Boston Magazine September 2009: Best High Schools 2009: The Best Schools (For You and Your Kid). Wayland ranks eighth on Boston Magazine’s chart of the best schools. Among the things they liked: WSPN, Wayland Student Press Network, the awarding winning student-run website.
Boston Globe 8/30/09: Parents reconsider children’s activities as money runs tight.
Wayland Town Crier 8/28/09: Golden Tones preparing for fundraising concert. The Golden Tones gained national recognition when the group was featured on CNN, but for the members of the senior singing group the goal is to have fun, not fame. The Golden Tones started 22 years ago, and the group of senior singers performs about [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/28/09: An outdoor classroom at Claypit Hill Schoo. As school was winding down in June, Claypit Hill School students were busy planting their seedlings in their new vegetable garden, located off the fourth-grade wing. “Wait until the students return to school in September,” said Principal Debbie Bearse. “They will be delighted to [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/09: Lecture series on ‘Masters of Enterprise’. Masters of Enterprise,” an upcoming lecture series by Professor Gary L. Hylander and sponsored by the Friends of the Wayland Council on Aging, should be of considerable interest to Wayland residents of all ages. Hylander will present four lectures, one each on four titans of [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/09: Head of Wayland’s new DPW has big plans. The director of Wayland’s first Department of Public Works has big plans, proposing several new projects for the former town departments under its umbrella – highway, water, landfill and parks. In his “goals and objectives” for the current fiscal year, Don Ouellette has [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/09: Behind the scenes of the Wayland Housing Authority . Since its inception in 1970, the Wayland Housing Authority has been working quietly behind the scenes to provide affordable living quarters in town and nearby for elderly, handicapped and low-to-moderate-income individuals and families.
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/09: ‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘P’ is for ‘Perambulation’. Perambulation is the process by which government officials check the location and condition of those markers that identify and designate the boundaries of cities and towns. Perhaps the earliest perambulation was made by John Goodenow and recorded in 1640.
Moms raising infants through adolescents will enjoy this 17th year of Mom to Mom in Wayland. Because kids don’t come with instructions and every stage and age brings its own joys and challenges, Mom to Mom brings an air of relief to moms by offering support and encouragement through lectures and group interactions between moms [...]
Sudbury Valley Trustees is running a Nature Painting Workshop, Wednesday, September 16 & 23 10AM-12pm at Wolbach Farm, Sudbury. With guidance from Museum School Instructor Cecilia Sharma, paint a nature watercolor from Wolbach Farm’s unique setting. Have fun working with watercolors by experimenting with different compositions and new ways to express your own personal painting [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/09: Wayland considers full-day kindergarten.
Boston Globe 8/27/09: Patchwork limits on mosquito spraying reflect split on risks, benefits. On a normal night, when staff from the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project put out traps to catch and count mosquitoes, netting 200 of the insects means it’s time to spray. This mosquito season, however, has been anything but normal, with mosquito [...]
Metrowest Daily News 8/27/09: Golden Tones chorus focuses on fun. The Golden Tones gained national recognition when the group was featured on CNN, but for the members of the senior singing group the goal is to have fun, not fame.
Wayland Town Crier 8/26/09: Wayland residents to participate in Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. On Sept. 13, 28 residents from Wayland will walk up to 26.2 miles along the historic route of the Boston Marathon in the 21st annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. They will be among the more than 8,000 walkers who will [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/26/09: First Parish in Wayland helps families in need. In July, First Parish in Wayland served as an IHN (Metrowest Interfaith Hospitality Network) host congregation for the second time in 2009. For a three-week period, starting on July 10, the church hosted three different families with a total of seven children. During [...]
Wayland Business Association 9/1/09: Growth beyond the 100-member mark is a key goal this year for the Wayland Business Association (WBA). And one new benefit the group hopes will attract members has the dual purpose of promoting more local shopping! The WBA has reached into the 80s and 90s with membership over the last two [...]
The 2009 Fresh Air Fund-Racers completed the NYC half marathon and raised $80,000 this summer! The Fresh Air Fund was thrilled with the result, and wishes to thank everyone who supported them. They have posted some photos on their Facebook page where you can join to become a fan.
WBSA Fall Baseball begins Sunday Sept 13! Register your player now for a fun, instructional baseball experience. Games are Sunday afternoons (1pm or 3pm starts) from Sept 13 through Oct 26 and will be participating in a league with teams surrounding towns like Concord-Carlisle, Natick, Lexington and others. For more information, please visit: http://www.leagueathletics.com/Registration/?snid=201857876&org=waylandbsa.com
Boston Globe 8/25/09: Weston High ranked No. 1 by Boston Magazine. Weston High is top of the class among Greater Boston’s public high schools, according to the latest issue of Boston Magazine, but schools in other western suburbs are not far behind. Nipping at Weston’s heels in the magazine’s annual rankings are, in descending order, [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/25/09: Police chief’s monthly report to town administrator.
Wayland Town Crier 8/25/09: Fire chief’s monthly report to town administrator.
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.
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.
“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 [...]
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 order of [...]
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 pair didn’t [...]
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 Team New [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Touch a Truck returns! Little kids and big kids enjoy a morning of fun behind the steering wheel of a big rig, front end loader, pick up truck, ambulance, fire engine, police cruiser, backhoe and more. There will also be a dunk tank with our star guest (Adrian Gomes), moon bounce and other inflatables, snow [...]
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 Finance Committee [...]
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 announced [...]
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 [...]
The Library’s Foreign Film Viewing Group continues to meet and is open to everyone. The next film will be “The Story of Qiu Ju” at 7 p.m. on Monday, September 21. In this film, an courageous woman in a small village fights against the system in her quest for justice as she seeks redress from [...]
Great Presenters Series: This year we have organized a series of programs by local experts. The series started on the evening of October 1 when technology leader John Landry will answer the question “What’s Next in the Tech World?” It continues on October 8 with Sudbury Valley Trustees' Ron McAdow and Marylynn Gentry. Do you [...]
Reporter Sean Murphy on Pension Abuse: Veteran Boston Globe reporter Murphy will be at the library on Tuesday, September 15, at 7:00 p.m. to talk about his Globe series on pension abuses published during the last year. Murphy will tell us how, while the vast majority of public pensions are well deserved, some officials have [...]
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 [...]
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.
Wayland Town Crier 8/12/09: Longfellow Club grabs crown.
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 it [...]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/13/09: Question-and-answer with Town Surveyor Alf Berry.
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 on local [...]
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.
