There are many many MANY jokes the Owl has typed and backspaced this morning about the call for volunteers for the Water Storage Planning Committee. Sadly my California jetlag makes me startlingly unfunny at this hour (5 am west coast) and it’s a slippery slope into silliness. I do think that we need a Naming Committee here in town because
Read moreLast year a Weston resident on King’s Grant Road opened her backyard for a lovely concert–you can read about that event here in the Owl. This Sunday, there will again be a concert this time celebrating Boston Symphony Orchestra violinist Bo Youp Hwang, who has been at both BSO and Weston for about 40 years. When: Sunday, June 19 at
Read moreOkay, seriously now, stop sending me stuff to post. I must pack. Fine, I think I have two more posts and then I am done for now and shall lock my email. Haha, no. First things first. Last week, the Owl was informed by Anthony Senesi, assistant to the Town Manager, that he is leaving the building. What? I’m “arrasada”
Read moreLast Friday, on a gorgeous late spring day, the Owl met Weston”s new Chief of Police, Denis Linehan, for a coffee at the Weston Bistro. Okay, the coffee was from Heirloom because the Bistro is BYOB. And F. And CP (chess pieces). We covered many topics from small town policing to large city, from Latin America (it’ll make sense later)
Read moreHappy Race Amity Day! Massachusetts Race Amity Day has been declared a day (second Sunday in June) to recognize that the people of the Commonwealth is composed of multicultural, multiethnic, multiracial citizens, and to encourage friendship, collegiality, civility, respect and kindness as the commonly shared ideals of the collective citizenry of the commonwealth by joining with communities across the United
Read moreYesterday, the Owl sat down at the Weston Bistro with Weston’s new Chief of Police, Denis Linehan. While that interview will publish next week, I will say that one of the topics was school safety. And the fact that we even have to talk about this makes me not sleep at night–and folks, I lived in São Paulo for nine
Read moreLate last week, the Owl flew down to 75 Norumbega Road and the former Wingate property which is now in the final renovations and approval processes to become Charles River Recovery, a 110-bed clinical detox and clinical stabilization services facility. The Owl got a behind-the-scenes tour from Laura Ames, the recently-named (February 2020) CEO, and wow, what an amazing place
Read moreOver the past several years, including during the pandemic, the Middle School garden has been growing and getting more beautiful and productive. The Owl is frequently around the High School and Middle School campus while waiting for Owlet athetic practices to end and always walks by the garden which is in a sunny spot right next to the Middle School
Read moreDid you know a group of owls is called a “parliament”? In the case of the Weston Owl, a Parliament is a guest post on this page. In addition, wherever you see this cute line-drawn owl, the post was guest-written by an Owlet. The following has been guest-written by Nicolas Barbieri and can be found in its original form on the
Read moreOn Friday, June 10, the Friends of our fabulous Weston Public Library are holding one of my favorite events ever, which involves the sale of SUGAR in my favorite form of cake/cake pop. Oh wait, there is a book sale too. Here’s the truth: the Owl is in her temporary office of the WPL right at this very moment …
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