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Wellesley business buzz: Sit Still kids salon & Clarity Optical coming to Linden Square

January 30, 2026 by Bob Brown

The latest Wellesley, Mass., business news:

Sit Still kids salon moving into space next to ice cream store

Sit Stillsit still, which offers kids’ haircuts and birthday parties, is readying to open a location in Wellesley on Linden Street in between the Shade Store and Van Leeuwen Ice Cream.

Sit Still is a chain with franchises across the country. This would be its first Massachusetts spot.

The business’s website says Sit Still launched 14 years ago. As for the opening in Wellesley: Coming soon.

This would add to the plethora of barber shops and salons in Linden Square and along Linden Street, including Roosters and Linden Street Barber Shop and Atelier and Jhellen and…


 

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Clarity Optical coming to Linden Square

We don’t have much on this, but a business called Clarity Optical—presumably eyewear, etc.— has plans to open at 200K1 Linden St. in between LaserAway and FP Movement on the Roche Bros. side of the strip. The business will include retail, exam, and service areas.

We don’t know when they plan to move in yet.


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