On Friday, March 3 from 9 am to 12 pm, the Weston Community League (aka Women’s Community League) will once again be volunteering as part of their service mission at the The Greater Boston Food Bank. With 15 volunteer spots available, the WCL has been unable to fill them all and the GBFB really needs the help. Please consider joining in
Read more. Okay, so there are hikers like me who set off through the Weston woods for an hour or so every day, and then there are HIKERS like Jim Klumpp who are like “wow, I hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2014 and the Pacific Crest Trail in 2018 but that is JUST NOT ENOUGH and I must go spend 135
Read more. At a recent high school principal’s coffee, the Owl learned that there are three teachers who are retiring this year at the high school and middle school level, all in the sciences. Yesterday, I reached out to Janet Kresl Moffat, biology teacher and long-time advisor of the Students for Environmental Action, a high school club that appears here from
Read more. The Weston Owl has been requested by School Committee to post the following request for input for the interim Superintendent of Schools search. This post has not been editorialized. +++ The Weston School Committee has begun the search for an interim superintendent. To inform our decision-making, we’re conducting an online survey of the school community. The survey is intended
Read more. Join the monthly COA Local and Global Discussion Group of the Weston Council on Aging on March 9 for an update on Ukraine a year after the Russian invasion. Professor Alexandra Vacroux, Executive Director of the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard, will return to the COA to talk about whether or not economic sanctions have
Read more. As many know, a Weston Middle School student was struck by a car while crossing Church Street yesterday morning to get on a bus. The report said that the injuries were non-life-threatening and that the student was transported to the hospital, but the Owl has no update since yesterday. When I checked in with the Weston Police at around
Read more. I absolutely love the day before a snowstorm. Not only do I enjoy the warning time to wax up the cross-country skis, but I like to peruse the bookshelves for a book with which to spend the day. For those of you here during Snowmaggedon 2015, you will understand how I made it through the entire Harry Potter series
Read more. The Owl has been informed that there is an “OC” or “Open Crib” at Intuitive Wellness in downtown Weston on Friday evening, March 3. Because of Weston’s archaic liquor laws (yeah, I know, we are not alone–but Massachusetts is somewhat nutty on this), it is also BYOB. I am absolutely in love with the term “OC” which of course
Read moreStory updated 12:15 pm to correct time of call and add detail to car accident. Tonight, Monday, February 27 at 6:30 PM, the school committee has another full agenda. Of possible interest to many are the reports on bullying prevention, June Academy, and the search for an interim superintendent. The full agenda is here:https://www.weston.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_02272023-7086 In addition, those of you with
Read more. The Owl has been asked to post the following notification for Weston Public Schools. This will not be editorialized in any way except to state that the loss of the Weston Town Crier is felt in many ways–one of which is the public notice system. What is Child Find Services? According to understood.org, Find out more at this link.
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