Wayland Town Crier 4/3/14: NStar to prune trees in Wayland. Wayland residents will begin seeing tree crews in town starting this week as part of…

Metrowest Daily News 9/8/13: Local utility companies deal with tree-cutting backlash. More than a year ago, dozens of residents in MetroWest had just about had…

Wayland Town Crier 8/29/12: Town seeks early judgment in Wayland crosswalk death case. Facing a lawsuit in the crosswalk death of an 80-year-old pedestrian, the town is asking a Superior Court judge to rule in its favor before the case goes to trial. The accident took place in 2008, when Marie Martino was struck by a Ford van and killed in a crosswalk near the corner of West Plain and Mitchell streets, just down the road from her home. Two of her daughters have filed a wrongful death and negligence suit in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn against the town and NStar seeking an undisclosed sum, citing both the loss of companionship and more than $18,000 in hospital and burial costs.

Wayland Patch 7/22/12: NSTAR To Conduct Helicopter Inspections. Wayland residents could hear and see helicopters in the area beginning Monday, July 23 and throughout the week…

Wayland Patch 7/21/12: Part 3: Residents Question Nstar's Plans for Herbicide Use. Wayland officials, residents and even State Rep. Tom Conroy, who lives in Wayland, told Nstar representatives Wednesday that the utility should carefully consider its plans for herbicide use in its Wayland rights-of-way.

Wayland Patch 7/21/12: Part 2: Residents Say Nstar Could Have Compromised Town Water Supply. Residents spoke up Wednesday night to insist Nstar address potential contamination and damage to the town's water supply resulting from clear-cutting and heavy equipment in the Meadowview wellhead area.

Wayland Town Crier 7/20/12: NStar plan to cut trees angers residents in several towns. Electric energy company NStar has released what some residents, town representatives and state legislators call an “unreasonable” plan to cut down trees and vegetation in Needham, Natick, Dover and Sherborn to maintain its power lines.

State representative Denise Garlick said that, based on her knowledge of similar projects in Wayland, it could profoundly impact the “quality and nature of the town of Needham.”