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Weston’s Board of Aldermen is considering putting work to repair various streets out for bid. The work suggested as first priority is milling and overlaying the two blocks of Washington Street not done during the Washington-Spring Street project. 
Cost is estimated at $100,000, leaving another $100,000 in the budget for other streets. Public Works Director Eric Mosier said he could have a rough estimate of the cost of repairing other streets on the list by the end of the week.
The Board voted to spend $42,000 to fix the Humes Road Bridge, which is being undercut by the current in the creek it spans. The only bid presented, dated July 8, 2024, was from Mega KC which would have been $85,300, while the engineer’s estimate, dated August 27, 2024, for the work was $26,471.
Mr. Mosier included pay for Steve Unfred and Phil Anderson, who directed the work putting in the replacement for the low-water crossing at the east end of Spring Street in March, 2024.
In July, the board will consider passing a revised Purchasing Policy, Golf Cart Regulations, Sludge Lagoon Clean Out, and discussion of a dangerous building at 210 Thomas St. and Personnel Policy. Raises for employees are also being discussed, and numbers plugged into the budget to see what the long-range effects would be.

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 The Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign (BAAC) of Weston, Missouri, is excited to present the fifth annual Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee (JHJ5) commemoration, free and open to the public. 
Co-hosts Vincent Bell and Leah Ricketts will lead the festivities at Weston Red Barn Farm at 16300 Wilkerson Rd. Weston, MO, from 11:00 to 3:30. Doors open at 10:30 with live jazz. 
Join us for the 5th Annual Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee (JHJ5) as we proudly commemorate the Black Ancestors Awareness Campaign’s 5th Anniversary! With storytelling, song, poetry, and more, the multimedia production of The Neighbors of Blackhawk Street is an excursion down Weston’s historically diverse Blackhawk Street, where you will meet the remarkable neighbors who lived and worked together to build their post-Civil War community. 
We’ll stop by Weston’s first Black Church, established in 1865, the Second Baptist Church, and the immediate transitional housing that followed for the newly emancipated, and the civil officer who insured fair legal representation for his now free neighbors of color, and other industrious citizens who collectively contributed to Weston’s wellbeing. 
We’ll not only learn about collard greens but also taste this nutritious, earthy African food staple once overlooked as a weed. JHJ5 presenters include poets Phyllis Becker and Rebecca Ehrich, actors Gena Bardwell and John Anderson, jazz legends Roger Wilder and Steve Rigazzi, with Angela Hagenbach, Michelle Cook, and Steve Harris. And back by popular demand, Art in Motion, the African Drum and Dance ensemble. 

Weston’s Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee is a family-friendly free event, including the Weston Rotary Club-sponsored BBQ luncheon. But bring your wallets! There will be beautifully curated Weston-themed baskets to bid on, a Pearl Family Farm farmer’s market, merchandise, and educational Lost Arts booths. Your generous support of our events enables us to produce quality annual programs throughout the year.

The 2025 Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee is made possible in part by a Missouri Tourism grant and the generous support from the following: Catha Hall, N.W. Dible Foundation, Weston Chamber of Commerce, Weston Rotary Club, Holladay Distillery, BAAC, Green Grass Cattle Co., and other local businesses, contributors, and volunteers.
BAAC is a standing committee of the Weston Historical Museum


Weston’s Fifth Annual Juneteenth Heritage Jubilee Saturday, June 14, 2025​​​

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