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Organizations putting up Facebook pages wouldn’t typically be worth noting these days, but launching a social media page is a communications breakthrough for the Wellesley Celebrations Committee, which orchestrates the annual Wellesley’s Wonderful Weekend activities that this year mainly take place May 18-19. After all, the Wonderful Weekend is in many ways a throwback event [...]

The Boston Globe has a fun and erratic new online tool to help you find your dreamtown, and among the baffling conclusions: Wellesley makes the top 10 list of Hipster communities in Massachusetts alongside Northampton, Cambridge, Boston and others. Anyway, you know the hipster types that so greatly outnumber the rare CEO, investor/banker, lawyer and [...]

Here’s an odd side note from the Boston Marathon, as described in a Boston Globe review of stories from along the course last Monday: It was a strange race. [Marc] Bellanger had been battling tendinitis in the weeks leading up. He took an Advil and seemed to be on his way to his goal of [...]

The second suspect in the marathon bombing and police officer murder is now in custody. — Wellesley Police(@WellesleyPolice) April 20, 2013

Wellesley resident Scott Maney is spreading the word about 26.2gether, an effort to get people and businesses along the Boston Marathon route to band together in support for Boston. Signs for businesses to put in their storefronts are being made available, as are stickers. For more info, check out the Facebook page. RELATED: The One [...]

Updates on the Boston Marathon bombing as we get them… WPD officers on scene in Boston assisting Boston Police. twitter.com/WellesleyPolic… — Wellesley Police(@WellesleyPolice) April 15, 2013 Wellesley police checking trash cans along the marathon route for anything suspicious (photo sent by OM).                 Two explosions near the Boston [...]

Landscapers in Wellesley on Monday discovered an inert hand grenade at a home at 53 Falmouth Rd., according to the Boston Globe. Almost 2 years ago to the day, an inert World War II shell was discovered in a Wellesley yard by some kids.