Lehigh Men’s Tennis 6/30/09: Gordon represents Lehigh on Patriot League Honor Roll Recent graduate Michael Gordon ’09 represents the Mountain Hawks on the Patriot League men’s tennis Academic Honor Roll. Gordon completed the journey from walk-on as a sophomore to team captain as a senior.
Mass High Tech 6/29/09: Stealthy Droid Works lands $100K NSF grant. The National Science Foundation has awarded a $99,865 grant to Wayland-based The Droid Works Inc., the stealthy robotics firm headed by Helen Grenier, co-founding director at Bedford-based iRobot Corp. The funding will go toward the development of an “indoor/outdoor robotic air vehicle for emergency [...]
PATRIOTIC LUNCHEON WITH POPULAR HONKY TONK PIANO PLAYER: Celebrate the red, white and blue at our Patriotic Luncheon on Wednesday, July 1 at Noon. Our menu will include barbecued pulled pork, pulled chicken, baked beans, cole slaw, rolls watermelon, desserts. The amazing honky tonk piano player Gary Landgren will perform. Reservations are required ($7 per [...]
Metrowest Daily News 6/28/09: What rain? Towns set water bans. Some towns, including Wayland, have encouraged residents to conserve water with voluntary restrictions. Don Millette, general foreman at the Wayland Water Department, said the town has a voluntary water ban every year to keep people aware of their water usage. “We start with a voluntary [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/26/09: New director of Wayland Schools Community Programs. Superintendent Gary Burton has announced that Brian Jones of Newton will assume the full-time duties of the director of Wayland Schools Community Programs (WSCP) beginning July 1. Jones is currently the newly hired director of Pegasus, the district’s six-week summer enrichment program. Pegasus is [...]
Boston Globe 6/27/09: Local budget constraints keeping pools closed. This summer, with local budgets melting away, some communities are reluctantly closing popular public swimming sites to save money, and more are expected to follow suit as the season progresses. In Wayland, residents are taking matters into their own hands, launching a fund-raising campaign for a [...]
Leader/Speaker: Artist Joyce McJilton Dwyer. This is your opportunity to learn more about the ways of pencil and paper or watercolor paint and paper. All participants should bring their own drawing or painting supplies, depending on the medium they wish to use. Please dress appropriately for the weather and bring insect repellent. A materials list [...]
Jean loves to sing for and with children. With her guitar and musical toys, she brings her audiences traditional folk, silly songs and an occasional original. Her audiences love to participate, either singing along and /or shaking out their sillies. Jean studied music at New England Conservatory of Music. She is a frequent performer at [...]
Milford Daily News 6/25/09: Beacon Hill politicians praise new ethics bill. While most legislators interviewed reported that they had never been offered a gift beyond an award plaque, Rep. Tom Conroy, D-Wayland, said he had been sent clothes for his children and an envelope of cash – gifts he immediately returned.
In case you have not heard, WayCAM is now providing Video-On-Demand! We love to keep our promises. And we are very fortunate to have received so much support from the Wayland community, and to have been able to begin VOD so quickly. As of June 26th, we had more than 20 recent programs available on [...]
Representative Thomas Conroy is pleased to announce his local office hours in Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland for the month of July, 2009. No appointments are necessary and meetings are held on a first come, first serve basis. Office hours and locations for Friday, July 17th are as follows: 3:00 – 3:30 pm – Lincoln Public [...]
easyBourse 6/24/09 DOJ: Mass. Money Manager Pleads Guilty In $8.9 Million Ponzi Scam. A Massachusetts money manager pleaded guilty to a fraud charge Wednesday in an alleged $8.9 million Ponzi scheme, prosecutors said. In a statement, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn said Michael C. Regan, formerly of Wayland (and not to confused with another [...]
The following summary of the June 22 Board of Selectmen meeting (which is available online on WayCAM) was prepared by Town Administrator Fred Turkington: The Board of Selectmen met on Monday (June 22nd) evening and took the following action: Selectmen made several appointments to various town boards and committees. Paul Grasso was appointed to fill [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/25/09: Examining trends in Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The landscape of teenage substance abuse often seems littered with landmines. And just as one is discovered and somewhat defused, another appears ready to blow up. Such are the findings of the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted last spring by the Wayland [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/25/09: Wayland A-Z: "M" is for Mourning Rings. Two rings now in the possession of the Wayland Historical Society provide a fascinating story about a nearly forgotten 18th century custom and an unlikely coincidence played out in Wayland.
Metrowest Daily News 6/24/09: Restaurateur, dietitian bring health class to Wayland. Lst week at the Wayland Town Building, town employees attended the Healthy Grilling Class offered by Silverman and Uliss, owner of Firefly’s Bodacious Bar-B-Que and Beyond restaurants in Framingham, Marlborough and Quincy. Following a flurry of e-mails, the class’s two sessions sold out in [...]
The NFL PUNT, PASS & KICK (PPK) program is returning to Wayland on September 25th, 2009 for the third consecutive year. The local qualifier, sponsored by Jeffrey S. Baron Insurance & Investments in partnership with Wayland/Weston Pop Warner, will be held under the lights on Wayland High School’s Turf Field. Winners move on to the [...]
Kids’ Week 2009 at Trinitarian Congregational Church (For children entering kindergarten – entering grade five). June 29-July 2, 9am-12pm and Camp Finale & Cookout for the whole family on July 2, 6-8pm. Join Brock, Tucker, Ruth and Sami at Camp Rock! Come find out if the boys win the contest. What will Walking Stick do [...]
Franc Karpo’s Amazing Kids Magic Show is designed to appeal to all ages so everyone will have an amazing time…guaranteed! His show is loaded with tons of great magic, comedy and audience participation. In fact the kids and parents are the real stars of the show, which makes it much more fun for everyone! Meet [...]
Committee urges overhaul of town of Wayland’s Web site. The Wayland Board of Selectmen recently heard a report from the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) urging an overhaul of the town’s official Web site. The selectmen agreed the ECC had fulfilled its mandate from Town Meeting, which was to “recommend improvements to the town’s ability to [...]
Former Tufts employees plead guilty to stealing nearly $1 million from university. Two former Tufts University employees, including a Wayland woman, pleaded guilty late Friday to stealing nearly $1 million from the University in two separate schemes, Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone informed the public Saturday. Each were sentenced Friday to two years in State [...]
Celebration International Church team returns from Haiti. Haiti is classified as a fourth-world county; it is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 80 percent of the population lives below the poverty line. For this reason, the Bread of Compassion team of workers from Celebration International Church in Wayland left the U.S. on April [...]
Special honor from Wayland-Weston crew team. Earlier this month, Haist was given a special honor by the Wayland-Weston crew team for his lifelong contributions to the sport of rowing and, in a very rare distinction, a boat was dedicated in his name.
Wayland Town Crier 6/18/09: A new approach to property tax relief for Massachusetts seniors, drafted from the ground up by Wayland resident Dwight Scott, was unveiled at a meeting at the Senior Center. The proposal calls for tax relief for senior citizens whose homes are assessed at below the median for their municipality.
Wayland Town Crier 6/18/09: Local author to discuss career of Vic Damone. Remember Vic Damone? If you’re an American of a certain age, you surely will. His hit records in the 1940s and ’50s included "On the Street Where You Live" from "My Fair Lady" (which rose to No. 4 on the Billboard charts), "My [...]
Satisfied new homeowner at 89 Oxbow Road conducts an interview with the Town Crier talking about the process of buying at the Nike Site, and his happiness with the home.
Constables fear losing their livelihood. The hundreds of constables in the state have found themselves at a legislative crossroads. Constables – appointed or elected people who serve judicial papers from eviction notices to subpoenas – are worried that a Beacon Hill push to raise the small claims threshold would wipe out their profession.
The Wayland Firefighters Association in cooperation with MetroWest Medical Center will be hosting a Blood Drive on Thursday, June 25, 2009 in the Training Room of the Public Safety Building at 38 Cochituate Road, Wayland. Blood donors are invited to walk in between the hours of 2pm-8m. Representatives of MetroWest Medical Center will be drawing [...]
Wayland School Community Programs is now accepting applications for the Before/After School Extension (BASE) program for the 2009-10 academic year. BASE has before-school programs at Loker, Claypit Hill, and Happy Hollow Schools for K-5 children. The program operates from 7 am until the start of the school day. The after-school program begins at the close [...]
Peace Lutheran Church in Wayland will host our Rejoicing Spirits worship service and fellowship on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 4:00 PM. All are welcome to join in a contemporary Christian worship service which is designed to enrich the spiritual lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The service includes lots of music, joyous [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/16/09: Wayland native stars in television pilot titled ‘Destination Matters’. The world premiere of the television pilot “Destination Matters” starring Zach Ducharme, a 2002 graduate of Wayland High School and a 2006 graduate of UMass Amherst, will take place at HaNaBi, 804 Plain St., Marshfield, on Monday, June 29. Doors open at [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/16/09: >Local Boy and Girl Scouts create Reading Library. Wayland Girl Scouts collected 1,000 books, two cameras, school and technology supplies, a sofa and bean bag chairs so the youth who attend Salem CyberSpace’s CyberYouth Academic Center have books and supplies they can use for school assignments and projects and summer reading, [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/16/09: Wayland Warrior Football Alumni Golf Tournament. The third annual Wayland Warrior Football Alumni Golf Tournament is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 14 at Sandy Burr Country Club. Players, fans, alumni, family members, coaches and Warrior football enthusiasts are all invited to participate. This year the town and High School is celebrating 100 [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/16/09: Food pantry demand up, donations down. Amid a slowing economy, MetroWest food pantries are feeling the strain as demand for their services dramatically rises and donations decrease. While all communities have been affected by the nation’s economic crisis, suburban food pantries like those in MetroWest not used to serving large populations [...]
Wayland resident Alaska Akbar (13 years) qualified recently for the 2009 United States Pony Club Championhips to be held in Lexington, Virginia from July 22nd to the 26th, 2009. Alaska will represent the Central New England Region in the discipline Show Jumping. Alaska is member of the Jericho Forest Pony Club located in Wayland and [...]
The Wayland Democrats Annual Summer Picnic will be held at 26 Pemberton Road, home of Jon Saxton and Barbara Fox. Enjoy good food, fun and conversation at the Wayland Democrats Summer Picnic. A family-friendly event open to all. For info: email jonsax@comcast.net, 508-653-3685.
The Board of Selectmen is meeting in executive session with the School Committee, Finance Committee, and Personnel Board to discuss strategy related to collective bargaining on Monday, June 22nd at 6:30pm in the School Committee Room. The public portion of the meeting will begin in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room at 8pm. The Board of Selectmen [...]
The Board of Selectmen will meet Monday (June 15) evening in Town Building. Three candidates to fill a vacancy on the Finance Committee will interview. Paul Grasso, Tom Greenaway, and Seth Roman will respond to questions at 7:15 p.m. Immediately following, members of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Historic District Commission whose terms [...]
Boston Globe 6/15/09: Details emerge on distribution of military weapons in Massachusetts. Some 82 local police departments in Massachusetts have obtained more than 1,000 weapons over the last 15 years under a federal program that distributes surplus guns from the US military, the Globe reported earlier this month. Now, new information identifies which communities received [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/12/09: MetroWest schools make Newsweek list. Several MetroWest high schools are among the country’s highest-participating schools for Advanced Placement and other exams, according to a recent survey by Newsweek. The survey, "America’s Top Public High Schools," included 1,500 schools across the country. Wayland, which is among a number of communities that boycotts [...]
PC Trading Ltd. will be at St. Zepherin’s parking lot, 9am-12pm, to collect and recycle old computers and small electronic items. For just $5 per item you can dispose of your old electronics in an environmentally friendly manner. Please note there is a $15 charge for televisions. All other electronics including microwaves, answering machines, printers, [...]
A group of 20 to 30 Wayland High School alumni will return to their alma mater to present an original work of theater. This performance will mark the culmination of a three-day workshop involving many generations of Wayland High students, from the Class of 2005 to the Class of 1989. This first-ever Theater Alumni Workshop [...]
Surprise Dad with a delicious ice cream sundae. Ice cream by Friendly’s, live music by Mid-Life Crisis, watercraft by Charles River Canoe & Kayak. There is no charge for anything at this event. However, the Dudley Pond Association would be grateful for any donations.
For race results, click here. Wayland-Weston crew qualified five crews to compete for championships in five events: Women’s 2- (Pair), Men’s 2- (Pair), Women’s 4+ (Four-with-Coxswain), Women’s Lightweight 8+ (Eight), and Men’s Lightweight 8+ (Eight) at the Youth Nationals.
Runners Web 6/12/09: Annual 5K Run/Walk, Sept. 13, Benefits Wayland’s Dudley Pond Association .
"PAYT" Q&A with WAYLAND LANDFILL SUPERINTENDENT GEORGE RUSSELL on Friday, June 19, 11am. Wayland Landfill Superintendent George Russell will be at the Wayland COA to discuss the new "Pay As You Throw" (PAYT) program that will be implemented at the landfill on July 1, 2009. The informational coffee hour will be held Friday morning, June [...]
examiner.com Circus Smirkus tours through the Boston area this summer. Join Circus Smirkus– New England’s own award-winning, nonprofit, international traveling youth circus — as it brings fractured fables and treasured tales to life in “Smirkus Ever After: A Big Top Fairytale.” The 2009 Big Top Tour will travel to 14 towns in the Northeast, putting [...]
Metrowest Daily News 6/7/09: Which cops carry assault rifles?. Most MetroWest police departments carry assault rifles in cruisers and at least two are looking to add to their arsenal. In Wayland, Police Chief Robert Irving said he is looking into a federal grant program to purchase assault rifles. He said his department is specifically interested [...]
Metrowest Daily News 6/9/09: Milfoil problem dominates Lake Cochituate discussion at the annual Cochituate State Park Advisory Committee meeting on Monday night at Morse Institute Library. The invasive lake weed now covers acres of Lake Cochituate, and a single way to deal with the plants has not been agreed upon by the three towns in [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/11/09: Bear sightings reported in Wayland. A pair of bear sightings in Wayland over the past few weeks has residents from as far south as Shaw Drive and as far north as Glezen Lane on edge.
