Wayland Town Crier 12/31/08: Midyear cuts to local aid could be ‘devastating’. Aid to towns and cities could be on the chopping block in a second round of midyear state budget cuts that local officials were grimly expecting, but have little capacity to absorb. Gov. Deval Patrick announced he will ask the Legislature for expanded [...]
The Wayland Planning Board is looking for residents interested in serving on the newly created Wayland Master Plan Advisory Study Committee. The Planning Board will be appointing three members to the eleven-member Master Plan Advisory Study Committee, with additional representation coming from other Town Boards and Committees. The Committee, which was created at the 2008 [...]
Boston Globe 12/28/08: Faced with need for free care, medical volunteers expand clinics. Related Articles:Local volunteers struggle to get to Haiti (Jan 19, 2010) Celebration International Church returning to help Haiti (Mar 12, 2009) 1,000 help give Waveland face-lift (Mar 4, 2009) New tutors needed to teach English for Speakers of Other Languages (Feb 11, [...]
Metrowest Daily News 12/27/08: Recycling firms deal with price collapse. Prices have fallen by up to 60% for recycled materials, yet another hit on revenues for local towns. Related Articles:Summary of February 22, 2010 meeting of the Board of Selectmen (Feb 24, 2010) More talks on Wayland Public Schools budget cuts (Jan 13, 2010) Tough [...]
Nashoba Publishing 12/26/08: Man hit by car driven by Wayland woman in Acton dies. A car accident in Acton killed a Shirley man on December 23. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Wayland Town Crier 12/24/08: School budget needs further cuts; bus fees to be introduced. On the same day Superintendent Gary Burton presented a $32 million budget for the Wayland Public Schools in the 2009-10 school year, he was sent back to the drawing board to cut another $350,000 due to decreasing revenue and state aid [...]
Breaking News 12/24/08: The Building and Planning Departments received a letter from the attorney for CVS stating they are withdrawing their application from the ZBA and Planning Board. The applicant did not state whether or when they would resubmit a new application. Related Articles:The Town Crier’s top stories of 2008 (Jan 1, 2009)
Wayland Town Crier 12/23/08: Welcome to "Waybury": Towns brainstorm ideas to consolidate services. Sudbury and Wayland may soon be collaborating on a number of cost-cutting initiatives in what many local and state officials predict is the wave of the future. Regionalization was on the agenda of a joint meeting of the two boards of selectmen. [...]
Wayland Town Crier 12/18/08: League of Women Voters organizing first annual Civics Bee. The League of Women Voters is holding the first annual Civics Bee for Sudbury, Wayland and Weston on March 1, 2-4:30pm at the Wayland Town Building. Sudbury, Wayland and Weston teams will compete answering questions based on the Constitution and how it [...]
Wayland Town Crier 12/11/08: Wayland ‘A-Z’: M is for Meetinghouse. Wayland Town Crier 6/19/08: Wayland A-Z: I is for Icehouses. Wayland Town Crier 6/5/08: Wayland A-Z: "H" is for "Houses of Worship". Wayland Town Crier 5/28/09: Wayland A-Z: "H" is for "Heard Family". Wayland Town Crier 5/8/08: Wayland A-Z: "G" for "Grout-Heard House". Wayland Town [...]
December 5: Lost Dachsund Please Help Find Souci. Souci (pronounced Soosee) was walking with her owner and their other dachshund at The Greenways on Friday, December 5th. She is black and tan long-hair mini dachshund, gentle, timid six-year old spayed female weighing about fifteen pounds. She has a new collar, but does not have tags. [...]
[Articles published on the Town Center prior to the move to the new WaylandeNews format.] Town Center Documents and Related Links Planning Board’s Town Center documents Town Center Committee website Project Advocates: SOS Wayland Project Opponents: WaylandCARD Official Documents, Reports and Comments regarding Town Center June 25 presentation by Arrowstreet, including the two [...]
Wayland Town Crier 12/4/08: Town Center to open in spring 2010 at the earliest. The Twenty Wayland development team is now racing to get their Wayland permits finished by January 15, 2009, in order to open up the anchor store Stop & Shop by the spring of 2010. The developers say the January 15 deadline [...]
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