On 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
Read moreOkay, Weston, once in a while I get really annoyed at you for not telling me about something really cool that is just out of home range and yet I should definitely have known about it. This has happened with Hammond Castle, the wackiest castle ever to exist in the US; Halibut Point, the best shoreline rocks in Massachusetts, and
Read moreOkay, Weston, it’s time to support the maroon and orange. Umm, what? Talk about two colors that really should not hang around together–well, what can you do? Wayland and Weston have a combined high school rowing team (Wayland-Weston Rowing Association or WWRA or WW Crew) and it’s incredibly awesome and not at all school-funded. That means they count on donations
Read moreIt’s time for everyone’s favorite game, Where Is It Wednesday! Brought to you by the Weston Historical Society. Hint: This house is located in one of Weston’s historic districts and is only one of two “brick-enders” in town. The original owner was a part of a successful business that began in Weston around 1768. As always, the answer (with a
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