Wellesley

All school sports teams in Wellesley have been suspended until further notice amid a “major increase” in COVID-19 cases on various teams, the athletic department announced.

All school sports teams in Wellesley have been suspended until further notice amid a “major increase” in COVID-19 cases on various teams, the athletic department announced. The department made the decision with the school administration and the town health department. In the last week, the Wellesley school district had 48 new positive tests, most of which were at the high…

School sports are on hold in Wellesley amid a drastic rise in COVID-19 cases.

A man was arrested on child sex trafficking charges Wednesday, police said, after investigators discovered he’d allegedly extorted sexual material from two children from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Nicholas Cristoforo, a 26-year-old from Wellesley, was arrested Wednesday night by East Bridgewater police on three counts of trafficking a children, three counts of enticing a child for trafficking and a charge...

Police in Wellesley, Massachusetts, are investigating what they’re calling a serious accident. The single-car crash happened at a Gulf station on Route 9 in Wellesley on Friday night. First-responders at the crash scene extricated an injured person from a heavily damaged black BMW. The extent of the injuries aren’t known at this time. Traffic wasn’t impacted by the crash,...

A woman killed by a sheep on a Bolton farm is being remembered after the tragedy.

The family of a 73-year-old volunteer at a Massachusetts animal therapy farm who died over the weekend after she was repeatedly rammed by a sheep released a statement Monday. Kim Taylor, of Wellesley, was caring for livestock in a pen alone at about 9 a.m. Saturday morning at Cultivate Care Farms in Bolton “when a sheep charged at her and…

The longtime volunteer at Cultivate Care Farms was identified as Kim Taylor, 73, of Wellesley.

A series of break-ins is under investigation in Wellesley.

A string of home break-ins is under investigation in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Multiple homes in Wellesley, Massachusetts, were burglarized over the weekend, and all of them were unlocked, police said. The burglaries were reported on Edgewater Drive and River Glen Road overnight Saturday into Sunday. The homes were entered via unlocked doors, police said. Items were removed and stolen from the homes while the residents were inside. The residents said they were…

After teenagers accused of attacking a Wellesley High School student were allowed to return to school, about 150 people, including parents and community members, gathered outside the campus Wednesday morning. “They attacked my son,” Dylan Ade, a Wellesley dad, told those people gathered at the rally. He, and many of the people demonstrating, said the principal and superintendent fell short…

At a rally outside Wellesley High School, more than 100 people gathered to protest bullying, support a teenager who’s been victimized and demand accountability from school officials.

A new gym that has opened in Wellesley, Massachusetts, is a safe space for children with special needs.

A driver was sent to a Boston hospital Thursday after crashing into a pair of parked cars near a post office in Wellesley, Massachusetts, police said. The crash took place near the Wellesley Square Post Office. It wasn’t immediately clear what the driver’s injuries were, local police said. That part of Grove Street was briefly closed while first responders...

A Massachusetts woman who was missing for over a week has been found safe, authorities said Monday. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said Dolly Thapa, a former Rowley resident who had recently been staying in Wellesley, “has been located alive and well.” Thapa, 38, had last been seen leaving a friend’s home on the morning of Sept. 12. She…

Authorities are looking for a missing Massachusetts woman. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said Friday that investigators were searching for 38-year-old Dolly Thapa, a former Rowley resident who has recently been staying in Wellesley. She was last seen Sunday morning leaving a friend’s home in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, the district attorney’s office said. Family members reported her missing...

Bail was set at $5,000 for defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who is charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy at Wellesley College in the 1970s.

Defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy at Wellesley College in the 1970s, is due in Dedham District Court Friday.

Bail was set at $5,000 for defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who is charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy at Wellesley College in the 1970s. A not-guilty plea was entered on McCarrick’s behalf during his arraignment in Dedham District Court Friday, where he remained silent. Wellesley police charged McCarrick, now 91 and living in Missouri, more than a month…