Places for notary services in Wellesley, Massachusetts

July 7, 2019 by Deborah Brown 6 Comments

When a business matter requires a notary, you don’t have to leave Wellesley to find one. There are plenty of places in town ready and willing to help out including the Wellesley Library and Town Hall.

A notary serves as a third-party witness to not only verify the signature of a legal document, but to attest to the fact that all parties who signed did so willingly and under their own power and that the signatures are authentic. When getting something notarized, make sure you bring identification such as:

State-issued driver’s license.
State-issued identification card.
U.S. military identification card.
Resident alien identification card (green card)
U.S. passport.

Here are some places in Wellesley where you can get documents notarized:

The Wellesley Free Library, 530 Washington St.

The Wellesley Free Library now offers notary services available by appointment, subject to the availability of the notary. To make an appointment or for more information, email [email protected] or call the library at (781) 235 – 1610
Note: they generally can’t notarize for real estate purposes. When you contact them, spell out what you need to spare yourself an unnecessary trip.

The Town Clerk’s office, Town Hall, 525 Washington St.

The Town Clerk’s office also provides notary public services at no charge. Please call in advance to be sure a notary will be available for you. 781-431-1019 ext 2252.

Wellesley Bank locations

Almost all the many, many full-service banks in Wellesley have a notary on staff during banking hours. Some banks are very casual about the service and will help you out whether or not you have an account. Others prefer to notarize only for their account holders. In general, banks can handle anything that needs to be notarized. Just let them know ahead of time if you need two witnesses because if the bank is busy, they won’t be able to pull tellers out from behind the counter without advance warning.

Here are Wellesley banks, real estate agents, and an on-line resource that offer notary services:

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Wellesley College reaches $500 million fundraising goal

July 14, 2018 by admin Leave a Comment

Wellesley College has announced the conclusion of its $500 million fundraising campaign, the largest ever undertaken by a women’s college.

The college exceeded its goal by over $14 million, raising $514,485,911 in all to support its stated mission to educate and empower women leaders..

“This campaign will touch the lives of countless Wellesley students, present and future,” said Paula A. Johnson, president of Wellesley College, “and strengthens the College across all dimensions.”

Funds raised through the campaign will advance Wellesley’s academic program including faculty and student research and scholarship; will allow for increased financial aid; sponsor career education initiatives; and improve campus buildings.

From the Cliff (Estates) of Wellesley to a courtroom in Ireland: David Drumm found guilty of fraud

June 7, 2018 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

We first reported about former Anglo Irish Bank head David Drumm when in October 2015 he was arrested at his $2 million Wellesley home at the request of Irish authorities. Drumm had been living in Wellesley for six years, much to the chagrin of Irish financial regulators who accused him of all sorts of shenanigans that allegedly went down with Anglo Irish Bank, eventually leading the Irish government to prop it up during that country’s banking crisis earlier in the 2000s.

After his arrest, he remained in a Massachusetts jail until, weary of that, he asked in February 2016 to be sent home to face the music. At that time he was extradited to Ireland to answer to more than two dozen criminal charges overseas related to that bank’s messy demise.

Now the Irish Times reports that “…the 51-year old former banker from Dublin was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting relating to banking transactions he was involved in at the height of the 2008 financial crisis…the jury convicted him over a series of circular transactions that made Anglo’s deposits look €7.2 billion larger than they were in September 2008.”

He had denied the charges of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting. Drumm is out on bail and will be sentenced on June 20.

Bah humbug in Wellesley — Bitcoin extortionist betting residents have been naughty, not nice

December 24, 2017 by Deborah Brown 2 Comments

Look out, Wellesley ne’er do wells. Somebody out there wants you to believe that he sees you when you’re sleeping and knows when you’re awake. Unlike Santa, this “visionary” doesn’t wish you well, and in fact wants to shake you down to the tune of $8,500. Here’s the scam: first a letter arrives via the USPS addressed to who I’ll refer to as a Threatened Person. Next, the letter writer claims he knows exactly what the Threatened Person has been up to and will tell all unless $8,500 in Bitcoin is paid. Detailed instructions about how to make this happen are included. The letter writer takes a weary tone. He seems truly exhausted by the whole sordid business and just wants his due for all the time he put in digging up dirt on the Threatened Person.

I checked in with the Wellesley Police, and Lt. Marie Cleary said, “We have had a couple of residents either drop off letters or call to notify us of receiving them, but to our knowledge no residents have fallen prey to the scam. The envelopes have no return address and are postmarked out of state, but from different states. The people who have notified us suspected it was a scam and just wanted to let us know.”

Now you want to know, too, of course. so The Swellesley Report has obtained a copy of one of the letters. Here it is:

Hello, THREATENED PERSON. I’m going to cut to the chase. I know about the secret you are keeping from your wife and everyone else. More importantly, I have evidence of what you have been hiding. I won’t go into the specifics here in case your wife intercepts this, but you know what I am talking about.

You don’t know me personally and nobody hired me to look into you. Nor did I go out looking to burn you. It is just your bad luck that I stumbled across your misadventures while working a job around Wellesley. I then put in more time than I probably should have looking into your life. Frankly, I am ready to forget all about you and let you get on with your life. And I am going to give you two options that will accomplish that very thing. Those two options are to either ignore this letter, or simply pay me $8,500. Let’s examine those two options in more detail. [Read more…]

Wellesley police investigating bank robbery at Bank of America

September 25, 2017 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

The Wellesley Police Department reported that it received a 911 call just after 1pm on Monday afternoon from a Bank of America employee from the 35 Washington St., branch in Lower Falls. The caller indicated that a male party had just robbed the bank, and described the suspect as having a dark complexion, standing approximately 5’11” with a muscular build, and wearing a dark colored long sleeve shirt, sunglasses, a black baseball cap with a white oval shaped logo on it. No weapon was shown.

The suspect reportedly fled the bank through the rear door on foot. Witnesses reported that he entered a dark colored sedan on Ledyard Street, but did not know which way the vehicle went off.

Officers checked the area for the vehicle and suspect. As a precautionary measure, students at nearby St. John’s Elementary School were asked to stay inside while officers examined the area with the assistance of the Massachusetts State Police K-9 unit. The search was completed prior to the dismissal of school, and students were dismissed in the usual manner.

When photographs of the suspect become available they will be posted on WPD’s website www.wellesleypolice.com and Mass Most Wanted.

Wellesley Square July Jubilation — your handy guide

July 12, 2017 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

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Today is the day. The Wellesley Square Merchants’ Association will host the annual July Jubilation celebration on Saturday, July 15, 9:30am – 4:30pm. The shopping and family fun extravaganza traditionally offers great bargains for shoppers and plenty of activities for kids at an event that has been going strong for 25 years now. Maybe it’s the petting zoo or the chance to meet Suki, the Wellesley Police Department’s very own bloodhound. Maybe it’s the chance to drop a Wellesley firefighter into a dunk tank. Or maybe it’s just a great excuse to stroll around Wellesley Square and see what there is to see. Whatever your reason for going, you don’t want to miss today’s fun.

SHOPPING: A record number of over sixty merchants will join in with sidewalk sales from one end of the Square to the other. Whether you’re looking for toys, clothing, books, home decor, handbags, and more, merchants will be on the sidewalks and in the streets with deep discounts on good stuff.

FUN: Keep an eye out for the stilt walker, magic and balloon tricks, caricaturist, bubble zone, dance show, martial arts demonstration, bounce house, face painting, open police cruiser, and live music.

FOOD: Maybe your first stop will be Sam’s Hot Dogs at Church Square.

MUSIC: The Wellesley Symphony; sing-a-long; disc jockey; live music by The Collective

PARKING: All this and free parking too, thanks to the Town of Wellesley.

For more information, go to ShopWellesleySquare.

Wellesley’s Unified Plan — upcoming workshops

May 17, 2017 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

World of Wellesley to welcome author of “Born on Third Base”

March 28, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Join World of Wellesley on Thursday, April 6, 7pm – 9pm at the Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington St., for a community discussion about the book, Born on Third Base, led by author Chuck Collins.

As the great-grandson of Oscar Meyer, Collins grew up in a wealthy and advantaged family. He considers himself part of the privileged 1 percent, “born on third base,” with only a short hop to make it to home plate. But Collins believes it’s time for our society to come to a different home, one where inequality is addressed in a new way, where the economy can be made more inclusive, and where the 1 percent can engage with the other 99 to become partners in transforming the future. Written in a well-crafted, conversational style, Collins’ latest is a gentle yet clear reminder to readers that real change starts by looking outside ourselves and making even the smallest connection with others.

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We chat with Wellesley resident and Needham Bank CEO Joe Campanelli

January 19, 2017 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

Joe Campanelli. Photo credit: Needham Bank

I recently sat down with Wellesley resident and Needham Bank president Joe Campanelli, who’s been on the job for all of two weeks. He arrived at Needham Bank via New England Community Financial, and has also worked as the Chief Executive at Flag Star Corporation and, a bit further back, as President of Sovereign Bank Corp.

We bonded over our shared Connecticut roots, but the similarities ended fast. I graduated from a public high school in the New Haven area with a student body of almost 2,000, while he and around 400 others attended the prestigious boarding school, Suffield Academy. There was that time his youth hockey team came down to play our Hamden boys. Some burly local checked him right the heck into the boards, and Campanelli’s face came away with a chain-link imprint. Back then, chain-link fencing was the kind of barrier Hamden supplied to separate the players from the spectators, instead of today’s ubiquitous (and mandatory) Plexiglass. Maybe the (probably rusty) fence was there because that’s what finances permitted, or maybe it was a sort of Hamden tough-guy mentality — if you know you’re going to get slammed into chain-link fencing, chances are you’ll skate faster and not get checked in the first place, right? Sort of a training philosophy.

At any rate, before long we were chatting about the Wellesley resident’s new job as CEO of Needham Bank, which is a mutual bank (as opposed to one that is publicly traded). Here’s some insight on what it takes to run in the world of community banking:

The Swellesley Report: Do you know The Swellesley Report?

Campanelli: I’m getting to understand it. My wife always reads it.

How long have you lived in town?

Campanelli: 20-something years. My wife Carolyn and I have three children. We moved to Wellesley for the public schools, and then one morning I woke up and my daughter was over at Dana Hall, and one son was at Fessenden, and the other was at St. Sebastian’s. It’s interesting because they all self-selected their school, and they all chose single-sex education. My oldest is allegedly moving off the payroll, which is a good thing. She’s working for a Biotech firm and lives in Boston. My other two kids are 21 and 17.

Do you have time for any involvement in the town of Wellesley?

Campanelli: In the greater Boston community I have involvement. I chair the Tufts Medical Center, which is very interesting when you look at the whole medical/health care arena. Obviously Tufts has got activities throughout Metrowest…it really is a regionally based enterprise. I’m on the board of the Carroll School. I try to look at areas where I can have an impact and provide time and effort. My wife does the Wellesley Service League. She’s loving it. Every day she has a new activity.

The Swellesley Report: Service League? Whoa, that’s big league. It’s a real working club.

Campanelli: Right. She’s at a time when all of a sudden she does actually have the time to get involved in Service League. It fits into her schedule now. She’s probably doing things with them two or three times per week.

The Swellesley Report: Every time a bank opens in town, people roll their eyes. What direction do you see branches going in over the next ten years?

Campanelli: I think there’s a misconception that if you build it they will come. I believe you can put a branch in a community, fill the branch with people who are deeply committed and involved in the [Read more…]