It looks like it’s time to storm one of our neighbor towns, Westonians–let’s round up the Minute People at Lamson Playground and march at dawn. Okay, maybe like 9 am after the traffic calms a bit crossing 117 at Church Street. Before you get out your best walking shoes, here’s what’s going on. In summary, Weston is one of 16
Read moreWho knew baseballs can sing? I guess that’s not too far from the whistling sound softballs used to make when zooming by my ear during Visa corporate softball in the 1990s. Of course, more often than not for this third-base-challenged Owl, there was a thump, not a whistle as said softball hit a shin. My nickname on the team? Black-and-blue.
Read moreOn Sunday, April 3rd at 2 PM, join the town’s best nonprofit trails organization (also only, but who needs to know that?) on an exploration of the College Pond conservation area. The trail walk starts at Burchard Park, wanders some of the outskirts of the Campion Center, through fields, and across the famous Troll Bridge where you can see the
Read moreOwl readers know how awesome I think our Weston High School students are (and probably our Middle School and elementary school kids too, I simply don’t have kids in those schools). It is hard to keep up with all of the successes in sports, music, academics, mental health peer support, climate awareness, barn saving, etc. Maybe I need to start
Read moreIf you have never heard our amazing school choruses, it’s time! It’s Music in our Schools month (who knew this existed? Not me! Someone alert Hallmark) so the Weston High, Middle, and Field School choruses are getting together to sing about it on Wednesday, March 30th starting at 7 pm. This event features singers from grades 4 all the way
Read moreWhen the Owl was a coruja (“owl” in Portuguese) and living in Brazil, a favorite activity was collecting bad translations. The best one I found was at a buffet in a chic business hotel near the office which had to translate menu cards for visiting (mostly) American executives, and clearly never ever paid a professional to do it. Imagine my
Read moreAs most people know, the Weston Historical Commission is responsible for the preservation of Weston’s historic and architectural heritage. With an eye toward keeping the look and feel of Weston’s neighborhoods, it is the job of the Historical Commission to review applications for building permits for all buildings built prior to 1945. In a bid to compete with the Oscar
Read moreVolunteers will again get the opportunity to get inside the fence at the Weston Reservoir (aka the Ash Street Reservoir) on Tuesday, March 29 from 12 pm – 2 pm. While access to the waterfront is normally blocked off not to mention verboten, a group of volunteers is coming together to alleviate the scourge of dog poo bags, a badly-thrown
Read moreWith a nod to The New Yorker, which used to frequently quote police blotter “events” in Bar Harbor, Maine, the Owl presents the 2022 Worst Intersections of Weston. If you are not a New Yorker reader (and I do question why in the world you wouldn’t be) Constabulary Notes from All Over would frequently quote the wackiest stories from the
Read moreThere is a Chinese Culture Celebration today at the High School and that sentence right there is all I know about it. I really am willing to post most Weston events at least in the archaic calendar function on the right side of this page but last-minute is rarely successful. In any case, I love the poster (shout out to
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