Wayland Town Crier 9/8/2011: Wayland selectmen call out NStar over storm communication. Town officials at Tuesday night's selectmen's meeting slammed NStar over the utility's handling of communication after Tropical Storm Irene wiped out power throughout town last week. "We were putting out everything NStar gave us," Police Chief Robert Irving said, "but we didn't get all the information." Many residents felt they were being strung along by the company when they asked about getting their electricity back, Town Administrator Fred Turkington said. "The fact is, western Massachusetts was getting more help because they needed it more," Turkington said. If NStar had simply told residents that, they "might not have liked it, but they would have understood." Overall, just five trees caused a third of the town to go dark, with one fallen tree affecting 800 customers, said Turkington and Fire Chief Robert Loomer. The Department of Public Works had to wait for NStar's permission to clear trees, and many residents were without power for almost a week.

Wayland Patch 9/7/11: Irene by the Numbers: Wayland Officials Detail Storm Costs and Damage. More than 2,000 feet of yellow caution tape was used by the Wayland Police Dept. alone during and after tropical storm Irene, said Police Chief Bob Irving. Irving, with Fire Chief Bob Loomer and Local Emergency Planning Committee Chairman Doug Leard, detailed at the Sept. 6 Board of Selectmen's meeting areas of town where damage from fallen trees was worst, the cost of extra man-power and how future storms could be better handled.

Wayland Patch 8/31/11: Sen. Richard Ross Responds to Hurricane Irene. Sen. Richard Ross (R-Wrentham) would like to inform his constituents of various issues related to…

Wayland Town Crier 9/1/11: MetroWest stays tied up from Irene. Tropical Storm Irene has come and gone, but some MetroWest residents are still dealing with…

NSTAR 9/2/11 10:30pm:  Wayland outages down to 0.4% (24 of 5397), and now considered "Mostly Restored".  Latest outage spreadsheet:  http://www.nstar.com/residential/outage_towns-9-2-22.pdf

Wayland Patch 8/30/11: Deductibles Different For Hurricane Damage – Wayland, MA Patch. Massachusetts residents whose property is damaged by Hurricane Irene may discover they’ll be…

NSTAR 8/29/11 7pm: NSTAR Power Outage List. 1734 of 5399 customers in Wayland lack power (32%)