Massachusetts School Building Authority 3/26/09: MSBA. The MSBA is working with the 106 communities (including Wayland) that are currently in their capital pipeline to develop an eligible project scope, schedule and cost that the MSBA will reimburse. The MSBA has set aside resources for these potential projects.
On January 6, 2009, the Wayland Water Department adopted a capital improvement surcharge of $118 per billing cycle for residential accounts and $59 per billing cycle for commercial accounts. The surcharge amount will be adjusted annually to reflect the principle and interest payments for capital improvements divided by the number of active water accounts. See also [...]
BEGINNING APRIL 12, 2009 WAYLAND WATER DEPARTMENT WAYLAND, MA As part of our ongoing effort to improve water quality and supply the Water Department will conduct its spring hydrant flushing program beginning on Sunday evening, April 12, 2009. Flushing will begin in the area of the Reeves Hill water storage tanks on Old Connecticut Path [...]
Adrian Gomes, the first coach to many of Wayland’s young athletes, has introduced Wayland students to team sports for over 20 years. Adrian’s teenage daughter, Alex, is battling cancer and is confined to their home. Please join Wayland student athletes as they TEAM UP to support Coach Adrian at this difficult time. COACH ADRIAN DAY [...]
Metrowest Daily News 3/29/09: Wayland Student Press ‘Crowned’. The Wayland Student Press recently struck journalistic gold. The online news site, created and maintained by Wayland High School students, received the Gold Crown award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, an international organization that unites student editors and faculty advisers to produce student publications. This is [...]
MARCH 30, 2009 – WAYLAND, MA – Cleaning up litter along roads, around ball fields and other public areas has been the mission of two local men for the last four years. Cliff Kolovson and Chris DeVany are hoping to rally even more people to remove litter around town this year on Saturday, April 18th. [...]
“Booking It” in the Waiting Room is a program that provides free books for patients in the waiting room of the Adolescent Clinic at Children’s Hospital Boston. The project was launched in January 2005 with the goal of promoting literacy by making books more accessible to adolescents, particularly those who may not otherwise have the [...]
Pamela Weinstein-Molloy won first place in the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts 10th annual student online essay contest, in the 4-5 grade division. She will receive her award and read her essay in a ceremony at Faneuil Hall on Sunday, April 5, 2-4 p.m. She also won a $300 grant for Claypit. The theme of this [...]
Computer Recycling Event: Recycle and GIVE back! Saturday, April 4th, 10am-2pm. Safely and CHEAPLY recycle your computers, monitors, printers, cell phones and more… and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the “Make the Dash Count Foundation.” This Foundation is run locally by 15 youth board members from Wayland, Framingham and Needham high schools, and serves [...]
A preview of the Board of Selectmen meeting for 3/30 from Town Administrator Fred Turkington: A reminder that the Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday evening beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Large Hearing Room in Town Building. The meeting begins with a public hearing on the application for a beer and wine license [...]
Wayland Student Press Network 3/25/09: April 7 vote to determine fate of WHS construction. On April 7th, Wayland residents will vote on the question of whether or not to allocate $315,000 towards funding the design of a new Wayland High School. During WHS’s most recent accreditation report, in 2005, the New England Association of Schools [...]
Great Decisions: Our next Great Decisions group will meet Friday, April 17, at 9:15 a.m. The topic will be Afghanistan and Pakistan.
On Thursday, April 16, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. Judy Schurgin will be back at the library to talk about the Venetian Renaissance artist Tiziano Vecellio, more commonly known as Titian, who is considered to be one of the most important artists of the sixteenth century. This program is good preparation for the current MFA exhibit: “Rivals [...]
All are invited to the Wayland Library Poetry Workshop’s 13th Annual Public Reading on Sunday, April 19, at 2:30 pm. Kay Barone of Natick will be the featured poet. Other members of the workshop will follow, and poems by Terry Malcolm will be read in her memory.
Award-winning pastelist Gregory Maichack will present a workshop on "How to Paint in Pastels Like an Impressionist" on Wednesday, April 29, 7-9 p.m. The class will combine lecture, demonstration, and hands-on experiment by participants, with Maichack guiding the group and coaching individuals. We will use professional grade pastels and paper. Program includes demo of pastel [...]
Our family movie will feature the large-eared mouse, Despereaux, who is spurred to seek adventure after reading the tales of King Arthur. Outcast due to his unusual quest, Despereaux makes new friends in Princess Pea and Roscuro, a rat with a grievance over soup. This movie is based on the award winning book by Kate [...]
On Wednesday, April 22, at 10 and again at 10:30 a.m. some live baby animals will be visiting the library. The menagerie includes a diapered goat, a little potbellied pig, lots of baby bunnies, chicks or chickens, puppies and kittens. The animals are presented in a safe and clean environment and Barn Babies is licensed [...]
Discover how household trash can transform into musical instruments before your very eyes! With instructor Margaret Helfrick we will construct several different musical instruments from cardboard tubes, pie plates, pasta boxes, soda bottles, etc. Bringing your own materials is fine, but not necessary. Drop in and make one instrument, or stick around and make several. [...]
Boston Globe 3/29/09: Franklin, Wellesley police show the way with Twitter links. Police departments in Franklin and Wellesley have been leading the way by using Twitter to push out information on traffic and other activities. And now the service is gaining popularity, or at least scrutiny, at other area departments. Police in Wayland are considering [...]
The next program of the Sudbury Historical Society at 2pm in Sudbury Town Hall has been compiled by Dr. Tony Howes and Terry Keeney, together with Historical Society curator Lee Swanson. It is the result of months of research and filming around Sudbury and parts of Wayland. "Our goal is to engender enthusiasm among the [...]
Looking for something to do with the family for little or no cost? The Wayland Friends of Sudbury Valley Trustees invite you to Wolbach Farm in Sudbury at 4pm (just over the Wayland town line off Route 27) for our own "Stimulus Package". Join us for drinks and good food and to learn about [...]
The Hubbard Trail, one of the few walks on Weston’s south side, will be the location for the Weston Forest & Trail Association’s monthly walk at 2pm. Park on Glen Rd and meet at 259 Glen Rd. Everyone is welcome to participate, but dogs must be leashed. Warm clothing and waterproof boots are recommended. Following [...]
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Weston-Wayland is just around the corner. Register your team online at www.WestonWaylandRelay.org or by calling the American Cancer Society at 781-314-2608. This “celebration of life” brings the Weston and Wayland communities together in a unified effort to fight cancer. Former and current cancer patients, those who have [...]
April Break is coming up, and we have several interesting programs with openings. If you are interested, details for the following programs can be found on the Park & Recreation website. You may register at the site on line or call us at 508-358-3660. APRIL VACATION PROGRAMS: Forensic Detectives. Tues-Fri, April 21-April 24, Grades: 1-5, [...]
Saturday, May 2, 10am-2pm at the Wayland High School parking lot near the Town Pool. Donate your returnable glass and plastic bottles and aluminum cans for carbonated beverages (i.e., soda, seltzer water, and beer). We will return them and put the 5¢ deposit to work for the Fine Arts programs.
Come see A Step Above Dance Company show: In Case of Emergency: Stomp, Jump, and Pirouette We are a student-run Dance Company based out of Dancer’s Workshop in Sudbury. We choreograph all of our pieces. And we want to share them with you! Celebrate our 9th year! Our shows are at the Performing Arts Center [...]
Students from Mr. James Page’s Entrepreneurial Business Management (EBM) class at Wayland High School are now selling organic cotton bandanas in a "Bandanas for Burgess" campaign that will benefit the WayCo Softball League. Each year EBM students choose a product to sell in the community and select a nonprofit as the recipient of its proceeds.This [...]
Join Lindsay, Whole Food’s in-house certified Yoga instructor, each Tuesday in April and May (excluding April 28) from 7–8:30pm at the Parmenter Auditorium located at 266 Cochituate Road (Route 27). Please bring a $5 donation to the Wayland Food Pantry and your own mat or towel. To learn more go to www.parmenter.org or call 508-358-3000.
A presentation by renowned photographer Karl Schanz, APSA, MNEC, entitled, "My Passion: Travel and Nature." will be featured at an "open" meeting of Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers to be held in the Public Hearing Room of the Wayland Town Building, 41 Cochituate Road, on Thursday evening, April 16. The event will begin with refreshments at [...]
Wayland Police Department Press Release March 23, 2009 Chief Robert Irving is pleased to announce that the Wayland Police Department was awarded 2nd place for Municipal Police Departments, in the 2008 Massachusetts Law Enforcement Challenge. This award is sponsored by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, with support from the Massachusetts Chiefs [...]
The Arts Wayland Spring show will take place from June 5–29 at the Wayland Public Library’s Raytheon Room. There will be an artists’ reception on June 6 from 2:30–4:30pm also in the Raytheon Room and there will be refreshments and commentary from the artists.
The Independent Living Options Taskforce (ILOT) of Wayland and Lincoln will present progress reports from five recently established short-term subcommittees at a meeting to be held in the Large Hearing Room of the Wayland Town Building (41 Cochituate Road) on Tuesday, April 14 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. The purpose of ILOT is to create [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/26/09: Dudley Chateau yet to reopen. Despite an attempt last fall to gut and renovate Wayland’s historic Dudley Chateau, the watering hole remains closed following a violent altercation that took place outside the establishment right after Christmas. Currently, a building permit is visible on the front door, and Natick attorney Ken Phillips [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/26/09: Keeping our students safe and healthy. The Wayland Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition will host an open forum this evening to present the results of the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey and to inform the public about strategies to address teen drug and alcohol use in town.
Wayland Town Crier 3/26/09: Foundation shows how to ‘Light up a Classroom’. As part of its 25th anniversary campaign to “Light up a Classroom,” the Wayland Public Schools Foundation (WPSF) has helped to transform eight High School, 12 Middle School and 17 elementary classrooms this year by funding the addition of “Smart Classroom” technology. The [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/26/09: Wayland residents show great generosity. Wayland residents have contributed over $12,000 to the long-time kids sports coach Adrian Gomes and his family to help deal with the costs of caring for Adrian’s daughter who is battling cancer. To donate funds to help the Gomes family, please make a check out to [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/26/09: WayCam gets its finances in order. Wayland’s Community Access and Media (WayCam) corporation presented cash flow and other financial statements to the Board of Selectmen on Monday night, showing how it would re-appropriate $50,000 in misclassified monies. The request came after selectmen learned that WayCAM had transferred $50,000 in funds designated [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/26/09: Update from High School Building Committee. The High School Building Committee (HSBC) held a briefing for candidates before its regular meeting on March 19. Four Wayland School Committee candidates (Malcolm Astley, Jeff Baron, Steve Glovsky and Paul Grasso) and three Board of Selectmen candidates (Tom Fay, Susan Pope and Alan Reiss) [...]
Boston Globe 3/26/09: Mass. School Building Authority projects funding shortfall. With sales tax revenue on a steady decline, the Massachusetts School Building Authority is projecting its portion of state funds will fall short by at least $100 million this fiscal year. Katherine Craven, the authority’s executive director, said that if the state isn’t able to [...]
Students from James Page’s Entrepreneurial Business Management class at Wayland High School are selling cotton bandanas in a "Bandanas for Burgess" campaign that will benefit the WayCo Softball League. Each year students choose a product to sell in the community and select a nonprofit as the recipient of its proceeds. This year Scott Smith, who [...]
Boy Scouts from Troop 1 Cochituate are running a sock drive at the Wayland Public Schools to collect socks for the homeless. Socks are an item that homeless people constantly need and they are not often donated so the boys decided to collect socks as part of their Citizenship in the Community merit badge. Donations [...]
A reminder that the Annual Town Meeting and Special Town Meeting Warrant Hearing will be held on Monday, March 30th at 8:00 p.m. in the Large Hearing Room of Town Building. This is an opportunity for all residents to ask questions about any aspect of the Warrant or the procedures to be followed at town [...]
Wayland 3/19/09: Cheering on ‘varsity sport of the mind’. This past weekend, thousands of cheering fans filled Boston University’s Agganis Arena, waving pompoms and wearing team T-shirts, but no hockey game was going on. Rather, the three days were what founders Dean Kamen and Woodie Flowers call a “varsity sport of the mind.” The shouts [...]
Wayland Student Press 3/22/09: Wayland Student Press wins the Gold Crown Award. On March 20, 2009 the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced its top awards for scholastic publications at the 85th annual Scholastic Convention. This year 1,795 magazines, newspapers, yearbooks and online publications of the current CSPA members were eligible to enter the Crown Awards. [...]
Fox News 3/25/09: Planting fruits and vegetables. We all know food shopping can be expensive. The First Lady just planted a garden to feed the family and teach the nation about the benefits of having a garden. Maybe you can do it, too. Peg Mallett, a vegetable and herb specialist at Russell’s Garden Center in [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/19/09: Election season: Disagreements about domain name and private meeting. School Committee candidate Jeff Baron denies he did anything wrong by registering a domain name (soswayland.com) that is strikingly similar to that of SOS (soswayland.org) even after it was intentionally used to cause mischief.
Wayland Town Crier 3/19/09: Wheels for the World needs help. Wheels for the World (WFTW) is an organization that collects used mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, crutches, canes and walkers, refurbishes them, and then donates them to countries where such devices are considered a luxury for the disabled. Here in New England, the group’s activities [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/18/09: Resident selected to participate in intensive training course. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) announced that legal fellow Nathan Herschler of Wayland was selected to be one of 21 up-and-coming wildlife conservationists in the country to participate in a two-year intensive training course called “Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders.”
Wayland Town Crier 3/19/09: Efforts under way to improve town’s Web site. According to a recent survey by Wayland’s Electronic Communications Committee (ECC), the town’s Web site is adequate for basic needs, but lacks the sophistication that would make it really useful and reflect the town’s image as a thriving community. Reports and documents from [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/19/09: Presentation on efforts to help Gaza. More than 200 people gathered recently at the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland for a presentation titled “Gaza: An Eyewitness Account, Raising Awareness and Funds.” The speakers were Drs. Ismail Mehr and Kanwal S. Chaudhry, members of the American Medical Mission to Gaza (AMM [...]
