http://theswellesleyreport.com More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:22:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. Wellesley College has issued a job posting on the Davis Museum and Cultural Center website, on Monster.com and elsewhere as it looks to hire its first full-time director since David Mickenberg resigned last September in the wake of the museum losing a valuable Fernand Leger painting. The posting reads in ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N3CIMuQt-Lz9blZlEz4okRr6CSQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N3CIMuQt-Lz9blZlEz4okRr6CSQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N3CIMuQt-Lz9blZlEz4okRr6CSQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N3CIMuQt-Lz9blZlEz4okRr6CSQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/wellesley-college-on-prowl-for-davis-museum-director/ Bill Fine, president and general manager of WCVB-TV (Channel 5), and its website, TheBostonChannel.com, answers questions about everything from his on-air editorials to how much TV he watches in this Q&A with the Boston Globe. Fine lives in Wellesley with his wife and 3 children. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6KQ_US0-5afDlRmmCtGwKG3RFwg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6KQ_US0-5afDlRmmCtGwKG3RFwg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6KQ_US0-5afDlRmmCtGwKG3RFwg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6KQ_US0-5afDlRmmCtGwKG3RFwg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/wellesley-broadcast-exec-gets-qa-treatment/ A Wellesley fire engine graces Natick's painfully slow July 4 parade. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAc7TSdwMMOEVOetr2MMnfRyYtA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAc7TSdwMMOEVOetr2MMnfRyYtA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAc7TSdwMMOEVOetr2MMnfRyYtA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hAc7TSdwMMOEVOetr2MMnfRyYtA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/happy-4th-of-july/ The New England Patriots' Hall at Patriot Place in Foxborough isn't a bad rainy day activity for football fans. Plenty of fun interactive stuff for kids, and lots of memorabilia for oldsters. Anyway, glad to see Wellesley well represented in exhibits on New England football history, though unfortunately, as the ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OgByGcP5tvGL_CFWBfSt0MmXFWA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OgByGcP5tvGL_CFWBfSt0MmXFWA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OgByGcP5tvGL_CFWBfSt0MmXFWA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OgByGcP5tvGL_CFWBfSt0MmXFWA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/wellesley-well-represented-at-patriots-hall/ Boston Magazine takes a harsh look at the state's alimony laws and one man's efforts to reform them. The article says one big obstacle to reform is State Sen. Cynthia Stone Creem, who represents Wellesley, Newton and Brookline. A handful of readers on the Boston Magazine website say Creem has ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrm_lNYzR6sdfgQjfke4TTlUYY8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrm_lNYzR6sdfgQjfke4TTlUYY8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrm_lNYzR6sdfgQjfke4TTlUYY8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vrm_lNYzR6sdfgQjfke4TTlUYY8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/wellesley-state-sen-creem-in-pivotal-alimony-law-role/ The Boston Globe rounds up a story on Wellesley and other local communities headlined "Virtual smackdowns: Cross-border rivalries spill onto the Internet, where even residents have fun tweaking hometowns that carry their cross-border rivalries onto the Web." And yes, the reporter clearly did her homework...including our site in the story. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mI_o28UZHak5HpWX0Kg96QTz2Vs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mI_o28UZHak5HpWX0Kg96QTz2Vs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mI_o28UZHak5HpWX0Kg96QTz2Vs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/mI_o28UZHak5HpWX0Kg96QTz2Vs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/wellesley-among-easy-targets-on-the-web/ Lee Volvo is temporarily not offering loaner cars to customers who need to drop off their vehicles to have work done on them. The cost-cutting move was made in part to save jobs. The car dealer is, however, still offering customers rides to/from their homes/work after dropping off their cars ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t5XhpeWf8QAv0P4CiqmN8C0vUGI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t5XhpeWf8QAv0P4CiqmN8C0vUGI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t5XhpeWf8QAv0P4CiqmN8C0vUGI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t5XhpeWf8QAv0P4CiqmN8C0vUGI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/latest-sign-of-the-times-in-wellesley-no-loaners/ Free outdoor movie scheduled for dusk on July 7 at Warren Park (Recreation Department). Rated PG. Should be held at Morses Pond... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZEm6Rm26Fg0E7gTlqybcyyEc_AA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZEm6Rm26Fg0E7gTlqybcyyEc_AA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZEm6Rm26Fg0E7gTlqybcyyEc_AA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZEm6Rm26Fg0E7gTlqybcyyEc_AA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/jaws-coming-to-wellesley/ Two suspects were nailed following a bank robbery in Needham today, and authorities believe these half-brothers might be connected to the U30 Bandit robberies in Wellesley and elsewhere in recent months. An investigation is underway. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiYUO4ofvkSOzBTInm7pOcuobRQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiYUO4ofvkSOzBTInm7pOcuobRQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiYUO4ofvkSOzBTInm7pOcuobRQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HiYUO4ofvkSOzBTInm7pOcuobRQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/wellesley-police-report-bank-robbery-suspects-caught/ It's a dirty job, but... in this case the cops say a $49 chimney sweeping deal sounded too good to be true. A resident says high pressure sales tactics ensued, as did an eventual $2,000 bill. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WJPGAnlnZF2CWRy_ZYE2dcA5Pgc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WJPGAnlnZF2CWRy_ZYE2dcA5Pgc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WJPGAnlnZF2CWRy_ZYE2dcA5Pgc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WJPGAnlnZF2CWRy_ZYE2dcA5Pgc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p> http://theswellesleyreport.com/2009/07/wellesley-police-investigate-chimney-sweeping-scam/