The Owl was asked to post a job opening as a part-time driver at the Council on Aging in Weston. Please note that the Owl was not asked to fill this job, undoubtedly because her driving and particularly her parking skills are possibly not up for a medium red-and-white minibus. I am completely prepared to come along and sing The
Read moreThe moment is upon us, Weston: the 56th Annual Golden Ball Tavern Museum Barn Sale is this Saturday, September 30 from 9 am to 3 pm. The Golden Ball Tavern (or GBT or Gibbet) is one of Weston’s postcards and also has some super fun events involving food and drink tastings. I’m waiting for the tea tasting when we can
Read moreAfter shopping til to you drop this Saturday, September 30 at the Golden Ball Tavern Museum’s Barn sale, head on over to the big stone church for lawn games and freshly-squeezed lemonade. Good competive fun is to be had with giant Jenga, ping pong and cornhole. I note that no croquet is offered because this is the singularly most divisive
Read moreOn September 14, the Owl got the chance to sit down with Annie Särnblad; Weston resident, newly-published author, and All Around Exciting Person (AAEP). Based on our conversation, the Owl is going to start a new acronym for this AAEP because I would like many more of them in my life. ISO AAEPs. Annie came over to the Owl burrow
Read moreThe Rotary Club’s Antique and Class Car Show is less than an hour from opening this morning…and not to jinx it but no rain is coming down at the moment (yeah, that probably assures a downpour at 8 am). Put on your rain gear, grab your waterproof camera and head on over. This is guaranteed fun even in the rain
Read moreThe following is a story from the Weston Historical Society’s Facebook page, which has periodic true crime stories. ++ Let’s tuck in for another episode of True Crime Weston and review the sad story of the unlucky highwaymen known as the “Amateur Bandits on River Street.” In the 1930s, two out-of-work, penniless and desperate men from Cambridge rented a car
Read more. So, normally I would wait to post the Select Board’s upcoming agenda until just before the meeting because well, then people tend to remember it. And yet, the Owl has some busy plans for Monday involving visiting colleges in the south so here you go. Here are the items of interest to the Owl: First of all, note that
Read moreIt is true that the Owl is a Girl Scout dropout–making it through Brownies but stopping short of major patch bling at the high levels. There is probably only one reason for it and has to do with the generation or the troop to which I belonged. We never did cool stuff like my brother was doing in Boy Scouts.
Read moreWhile no one can argue that we have a small town (12,000 population more or less), it is always incredible to me the diversity of interests, achievements and successes. A story one day on a finalist in a science fair, the next a student who studies the classics, and also competes in pageants and in roller derby. So many stories,
Read moreThe Owl was just alerted that Weston Middle School seventh-grader Johan Coisman has been selected as one of 30 finalists in a national middle school science fair. Yesterday, the Society for Science announced the 30 finalists in the inaugural Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher JIC), the nation’s premier middle school science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) competition. The
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