. Some of you may have caught yesterday’s news stories of the man who attempted to open an airplane door midflight and then rushed a flight attendant with a utensil after spending long minutes ranting about being Balthazar. I wasn’t even in that plane and was affected by viewing the video. It starts out with the man verbally ranting, then
Read more. Update: This post has been updated at 5 pm on March 7 to reflect that there is no Caucus nominee for Board of Health, which is a change from last night’s results. You can see official results at the Town website here. Okay, as I was sitting there in the Town Hall Auditorium, I resolved to NOT have any
Read more. The following is from the announcement of Deborah Stark Ecker’s obituary in The Concord Bridge. The Owl did not know Ms. Ecker who had moved from Weston by the time she arrived in 2014. I do know I would have liked her, especially for her work on the preservation of land in the town of Weston. We (and I
Read moreSo here it is, Weston, the reason I am traumatized. All the nopes in one sentence: Weston Middle School Principal John Gibbons has announced his retirement. He sent a wonderful letter out at 4 pm yesterday, and School Administration has just sent a further thank you to him. Both communications are included below. I have not yet even BEGUN to
Read more. Happy March 1, Weston! It’s a beautiful day and I plan to spend very little of it in front of the Weston Owl website. Fortunately for you all, there are about a billion articles from yesterday for you to catch up on. And of course, this one is a periodic housekeeping post to make sure you know how awesome
Read more. At a recent high school principal’s coffee, the Owl learned that there are three teachers who are retiring this year at the high school and middle school level, all in the sciences. Yesterday, I reached out to Janet Kresl Moffat, biology teacher and long-time advisor of the Students for Environmental Action, a high school club that appears here from
Read more. The Owl has been informed that there is an “OC” or “Open Crib” at Intuitive Wellness in downtown Weston on Friday evening, March 3. Because of Weston’s archaic liquor laws (yeah, I know, we are not alone–but Massachusetts is somewhat nutty on this), it is also BYOB. I am absolutely in love with the term “OC” which of course
Read more. According to the town’s Important Dates communications which I seem to receive weekly (and I appreciate that, by the way), we are about to enter the exciting yard sign season. I realize I am on a slippery slope given I have had a Friends of the Library sign up for a while now, am about 6 weeks from putting
Read moreA group of volunteers from First Parish Church of Weston is meeting to discuss participation in the International Institute of New England (IINE) program “Resettle Together.” Participants will sponsor a refugee family to help them with resettlement through support with finding housing, education, work opportunities, socialization, and pathways to citizenship. IINE’s “Resettle Together” program provides an opportunity to work directly
Read moreIn a shocking turn of events, both the Wes-TEN and the Weston Owl have been declared “news” and we have been invited by the Women’s Community League (aka the Weston Community League) for cocktails and conversation on March 2 from 7-9 pm. Do bear in mind that the Owl is an introvert and only going because Alyson promises to do
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