The New England Patriots’ Hall at Patriot Place in Foxborough isn’t a bad rainy day activity for football fans. Plenty of fun interactive stuff for kids, and lots of memorabilia for oldsters. Anyway, glad to see Wellesley well represented in exhibits on New England football history, though unfortunately, as the score on this football shows, Needham is even better represented.
Boston Magazine takes a harsh look at the state’s alimony laws and one man’s efforts to reform them. The article says one big obstacle to reform is State Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem, who represents Wellesley, Newton and Brookline. A handful of readers on the Boston Magazine website say Creem has a conflict of interest in that she co-chairs the judiciary committee (”and, as such, the person in position to stop Massachusetts Alimony Reform’s efforts in their tracks,” the article reads) but off the hill is “a family lawyer who argues alimony cases,” according to the article.
The Boston Globe rounds up a story on Wellesley and other local communities headlined “Virtual smackdowns: Cross-border rivalries spill onto the Internet, where even residents have fun tweaking hometowns that carry their cross-border rivalries onto the Web.” And yes, the reporter clearly did her homework…including our site in the story.
Lee Volvo is temporarily not offering loaner cars to customers who need to drop off their vehicles to have work done on them. The cost-cutting move was made in part to save jobs. The car dealer is, however, still offering customers rides to/from their homes/work after dropping off their cars for service.
Free outdoor movie scheduled for dusk on July 7 at Warren Park (Recreation Department). Rated PG. Should be held at Morses Pond…
Two suspects were nailed following a bank robbery in Needham today, and authorities believe these half-brothers might be connected to the U30 Bandit robberies in Wellesley and elsewhere in recent months. An investigation is underway.
It’s a dirty job, but… in this case the cops say a $49 chimney sweeping deal sounded too good to be true. A resident says high pressure sales tactics ensued, as did an eventual $2,000 bill.
FBI: Wellesley
(For Budding Investigators)
Summer Opportunity for Elementary Students
We invite you to join a summer science outreach program for children of WC faculty and staff run by WC students. The courses will jump start exploratory learning by offering first-hand experience planting, potting, and investigating the environment.
Projects are designed for children in grades 1-5. All supplies will be provided. Students can attend on a rolling basis by signing up the week prior to a session. Free and open to children of the Wellesley community.
Wellesley College Science Center
July 11-August 15, 2009
Saturdays 10:00AM-12:00PM
For more info, contact Christa Skow, Ph.D., Laboratory Instructor at Wellesley College’s Biology Department cskow@wellesley.edu 
781-283-3012
Guys, can’t help you. But women, a business called Get In Shape for Women that offers “12 week body transformations” and “6 Meal a Day Fat Burning Diets” soon plans to open at 259 Washington St. in Wellesley.
Kevin Walsh says construction is underway on the new American bar and grille at 11 Washington St. that is owned/operated by his brother Bobby and dad Bob. Plans are to open it in mid-August. You can follow the restaurant’s progress on Twitter at https://twitter.com/bobbysgrille
