The Wayland CPC has scheduled a meeting for Monday, June 15 at 7:30PM. The meeting will take place in the Town Building. Our guest will be Stuart Saginor, the Executive Director of the Community Preservation Coalition, an organization that includes as its members most of the CPCs in the Commonwealth. The Coalition is a resource [...]
Gardens by the Yard is a landscape and garden design, build and maintenance firm based in Wayland. In addition to our large-scale projects, our trained staff is available during the growing season to provide convenient homeowner services:
• Perform tedious landscape tasks at your direction
• Maintain your gardens while you vacation
• Build new beds, shop [...]
Dates: June 25-August 13, 2009
Grades: Entering 9th through graduating seniors
When: Meetings on every Thursday at Wayland Senior Center, 5:30-6:30 pm
Fee: $75 – Registration through the Park and Rec Department
Have fun this summer doing community service with your peers. Students meet every week on Thursday nights (5:30-6:30pm) to discuss projects and participate in fun activities. [...]
[ May 5, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. May 19, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. June 2, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] 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 [...]
[ June 2, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The WCPA presents Ab Rehab: A Guide to Postpartum Core Fitness and Recovery. Anxious to get those pre-baby abdominals back? Wondering why no matter what you do you still have a little (or big!) post-baby pooch? Learn the primary reason behind the "mummy tummy" and learn a groundbreaking set of simple exercises to help [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/3/09: Students perform well on National French Exam with four national winners and six Eastern Massachusetts Chapter winners.
Boston Globe 6/4/09: Suburbs west of Boston report rise in late property-tax payments. More homeowners are late in paying their property taxes this year, even in more affluent communities like Weston, Belmont and Southborough. Late accounts are up 7% this year in Wayland over last year.
Are Strollers and Bouncy Seats Crowding Your Home? Donate them at the Parents & Kids Magazine Baby Shower on Saturday, June 20 in Wayland! Parents & Kids and The Goddard School (367 Commonwealth Road) in Wayland are hosting a baby shower to benefit Cradles to Crayons on Saturday, June 20 from 9am-12pm. Bring any new or gently [...]
Free Homebuyer Seminar, Wednesday, June 10, 7-9pm, at Wayland Town Building. To Register, Contact: Susan Wright at 508-358-5131 or email Jeff Morgenstern. Seating is limited.
LEARN ABOUT:
• Working with an agent
• Transaction timelines
• Mortgage process-pre approval
• Offers and contingencies
• 2009 Stimulus package tax credit
• Local market information & resources
Run by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.
For [...]
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
MEETING #75
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009
7:30 PM
WAYLAND TOWN BUILDING, SCHOOL COMMITTEE CONFERENCE ROOM
AGENDA
7:30pm Comments from the Public
7:40pm General project update – David Saindon
7:50pm MSBA meeting update
Options discussion
Ed Spec (current MSBA positions and future look)
Athletics
8:15pm Athletics program discussion – [...]
Cell phone found at the Middle School approximately May 25. Call Dave at 978-618-1802 if it might be yours.
Wayland Town Crier 6/4/09: Selectmen to look further into award for local ‘watchdogs’. The controversial Lydia Maria Child Award for Community Service proposed by the Public Ceremonies Committee at Town Meeting to honor six Wayland residents as “Watchdogs in the Public Interest” was the main topic of discussion at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/4/09: Wayland High School teacher ready to move on to the ‘next stage’. With the retirement of Dan Frio, who’s been teaching social studies at Wayland High School for three decades and advising the highly regarded WHY (Wayland Helping Youth) Club for 28 years, the community will lose a huge advocate [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/4/09: Facts about preventing Lyme Disease. As the spring transitions into summer, the risk of contracting Lyme Disease in Wayland and Weston is higher. Massachusetts, along with other states on the east coast, has a large number of Lyme Disease cases that is increasing annually. Between 2000 and 2007, Massachusetts [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/4/09: State to begin herbicide treatments in Lake Cochituate today. Herbicide treatments in the North Pond of Lake Cochituate will begin today even with state officials slated to meet with the Natick Conservation Commission tonight. The Department of Conservation and Recreation received approval for using chemicals to kill Eurasian milfoil [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/4/09: Selectmen discuss ‘pay-as-you-throw,’ Town Center traffic. The Board of Selectmen discussed the new “pay-as-you-throw” (PAYT) system, which is scheduled to go into effect on July 1 at the Transfer Station, as well as signage and fence removal at the former Nike Site on Oxbow Road and Historic District Commission concerns [...]
On Saturday, June 6th, A&A Medical Supply at 20 Main Street in Acton will be hosting a FREE wheelchair and scooter cleaning and maintenance day. There will be refreshments and a special drawing. Take advantage of this free cleaning and maintenance check. Call for an appointment (978-635-0002) or just stop by. A&A Medical Supply is [...]
WBZTV 6/4/09: Some Concerned About Herbicide In Lake Cochituate. On Lake Cochituate, one Metrowest town is at odds with two others. It’s all over an invasive foreign weed called Milfoil, which has taken over some 50 acres of the lake. The North Pond section of the lake runs through three towns, and while [...]
Metrowest Daily News 6/5/09: Herbicide treatment begins at Lake Cochituate. Workers completed herbicide treatments of most of the areas of North Pond of Lake Cochituate affected by Eurasian milfoil, but a small portion inside and near the Natick border was left untreated. Last night, Department of Conservation and Recreation officials provided an update [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/4/09: Marking a special day with purple. On May 15, preschoolers and staff at The Children’s Way early childhood center marked International MPS Awareness Day. Jessica Aufman is a student there who has a type of MPS, which stands for Mucopolysaccharidoses. For more information on MPS visit www.mpssociety.org.
The next Public Involvement Plan (PIP) meeting for the Raytheon hazardous waste site cleanup is scheduled for Wednesday, June 10 at 7:30pm in the Large Hearing Room in the Wayland Town Building. At the meeting, Raytheon will provide a performance summary of the Northern Area Bioremediation Program and discuss the June Remedy Operation Status submittal.
Documents [...]
Rep. Thomas Conroy, D-Wayland, will hold office hours in Lincoln, Sudbury and Wayland on Tuesday, June 16. No appointments are necessary and meetings are held on a first-come, first-serve basis. Office hours and locations are 3-3:30pm at Lincoln Public Library, 3 Bedford Road; 4-4:30pm at Goodnow Public Library, Sudbury; and 5-5:30pm at Wayland Public Library [...]
Land’s Sake in Weston is offering farm-based programs for kids this summer. Check on summer programs options from Grades 4 and up online at their website. Programs include Farm & Forest Explorer for kids entering 4th and 5th grades, which includes planting, feeding chickens and collecting eggs among other nature-based projects. The program runs weekly Tuesday-Thursday [...]
[ June 5, 2009; 9:15 am to 11:15 am. ] The topic for this meeting of Great Decisions will be “The Arctic.” Rising global temperatures have created new opportunities in the Arctic for resource extraction and inter-continental transport. How will sovereignty disputes among the five countries that border the Arctic affect its potential development? What impact will this race for the Arctic [...]
Moderator Peter Gossels will be appointing two new members to the Public Ceremonies Committee, one who will serve until June 30, 2012, and one who will serve until June 30, 2011. Complete details are available in his letter seeking volunteers posted here. He may be contacted with questions at pgossels@socialaw.com.
"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 [...]
[ June 6, 2009; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] 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.
Boston Globe 6/7/09: In Mass., concerns rising on water overuse. Almost 100 Massachusetts communities from Sunderland to Somerset (including Wayland) are exceeding state guidelines that aim to limit residential water use to 65 gallons a day per person, drawing down water in dozens of Massachusetts rivers and streams and imperiling the region’s bounty of [...]
Metrowest Daily News 6/7/09: The Sudbury River’s future – Will it survive?. Conservation groups say the waterway today is a destination for canoeists, kayakers, other boaters, birdwatchers and catch-and-release fishermen. But it also faces threats from tainted stormwater, invasive plants and a strained watershed. The river’s assets will be at center stage during [...]
Boston Globe 6/7/09: Wayland author’s stories breathe life into character of Jewish doll. Rebecca Rubin may be a real little girl only in the imaginations of her legions of small fans, but the newest American Girl icon has a mother of sorts: Jacqueline Dembar Greene of Wayland. Greene, a veteran children’s book writer, created [...]
[ June 7, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] The Wayland Park and Recreation Department is sponsoring a Musical Instrument Petting Zoo with Mike and Becky Leonard of Leonards Music. There will be demonstrations of all the band instruments (flute, clarinet, oboe, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, French horn, and percussion) followed by the opportunity for everyone to try and play each of the instruments. This [...]
Metrowest Daily News 6/8/09 Class president tells Wayland classmates ‘Don’t hold back’. Carpe diem – which is Latin for "seize the day" – was the theme yesterday as 217 seniors said goodbye to Wayland High on a glorious sunny afternoon and speakers gave advice on how to deal with the big, new world the [...]
The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday evening, June 8, at Town Building. Among the agenda items to be discussed:
o Selectmen will review the list of individuals whose terms as members of boards and commissions expire on June 30th, including those who have decided to end their service. Discussion on the timing of a [...]
A Tag Sale and Bottle/Can Drive will be held on Saturday, June 20th from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM in the Saint Ann’s parking lot. (124 Cochituate Road, Wayland) Please no early birds. Proceeds will be used to support the 36 High School students from Saint Ann’s and Saint Zepherin’s parishes who will be [...]
PRNewswire 6/8/09: CVS/pharmacy Kicks Off 8th Annual ALS Fundraising Campaign in Stores Nationwide. CVS/pharmacy has kicked-off its annual in-store fundraising campaign to support the fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Since 2002, CVS/pharmacy has partnered with the ALS Therapy Alliance (ATA) to help advance ALS research. To bring the campaign to a personal level [...]
PRESS RELEASE
WAYLAND BOARD OF HEALTH
6/20/09
The Wayland Board of Health would like the public to know that the catch basins in town have been treated with ALTOSID XR Briquets supplied by the Wayland Board of Health and distributed by the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project.
The treated catch basins are marked with a pink paint dot. The [...]
[ June 9, 2009; 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. ] Talk part in a walk on a former summer resort area of Sudbury. The walk passes by Crystal Lake, traverses two conservation areas and residential neighborhoods. A special point of interest to be viewed is Babe Ruth’s former home. The walk route provides a choice of a 5 or 10-kilometer trail. The walk routes are [...]
[ June 9, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Mitch Bornstein, Ph.D. of Career Treking will be at the library to give his first of two presentations on helping recent college grads and young professionals find a job. Over the past twenty-five years, Mitch has helped young professionals make satisfying career choices through his counseling and management consulting practice. He has successfully [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/11/09: Moving forward on Wayland High School building option. The High School Building Committee briefly describes the options they presented at their May 19 Public Forum, and the state of the process.
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
[ June 11, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Annual Meeting and pot-luck supper. Topic: Security in Our Time: Can I be Safe if You are Not? Speaker: Professor Adil Najam, Frederick S. Pardee Professor of Global Public Policy, Boston University. Temple Beth Elohim is located at 10 Bethel Rd, Wellesley. For more information, click here for their brochure including RSVP information
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 [...]
[ June 12, 2009; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] At the next meeting of the noontime book discussion group, the book under discussion will be Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky. New members are always welcome. For more information contact Assistant Director Kathy Powers at 508-358-2311.
"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 [...]
Runners Web 6/12/09: Annual 5K Run/Walk, Sept. 13, Benefits Wayland’s Dudley Pond Association .
[ June 13, 2009; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Yard sale, plants and garden goodies, books, jewelry, homemade baked goods, strawberry shortcake and hot dogs. For more information, call 508-653-0577 or send email. The church is located at 5 Damon St (the corner of Routes 27 and 30).
[ June 13, 2009 to June 14, 2009. ] A Weekend of Celebration On and Around the Rivers. The Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Wild and Scenic River Stewardship Council proudly presents the Eighth Annual River Fest June 13 and 14, 2009. There are some 50 events taking place in Bedford, Berlin, Billerica, Carlisle, Concord, Framingham, Lincoln, Lowell, Southborough, Stowe, Sudbury, and Wayland. Wayland is [...]
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.
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