Wicked Local
Voters at Weston Town Meeting approved spending just over $1 million from the town s Community Preservation Act (CPA) fund to build two units of affordable rental housing at 8-10 Birch Lane off of Rte. 20.
The property was donated by Polly Dickson to the Weston Affordable Housing Foundation Inc. (WAHFI) in 2014, “so it’s been a long, long time in evolving and developing what we’re presenting today, WAHFI President Peter Endicott told Town Meeting voters.
WAHFI currently manages six affordable units scattered throughout Weston, including a two-family unit on Pine Street, which was built in 2009 for $760,000, and a two-family unit on Viles Street, which was built in 2014 for nearly $1.2 million.
Wicked Local
Voters at Weston Town Meeting approved spending $250,000 from the town s Community Preservation Act (CPA) fund for design fees to improve Memorial Pool.
The Recreation Commission will be coming back to a future town meeting to ask for up to $2.2 million from the CPA fund to pay for the improvements, which will include a new filtration system, entryway, accessibility compliant with the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) Act, and expanded concession stand that could generate more revenue.
Recreation Commission Chairman Eric Rosenthal said the pool has been a popular spot since the 1970s, with nearly a quarter of the town s residents using the pool at least once a year.
Nirva Patel
Weston residents have the opportunity to ban the sale of fur and continue Weston’s commitment to human health, the environment, and end needless suffering.
By supporting Article 34 at Town Meeting on May 15, Weston residents can end the sale of fur and assure the town remains committed to humane businesses that do not threaten public health.
While it is well-accepted that animal cruelty is inherent in the fur industry, it has recently become clear that fur jackets and fox fur pom-pom hats contribute to the spread of COVID-19. A few months ago, hundreds of people associated with mink farming and pelting tested positive for COVID-19 when the virus rapidly spread in the captive mink population and then jumped to the humans who handled them.