The Swellesley Report reports high schools in Wellesley, Wayland and Weston got calls Friday afternoon about a kid in a bathroom with a gun, only there was no kid in a bathroom with a gun. Somerville High School was also swatted Friday.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today that cremated remains of former members of the Church of the Holy Spirit in Wayland can't be disinterred and moved elsewhere now that the building has become a Coptic Orthodox church - which does not believe in cremation and which wants the land for its own uses. Read more.
State Police report a Dudley man suffered serious injuries around 6:30 p.m. yesterday when a tire on a car on the other side of the highway came off, traveled across the median and smashed into his windshield.
State Police say the man was heading westbound in Wayland when the left rear tire and rim of an Ontario driver's 1994 Lincoln MK8 flew off the car. The driver of that car was uninjured; State Police did not speculate as to why his tire and rim suddenly let go.
Evan reports the Broomstones Curling Club's open house in Wayland yesterday was so crowded that at one point people had to wait outside because of fire limitations:
... So at the open house, people were given the opportunity to try out their skills with sweeping, delivering stones, and attempting to maneuver on the pebbled ice with the sole of their shoe covered with duct tape (no, there weren't enough of the Teflon pads to go around). ...
Curling: Not just for Canadians anymore. Colin's a member of the Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland. He reports the club is having an open house on Sunday (yes, New Year's Day):
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