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Thursday-Saturday, July 16-August 1, Shaw3, three one-act plays by George Bernard Shaw, Vokes Theater

[ July 16, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 17, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 18, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 23, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 24, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 25, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 30, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. July 31, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. August 1, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] The Vokes Players of Wayland will present three short comedies by George Bernard Shaw in a program titled "Shaw3" directed by John Barrett. The show will be performed at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre (Route 20) in Wayland on July 16 to Aug. 1.
Performances are Thursday to Saturday evenings at 8pm, with 2pm matinees on [...]

Saturday and Sunday, August 1 and 2, Hansel and Gretel, Center for the Arts in Natick. Saturday’s show is at 8pm, Sunday’s is at 2pm.

[ August 1, 2009; 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm. August 2, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Join Opera del West for their exciting summer production of Hansel & Gretel, with special guest appearance by Arts and Entertainment critic Joyce Kulhawik.  This engaging show will be Stage Directed by Rebecca Grimes and Music Directed by Eve Budnick, with an Angel Ballet Choreographed by Kathryn Stark, who has worked with Chautauqua Opera, and [...]

Wayland educator appointed interim principal at Framingham school

Wayland Town Crier 8/3/09:  Wayland educator appointed interim principal at Framingham school. Charles McInnis was named by Superintendent Steven Hiersche to lead the Brophy school, which participates in the state-funded Expanded Learning Time program.

Wayland man charged with assaulting three police officers

Wayland Town Crier 8/3/09:  Wayland man charged with assaulting three cops. A Wayland man was drunk Thursday when he assaulted a man on crutches and three police officers, police said.

Wayland man charged with attempted murder

Metrowest Daily News 8/3/09: Wayland man charged with attempted murder. A Wayland man faces an attempted murder charge after he choked his ex-girlfriend and broke into her Ashland home early Sunday morning, police said.

Police seek information on vandalism incidents

Press Release
Wayland Police Department
August 4, 2009
 
On August 4th, 2009 at 2:11am, Wayland Police responded to a report of vandalism in progress in the vicinity of Woodridge Road and Country Corners Road. Officers discovered that at least twenty-one mailboxes had been damaged, most likely by being struck with a baseball bat or similar object.  Due to the extent [...]

Forbes leaps to triple crown at Junior Nationals

Daily News Tribute 8/5/09: Forbes leaps to triple crown at Junior Nationals . Wayland’s Emma Fitzgerald placed in two events she was third in the 11-12 girls javelin with a throw of 116-10 and was 10th in the pentathlon with a PR 2,115 points. John Henry Fitzgerald, also of Wayland, was sixth [...]

Selectmen concerned with lack of remorse for liquor violation

Wayland Town Crier 8/4/09: Selectmen concerned with lack of remorse for liquor violation. The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously last Thursday to impose a one-year probation on the liquor license held by the Wayland Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #6260 after a violation that occurred during a police sting operation on July [...]

MetroWest health survey finds teens report less alcohol, tobacco, but more marijuana

Boston Globe 8/6/09: MetroWest health survey finds teens report less alcohol, tobacco, but more marijuana. Alcohol and cigarette use by teens in area communities have declined slightly in the past two years, but marijuana smoking is on the rise, according to a new survey performed by the MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation.

Ballot initiatives include toll repeal, sales tax cut

Metrowest Daily News 8/6/09: Ballot initiatives include toll repeal, sales tax cut. Wayland’s Carla Howell, of the anti-tax Center for Small Government, has submitted a range of ballot questions seeking to cut the recently hiked 6.25 percent state sales tax to anywhere from 5-2.5%. Howell filed four proposals to cut the sales tax [...]

Retired Wayland Middle School teacher organizes cleanup effort

Wayland Town Crier 8/6/09: Retired Wayland Middle School teacher organizes cleanup effort. After seeing all the trash, tires and even televisions dumped into the brook behind his home, Pat Conaway decided to do something about it. The retired Wayland Middle School teacher organized a cleanup of the Beaver Dam Creek in May, and [...]

Bellingham couple plans ‘Tour de Mass.’

Wayland Town Crier 8/6/09: Bellingham couple plans ‘Tour de Mass.’. Ben and Melissa Bryant are preparing to embark on a 300-mile bike ride across the state – what they’ve dubbed as the “Tour de Mass.” The couple will bike from Provincetown to Williamstown, beginning Sunday, Aug. 2, and completing the route by Aug. [...]

In search of the mysterious and graceful nighthawk

Wayland Town Crier 8/6/09: In search of the mysterious and graceful nighthawk. Almost every evening at dusk between mid-August and mid-September, veteran birder Hank Norwood slips out of his Wayland home armed with binoculars and telescopes in search of the mysterious and graceful nighthawk migrating to its winter quarters in the Southern Hemisphere. [...]

School initiative: Keeping students happy and healthy

Wayland Town Crier 8/6/09: School initiative: Keeping students happy and healthy. Along with some guarded signs of progress, substance abuse among adolescents remains a thorny problem for communities around the country. MetroWest is no exception. In late June, for example, Wayland authorities reported that, although the use of substances of all [...]

High School Building Committee update

The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) Board of Directors voted to approve Wayland’s feasibility study and preferred schematic design option on July 29.  Katherine Craven, MSBA executive director, wrote to Superintendent Gary Burton, "I wanted to share with you the board’s vote to approve Wayland to proceed into schematic design for the replacement of the [...]

‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘P’ for ‘Jonathan M. Parmenter’ (part 2)

Wayland Town Crier 8/6/09: ‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘P’ for ‘Jonathan M. Parmenter’ (part 2).

Fridays, August 7, 14, 21 and 28, Friday Family Flick, Wayland Library, 11-12:30pm

[ August 7, 2009; 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. August 14, 2009; 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. August 21, 2009; 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. August 28, 2009; 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Feature films rated G or PG, check with the library for titles. Refreshments will be served.  Contact: Youth Services Department  508-358-2308
 

News and Updates from the Council on Aging

“MANUFACTURERS OF ENTERPRISE” Lecture Series.  Four evenings with Professor Gary Hylander starting Wed., Sept. 2, 7pm
Schedule of lectures:  Sept. 2, Andrew Carnegie; Sept. 9, John Rockefeller; Sept. 16, Henry Ford; and Sept. 22 (Tues), Sears and Roebuck. This free series has been made possible by a grant from the Friends of the Wayland Council On [...]

State OKs chemical use in Lake Cochituate

Wayland Town Crier 8/12/09:  State OKs chemical use in Lake Cochituate.  Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection officials issued a new set of conditions for the use of herbicides in Lake Cochituate, altering a decision by the Natick Conservation Commission and thwarting a citizens’ appeal of the commission’s plan.

Girls swimming repeats as national champions

Wayland Town Crier 8/12/09:  Girls swim retains top rank; boys move to second.  The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America (NISCA) recently released their end-of-season awards, including their most prestigious team award that does a ranking of high school programs throughout the country.  For the second year in a row, the Wayland High School [...]

Missing Cat: Hobbes missing from Rice Road home

Hobbes, 17 year old cat. Left home on Rice Road on Saturday morning August 1st and hasn’t been seen since. Any information on her where abouts, please contact Jim at 508-651-2988.  Click on the photo for a larger image.
 

Missing Cat: Wakefield missing from his Glezen Lane home

Missing Cat: Wakefield – 4 year old orange tabby with a blue collar bell.  Last seen around Glezen Lane (between 126 and 27) on August 11th.  Extremely friendly and personable cat.  If you have any information on him, please call 508-358-3051.  His family misses him.  Click on the image for a larger view.

Discussion on Hotel, Meals Tax

Boston Globe 8/16/09: Discussion on Hotel, Meals Tax. The Board of Selectmen will be discussing a possible increase in the local hotel tax and the implementation of a local meals tax at a meeting tomorrow with the town’s Finance Committee. The discussion will include estimating revenue that could be collected and the impact [...]

Question-and-answer with Town Surveyor Alf Berry

Wayland Town Crier 8/13/09: Question-and-answer with Town Surveyor Alf Berry.

‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘P’ is for ‘Pequod House’

Wayland Town Crier 8/13/09: ‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘P’ is for ‘Pequod House’. Imagine an old four-horse yellow stage coach pulling up in front of the Pequod House, a famous tavern in the center of town where the Public Safety Building now stands.
The Pequod House was one of the favorite inns on the route from Sudbury to Stony [...]

Pols gearing up for gambling fight

Wayland Town Crier 8/10/09: Pols gearing up for gambling fight. As another legislative battle over gambling looms this fall, lawmakers work to separate the fact from fiction around gaming’s revenues and social costs, while well-financed casino developers hire lobbyists and set their sights on the Bay State.

Record number of participants at Pegasus program this summer

Wayland Town Crier 8/14/09: Record number of participants at Pegasus program this summer . Having been in operation for 16 years, it’s no surprise that the Pegasus program in Wayland attracted record numbers of participants this summer, with an enrollment of approximately 235 campers.

Going ‘green’ in Wayland Public Schools

Wayland Town Crier 8/13/09: Going ‘green’ in Wayland Public Schools. During the past school year, a huge step forward has been taken to centralize and coordinate the many isolated “green” efforts being undertaken throughout the Wayland Public Schools.

‘Around town’ at Wayland art exhibit

Wayland Town Crier 8/13/09: ‘Around town’ at Wayland art exhibit. Students of Wayland artist and teacher Margret Krakauer are exhibiting their work until Sept. 3 at the Wayland Cultural Council Gallery in the Town Building.

Six Wayland stores sell cigarettes to a minor in police sting

Wayland Town Crier 8/13/09: Six Wayland stores sell cigarettes to a minor in police sting. Nearly half of the businesses tested by the Wayland Police Department for tobacco sales compliance failed on Tuesday, with six out of the 13 establishments selling cigarettes to a 17-year-old without asking for identification.
Police Chief Robert Irving believed [...]

Longfellow Club grabs crown

Wayland Town Crier 8/12/09: Longfellow Club grabs crown.

Framingham Registry’s last day was Friday; Natick branch opens Monday

Metrowest Daily News Framingham Registry’s last day is today; Natick branch opens Monday. MetroWest residents can go to the new branch at the Natick Service Plaza on the Mass. Turnpike starting Monday for registrations and license renewals, but for other business they must head to Milford, Watertown or Worcester.

Preview of Board of Selectmen Meeting for Monday, August 17

Preview from Town Administrator Fred Turkington:
The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday (August 17) at 7:00 p.m. in Town Building.
 
Selectmen will hear a report from Betsy Connolly of the Master Plan Advisory Committee.  The group, comprised of representatives of boards and committees involved with the land use planning process, was appointed pursuant to a [...]

Wayland After-School Chinese Language and Culture Class

Grade 1-5 at Claypit Hill School and Happy Hollow School

The primary goal of this Chinese language and culture class is to teach spoken and written Chinese to students in grades 1-5 whose primary language is English at entry and intermediate levels.
General Class Instruction
The Chinese phonetic system (Pinyin); vocabulary and phrases; dialogue and sentence [...]

President Obama to Appear in Sept. 8th Premiere of Get Schooled: You Have the Right

PR Newswire 8/19/09 President Obama to Appear in Sept. 8th Premiere of Get Schooled: You Have the Right. The President of the United States Barack Obama will be the third guest featured in the television special Get Schooled: You Have the Right, Viacom (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [...]

How would you vote on new meal sales tax

Wayland Town Crier 8/18/09: Take our poll: How would you vote on new meal sales tax. A warrant article proposing a local option meal sales tax of 0.75 percent for Wayland restaurants is on its way to Town Meeting this fall, based on an informal discussion between the Board of Selectmen and the [...]

Wednesday, August 19, Mars Party!, Wayland Library, 2-3:30pm

[ August 19, 2009; 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Crafts, games, prizes and snacks that are out of this world! (Ages 5 and up).  Contact: Youth Services  508-358-2308. Location: Raytheon Room
 

Town reaches settlement of wastewater permit appeal

Wayland Town Crier 8/19/09:  Town reaches settlement of wastewater permit appeal.  A settlement agreement has been reached in the appeal of the permit to operate Wayland’s wastewater treatment facility. The U.S. Department of the Interior, on behalf of the National Park Service, filed an appeal in November 2008 of the permit issued by the federal Environmental [...]

Annual 5K Run/Walk, Sept. 13, Benefits Wayland’s Dudley Pond Association

Open to all Runners and Walkers, Adults and Kids; USATF-Sanctioned
 
The 13th annual Dudley Pond Run, will be held Sunday, September 13, 2009.  Proceeds will benefit the Dudley Pond Association, a nonprofit organization in Wayland.
The USA Track & Field-sanctioned-registered event is open to all ages.  There are four events: a 5-kilometer race, a 2-mile competitive walk, [...]

Auditions for the Weston Friendly Society’s production of “Anne of Green Gables: The Musical”

The Weston Friendly Society, now entering it’s 125th Anniversary Season, is pleased to announce auditions for "Anne of Green Gables: The Musical". This classic story recounts the poignant and funny story of Anne Shirley, the spunky, red-headed orphan who comes to Prince Edward Island hoping to find a happy home. Adapted by Donald Harron from [...]

Team New England’s roster for John D. Mineck DBC Junior Cup

World Golf News 8/21/09: Team New England’s roster for John D. Mineck DBC Junior Cup. With the fourth-annual John D. Mineck DBC Junior Cup a little more than two weeks away, tournament organizers have announced the Team New England roster for the prestigious event taking place Sept. 5-6 at Boston Golf Club. Representing [...]

Local couple working for the same goal

Wayland Town Crier 8/20/09: Local couple working for the same goal. Life is full of coincidences, and no one knows this better than Jake Perten and Jackie Greb, two 19-year-old residents of Wayland and Weston, respectively, who recently celebrated their six-month anniversary as a couple. Despite the close proximity of their hometowns, the [...]

Natick board to appeal DEP decision on Lake Cochituate

Wayland Town Crier 8/16/09: Natick board to appeal DEP decision on Lake Cochituate. Upset with the Department of Environmental Protection for removing many conditions from its decision to allow herbicide in Lake Cochituate, the Conservation Commission voted last night to appeal to have the conditions restored. Last week, the DEP released a superseding [...]

News and Updates from the Council on Aging, August 21

“MANUFACTURERS OF ENTERPRISE” Lecture Series.  Four evenings with Professor Gary Hylander starting Wed., Sept. 2, 7pm
Schedule of lectures:  Sept. 2, Andrew Carnegie; Sept. 9, John Rockefeller; Sept. 16, Henry Ford; and Sept. 22 (Tues), Sears and Roebuck. This free series has been made possible by a grant from the Friends of the Wayland Council On [...]

‘Twilight’ star’s indie ‘Girlfriend’ filming in Wayland

Loaded Gun 8/18/09: ‘Twilight’ star’s indie ‘Girlfriend’ filming in Wayland. Jerad Anderson, an up-and-coming actor and musician in the band 100 Monkeys, is teaming up with filmmaker Justin Lerner to give a blow-by-blow account of the pre-production process for the upcoming indie thriller “Girlfriend,” slotted to begin filming in nearby Wayland this September.

Date set to close septage facility

Wayland Town Crier 8/25/09: Date set to close septage facility . After several unsuccessful attempts to meet maximum concentration limits of nitrogen established by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Wayland and Sudbury plan to decommission their joint-town septage treatment facility by Dec. 1.

Fire chief’s monthly report to town administrator

Wayland Town Crier 8/25/09: Fire chief’s monthly report to town administrator.

Police chief’s monthly report to town administrator

Wayland Town Crier 8/25/09: Police chief’s monthly report to town administrator.

Tuesday, August 25, Foreign Film Series, Wayland Library, 7-9pm

[ August 25, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] "THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE"
(La double vie de Véronique)
France, 1991
Weronika is a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, is a French music teacher. Though they are unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond. The two were born on the same day and [...]

Tuesday August 25, Foreign Film Series: The Double Life of Veronique, Wayland Library, 7-9pm

[ August 25, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] "THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE"
(La double vie de Véronique)
France, 1991
Weronika is a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, is a French music teacher. Though they are unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, purely emotional bond. The two were born on the same day and [...]