Wellesley

The 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.

A 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.

The Swellesley Report reports.

Wellesley 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.

First that 50 Shades of Wellesley book, now massage-parlor contretemps. What's next in this burgeoning sex capital of the western suburbs?

The 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."

The 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.

Today must be Let's Lose Things Day in Wellesley.

The Swellesley Report reports.

The Globe reports Wellesley Police have interviewed the driver, are still looking for a particular witness.

Better start shaking your boots out if you visit.

The Swellesley Report rushes to the scene.

UPDATE: 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

-- Moose in Moosachusetts

Separately, a Wellesley woman was stung by a scorpion, although it apparently hitched a ride in her luggage back from Italy.

The Swellesley Report posts a copy of the speech one teacher gave at graduation this year.

Brings in herd of goats to munch invasive plants, rather than using herbicides.

Wellsley 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.

Via the Swellesley Report.

The Swellesley Report offers up some video of a car being driven across a temporary pedestrian bridge.

Such 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.

The Swellesley Report posts photos of a bald eagle spotted flitting around Reed Pond.

Wellesley 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.

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.

In Wellesley.

Via the Swellesley Report.

The Swellesley Report talks to one of Wellesley's first Volt owners, who uses the recharger installed at the town Whole Foods.

Wellesley 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.

Paul 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.