First Parish Church in Weston
There will be no Sunday morning worship services at First Parish in July. We look forward to resuming services on Sunday, Aug. 1, at 10:30 a.m.
During the week, our Knitters & Stitchers group will meet in person at the church on Monday at noon. Our Wednesday morning meditation group continues to meet virtually at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, visit FirstParishWeston.org or call 781-893-7798.
B nai Torah
Join Congregation B’nai Torah for Shabbat on the Beach on Friday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m., at the Wayland Town Beach, located at 25 Parkland Drive. We have missed gathering as a community and can t wait for an opportunity to all come together again. Bring your beach chairs (or blanket) and a picnic dinner.
Special to the Crier
How much of what we throw in the trash could be composted? The answer is: “A lot.”
A group of Weston residents decided to find out just how much. They have been weighing their trash and their compostable kitchen waste.
If you are good at reducing the amount of stuff you accumulate, reducing the amount you throw away, and recycling, you will have a high ratio of compost to total waste (compost plus other solid waste). According to the Department of Environmental Protection, the run-of-the-mine estimate of the ratio is about one quarter. Our Weston composters did much better.
Wicked Local
The winning entries to create murals on Weston s new rail trail have come from students at Weston High School and the Cambridge School of Weston.
A group of 18 Weston High students are planning to create 18 different panels on both sides of the Concord Road underpass of the rail trail around the theme of freedom.
Pending approval from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, which owns the bridges on the rail trail, the students will create the artwork during May under the guidance of two art teachers, Julie Hom-Mandell and Jacob Ginga.
At the Church Street underpass, a senior at the Cambridge School of Weston will create a panorama under the guidance of teacher Alison Safford, featuring Weston Town Hall, the town s seal, and four interlocking hands of people of different races.