[ October 1, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. October 8, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. November 12, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. January 7, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. February 4, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. February 18, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. March 4, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. April 1, 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] 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 want [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/1/09: Local women share stories of battling breast cancer. When Wayland’s Susan Pope underwent a mastectomy on a Friday in early 2004, she went back to work as a state representative on Beacon Hill the following Monday. "I never missed a day of work, even with the chemo. [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/1/09: Wayland man takes helm at the Discovery Museums in Acton. Three weeks after taking over the Discovery Museums, Neil H. Gordon is already thinking about building a treehouse for young visitors and their parents.
“Right up there in those trees,” said the Acton museums’ new chief executive officer pointing to [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/1/09: Spitz: Psychiatrist gets lessons on ‘The Wrong Side’ of cancer. Illness had been part of daily life for decades, but Dr. Owen Surman had always been on the right side of the desk.
Then he found himself “on the side doctors don’t want to be on,” the side where you [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/1/09: Fast tracking new Memorial Garden . When Veterans Committee Chairman Jim Burkley and Public Ceremonies Chairman Richard Turner looked at the bench behind the Memorial Garden, they shared a vision of how a small garden in the bench area could be integrated with the memorial, adding both beauty [...]
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Metrowest Daily News 10/2/09: Wayland could get $25M for new high school. The town can expect to receive up to $25 million from the state for its proposed $70.8 million high school project.
The school project comes up for a vote as a ballot question on Nov. 17, where it will need a simple [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/1/09: In October, pink’s the color of a cancer cure. In recognition of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the seven daily and more than 100 weekly papers of GateHouse Media New England published on pink newsprint on October 1. WickedLocal Web sites across the state will also took on [...]
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Press Release
Conservation Commission
The article in the Sept. 10, 2009 issue of The Wayland Town Crier ("Town Center project on life support") gave Wayland citizens the incorrect impression that the Conservation Commission has either been responsible for delaying the approval or has denied the Town Center project. In fact, the Conservation Commission issued an approval [...]
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Saturday, October 24, 5-Mile Walk for Breast Cancer hosted by The Longfellow Club will begin at Lumina at 11 a.m. Everyone making a donation of $20 for the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Fund will receive a T-shirt. Refreshments will follow the walk. Sign up by calling The Longfellow Club at 508-358-7355.
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Boston Civic Symphony will host an Instrument Petting Zoo at 1pm, followed by "Meet the Orchestra" concert at 2pm. The concert will feature Joyce Kulhawik of Wayland as narrator, and Mackenzie Melemed as soloist. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children and can be
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[ October 3, 2009; 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Great Pumpkin Contest at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury at their weekly Farmers’ Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the field across the street from the historic inn. It’s time to judge the pumpkins that were grown from the seed packets distributed to school-age children last April by the Sudbury Agricultural Commission. The [...]
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The Board of Selectmen will meet Monday (October 5th) at 7:00 p.m. in Town Building.
Shortly after convening the meeting, the Board will recess to join the Finance Committee for that panel’s article hearing for items submitted for inclusion on the November 18th Special Town Meeting Warrant. Later in the evening, members of the Finance Committee [...]
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The Weston Friendly Society is pleased to announce auditions for our special 125th anniversary event, "The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)" by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart. Auditions will take place on Sunday, October 25th at 7:00 PM and Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 7:00 PM at the Weston Town Hall (Townhouse Road, Weston, MA).
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[ October 4, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] A family-focused outing in the Highland Street Forest in Weston will be the Weston Forest & Trail Association’s first monthly walk of the season. Meet at leader Ann Wiedie’s home at 240 Highland St. Wiedie plans to encourage walkers to collect colorful fall leaves and after the walk will show participants how to dip the [...]
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[ October 4, 2009; 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Take a stroll down the bridle paths of the old Paine Estate, pass the Noyes-Parris House—Wayland’s oldest dwelling—and cross fields that have been farmed for centuries. View the river from the bluff, which was undoubtedly known by the earliest Native Americans. Stop to read the headstones in the Paine family’s pet cemetery. If it rains [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/5/09: Touched by the Wayland Angels.
Since the Angels delivered their first meal in February 2003, the organization has grown to more than 400 volunteers, who serve families in town burdened by a serious accident, life-threatening illness or a similar tragedy.
And it’s not just meals anymore. Other services have included running errands, taking [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/5/09: Brown’s bill would hike fine for pot in car. Brown’s bill, filed in January, would raise the civil fine for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in a vehicle from $100 to a maximum of $1,000. It would also allow the driver’s license to be suspended for up [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/7/09: Emerson Hospital likely to drop ALS service . With less than a year remaining on Emerson Hospital’s commitment to provide advanced life support (ALS) services to Concord and a dozen other surrounding towns, several local communities are working together to plan for life after Emerson’s ALS. In Wayland, the fire department [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/7/09: Selectmen negotiate new agreement with Town Center developers. In what one selectman described as “very difficult” discussions, the town has negotiated changes in the development agreement with Town Center developer Twenty Wayland which would reduce affordable housing to 12 rental apartments to be built above retail space and secure [...]
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[ October 7, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Weston Observatory presents Zygmunt Jan Broël Plater speaking on "A Little Fish in a Pork Barrel: The Snail Darter Endangered Species Controversy, Environmental Law, and a Parable of Modern Societal Governance" from 7 to 9 p.m. at 381 Concord Road, Weston. Plater is a professor of law at Boston College Law School. Reservations required due [...]
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[ October 7, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Come for a comprehensive introduction to the identification and uses of our native plants for food and beverage, featuring our most common and appealing plant species at Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters on Weir Hill Road in Sudbury. Fresh specimens will be provided for participants to examine and sample. Seasons of availability, habitats, methods [...]
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Taking the game far afield. Senior league’s softball players head south for Cuba. Next month, 60 local slow-pitch softball players from the Eastern Massachusetts Senior Softball Association head to Havana to play a series of exhibitions against Cuban opponents of roughly equal age and ability. The American players will range in age from 57 to [...]
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[ October 8, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. October 15, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. October 22, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. October 29, 2009; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] Come to the library for stories, music and time for a craft. Storytime is for children of all ages with a caring adult. We ask that parents and care givers participate in the storytime activities with their children. Registration is not required. For more information, contact the Youth Services Department at 508-358-2308.
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Wednesday, October 28 is the last day you can register to vote in the Special Town Election to be held November 17. The Town Clerk’s office will be open on that day from 8:30am-8pm for voter registration. If you wish to obtain an absentee ballot, you must file an absentee ballot application for the calendar [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/8/09: Fabulous clothes for tough times. It’s always a wrenching decision. What to do with that smashing designer cocktail dress that’s been too tight since 2003? The Burberry jacket you bought on a whim, even though it’s five sizes too big? Or the cute little low-cut blouse that went over well [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/8/09: Effect on taxes from proposed Wayland High School building project. After nearly seven years spent advocating for a new or renovated High School, town committees and supporters have just weeks to convince voters to support the project at the ballot on Nov. 17 and at special Town Meeting starting Nov. [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/8/09: Officials present latest initiatives at State of the Town meeting. Before residents got a chance to ask questions of town officials, the board members presented the latest updates on their work on behalf of the town and schools, including the DPW, Council on Aging, Community Preservation Committee, Planning [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/8/09: Question-and-answer session at State of the Town meeting. Attendance was high for Wayland’s first State of the Town meeting in five years, with questions from the audience ranging from the proposed 372,000-square-foot Town Center project to the recent change of character in Cochituate Village.
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October 2, 2009
This document is posted online here.
NSTAR is currently trimming tree branches around power lines in the southern part of Wayland along Commonwealth Ave. (Route 30), Main St. (Route 27), and along their side streets.
NSTAR is trimming branches that may endanger power lines and disrupt service.
NSTAR does have a permit from the Wayland Department [...]
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The BASE program has openings in the Kindergarten Extended Day program and in the Wayland Middle School program for Grades 5-8. Wait lists have been established for all other after-school programs.
The Kindergarten program at Loker School begins when morning kindergarten ends. A hot lunch is served in the school cafeteria, and children enjoy free play, [...]
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IT’S FLU SHOT SEASON AGAIN
Seasonal Flu clinics will be held at the Wayland Town Building in November, dates TBD. Homebound individuals may schedule a home visit to receive their flu shot. If you are unable to get out of the house to come to a clinic, the Wayland Board of Health nurse, Ruth Mori will [...]
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The Wayland School Committee has been reviewing its Late Night and Overnight Student Trip Policy (IJOA) and is contemplating changing it effective December 2009. Citizens who wish to review the current and proposed wording of this policy are encouraged to view them online or visit the superintendent’s office in the Wayland Town Building during normal [...]
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The Independent Living Options Taskforce (ILOT) of Wayland has announced that it has established a temporary office at Parmenter Community Health Care, 266 Cochituate Road, Wayland. The office will be staffed on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings through the end of the year.
Although ILOT has not had any public meeting since last June, the organization [...]
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The Wayland Board of Health announces that the annual seasonal flu clinics that had originally been scheduled in October have been rescheduled to November. Dates will be announced as soon as possible. The Board of Health would like to remind people that flu clinics are typically held in November, so this schedule should not adversely [...]
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This e-mail has gone out to everyone who has attended ILOT meetings since January, and is repeated here for the community at large:
Greetings from ILOT, and thank you for the interest you have shown in our organization over the past couple of years. As you know, ILOT is striving to be an independent, membership-based nonprofit [...]
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Nashoba Publishing 10/9/09: Harvard Conservation Trust hires first executive director. The Harvard Conservation Trust has selected Marylynn Gentry to be the first executive director in its 36-year history.
Gentry has spent the last 15 years in the land protection field. She is a board member of the Sudbury Valley Trustees, a regional land trust based [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/9/09: Wayland artist’s work sings . Like the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus, artist Yu-Wen Wu thinks you never step twice in the same river.
As if caught in a perpetual rip tide, the Wayland resident makes lovely, haunting images of the seeming mutability of life.
Displayed at the Danforth Museum of Art, her [...]
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High School Project Forums. The Wayland High School Building Committee (HSBC) has proposed a construction project that will be put to a vote this November. To learn more about the project, plan to attend one of their forums: Thursday, October 15 at 7:30pm at the Large Hearing Room in the Town Building, or Tuesday, October [...]
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[ October 10, 2009; 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] October is National Fire Prevention Month, and Papa Gino’s is teaming up with local fire departments to help educate the community on fire safety and prevention. For 15 years, New England fire departments and Papa Gino’s have helped nearly 2 million people by supplying educational materials and free pizza at fire safety open houses. The [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 10/9/09: Talking teens and drug use . Isn’t it ironic that we baby boomers are now dealing with the issue of teenagers and drug use? We were the generation that experimented with recreational drugs in record numbers. Most of us survived with minimal consequences, some did not.
Parents have different approaches to [...]
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Metrowest Daily News 10/11/09: Fed stimulus money trickling in. Federal records indicate stimulus money is behind loans or lines of credit to businesses via the Small Business Administration. They range from the Droid Works in Wayland for robotics research to Stern Magnetics in Waltham to Eikos, a tech company in Franklin.
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[ October 11, 2009; 9:30 am; ] The Fourth Annual Wayland XC Festival, presented by the Baldwin Insurance Agency, will be held on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at the Wayland High School. The main purpose of this event is to promote fitness in children and adults. Proceeds of the race will benefit the Wayland High School cross-country teams. This is a USATF-sanctioned [...]
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Have a saxophone that is no longer playing jazz? A flute that doesn’t delight? A violin that is longing for a bow to dance across its strings? CAPA (Creative Arts Parents Association) is accepting instrument donations for use by our music department at all grade levels. So if you have that 1/2 size violin that [...]
[ October 13, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Community Film and Discussion Club invites the public to join them in watching “Rethink Afghanistan.” This film is described as a ground-breaking, full-length documentary focusing on the key issues surrounding this war in Afghanistan. Directed by Robert Greenwald. Refreshments provided; discussion will follow. 63 minutes. Contact: Sandy Coy at 508-653-6014.
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[ October 14, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Sports offer children opportunities to achieve, develop confidence and self-esteem, learn how to be part of a team, and make friends. And, oh yes, to have fun. Having fun is where our discussion about youth sports should begin. Come hear former NBA player Bob Bigelow speak on the subject of adult involvement in organized youth [...]
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[ October 14, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] There will be a reception in the upstairs ballroom of the Wayside Inn for interested residents to meet candidates for U.S. Senate (Scott Brown and Bob Burr), U.S. House of Representatives (Sam Meas), state Senate (Sandi Martinez) and state governor (Christy Mihos and Charlie Baker). Other candidates who declare their candidacy before Oct. 14 will [...]
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[ October 15, 2009; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Women’s Club of Sudbury and Wayland invites women of all ages to enjoy an hour of toe-tapping honky tonk piano at the Goodnow Library in Sudbury. Popular entertainer Gary Lundgren will perform songs from the 1890s through the 1930s in a honky tonk style (an offshoot of ragtime, jazz and Dixieland). It will be hard [...]
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October 15, 2009
Dear Wayland Residents:
In preparation for this year’s Flu Season please be advised of these three important key reminders:
Vaccination:
Seasonal Flu:
As always, we encourage you to be vaccinated against seasonal flu through either your private medical provider or our Public Health Nurse, Ruth Mori, as vaccine becomes available. It still should be available prior [...]
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October 15, 2009
VETERANS DAY PROGRAM
On Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. a Veterans Day program will be held at Trinitarian Congregational Church, 53 Cochituate Road, in Wayland. This is a one hour event co-sponsored by the boys’ youth group of the church and the Wayland Veterans Committee to pay tribute to the American [...]
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October 12, 2009
For Immediate Release
ILOT Moves To Parmenter
The Independent Living Options Taskforce (ILOT) of Wayland has announced that it has established a temporary office at Parmenter Community Health Care, 266 Cochituate Road, Wayland 01778. The office will be staffed on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings through the end of the year.
Although ILOT has not [...]
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