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’s work cuts deeps, residents say. Residents and officials continued to rail against NStar on Wednesday night for clear-cutting trees near Meadowview and Oak Hill roads, hoping the utility becomes a “better neighbor” by restoring the area. Some Meadowview Road residents said during a selectmen meeting they lost as many as 30 trees on their properties in the NStar easement.

Wayland continues to rail against NStar for tree clearing. Residents and officials continued to rail against NStar on Wednesday night for the clear cutting of trees earlier this summer in the area of Meadowview and Oak Hill roads, hoping the utility becomes a “better neighbor” moving forward in restoring the vegetation.

Part 1: Nstar Representatives Address Mitigation Plans. Wayland residents and officials asked plenty of questions Wednesday night as representatives from Nstar made another appearance in town related to clear-cutting under transmission lines through the Oak Hill Road and Meadowview Road neighborhoods.  The questions were largely related to how Nstar will care for the neighbors and land impacted when the utility cleared the right-of-way that runs from Framingham, through Wayland and into Sudbury; however, some confusion over Nstar’s plans to use herbicides in town also emerged.

Town of Wayland 7/9/12: NStar officials to Meet with Selectmen to Discuss Mitigation Measures on July 18. The special meeting of the Board of Selectmen…