Wellesley Landscapers Have Non-Explosive Marathon Monday

While hundreds of runners are making their way to and through Wellesley today, one home on the edge of town had an almost explosive awakening.

At about 8:30 a.m., Boston.com reports a Landscaping team working at 53 Falmouth Road discovered a hand grendade on the property. First responders realized the device was hollow and inert, Wellesley Police Lt. Marie Cleary told the Globe, so they canceled a bomb squad request. 

Late last July, a live grenade was found and destroyed in Needham.

In 2010, when a homeowner discovered what looked like a stick of dynamite, she called it in to police. Then, Lt. Cleary said that calling it in was the right thing to do.