The Spring 2018 issue of The Weston Historical Society Bulletin (PDF) is devoted to the history of the Central Massachusetts Railroad and the coming Mass Central Rail Trail. Included is a special section "Treasures of the Trail," a guide that includes Weston and part of Wayland. You can also find a checklist of the treasures (PDF).
"Treasures of the Trail" was largely written by Rail Trail Advisory Committee member Paul Penfield Jr. (right), a retired M.I.T. engineering professor. This detailed guide reflects not only his interest in history and how things work, but also his enthusiasm in conveying that knowledge to rail trail users. Weston Historical Commission chair Phyllis Halpern (left) worked with Paul, as did Wayland Historical Commission member R. Richard "Rick" Conard.
Paul Penfield Jr. (center) leads a walk on the future rail trail in October 2017.
If you missed the Weston Historical Society’s April 26 lecture, Designing Weston: The Olmsted Legacy, the video is now online, thanks to the Weston Media Center.
The video features Alan Banks, Supervisory Park Ranger at the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, speaking on F.L. Olmsted and his successors, and Pam Fox, Weston historian, on Olmsted projects in Weston.
Gertrude Fiske Art Exhibit
Two Weston Historical Society paintings are on view at a major exhibition, Gertrude Fiske: American Master, at the Portsmouth Historical Society in Portsmouth, NH, through September 30. Gertrude Fiske was Weston’s most acclaimed artist. The exhibition of some 60 works celebrates a “major figure in American Impressionism” who deserves to be better known.
Portsmouth, NH is only one hour and fifteen minutes away via Rt. 95 north.
