Community Cleanup A Clean Sweep: Cash, Safe and Much More Found In Cleanup Effort APRIL 20, 2009 – WAYLAND, MA – The stories from this year’s roadside litter cleanup campaign known as Wayland Cleans Up! were more unusual than usual. Oh, lots of trash did get collected, and certain areas are now MUCH cleaner… but [...]
Helene Spoto of Sentry Wealth Management will give a seminar in the Raytheon Room entitled “Organize, Simplify & Take Control of Your Finances.” The seminar is free and open to the public.
At the next meeting of the library’s book group we will be discussing Eva Moves the Furniture by Margot Livesey.
Because of interest expressed during the "Wayland Reads" program, the Library has arranged for two Introductory Meditation sessions at the library on the evenings of May 7 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. The sessions will be taught by Chris Pleim. He will introduce participants to the practice of sitting meditation and touch on elements such [...]
The Library is hosting another series of preschool integrated arts programs with Sharon Engler. We’ll explore children’s books, music, and crafts. Ages 3-5. Siblings welcome.
The theme for this year’s Shakespeare Festival with Professor Helen Whall is “Shakespeare Means Trouble.” We will be meeting on three Tuesday evenings and reading three plays. The dates and plays are: May 5-The Taming of the Shrew; May 19-The Merchant of Venice, and June 2-Othello. Join us for this series of lectures and discussion [...]
For those of you who didn’t get around to reading Breakfast with Buddha until after the author came to town, we’re having one last book discussion on Monday, May 11, at 7:00 p.m. with librarian Rachel Sideman-Kurtz in the library’s Raytheon Room.
Can you spare just two minutes to help make library programming for adults even better? The Library is trying to determine the type of events that their adult users would find relevant and interesting enough to attend. As part of that process, they are exploring possible events that adult users would find relevant and [...]
Wayland-Weston Crew looks forward to hosting a full day of competition for Boys and Girls Varsity Fours on Sunday, May 3, on our home course at the Wayland Town Beach. Participating in the regatta will be Belmont Hill, Brooks, Community Rowing, Deerfield, Groton, Lowell, Derryfield, and Winsor. Here is the link to regatta central: Click [...]
Notice to Visitors with Dogs: In the spirit of sharing the natural resources of this conservation land with everyone and preserving its character and many purposes, please be respectful and courteous by following these rules (which go into effect on May 1): All dogs must be leashed in parking lots. All dogs must be leashed [...]
Boston Globe 4/19/09: The Other Side of RemDawg. Jerry Remy comes into your living room all summer long with his wisecracks, smoker’s laugh, and sharp baseball analysis. And you think you know this guy who rose from ordinary second baseman to Red Sox cult hero. You don’t.
Wayland Town Crier 4/16/09: Students get ‘reality’ check at fair. On April 8, more than 80 high school students learning about finances had the chance to apply their in-class studies in a real world setting at Digital Federal Credit Union’s CU 4 Reality Financial Education Fair held at Wayland High School. The event was part [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/16/09: Company donates money to charities in Boston Marathon. Right on Hereford; Left on Boylston, a local clothing company that designs and markets training apparel for Boston Marathon runners, will donate $5 of each piece of apparel sold to participating charities for the 2009 Boston Marathon on April 20. The company, founded [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/16/09: Only 100 copies left of Book of Remembrance. We encourage our citizens to purchase the Book of Remembrance because all of the tax-deductible revenue goes to the Freedom Prize award. Copies are available at the town clerk’s office, but hurry because there are only 100 copies left of the original 550 [...]
Boston Globe 4/12/09: Many anglers unaware Lake Cochituate fish are unsafe to eat. As the Army readies plans to clean up polluted sediment on the bottom of Lake Cochituate, Marco Kaltofen of Natick worries about the anglers who bring catches tainted with dangerous PCBs home to their families. The lake’s bottom is contaminated with PCBs, [...]
Boston Globe 4/16/2009: Suburban Coalition seeks Legislature’s help with laws with local budgeting. As the Legislature starts drafting and debating next year’s budget, a group of local officials is taking a different approach. Instead of asking for more money, the Suburban Coalition is asking for legislative help in cutting healthcare and special-education costs and give [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/16/09: Catch ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Temple Shir Tikva. The TST Players’ community theater troupe is excited to perform “Fiddler on the Roof,” starring Scott Cohen and Linda Shoolman as Tevya and Golda. Performances will take place at Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post Road, Wayland, on Saturday, May 2 at [...]
Lancaster Times & Courier 4/15/09: Local patriots march to Lexington — this time, as a hobby. On Sunday, the 234th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, the Sudbury Ancient Fyfe and Drum Companie will march more than 12 miles from Sudbury Town Hall to Concord Center and the Old North Bridge. On Patriots [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/15/09: Six ‘watchdog citizens’ denied new award. Town meeting passed the first eight articles on the first night, including Article 7 which provided funding for a feasibility and schematic design for Wayland High School. Article 2 was amended to send the suggestion of the Public Ceremonies Committee of a new honor named [...]
Metrowest Daily News 4/16/09: Spitz: No police call is routine. Tuesday night, Framingham Officer Phillip Hurton responded to a report of an armed robbery involving a taxicab and fleeing suspects. Moments later, he was shot, and remains in a Boston hospital with serious injuries. Hurton served as a dispatcher and an officer in Wayland before [...]
Identical twin sisters and authors, Heather Kempskie and Lisa Hanson, will lead fellow moms in an interactive adventure on the challenges and joys of raising siblings! Based on their book, "The Siblings Busy Book: 200 fun and creative activities to entertain kids of different ages," this entertaining duo will dazzle you with their "all-things siblings" [...]
VideoOnDemand (VOD) means you choose when to view; when it’s convenient for you… using the Web. The recent Electronic Communications Committee’s (ECC) survey, reports that Wayland residents want this service from WayCAM Public Access TV. Every resident with a high speed Web connection will be able to download Town government meetings, like Selectmen, School Committee, [...]
Earth Day will be held at Garden in the Woods on Saturday, April 25, with special events noon to 4pm. Festivities will include a scavenger hunt, a recycling relay race, face painting, an invasive plant game, demonstrations, wildflower seed planting in pots to take home, and more. Miss Earth Massachusetts will be at Garden in [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/15/09: Natick man charged with lewd conduct. A 46-year-old Natick man was arrested on Tuesday just after noon on charges of open and gross lewdness and lewd and lascivious conduct at Cochituate State Park. Related Articles:Wayland’s Youth Officer Retires (Jan 4, 2011) Wayland youth officer to retire (Dec 28, 2010) Man who [...]
Check the Town website for Town Meeting results to date. Town Meeting completed through Article 8 on Monday night, and will begin this evening with Special Town Meeting. Articles 1,3, 4,6 and 7 all passed as presented in the Warrant. Article 2 was amended to send the suggestion of the Public Ceremonies Committee of a [...]
Spring cleaning? Are your kids already growing out of their new clothes and shoes? Cradles to Crayons is collecting gently-used clothing, shoes, winter gear, baby gear, children’s furniture, bedding and books. From Sat, April 18- Sat, May 16, drop off your donations for Cradles to Crayons right here in Wayland. A giant container will be [...]
Wayland Girl Scout Troop 3166 has assembled a listing of volunteer opportunities to help everyone in town find an interesting opportunity to volunteer, get involved with their community and have fun. These opportunities are located in Wayland, the Metrowest area, and the greater Boston area. Some of them are one time events that you can [...]
Mainstone Farm, for the first time, is offering a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program. For more information please visit their website at www.mainstonefarm.com or call Tim and Pauline Henderson at 508-358-4740. WaylandeNews thanks Mainstone Farm, a WaylandeNews Philanthropic Sponsor, for their support of Christopher’s Haven.
Metrowest Daily News 4/14/09: Framingham student tracks his own stolen laptop. A Wayland minor was arrested Saturday and charged with stealing the computer, while a second teen was arrested Friday when he tried to sell the computer to the victim online.
Wayland Town Crier 4/13/09: Wayland man pleads not guilty to child porn charges at his Middlesex Superior Court arraignment on Wednesday.
The Board of Health is moving forward with the rollout of the Pay As You Throw (PAYT) program which begins on July 1st, 2009. This program includes a (much lower) Transfer Station sticker fee and per bag fees that strive to more equitably allocate Transfer Station costs among users. This program also encourages recycling and reduction of solid [...]
Join Wayland Cleans Up! on Saturday Whole Foods and Starbucks Host Volunteers Community Cleanup Is Sat., April 18, 8 am – 3 pm APRIL 13, 2009 – WAYLAND, MA – Dozens of residents already have selected areas of town to ‘police’ for litter on Apr. 18th as part of Wayland Cleans Up! – the annual [...]
Recession brings hunger home. As the recession presses on, growing numbers of men and women are losing jobs or having their hours cut back, and that has them turning to food pantries to keep meals on the table. In affluent Wayland, the numbers are smaller, but the situation is similar: a growing number of residents [...]
Don’t throw away that paper cup, glass jar, cardboard box or tin can. Bring it to the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History on the Regis College campus in Weston to be recycled by decorating it with postage stamps. The museum is holding its school vacation week program on Wednesday, April 22 from noon [...]
The Wayland Historical Society is offering a tour of one of Cochituate’s oldest houses – the Isaac Damon House. The house is located at 357 Commonwealth Road, and parking will be in the lot of the Celebration International Church, across the street. Constructed around 1765, the house remained in the Damon family for almost 200 [...]
Women of all ages are invited to enjoy an hour of comedy and music at the Goodnow Library in Sudbury. Derek Mann will present an Englishman’s view of America as he sings and regales his audience with humorous stories at the piano. And there is much to tell, for Mr. Mann based his book [...]
Book and Bake Sale: The Friends of the Wayland Library’s semi-annual book and bake sale will take place during the first weekend in May. Book donations accepted until Wednesday, April 29. Baked contributions welcome anytime during the sale. Sale hours are Saturday, May 2, 10am-4pm and Sunday, May 3, 2-4pm. There is a preview for [...]
The next meeting of the library’s book group will be on Friday, April 17, from 12-2 p.m. in the Raytheon Room. We will be discussing By the Lake by John McGahern.
Wayland High School will be conducting a new and exciting initiative called the Fall Career Day Colloquium in the 2009/2010 school year. We will offer our juniors an opportunity to get information about various careers. We are looking for community members who would like to share information about their profession. Please email us the following [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/9/09: Wayland High School students impress at conference in Monaco. Wayland High School students Costas Akrivoulis, Cameron Tenny, Max Hill and Michael Paresky, along with Ronny Contreras and mentor Shane Colton, a graduate student at MIT, won best student paper presentation at the Ever Monaco conference on March 26. More information on [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/7/09: Resident lobbies for PKD funding in Washington, D.C.. Beth Leven of Wayland participated in the 2009 PKD Champions United on the Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 2 and 3. Leven is doing her part to stop one of the most prevalent, life-threatening genetic diseases, polycystic kidney disease (PKD).
Wayland Town Crier 4/7/09: Sudbury Valley Nature Photographers hosts renowned photographer. A presentation by renowned photographer Karl Schanz titled “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 at Town Building on Thursday, April 16 at 7pm. Attendees may [...]
Join in to clean up Community Garden. In these uncertain economic times, demand for Community Garden plots has increased. People are already signing up at the Conservation Commission for the 20 by 30 foot plots in the garden on Route 27 (Old Sudbury Road) adjacent to the Cow Common conservation land between Bow Road and [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/9/09: Resident earns Community Leader for Public Education Award. Lea Anderson went to the Wayland School Committee’s budget hearing on March 23 expecting a typical meeting, and was surprised to find out she was being honored by the state with a Community Leader for Public Education Award. Related Articles:Host Families Needed (May [...]
Town Election Results for elected officials and ballot questions. Turnout: 38.5% with 3489 votes cast out of 9070 eligible voters.
All ages through 8th grade. Organized & sponsored by Carpentry by Tom Antonellis with support from many local businesses. No entry fee to fish The pond is stocked with many trout including two “special fish”. Bring your own gear and bait. Coffee, donuts, hot cocoa will be available. Raffle for adults and children, ribbons for [...]
All ages through 8th grade. Organized & sponsored by Carpentry by Tom Antonellis with support from many local businesses. No entry fee to fish The pond is stocked with many trout including two “special fish”. Bring your own gear and bait. Coffee, donuts, hot cocoa will be available. Raffle for adults and children, ribbons [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/7/09: First-ever Wayland Reads program concludes. On March 29 at the Wayland Middle School auditorium, the final event of the month-long Wayland Reads program took place when Roland Merullo, author of “Breakfast with Buddha,” spoke to a group of several hundred fans. The Wayland Reads program was made possible by a grant [...]
Wayland Town Crier 4/7/09: Resident to be honored by Jewish Family Service of Metrowest. On April 26, the Jewish Family Service of Metrowest will honor Wayland community leader Deborah Horwitz, along with three other local women – Myra Kraft, Marcia Rosenberg and Sen. Karen Spilka – at its annual gala event, Seas the Dream.
Wayland Town Crier 4/7/09: Time to get out and enjoy Community Gardens. The Conservation Commission is now taking applications for the plots, which, at $10 ($8 for seniors and students). The Conservation Commission is now taking applications for the upcoming growing season. You can call them at 508-358-3669, download an application and/or drop by their [...]
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