Wayland Town Crier 9/11/13: Wayland Board of Health votes to reduce fluoride in water. After over three hours of debate, the Board of Health voted…

Wayland Patch 10/26/12: Wayland DPW Preparing for Sandy's Worst. The exact path of Hurricane Sandy remains a mystery, but Wayland’s Department of Public Works is paying attention to the clues and preparing for the worst. Highway Director Stephen Kadlik said his employees have been busily tuning up equipment and clearing their schedules to be available for storm assistance and cleanup.

Wayland Town Crier 8/23/12: Wayland Board of Health ponders to spray or not to spray. To spray or not to spray? That was the question at last week’s Board of Health meeting. Concerns about mosquitoes have arisen recently because of the discovery in early August that a trap on Dean Road in the southern part of town tested positive for West Nile Virus.

The warmer than normal temperatures that we’ve experienced this summer is likely increasing both the EEE and WNV risk. Nationally it appears as though the…

  From the Wayland Board of Health:   As you know, there is a human case of EEE that has been diagnosed in the Metrowest…

A mosquito tested positive for West Nile Virus on August 1, 2012.  In Wayland, mosquitoes pose a health threat especially for West Nile Virus between…

Wayland Town Crier 6/7/12: Concerns on sodium levels in Wayland water. The Board of Health and Department of Public Works Director Don Ouellette agreed at a meeting last week that residents, especially those on low-sodium and salt-restricted diets, should be made aware of the relatively high levels of the chemical in the town’s drinking water so that they can take appropriate measures. In samplings taken between February and April of this year, sodium levels at the wellheads ranged from a low of 26 parts per million at Baldwin Well No. 1 to a high of 72 parts per million at Happy Hollow Well No. 2.