The meeting originally planned for July 9 to continue discussion of Harvard’s cleanup of contaminated soil on the Case Estates has been rescheduled to Wednesday, July 8 from 7-9 p.m., Town Hall.

Any questions or concerns related to these meetings or the cleanup process can be sent to the Board of Selectmen at selectmen@westonmass.org.

Concerts on the Town Green
Wednesdays at  7:00 p.m.
Free  -  NO rain dates

July 8 – Sharon Community Band
The Sharon Community Band was founded in 1988 by the late Roy Scott of Sharon, MA under the auspices of the town’s recreation department.  The Band has grown from a handful of Sharon residents to over 55 musicians ranging in age from early teens to their nineties.  Members include developing students, adults who have picked up their instruments after many years, musicians with professional training and experience, as well as music teachers.  The Concert Band’s outdoor summer concerts are fun for the entire family, and include Broadway show tunes, patriotic melodies, stirring marches and familiar favorites.

July 15 – Glamour Girls
With a show highlighted by costume changes and eye-catching choreography, The Glamour Girls present a song selection ranging from early 60’s sock hops to the Motown/soul era, to the disco dance hints of 70’s to the pop/rock chart toppers of the 80’s.  Artists covered include Diana Ross and The Supremes, Sister Sledge, Gloria Gaynor, Madonna, B-52’s and many more.

July 22 – Tom Nutile Big Band
Come enjoy the sounds of Glen Miller, Duke Ellington and Artie Shaw as well as some of the more modern sounds of today’s jazz.

July 29 – Alter Ego
Harmony laden contemporary folk, alt country, rock and pop.  Alter Ego is a seven member group from the Boston area featuring strong vocals and good musicianship.  The music is a mix of covers and originals.  Good listening and dancing music enjoyable for all ages.

August 5 – Steve Taddeo and His Swing Band
This is a foot stompin’ band playing tunes made famous by Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Artie Shaw, Count Basie and Gene Krupa fro the Swing Big Band Era.

August 12 – John Penny Band
The John Penny Band is a five piece country band with two guitars, bass, drum and sometimes a fiddle.  Their repertoire consists of traditional and contemporary country music, plus some pop standards and some oldies.

Harvard representatives formally presented the PIP Draft on June 25th to Weston residents at Town Hall.

The Public is encouraged to submit input and comments to the draft plan during the 20 day public comment period which is from June 25th to July 16th.

Harvard Representives have set up an information repository at both the Weston Public Library and an FTP site which can be found online at ftp.haleyaldrich.com User name: case_estates Password:12775

Anyone wishing to be added to the mailing list should send a request including your name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address by first class mail, e-mail, or telephone to:

Ms. Mary Power

Harvard University, Government, Community and Public Affairs

77 Brattle Street

Cambridge, MA. 02138

Telephone: 617.495.4955

E-mail: Mary_Power@Harvard.edu

Agenda for 6/23/09. The Weston Planning Board will meet twice more this summer, on 6/30/09 and 7/21/09.

With regard to the Case Estates’ clean up, as required by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection Harvard will hold a meeting to explain the PIP (Public Involvement Plan) process on Thursday, June 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Town Hall auditorium.

Greatestate.com just launched a categorized list of public and private schools in the Weston area ( Click here to see it). The schools are all laid out on a map, and if you click on the map pins (or on the school’s name in the categorized lists below the map) you are brought to a quick information page with basic stats about the school and a link to the school’s website. This includes nursery and special needs schools and is the most comprehensive resource of its kind out there. If you are a Weston parent interested in local school choices or a parent moving to the Weston area, I highly recommend you check it out.

By popular demand we have this video, captured at around 6:00 AM at a den site behind the farm. Now fully edited and rendered at half resolution, should play better in slower PCs.

Message from Superintendent

Field and Country Schools Closing Until

Thursday, May 28

Based on our daily monitoring of absentee rates and student illnesses at each Weston Public School and with guidance from the Weston Board of Health and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, we have made the decision to close both Field and Country Schools beginning Friday, May 22^nd. The two schools will re-open on Thursday, May 28^th. The increase in students out with flu-like symptoms and fevers is following the same pattern as was seen at the Woodland School, prior to the decision to close that facility. Yesterday, I received information from the Commissioner of Education that students attending schools that are closed due to the flu do not have to make those days up at the end of the school year.

As parents, I urge you to check your children daily for any signs of illness, keep those who have a fever out of school for seven days, avoid bringing ill children to indoor public places and inform the school nurse as to the onset of such symptoms. I will continue to keep all parents notified of any changes in student illness rates throughout our district.

I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause families, but I believe this action is in the best interest of our students. Please contact me or your child’s school nurse or principal should you have any questions or concerns.

Woodland School will reopen on Wednesday, May 27 at 8 a.m. for students who are not ill. (There is no kindergarten scheduled that day.)

Dr. Cheryl R. Maloney

Superintendent

The Weston Superintendent of Schools has announced the temporary closure of the Woodland school until May 27th after 20% of the student body was absent due to flu-like symptoms.  There has only been one case of H1N1 confirmed so far. The following public notice was posted on the Town’s website:

MESSAGE FROM DR. CHERYL MALONEY, SUPERINTENDENT

Dear Parents

After carefully monitoring the absence rate at each school and consulting with the Weston Board of Health, I am writing to inform you that Woodland School will be closed until next Wednesday, May 27th.  This action is being taken due to an absentee rate that has jumped to 20%, with many – but not all – of those out sick exhibiting flu-like symptoms.  There is one confirmed case of a Woodland School student having the H1N1 flu.  We are also closely following the health of students in the other Weston schools, but currently no other building has an absentee profile that warrants closure.  We hope this temporary closing of Woodland will prevent the spread of symptoms in that facility and elsewhere in our district.  In each school, the custodians will be increasing their sanitizing of surfaces and Woodland will be thoroughly cleaned during the closure.

As parents, I urge you to check your children daily for any signs of illness, keep those who have a fever out of school or other activities for seven days, and inform the school nurse as to the onset of such symptoms.  There is helpful information about the flu on our web site as well as available at the Town Hall.  I will keep all parents notified of any changes in student illness rates throughout our district.

Woodland School will reopen on Wednesday, May 27 at 8 a.m. for students who are not ill.   (There is no kindergarten scheduled that day.)

I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause families, but I believe this action is in the best interest of our students.  Please contact me or your child’s school nurse or principal should you have any questions or concerns.

Dr. Cheryl R. Maloney

Superintendent