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Planning Board takes up 280-unit Weston Quarry plan. Weston's Planning Board took up the 280-unit Weston Quarry site plan at 133 Boston Post Road. BXP's Michael Johnson put the building at about 61 feet against a 65-foot limit, and members pressed on trees, fire access and glass.Weston News
Study committee debates warrant disclosure rules. Weston's Town Meeting Study Committee debated requiring fuller financial disclosure on warrant articles after Planning Board members said compressed schedules left them "slammed," with a pulled senior assisted living overlay proposal as backdrop.Weston News
Hosts preview six-article consent agenda for Nov. 23. Hosts of the "Talk of the Town" series previewed the six-article consent agenda for the Nov. 23 special town meeting, which voters take up as one bundle unless 10 stand to pull an article out.Weston News
TV show previews Nov. 23 town meeting CPA articles. A public-access talk show walked through six Community Preservation Act requests headed to the Nov. 23 special town meeting, led by a Burchard Park playground and Brook School window and HVAC work.Weston News
Police chief urges package and mail theft checks. In his November Chief's Dispatch, Weston's police chief warned about package and mail thefts, including mail taken from the blue mailbox outside the post office, and asked residents to check bank statements.Weston News
Weston Power Choice price set at 16.243 cents per kWh. The Town of Weston announced the current Weston Power Choice price of 16.243 cents per kilowatt-hour, fixed from December 2026 to December 2027. Residents can leave the program at any time with no fee or penalty.Weston News
Session on gas leaf blower bylaw set for Nov. 12. Weston will hold a public information session on a proposed bylaw that would phase out gas-powered leaf blowers over three years. It is set for Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. on Zoom.Weston News
Study committee weighs fuller warrant disclosure rules. Weston's Town Meeting Study Committee debated how much financial detail warrant articles should carry after Planning Board members described compressed review schedules, with the pulled senior assisted living overlay proposal as backdrop.Weston News
School Committee takes up enrollment forecast and MCAS essay results. Weston School Committee worked through its Table K enrollment projection for budgeting, MCAS essay problems among grade 10 test-takers, and a first-quarter budget update before going into executive session on bargaining.Weston News
Hosts preview consent agenda for Nov. 23 town meeting. A Weston TV series previewed the bundle of six articles slated to move together at the Nov. 23 special town meeting, including a new fire alarm revolving fund and part of Riverside Road. Voting starts at 7 p.m. at Weston High School.Weston News
TV show previews Community Preservation requests for Nov. 23. Hosts of a Weston public-access show walked through six Community Preservation Act requests headed to the Nov. 23 special town meeting, led by an $875,000 Burchard Park playground and Brook School window and HVAC work.Weston News
Study committee plans outreach to five town boards. The Town Meeting Study Committee settled on a letter asking the Select Board, Planning Board, School Committee, Finance Committee and Community Preservation Committee for short meetings about improving Town Meeting.Weston News
Art and Innovation Center board eyes Observer speaker series. The Weston Art and Innovation Center Advisory Board weighed a speaker series with the Weston Observer, along with September class revenue and a long-term rental, as it looked at the center's operating loss and town support.Weston News
DPW seeks truck driver/laborer for highway and parks divisions. The Town of Weston DPW is hiring a full-time truck driver/laborer for its Highway/Stormwater and Parks/Cemeteries divisions at $28.89 to $29.61 an hour. A CDL is required on hire or within six months.Town of Weston
Weston's midterm results track statewide Democratic trends. The Weston Observer reports that Weston's election results lined up with the Democratic voting pattern seen across Massachusetts.Weston Observer
October deed activity shows wide range of sale prices. A review of October property transfers in Weston finds trust transfers playing a major role in deed activity, with home sale prices spanning a wide range across the month.Weston News
Election Day arrives with steady turnout at Weston polls. Weston voters cast ballots Tuesday with sustained turnout, as roughly 39 percent of registered voters had already voted early before polls opened, Town Clerk Janet Murphy said, the Weston Observer reports.Weston Observer
October home sales range from $875,000 to $4.8 million. Weston's October real estate roundup tracks deed filings across town, finding sale prices ranged from $875,000 to $4.8 million as trust transfers, rather than traditional sales, accounted for an outsized share of the month's recorded transactions.Weston News
October home sales reflect active trust transfers. Weston's October real estate activity drew attention for the mix of inherited and trust-held properties changing hands, with sale prices spanning from well under a million dollars to multimillion-dollar estates.Weston News
Finance Committee weighs playground, housing funding requests. Weston's Finance Committee took up Community Preservation Act funding requests for a Burchard Park playground and HVAC and window work at Brooks School Apartments, after members pressed organizers to justify ballooning cost estimates for both projects.Weston News
School Committee hears 90-day METCO report. Weston School Committee met with Boston-area METCO families in Dorchester to hear a 90-day report from new METCO Director Arturo Forrest and an update on a new middle school bias-response pilot, before approving only its routine consent agenda.Weston News
Finance Committee endorses $1.68 million CPA funding. Weston's Finance Committee took up Community Preservation Act requests for a Burchard Park playground and Brooks School Apartments repairs, with members pressing for a clearer cost rationale on the playground's rising price tag.Weston News
Early voting ends today ahead of Nov. 3 election. Weston Patch reports today is the last day of early in-person voting before the Nov. 3 state election, with ballots cast at Weston Town Hall.Weston Patch
Building inspector resigns. The Weston Observer reports Building Inspector Paul Creedon resigned Oct. 16, though the reason for his departure was not given.Weston Observer
Seven CPA projects head to Special Town Meeting. Weston's Special Town Meeting warrant will ask residents to fund seven Community Preservation Act projects, including senior housing improvements and a new playground, according to the Weston Observer.Weston Observer
Route 30 panel logs 116 resident letters. The Traffic and Sidewalk Committee has received 116 resident letters on the Route 30 reconstruction project and plans to issue recommendations in December, the Weston Observer reports.Weston Observer
Weston donors fund state races despite uncontested local ballot. Though most Weston seats are uncontested this fall, residents are still donating to state political campaigns, the Weston Observer reports.Weston Observer
Commission OKs meadow fix for cutting violation. The Weston Conservation Commission closed an enforcement hearing over unpermitted tree cutting at 451 Wellesley Street after considering whether an experimental shrub-meadow restoration could replace the reforestation typically required for such violations.Weston News
Financial Summit previews FY28 budget gap, debt concerns. Weston's Select Board, Finance Committee and School Committee held their joint annual Financial Summit, confronting a fiscal 2028 outlook grim enough that the finance chief urged pausing any new debt-funded projects beyond those already approved.Weston News
Town boards preview FY28 school budget gap. Weston's Select Board, Finance Committee and School Committee held a joint Financial Summit to grapple with a fiscal 2028 budget picture that officials warned includes a steep school funding gap and what one official called a severe debt spike from major capital projects.Weston News
Panel asks School Committee to widen PE exemption. Weston's Student Advisory Committee pressed the School Committee on Oct. 19 to extend the school's physical-education exemption, now limited to MIAA athletes, to students with heavy outside commitments such as dance and ice skating, with no decision made yet.Weston News
Obituary notices for the week of Oct. 19-25. This week's Weston obituary notices column lists one entry for the week of Oct. 19 through Oct. 25: Joan Simpson, who died Oct. 20, 2026.Weston News
October home sales span $525,000 to $4.15 million. Weston's October home sales ranged from $525,000 to $4.15 million, spanning the width of the town's housing market this month.Weston News
Weston library hiring full-time desk clerk. The Weston Public Library has an opening for a full-time Desk Clerk to assist patrons of all ages; applicants can view the posting and apply online.Weston Public Library
Weston October home sales range from $525,000 to $4.15 million. This month's roundup of Weston real estate sales tracked transactions across town, with prices for the period spanning $525,000 at the low end to $4.15 million at the high end.Weston News
Early voting live this weekend at Town Hall. Weston Patch reported early voting for the November election opened this weekend, with ballots available for residents to cast in person at Town Hall.Weston Patch
Weston early voting continues this weekend. Early voting for the November election remains open at Weston Town Hall through this weekend, Weston Patch reported, as the countdown to Election Day continues.Weston Patch
Historical Commission hearing set on Chestnut Street demolition. Weston's Historical Commission will hold a public hearing November 10 on a partial demolition application for the 1930 house at 38 Chestnut Street, the Weston Observer reported.Weston Observer
Weston early voting is live this weekend. Weston Patch reports early voting is open at Town Hall this weekend and continues through October 30 ahead of the November election.Weston Patch
Residents will weigh in on gas-powered leaf blower ban. Weston Observer reports a proposed ban on gas-powered leaf blowers is heading to November's Special Town Meeting, potentially complicating how residents clear fall leaves.Weston Observer
Select Board warns Woods lease may be ended. Weston Observer reports the Select Board again threatened to terminate the lease for the long-planned Woods restaurant at the Josiah Smith Tavern.Weston Observer

Coming up

Fri, Nov 6, 10:00 a.m.: Planning Board site visit at 30 Rolling Lane. The Planning Board holds a site visit at 30 Rolling Lane from 10 to 11 a.m.Town of Weston
Sat, Nov 7, 7:00 a.m.: Brush Dump open Saturday. Weston's brush dump is open from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.Town of Weston
Mon, Nov 9, 4:00 p.m.: Unified Plan Committee meets at Town Hall. The Unified Plan Committee meets from 4 to 6 p.m. at 11 Town House Road.Town of Weston
Mon, Nov 9, 4:30 p.m.: Town Meeting Study Committee meets Monday. The Town Meeting Study Committee meets at 4:30 p.m. Monday.Town of Weston
Mon, Nov 9, 7:00 p.m.: Recreation Commission meets Monday. The Recreation Commission meets at 7 p.m. Monday.Town of Weston
Tue, Nov 10, 9:00 a.m.: Education Enrichment Fund Committee meets next week. The Weston Education Enrichment Fund Committee convenes Tuesday, November 10, at 9 a.m.Town of Weston
Tue, Nov 10, 7 p.m.: Historical Commission to weigh Chestnut Street demolition. Weston's Historical Commission reports a public hearing Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. on a partial demolition application for 38 Chestnut Street, a 1930 house owned by Assaad.Weston Observer
Tue, Nov 10, 7:30 p.m.: Conservation Commission meets Tuesday. The Conservation Commission meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.Town of Weston

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