The Pegasus Summer Program announces changes for the 2010 season, including exciting new themes, expanded afternoon offerings for K-6 children, and flexible enrollment options. Enrollment information will be available in December and will be mailed to all families with children entering Kindergarten through Grade 5. It will also be available online at www.wayland.k12.ma.us under “District [...]
Wayland has a tradition of volunteer Bellringers for the Salvation Army Christmas Kettles in Wayland Center and Cochituate. "Just one hour" is the motto… volunteers ring for just one hour, and feel rewarded for having helped this remarkable charitable effort. If you can help, call Sonja or Jon Strong 508-358-4623 or email cmsonja@comcast.net. Thank you from the many needy people who benefit from your efforts!
If you have a used vehicle you’re thinking of trading in please consider participating in our Vehicle Donation Program, made possible by our partnership with Christmas Motors of Maynard. Christmas Motors generously donates this service, you get the full tax benefit, and we get 100% of the profits, which helps us continue to create innovative [...]
Sudbury Valley New Horizons Band under the direction of Diane Muffitt will perform a wide range of pieces at its Winter Concert on Saturday, December 5 at 3 PM at the Wayland Middle School, 201 main Street, Route 27, in Wayland. The band is comprised of approximately 75 adults from area communities who played an instrument years [...]
The next regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held on Monday, November 30th beginning at 7pm in the Town Building. The agenda will include liquor license hearings relative to the transfer of location of the liquor license of Grape Ideas to 302 Commonwealth Road (near Mel's Commonwealth Cafe) and the subsequent transfer of [...]
Boston Globe 11/29/09: Regional plan for emergency care system. Thirteen cities and towns in Middlesex County have relied on an SUV from Emerson Hospital in Concord to provide paramedics and advanced life support during major medical emergencies since 1982. But that’s about to change. The hospital is phasing out its paramedic program by next fall and helping 10 of the communities to develop a new regional approach that would use two or three advance life support crews positioned strategically through the region. The communities in the new region are Acton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, Sudbury, and Weston. The other communities, Bedford, Westford, and Wayland, are not part of the regional program and are finding other ways to obtain paramedic services.
Metrowest Daily News 11/28/09: Wayland woman cited for pedestrian accident. A Wayland man suffered serious leg injuries when he was struck by a car Wednesday while walking across the street in the same crosswalk in which an elderly woman was killed last year.
The concert will feature classical works by Chopin, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Rachmaninoff, as well as several popular pieces. Click here for the complete program. The concert will be followed by a reception in the Commons that will include a display of artwork by Lester Farnsworth as well as by current High School students. The event is free and open to the public, as are all Little Theatre Concerts. For more information e-mail info@waylandconcerts.org or call 508-358-2667. Contributions to the series may be sent to PO Box 314, Wayland MA 01778.
Wayland Town Crier 11/27/09: Paying tribute to a 'giant' man with special concert. Although not a man of imposing physical stature, the late Allen Barker of Wayland had many qualities often associated with the word "giant." He was a talented artist and innovator, a musician, a raconteur, a bon vivant and a devoted volunteer. Besides teaching the piano to generations of Wayland children – some of whom have pursued careers on the international concert stage – Barker’s legacy lives on in town with the Little Theatre Concerts, which he founded in 1965 and, in the words of Charlie Anderson who now heads up the series, "ran pretty much single-handedly for the next 42 years."
Wayland Town Crier 11/26/09: 'Wayland A-Z': 'R' is for 'Railroads'. The sound of a train whistle through Wayland Center has not been heard since 1980. The track on the right of way under the electric towers is still there next to the Wayland Library’s parking lot. The Depot itself, now transformed into a gift shop, suggests the importance that trains once had as transportation for people and goods coming and going.
Metrowest Daily News 11/26/09: Wayland commission OK'd to hire counsel. In an ongoing dispute between the developer of the proposed 372,500 square-foot Town Center project and Wayland's Historic District Commission, a Middlesex Superior Court ruling state the commission may hire its own attorney to represent it in the dispute because Town Counsel Mark Lanza has noted a conflict of interest.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2:30-5pm, Wayland Town Building, Large Hearing Room. Now in its 22nd year, the Children's Holiday Shoppe is geared towards elementary school-aged children, and is a wonderful way for kids to buy gifts for family and friends. All items are reasonably priced, and free gift wrapping is available so the children can keep their [...]
Boston Globe 11/26/09: Wayland trims affordable housing requirement for project at former Raytheon site. Wayland officials say they hope workers will break ground in the spring on a new town center project after Town Meeting last week voted to remove a hurdle that could have tripped it up. After a procedural wrestling match that included three votes over two nights, Town Meeting ultimately approved a change allowing the developer to reduce the number of affordable housing units in the project.
Wayland Town Crier 11/25/09: A Veterans Day to remember. Wayland residents are saying it was one of the finest Veterans Day celebrations ever seen. These celebrations were held at Trinitarian Congregational Church and the Veterans Memorial in front of the Town Building. The success of these two events was the result of a combined effort by the Trinitarian Church Youth Group, the Veterans Memorial Committee, and the Public Ceremonies Committee.
Wayland Town Crier 11/25/09: Weston Friendly Society puts on family friendly musical. The Weston Friendly Society of the Performing Arts, the second oldest community theater organization in the country, will present six performances of the musical "Anne of Green Gables," starting this Saturday through next weekend in the Weston Town Hall auditorium. Two Wayland residents, Harrison Veal and Jenna Howard-Delman, portray Tommy Sloane and Tillie Boulter, respectively.
WAYLAND BOARD OF HEALTH- H1N1 ALERT Alert Message-H1N1 Mist (Intranasal) Healthy Student Vaccination Clinic Planned 400 doses of mist available. First come first serve WHEN: Wednesday December 2, 2-4pm WHERE: Town Building WHO: This clinic (MIST ONLY) is for healthy children only (NO HISTORY of Asthma, wheezing, or any underlying health issue). AGES- ages 2-18. If you [...]
Employees at Longfellow’s Wayside Inn will forgo their traditional Secret Santa gift exchange this year and instead donate to the Toys for Tots organization. Gift shop manager Roberta Fitzgerald suggested the idea to co-workers and then scheduled for the delivery of a Toy for Tots donation box that will stay in the Wayside Inn gift [...]
The next Public Improvement Plan (PIP) meeting for the Raytheon hazardous waste site cleanup is scheduled for Wednesday, December 2 at 7:30pm at the Senior Center in the Wayland Town Building. At the meeting, Raytheon will provide a performance summary of the Northern Area Bioremediation Program and discuss the November Remedy Operation Status submittal.
Documents can be found at the Board of Health, the Wayland Library PIP files, or www.ermne.com (username is "raytheon," password is "wayland," all lower case).
Representative Thomas Conroy is pleased to announce that a special guest will be joining him for the next broadcast of “Ask the Rep” on Wednesday, December 9 from 7-7:30pm. Chairwoman Walz is the State Representative for the Eighth Suffolk District and serves as the Chair of the Joint Committee on Education. She will join Representative Conroy in discussing upcoming legislative initiatives relating to education, including the Education Reform Act of 2009. This live call-in show provides constituents with the opportunity to ask questions on-air regarding local and state issues. Call in during the show at 508-358-3472 or email your questions before December 8 to Thomas.Conroy@state.ma.us. The show will broadcast on Comcast channel 9 and Verizon channel 37 for Wayland residents, and will be rebroadcast in all three towns.
The Red Barn School, a parent cooperative preschool, located at 724 Boston Post Rd. in Weston is currently accepting applications and scheduling tours for the 2010-2011 school year. Red Barn accepts children from the ages of 2.9-5 years. Please visit us at http://redbarn.grovesite.com or call the school at 781 893-8020 for more information.
Wayland Town Crier 11/24/09: Investigating transportation options for seniors. With the holiday season hard upon us, thoughts turn to the packed schedule of events between now and the end of the year – shopping for gifts and food, refurbishing and redecorating for holiday visitors, getting out to parties, and all the other myriad chores and errands that pop up along the way. For those of us who still drive, this presents only minor challenges. But for many others who aren’t comfortable behind the wheel anymore, a certain amount of panic may set in. Fortunately, the Wayland Council on Aging offers a number of transportation options and, by making a few judicious choices and scheduling a bit in advance, residents who no longer drive can likely finish all their errands, make their medical appointments, and get to a few social events in the meantime.
Wayland Town Crier 11/24/09: Private music lessons for Wayland Middle and High School students. A new after-school music program at Wayland High School is bringing private music lessons to Wayland Middle and High School students beginning in January. Offered through Wayland School Community Programs and developed by Susan Memoli, director of fine arts for the [...]
>Wayland Town Crier 11/24/09: Staples Foundation for Learning provides grant to Wayland-based foundation . Staples Foundation for Learning, a private foundation created by Staples Inc., is making charitable donations to 62 New England nonprofit organizations that provide youth with programs focused on academic achievement, job skills and diversity, including an $1,800 donation to the Wayland-based John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation.
Special Town Meeting is available on demand online from Wayland Cable.
Donate a Christmas Tree to military men and women and their families. Come to any of Mahoney’s locations until December 6th and purchase a Christmas Tree to donate to a military family. Your donated tree will be picked up and shipped by FedEx to one of over 40 military bases across the country and overseas. [...]
Come to the annual Holiday Open House at the old Wayland Train Station on Sunday afternoon, December 6th. We will be open from 2-6pm so you can browse for people on your gift list. We have many interesting crafts, and beautifully made merchandise for young and old. The shop will be comfortably warmed with our [...]
On Saturday, November 28th, 2009 from 7:30 – 10:00 PM, the Holy Grounds Coffee House will have live acoustic folk and Roots American music at the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland at 53 Cochituate Road. Five groups will be performing. Admission, food and beverages are free. Donations accepted to support Heifer International. For more information see www.tccwayland.org.
On Saturday, November 28th, 2009 from 7:30 – 10:00 PM, the Holy Grounds Coffee House will have live acoustic folk and Roots American music at the Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland at 53 Cochituate Road. Five groups will be performing. Admission, food and beverages are free. Donations accepted to support Heifer International. For more information see www.tccwayland.org.
Purchase handmade, one-of-a-kind gifts at the Wayland Depot from December 1 – December 6, and 10% of your purchase will be donated to The Wayland Public Schools Foundation. Housed in the red train station across from the Library, The Wayland Depot is a volunteer run non-profit that sells hand crafted and unusual items from [...]
Boston Globe 11/24/09: Senior softballers from Bay State play at diplomacy in Cuba. They burst into the hush of the four-star Hotel Telegrafo like old friends into a neighborhood pub, wearing baseball pants and slapping one another on the back. Shoving together white-linened tables, they beckoned waiters to bring cans of cold beer and seafood salads. The group of aging amateur softball players – half of them Cuban residents, half visitors from Massachusetts – had met just a few hours before, standing nervously along the base lines of a children’s baseball field flanked by palm trees while a band played “El Himno de Bayamo’’ and “The Star Spangled Banner.’’ Separated by language and culture and a half-century political divide, at first they had hardly known what to make of one another.
Boston Globe 10/23/09: Film on relations with Iran . an agreement among four school superintendents may help launch new multidistrict initiatives. At a recent School Committee meeting, a formalized agreement was announced, bringing together the superintendents of the Sudbury, Lincoln, Lincoln-Sudbury, and Wayland school districts. The G4, as the group is known, will also include [...]
The annual Wayland Business Association (WBA) fall fundraiser held here last Thursday at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre netted more than $5,200 for the group’s support of Wayland community groups. Local businesses were very generous in donating items for the silent auction and the house was nearly sold out. The Vokes Theatre donated its Thursday (Nov. [...]
Seattle pi 11/22/09: New fire chief named on Central Whidbey. Ed Hartin’s first experience with fires occurred when he was just six weeks old. His father, then the chief of the fire department in Wayland, Mass., was responding to a house fire and took his baby along.
Wayland Town Crier 11/21/09: Town Meeting: Town Center article passes, fails, and then passes again. Moderator Peter Gossels quoted Yogi Berra in reference to last week’s special Town Meeting, saying, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” During the first session on Wednesday night, a proposal to reduce the affordable housing component in the planned 372,500-square-foot [...]
Wayland Town Crier 11/21/09: Wayland voters pass new local meals tax. In order to survive a struggling economy and cuts in local state aid, Wayland voters agreed to add a 0.75 percent tax on local meals in town at the second session of special Town Meeting, which will go into effect starting January 1, 2010. [...]
Wayland Town Crier 11/21/09: Town Meeting votes down sex offender residency bylaw. A proposal to prevent registered Level 2 and 3 sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of schools, day care centers and recreational facilities in Wayland failed to pass at the second night of special Town Meeting on Thursday.
Boston Globe 11/22/09: Wayland Town Meeting OK’s tax hike to pay for new high school. Wayland Town Meeting voters paved the way last week for a new $70.8 million high school and kept the door open for a 372,500-square-foot town center project. School officials hope to break ground on the high school by the spring [...]
Article 1 to increase the demand charge on late taxes from $5 to $30, passed on a voice vote, but was amended to change the increase to $15 Article 2 to approve the High School project appropriation passed with an official count of 1481 in favor, 95 opposed Article 3, which failed to pass on [...]
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In 1999, Time magazine, it its “Best of the Century” list, named “Carousel” the Best Musical of the 20th century, writing that Rodgers and Hammerstein “set the standards for the 20th century musical.” With a moving and dramatic storyline and hit songs like “If I Loved You,” “June is Bustin’ Out All Over,” and the [...]
Milford Daily News 11//20/09: WCVB investigation: 219 Lottery agents delinquent on payments. More than 200 former Massachusetts Lottery agents, including eight in MetroWest and the Milford area, owe $2.8 million in proceeds from past ticket sales, including Grape Ideas in Wayland.
Metrowest Daily News 11/21/09: DASH boat, chemicals effective against invasive lake weeds. State officials poured about $190,000 into removing invasive weeds in Lake Cochituate and Fiske Pond in 2009, and told the Conservation Commission that both herbicides and the diver-assisted harvester boat worked well. Related Articles:Grant received for managing invasive weeds in North Pond (May [...]
Wayland Town Crier 11/19/09: ‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘Q’ stands for ‘Quaint Names’. Among the “quaint names” described are Happy Hollow, Lokerville and Pine Brook. Related Articles:‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘Z’ is for ‘Zea mays (Indian corn)’ (Sep 18, 2011) ‘Wayland A-Z’: ‘Y’ is for ‘yucca filamentosa’ (Aug 29, 2011) Wayland A-Z: X is for Xanthium strumarium (Aug 16, [...]
Wayland Town Crier 11/20/09: Wayland resident comes in first for ultramarathon. For the average person, a leisurely walk in the woods – a mile or two, an hour or so – is just about right. For most, a marathon is unthinkable. But for Wayland’s Larissa Abramiuk, clocking 50 miles in about seven-and-a-half hours is all [...]
A motion to reconsider Article 3, the Town Center MUOD, has been approved by the moderator. New information introduced was the correct tax levy on Twenty Wayland, which differed from the numbers in the warrant. Further, voters who relied on the Town Meeting rules in the warrant would have understood that a standing vote would [...]
Four exciting shows headline the 48th anniversary season of Weston Drama Workshop in 2010. There are many opportunities for singing, dancing, drama, comedy and ensemble parts. The workshop welcomes participants of all levels of theater ability and from all towns. The Evening Program is for participants entering grade 9 through age 23. They will produce [...]
Operation ELF (Everybody Loves Families) is an all-volunteer charitable not-for-profit organization designed to bring hope, joy and the spirit of the holidays to children who are wards of the state or who find themselves in transitional living situations regardless of gender, race, religion or nationality. Please sponsor a child’s holiday wish list. Our goal is [...]
Wayland Town Crier 11/19/09: Town Meeting adds $15 fee for delinquent taxes – Wayland, MA – Wicked Local Wayland. The charge added to a written demand for payment of delinquent taxes will go from $5 to $15 effective Jan. 1 for Wayland residents, but the new fee is half that originally proposed by the Board [...]
Wayland Town Crier 11/19/09: Baldwin Pond Water Treatment Facility uses latest technologies. Wayland’s brand-new Baldwin Pond Water Treatment Facility off of Route 27 near the Sudbury border is all set to go online and is coming in below budget. With an original Town Meeting appropriation of $10.2 million, the 7,500-square-foot state-of-the-art plant is 98 percent [...]
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