Author: Jim Fahrenbach We’re all familiar with Fermilab, but we may not be familiar with Weston, Illinois. This town was voted out of existence by its village board in order to provide a site for the National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), which was selected by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission on December 16, 1966. Batavia has … Continue reading Weston, Batavia’s Long-Lost Neighboring Community