Crime & Safety

Oak Street/Weston Road Area in Wellesley Without Power

The rain hit fairly briefly, but brought some trees down, and this is causing some power outages around town. 

Wellesley Municipal Light Plant is currently working at Howe Street to restore power after a tree came down on lines there, knocking out part of the nearby neighborhood. Police say that homes in the area of Weston Road, Oak Street and Howe are without power.

A Chatham Street line has also come down, police said in an update sent by email.

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Another tree came down on Route 135, blocking traffic near Wellesley College. According to the Wellesley Police Department facebook page, this has since cleared

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