Wellesley

Rough times all over: Two shops now seek to buy gold and silver from Wellesley residents

adamg — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:13:21 -0500

The Swellesley Report informs us even Wellesleyites no longer immune.

The religious significance of the World Series

adamg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:56:24 -0400

Turns out that one of Wellesley's two rabbis is from New York, while the other is from Pennsylvania. They have a bet.

She preys for you

adamg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:43:24 -0400

Fortunately, there was a pane of glass between Bob Brown and the preying mantis waiting for lunch on the side of the Wellesley library the other day.

Rebel Shakespeare in Wellesley tonight...

amusings — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:34:53 -0400

Hey Uhubbies, If you're not going out with Suldog and Eeka (and my heart is breakin' cause I cannot!) Please consider coming out and seeing one of our final shows in our run for "Twelfth Night." We'll be at Warren Park in Wellesley, and will most likely be staging the show ON the playground equipment there, because Illyria needs a slide or two.

Look for a gaggle of strangely dressed high school students. Show is at 5pm. The park is at 90 Washington Street (rte 16), and the show is FREE.

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Today's most moving post

adamg — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:59:06 -0400

Photos of a house being moved from one street to another in Wellesley.

Wellesley just got grittier

adamg — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:24:40 -0400

Seems somebody's discovered a lot of people in this leafy suburb don't lock their car doors at night and so is going around stealing GPS units with little trouble, leading police to urge residents to lock their cars when they get home.

Here's an idea: Surround the Filene's Memorial Hole with a nice white fence

adamg — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:23:35 -0400

That's what they did in Wellesley, which has its own giant hole in the ground (where the Wellesley Inn got torn down for condos that never materialized). The Swellesley Report notes the developers actually agreed to do something to keep part of the town from looking like London after the Blitz:

... We'll miss seeing the tumbleweeds blowing across the vacant lot, but I guess we can't have it all. ...

Chim-chiminey, chim-chiminey, chim-chim-charoo, some sweeps are really out just to screw you

adamg — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:45:44 -0400

Wellesley Police explain all those calls we've been getting from "your local chimney sweep" that sound like they're coming from a boiler room: It's a scam:

... The caller was given a very low verbal quote for the chimney sweeping, being told she would receive a considerable "Senior Citizen" discount. The price quoted was $49.

Once the victim agreed to have the chimney swept, two individuals began the work immediately. While the workers were there, they began to tell the victim that much more work was needed, including additional parts and labor. The victim refused to agree to the extra work. When the workers finished, they informed the victim that they had performed the work anyway, and the bill would now be $2000. A preliminary review of the work done shows that nothing significant, including sweeping, was actually done. Additionally, the workers did not clean up, and left trash at the house. ...

Via the Swellesley Report.

Misguided Wellesley youth charged with calling in bomb threats to town middle school

adamg — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:44:12 -0400

He will, of course, be punished if found guilty, but in a caring and nurturing environment, according to the Swellesley Report. Also: Middle-school students come up with the most amazingly incorrect rumors.

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Wellesley students act out

adamg — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:17:12 -0400

Or as the Swellesley Report puts it after two fake 911 calls were called in from Wellesley Middle School, following two phony bomb threats over the past week: Insanity continues at Wellesley Middle School.

Tough kids, huh? They should ship 'em over to the Irving Middle School in Roslindale, where, Wicked Local Roslindale informs us, a young miscreant was arrested inside the school on a charge of assault and battery. I suspect those Wellesley kids wouldn't last 15 minutes (more of what the suburbanites would face).