Our round-up of the latest Wellesley, Mass., business news:

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Wellesley mom connecting parents to trusted neighborhood babysitters

Bambino Technologies, Inc. is expanding into Wellesley to help connect families with local sitters. The launch is being led by Christine Schuldt, a local mom and marketing consultant who knows first-hand how difficult and time-consuming it can be to find trustworthy babysitters.

Bambino is a mobile app that modernizes the way parents find, book, and pay trusted local sitters. Through integrated social connections, parents are connected to babysitters in their own neighborhood, who have already been reviewed and recommended by friends and neighbors. Booking, schedule reminders, and payment all happens right in the app. And sitters have the flexibility to earn money when it works into their own busy schedules.

Now Recruiting Wellesley Babysitters

The first part of the local Bambino launch involves recruiting neighborhood sitters. Local sitters who are interested in flexible, part-time work can learn more about being a Bambino sitter. Note that sitters age 17 and younger require parental permission to join the app.

Linear Retail expands its Wellesley Square empire

Linear Retail, which already owns 48,000 square feet of Central Plaza properties on Wellesley Square’s Central Street (The GAP, etc., buildings), has now snapped up nearly 18,000 square feet of retail buildings on the opposite side of road.

Linear, for a cool $17.6M, now owns 61-71 Central Street, which consists of two storefront retail buildings, including an adjoining 60-space parking lot. That property is fully occupied by 7 tenants, including CVS and Wasik’s.

The Seller, Jessica Wolfe, trustee of Berson-Wolfe Realty Trust said in a statement, “The property has been in our family since the 1940’s – for three generations and after careful consideration, we felt selling to Linear Retail was the right thing to do. Linear Retail was very professional to work with. We will miss our community and believe we are leaving them in good hands.”

A new neighbor for Quebrada?

The latest scuttlebutt about the 276 Washington St., space in Wellesley Hills that has been home to Dayton Home and Whole Foods in the past is that a pet supplies business could be moving in. No confirmation on this yet from the property manager.

We’ll keep you posted, but let us know if you’re hearing anything…

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