Yesterday morning, this town’s favorite news channel the Wes-TEN (all of Weston’s happenings in 10 minutes or less, between two pines), rolled into the Weston Police Station for interviews, time in the weight room, and to check in with our favorite (and only) community police force. If you haven’t spent time with any of the characters pictured above, you’re missing
Read moreIf you have a student who plays or has played a sport at the high school, you will know Andrew Rizza, or ‘Riz’ as he is universally known, the Weston High School Athletic Trainer. If you have attended any sports game at the high school, you recognize Riz’s gator-medical-cart as it sits at the ready on the sidelines. And if
Read moreThe Weston Community Children’s Association (WCCA) invites everyone in town, whether they have children or not to their first Nonprofit Summit, also known as a Volunteer Fair, on Friday September 30 from 4-6 pm. A number of local organizations will be there talking about what they do, and why, and how you might get involved. For example, Weston Forest &
Read moreTravelers on the Route 20 mega-highway through Wayland to Weston and vice versa will have noticed a newcomer restaurant named JINDU at 131 Boston Post Road in Wayland, or as I like to call it “almost-Weston.” JINDU, which translates to Golden City in Chinese, is owned by Weston residents Nick Feng and Claire Huang, and the Owl family checked it
Read moreThe Owl stopped by the Town Hall today for early voting which she completed in 32.5 seconds and then spent a good amount of time hanging out in the Town Clerk’s office. There are always learnings to be had when one hangs around. Very few snacks though, which should be part of our next town budget. Our fabulous Town Clerk
Read moreAs Weston hits the re-start button after a summer swanning around other places, the Women’s Community League of Weston has announced its fall and winter calendar. In addition, don’t forget to ante up on your membership dues and support the scholarship drive. Do it now before it’s time to buy popcorn from Scouts and athletes and get hit up by
Read moreOne of the good things to come out of the so-called pandemic years was the arrival of Paul Peri as principal of Weston High School in July 2020. If you want to enjoy a reprise of his intro to Weston through the Wes-TEN and the amazing interview skills of Alton Jenkins ’21, you can see that clip here at the
Read moreAs some of you may recall from your intense scouring of the Owl’s pithy columns, the former Wingate senior living facility has been converted into a substance use treatment facility, named Charles River Recovery. When we last left Norumbega Road, the facility was awaiting final approvals and furniture arrivals. You can read that Owl post here. Fast forward a couple
Read moreChief Soar’s retirement get-together (he requested no public ceremony) today at the Weston Fire Department featured kids, a cool plaque, and CAKE. I love cake. Sadly, the Owl was unable to attend, but Town Manager Leon Gaumond sent on a few photos. May the road rise to meet you, Chief. Enjoy your retirement! And know that the Wes-TEN will forever
Read moreWeston High School English teacher and poet Matthew E. Henry will be reading from his new collection the Colored page at Weston Public Library next Thursday, August 4 at 7 pm. the Colored page is Henry’s third book and first full-length collection. “It’s a semi-autobiographical journey of a Black kid in predominantly white spaces–a METCO student in Wellesley, college and
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