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Pinnacle Residential Properties: the concept of home & roots

January 19, 2021 by admin Leave a Comment

SPONSORED POST: Lindsey Fay is a real estate agent at Pinnacle Residential Properties. She writes about Wellesley as the home her family loves.

I think about the concept of home a lot. Especially over this past year, when home has come to mean more to us than we ever realized before. It has provided us with sanctuary, a bubble of safety and normalcy, and very necessary constancy during uncertain times.

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Lindsey, her husband Doug, their three children (Jack, 10; Olivia, 9; Teddy, 6), and Memphis

Recently my husband and I were having a conversation about home and roots. We were discussing how we respond when people ask, “Where are you from?” Seems like a simple enough question and my response comes easily. “I’m from Wellesley.” Other than for brief periods, I have spent most of my life here and this is where my family is from. I am a third generation Wellesley resident.

My parents live around the corner in Cliff Estates and my grandmother still lives in the Westgate Porter colonial where she and my grandfather raised their seven children. We have a legacy of wonderful memories, and we’ve derived much enjoyment from some of the simple opportunities living in this town has presented.

My dad’s family was always involved with Wellesley sports (especially basketball), and my grandfather loved to coach the kids. After he retired from a sales career in the late 80s, he took a position as coach of the Wellesley High Girl’s Varsity Basketball team. He was very proud of his team and was able to help them qualify for playoffs in 1990.

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Don Fay, at a Wellesley High Women’s varsity playoff game at Boston Garden c.1990

While my roots run deep here, for the past ten years my husband has established his own. He is originally from outside of Chicago, but he has been away from the midwest longer than he lived there.

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“I Care a Lot” movie that filmed in Wellesley making Netflix debut

January 19, 2021 by Bob Brown 4 Comments

The movie “I Care a Lot,” which seemingly was shot all over Wellesley except at our house in 2019, debuts on Netflix next month, on Feb. 19. Its world premiere took place in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, which we’re guessing you might have missed.

Should be fun to see how much of Wellesley gets to star in the film alongside Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González and Dianne Wiest.

We posted about the filming several times in 2019, including from Wellesley Square,   Wellesley Hills, and Babson.

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A movie prop that appeared in Wellesley when “I Care a Lot” was being filmed here.

 

The blurb from Netflix about the film describes it like this: “A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.”

Many films have been partially shot here in Wellesley, or Hollywood East as it’s becoming known. See our Wellesley movie round-up page here.

(Correction: Our post originally said Jan. 19, not Feb. 19, as it should have)


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Wellesley Business Buzz: Local restaurants get state grants; get or renew your Business Certificate

January 18, 2021 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

Our roundup of the latest Wellesley, Mass., business news:

Local restaurants get state grants

The Commonwealth has announced $78.5 million in awards to nearly 1,600 additional small businesses in the third round of grants through the COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program, and four Wellesley businesses were on the list. They individually scored grants of between $50K and $75K, for a total of $275K among them.

Recipients included restaurants Jin’s and the LLC owning Door No. 7, now morphing into Wellesley Tavern, as well as StretchMed and Salon One.

Ten other Wellesley outfits reaped state grants during two previous rounds, with grants being administered by the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corp.

This latest round of funding was for small businesses in sectors hit especially hard during the pandemic.

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Filing or renewing a business certificate in Wellesley

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Employees only past this Town Hall door

Because The Swellesley Report is an official business these days, we actually need to keep our Business Certificate up to date. Wellesley Town Hall made the renewal process easy for us.

We filled out the one-page form ahead of time (the Town Clerk’s office offered to fill it out and have it ready for us, though we needed to change a couple of things). Then the Clerk’s office arranged for one of its staff member s to meet us in the foyer and witness us signing the document. Five minutes and $60 later, we were all set for another four years of media empire glory

You can read more on who needs to fill out such a certificate and how to renew it on the town’s website.


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MLK Day 2021 events schedule—Wellesley, Massachusetts

January 17, 2021 by Deborah Brown Leave a Comment

World of WellesleyMLK Day, World of Wellesley invites everyone to its Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day community events, which will this year take place virtually on Monday, Jan. 18.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee will use the pandemic as an opportunity to bring the community together to not only talk about the phenomenal legacy of Dr. King, but to also engage in a series of virtual events focused on “Good Trouble: More Than Just a Day—A Call to Action.”

Schedule of Jan. 18, 2021 MLK Day events:

Good Trouble Virtual “Breakfast:” 8:30am – 10am

Good Trouble: Art Workshop,  Grades K-7, 12:30 – 1:30pm
Student art will later be displayed at the Wellesley Public Library.

Good Trouble: Book Group, Grades 8-12 – 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Book groups will be facilitated by Wellesley Public School Students and focus on a short piece from Sterling Hayden’s Wanderer.

Family Story Time: Family event – all ages 2:30pm – 3:10pm
Children and families are invited to listen together to the story of Vitamin D and Me – How Humans Outsmarted the Sun, an amazing story of how and why human beings have different color skin tones.

Register for events here.

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Wellesley Health Department social workers offering residents a group online chat

January 16, 2021 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

In light of recent attack on the U.S. Capitol and continued stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wellesley Health Department is hosting an online chat via Zoom with its social workers, who will be there to listen and share tips for self-care. The event, which could become a regular thing if there’s interest, takes place on Thursday, Jan. 28 from 1-2 p.m.

To register, please email your name and phone number to Senior Community Social Worker Joyce Saret at [email protected]

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Bench at baseball field honors Wellesley’s Harry Clark

January 15, 2021 by Bob Brown 1 Comment

Wellesley’s got new premium seating at Reidy Field for baseball fans.

The bench was installed by the town in December at the Washington Street baseball field through an anonymous donation to honor Harry Clark, an inspiring young Wellesley resident who passed away last summer. Word is that the donors were friends of Clark from youth baseball, where they were brought together.

Clark’s father, Kevin, says the bench’s appearance was a very pleasant surprise for the family. “We are so grateful and hope it keeps the wonderful spirit and actions of Harry alive,” he said.

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Harry Clark bench at Reidy


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Natick’s boil water order lifted, affected Wellesley residents can drink up

January 15, 2021 by Bob Brown Leave a Comment

The boil water issued by Natick on Jan. 13 after E. coli bacteria was detected in the town water supply has been lifted, and the water is now safe to drink for Natick residents as well as at some 80 Wellesley homes that were affected.

This is a notice from the Natick Department of Public Works Water/Sewer Division:

The Boil Water Order issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has been lifted for all areas in the Town of Natick. After conducting two consecutive rounds of sampling throughout the drinking water system, the lab tests showed no E. Coli bacteria in any repeat samples. As such, per the State’s review, the water is safe for consumption without further treatment or flushing in your homes and businesses.Our investigation continues as to the cause of the positive lab results.

Again, we are informing you that the water within the drinking water system and your homes and businesses is safe for consumption according to all MassDEP drinking water standards. The Town of Natick’s website has been updated to reflect this change in our drinking water status.


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