. So here we are, Weston, on the cusp of the five-day party called July 4th weekend. It is one of the favorite jokes of Mr. Owl when the US celebrates an exact date not on that date. Like Independence Day is in fact July 4, not July 2 when Lexington’s fireworks go off or even July 1 when Boston
Read moreIt’s Wednesday, so let’s play a round of Where IS It Wednesday! Brought to you by the Weston Historical Society. Hint: The main house and carriage house, pictured here, belonged to one of Weston’s most serious gentleman farmers whose estate was the 4th largest in town. The owner once graced the cover of a Guernsey cattle breeder’s publication and he
Read more. As everyone knows, the Weston Town Crier get bought out and the print version killed in 2021. Many other small and medium-sized newspapers met the same fate around the same time. And many small pages and sites run by volunteers and underpaid groups are continuing to call it quits including the Framingham Source (you can read about that here
Read more. In a happy coincidence, both the Weston Conservation seasonal newsletter and the Lincoln Land Conservation Trust June Wildlife Column have been published in the last two days. If you read just two local flora and fauna publications, let these two be them. And if you don’t learn something new, then I surmise you are either substantially not so honest
Read more. The way I read this is that your “solid waste” is defined the same way as always but being collected elsewhere, but that mixed paper is no longer mixed paper but cardboard. Ummm. Also yes, that is “brown” and not “borwn” and I’m not judging because I often have spelling accidents here and I even use spellcheck. You can
Read more. On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, one Weston police officer had an exciting moment at the Waltham District courthouse, and no, it was not a traffic complaint. WPD Sergeant Dan Costa, along with the security detail at the location, saved the life of an unresponsive person. If you think that life as a police officer in Weston is without adrenaline,
Read more. When the Owl family moved to Weston after nine years in Brazil, one of the things that most impressed me – and continues to impress me – was the number of volunteers who make this town run. From the unpaid Select Board to the unpaid Tree Advisory Group to the unpaid Council on Aging, Recreation Commission, Conservation Commission to
Read more. The 3rd Boston International Asian Music Festival brings together musicians from India, South Korea, Japan, China, and the United States. There will be singing, dancing, and a children’s chorus made up of Westonian children. Due to the weather, the event will no longer be held on the Weston Town Green, but at Lexington’s Chinese Bible Church of Greater Boston,
Read more. The Weston Police Department announced today on its Facebook page, without warning to the Owl, that Officer Lindsey Bazigian is leaving after four years of service to the Town of Weston. For those of you with children in the elementary schools here, you may know her simply as Officer Lindsey, the School Resource Officer at Field, Country and Woodland
Read more. When we last heard from the Galactic Narwhal Chicken Effect Robotics Team, they were soaking in the limelight of their major win at the World Championships in the Lone Star State. You can read that story here. The Owl caught up with team coach Cary Gumbert to find out about recent rumors of loyalties to ….now, careful on blood
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