Westwood

Seasonal Westwood ice-cream place will only serve ice cream this summer

By adamg - 3/13/23 - 10:05 pm

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Bubbling Brook, on Rte. 109 in Westwood, won't be serving burgers, fried clams, onion rings and similar fare this spring and summer, just ice cream.

Area pickle company sours on the Wahlbergs; says what they're doing with pickles just ain't kosher, so it sues

By adamg - 1/5/23 - 12:41 pm

Grillo's Pickles, started by a man who sold pickles from a cart outside the Park Street T stop, yesterday sued Wahlburgers over the competing pickles the burger chain now sells, alleging they have lying labels because they are not preservative free and because they might be based on Grillo's 100-year-old secret family pickle recipe. Read more.

Something we shouldn't be seeing this far east of the Rockies

By adamg - 5/23/21 - 1:22 pm

Tim Colby spotted these jars, which should only be seen west of the Rockies, at the Westwood Wegmans today.

Canadian police identify man murdered in 2017 as Jewish Westwood native who became a neo-Nazi and a spammer, then disappeared for 20 years

By adamg - 11/1/20 - 3:43 pm

The CBC reports a man found shot to death in a Yukon in 2017 has finally been identified as Davis Wolfgang Hawke, who grew up in Westwood as Andrew Britt Greenbaum, then changed his name as he moved into neo-Nazi organizing and, when that didn't work out, massive e-mail spamming. Read more.

Car goes up in flames on 128 in Westwood

By adamg - 4/11/20 - 4:12 pm

Roving UHub photographer Angel Nunez captured the action on Rte. 128 northbound near the Rte. 109 exit shortly after 2:30 p.m., reports the driver seemed to have gotten out OK.

Remember to thank your checker

By adamg - 3/14/20 - 7:23 am

Wegmans in Westwood before 7 a.m. today. Photo by Andrew Husband.

Chris Faraone pens a paean to the people doing their best to keep their stores' shelves stocked in these trying times.

From the cashiers, to the meat and fish department workers, they’re all brave souls as far as I’m concerned, along with anybody else working in public while most people stay at home.

Police: Drugged up drag racer on 128 unhurt as other driver, passenger crash, are ejected from their car

By adamg - 6/7/19 - 10:06 am

State Police report a Dorchester man and a female teen racing another car on 128 north in Westwood suffered serious injuries when they were ejected from their Hyundai Elantra after crashing into a third car around 5 a.m. Read more.

Remember that train bridge in Westwood that the state gave more clearance to so trucks would stop ramming it?

By adamg - 12/14/18 - 8:56 am

It didn't work.

Or maybe the state is using the Calvin and Hobbes method to determine the clearance needed.

Plucky reporter joins nightly Running of the Commuters at Westwood station

By adamg - 1/19/18 - 9:40 am

WBZ's Ryan Kath runs alongside the sprinting commuters at the Westwood/128 station, as they try to get to their cars and to the furshlugginer exit gates that now routinely keep people trapped inside the garage for 20 minutes every evening.

Maybe some people are sick of French Toast

By adamg - 3/13/17 - 10:16 pm

Empty cheese shelves at Westwood Wegmans

Tim Colby shows us the cheese shelves at the Westwood Wegmans tonight.

Suz adds:

lol, that is what I bought for nacho's and beer. If I am going to freeze, I am going to be happy.

Just in time for the morning commute, oh, wait ...

By adamg - 8/6/16 - 9:50 am

MassDOT reports Amtrak finally fixed all the wire problems at Rte. 128 at 6 this morning, so commuter-rail service should be back to normal.

Downed wire near 128 making many riders wicked late

By adamg - 8/5/16 - 5:07 pm

An overhead wire that obeyed the laws of gravity near the Westwood train station is wreaking havoc on the Northeast Corridor this afternoon, causing massive delays for both Keolis and Amtrak riders in both directions - including many Pearl Jam fans trying to get to Fenway Park for their concert tonight. Read more.

Small plane crashes near Norwood Airport

By adamg - 7/16/16 - 3:59 pm

Around 3:20 p.m. off Peartree Drive in Westwood.

State Police report: Read more.

Slobs in Westwood trash local woods; man reads about it, cleans up their mess

By adamg - 4/28/16 - 3:23 pm

And then liveblogs it on Boston Reddit:

Jesus Christ. So much crap here. Definitely Westwood , school bags Left too. A package labeled "36 white balls" I assume that's what these kids call themselves.

H/t James.

The line of clouds was curved

By adamg - 10/25/15 - 7:22 pm

See it larger.

Jocelyn photographed a distinct cloud line just before sunset in East Boston this evening.

Meanwhile, your faithful and ob'd't editor saw the line from Westwood: Read more.

New source for kosher food just south of Boston

By adamg - 10/11/15 - 12:19 pm

Debra Reichman Gitell reports the new Westwood Wegman's opened today and that it has a large kosher-food department. She adds the store is probably three times the size of the Newton outlet and that parking's a lot easier.

Another islingtoning at Westwood bridge, but this one was slow and gentle

By adamg - 8/24/15 - 9:34 pm

8/24/15 Bridge strike

A Westwood Police surveillance camera captured another truck hitting the train bridge over East Street (skip ahead to 0:30), but this one was nothing compared to the one last week. As police put it:

Minor damage to the truck, Bridge is still doing great.

H/t Dana Reichman Gitell.