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Weston Welcomes Two New Firefighters, Colin McGowan and Brian Smith

About twenty minutes ago, two new firefighters graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy (MFA) along with 22 other firefighters. Colin McGowan (L) and Brian Smith (R) join the team of 35 permanent, full-time firefighters and 4 call firefighters (sadly no station dog) of Weston Fire Department. Please welcome them to Weston, go ‘cats! Here’s the official release from the Executive

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Citizen’s Petitions Due for Special Town Meeting And Why Otis Matters

At the Select Board Meeting on September 12, 2023, the Select Board opened the November 28, 2023 Special Town Meeting Warrant to petitioned articles until October 13, 2023. For Special Town Meeting, you need 100 or more registered voters of Weston to sign off on your great idea. So here is my great idea, Weston, and let me know if

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Regis Fest This Weekend at Weston’s Home Town College: Open to All

So, the Owl is right now inside a classroom at Regis College…how many of you can say the same? It blows my mind how little we know about our home town college and here is the good news on that: we’re going to do better. This morning’s meeting is all about local news and town communications and there are actual

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More Blessings and More Animals: St. Peter’s Church, Sunday October 1

So, here’s the deal, Weston. If your animal or stuffed animal or photo of animal leans more Episcopal than Unitarian (please, please do not ask me the difference), the lovely St. Peter’s Church of Weston is also having a Blessing of the Animals service on Sunday, October 1 at 10 am. The Church invites you to bring your pets, stuffed

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Fica A Dica: The District Restaurant at Minuteman High School

“Fica a dica” means “here’s some advice” in Portuguese. ++ Yesterday, the Owl was invited for lunch by a friend to the District Restaurant in Lexington. Never heard of it? Yeah, I hadn’t either. It turns out that this is the “test kitchen” of the Minuteman High School, our area’s public regional career technical education high school. Yes, the same

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Blessing of the Animals at First Parish Church – Sunday, October 1

Now, it is true and usually apparent that the Owl is not very church-y. But there is one event at least per year that is likely to bring her into the fold, so to speak. No, not Christmas Eve though I see you once-a-year carol singers and can one-up you…it’s time for the Blessing of the Animals this Sunday, October

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Craft Beer For A Cause at Charles River Museum: Early Bird Pricing Ends Today

Today, September 26, is the last day to secure early bird pricing for Charles River Museum’s Craft Beers for a Cause on Thursday, October 26 from 5:30-8:30 pm. To put it bluntly, do you want to pay $60 for entry or would you prefer $45? Think of all you can do with your ($60-$45, mathy stuff, computing…) $15 you’ve saved.

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