Wellesley

Some people just aren't cut out for a life of crime

adamg — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:56:01 +0000

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.

Bald eagle in Wellesley

adamg — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:12:08 +0000

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

When Massholes park, they stay parked

adamg — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:20:02 +0000

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.

Alleged Pops purse snatcher now facing more serious charges in three suburbs

adamg — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:25:16 +0000

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

adamg — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:51:35 +0000

In Wellesley.

Via the Swellesley Report.

Shocking: Somebody actually uses those electric-car recharging stations

adamg — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:06:00 +0000

The 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

adamg — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:20:46 +0000

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.

And they're off

adamg — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:23:43 +0000

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.

Crime epidemic in Wellesley

adamg — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:06:20 +0000

Graffiti's gotten so bad in Wellesley town officials have had to put up signs telling people not to spray-paint things. And somebody promptly spray painted those signs!

If the Onion covered Wellesley

adamg — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 13:39:19 +0000

Nearly swear-free Wellesley hip-hop concert a success.

Man hit, killed by commuter train in Wellesley

adamg — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 22:06:56 +0000

Wellesley Police report a 30-year-old man was hit and killed by an outbound MBTA commuter-rail train around 3:10 p.m.

The train was slowing on approach to the Wellesley Farms Station when a male party crossed the tracks in front of the train. There were approximately 125 passengers on the train at the time of the incident.

Detectives from the Wellesley Police Department, MBTA Transit Police Department, and the Massachusetts State Police are conducting an investigation. The preliminary investigation shows no signs of foul play.

Watching the food chain in action

adamg — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:37:15 +0000

John Halamka reports all the extra bird food he's put out and the heated bird bath have attracted plenty of birds to his Wellesley backyard this winter - and not just of the birdseed-eating variety:

I looked up and saw a cardinal eating safflower. I looked up again and saw a Red-Shouldered hawk eating the cardinal.

So Wellesley issued parking tickets to people parked in an MBTA lot in Newton

adamg — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:25:12 +0000

The Herald reports on what happens when you rely too much on technology.

Meanwhile, the Globe reports the T itself is cracking down on actual scofflaws at its parking lots.

Google's default weather source for Wellesley

adamg — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:42:47 +0000

That would be Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CTO John Halamka, who describes his home weather station, how he got it hooked into Weather Underground and what lessons people who run large, complex computer networks at large, complex health-care providers can take away from it all.

When you think of Wellesley and colleges, what's the first thing that comes to mind?

adamg — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:39:06 +0000

At the Globe, apparently, it's a fence in front of an abandoned hole in the ground.

Via the Swellesley Report, which declares the photo "damn weird."