challenge to raise money for the Dana Farber today.
Copyright Paul Keleher. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.


