Wellesley

A man who was canoeing on Longfellow Pond on Labor Day drowned after the boat capsized right around 4 p.m., Wellesley police announced. Police received a 911 call at 4:01 p.m. for an overturned canoe on the pond located between Oakland Street and Route 9 in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Callers reported that a man and woman were in the water after…

Wellesley police said a man and a woman were in a canoe on Longfellow Pond when it overturned. The woman made it to shore but the man never surfaced. Divers later recovered him and he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Wellesley police said divers recovered the man’s body around 5:20 p.m. He was pronounced dead at Newton Wellesley Hospital.

Wellesley police say a missing boater has been recovered and taken to a local hospital. No information was provided on the person’s condition.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Friday that he signed an executive order to help Massachusetts parents and expand child care options for remote learning.  The order allows the Department of Early Education and Care to authorize currently licensed afterschool and out-of-school programs to operate during the day while children are learning remotely.  Many local organizations and businesses are offering up places...

Working parents are facing tough decisions this year, but alternative learning centers may be a way for parents to work while making sure their kids are attending classes.

Cleanup in Newton’s Lower Falls neighborhood is now underway after a fast-moving storm ripped a tree from the ground.Power lines were pulled down, a utility police was snapped in half and a driveway was blocked from the damage.

A storm ripped down trees and power lines in Newton on Thursday.

Thunderstorms left damage behind across New England.

Two Wellesley teenagers made hundreds of cards for seniors with encouraging messages amid the coronavirus crisis.

Restaurant workers have taken a hit during the coronavirus pandemic. And health care workers are bravely battling on the frontlines of the fight against the virus. Now, the Wellesley Rotary Club is working to help both groups. After the pandemic forced the club to cancel its “Taste of Wellesley” event, members decided to raise money for local restaurants so that...

After the Wellesley Rotary Club was forced to cancel its “Taste of Wellesley” event, the club decided to raise money for local restaurants so that they could provide meals to frontline workers.

Three teenagers were in a pickup truck when it crashed into a wall Wednesday evening in Wellesley, Massachusetts, killing two of them. The truck was speeding down Route 9 westbound when it left the road and hit a wall outside the Wellesley Fire Department around 7:30 p.m., police said Wednesday. One passenger, identified Thursday as 18-year-old Patrick Cash, was ejected….

Two people have died after one was ejected in a single-vehicle crash outside a fire station Wednesday in Wellesley, Massachusetts. A pickup truck was speeding down Route 9 westbound when it left the road and hit a wall outside the Wellesley Fire Department around 7:30 p.m., police said. It kept moving forward, and a male passenger was ejected. He was…

Two people were killed in a crash in Wellesley.

A local teenager is stuck in South America, and her parents are doing everything they can to get her home.

Two public schools in Wellesley, Massachusetts, were dismissed early on Friday after a parent reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus. Upham Elementary School and Wellesley Middle School were the two schools dismissed at 11:45 a.m. “We learned a short while ago that a Wellesley resident has tested positive for COVID-19,” the school said in an email to parents. “This individual…

Schools are shutting down over coronavirus concerns, including two in Wellesley.

There are growing fears as the number of coronavirus cases continues to go up.