NECN 3/31/10: Duck Boats to the rescue!. [With Video] Flooding remains a major concern in Wayland, Massachusetts. The Duck Boats are back at it, helping residents get through the floodwaters. The rain has let up for the most part in town, but the flooding remains. Roads are still closed and cars are still having considerable trouble getting through. Wayland had just recovered from the rains of two weeks ago when this latest storm hit. The Duck Boats will help residents through Friday.
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Wayland Town Crier 3/31/10: Framingham, Wayland brace for record-high Sudbury River (with video). Riverfront towns distributed sandbags, switched on pumps and began closing roads yesterday as regional waterways again rose toward major flood stage, with some projected to reach record height. Water did crawl over Wayland's section of Rte. 20, which was reopened recently after previous flooding closed it for more than a week. With the new threat, police shut down one lane from the town center east to the Weston border in the afternoon, but still hoped to keep the other open at least long enough for the evening commute. To the southwest, the swollen Sudbury River and a tributary began cutting off Wayland's Pelham Island neighborhood, with residents warned to move their cars to a downtown lot. The town ran a school bus as a shuttle, planning to replace it today with the Boston Duck Tours service that proved popular the last time around. Along the Sudbury, a number of roads remained closed from the previous flood. While the state talked about placing sandbags and pumps to protect Rte. 20 in Wayland this time, the idea proved impractical, Swanick said. With the thoroughfare facing a new closure, the town library remained closed because of flooding and the police station continued to run on generator power.
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Boston Globe 3/31/10: IRS will delay April 15 deadline for many in Massachusetts. Victims of severe storms and flooding in Massachusetts may qualify for tax relief from the Internal Revenue Service; relief comes in the form of some IRS deadlines being moved back to May 11, including the April 15 deadline for filing 2009 individual income tax returns. President Obama has declared the Massachusetts counties of Bristol, Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester as federal disaster areas qualifying for individual assistance. Taxpayers who reside or have a business in the disaster area qualify for the May 11 deadlines in many cases, the IRS said. The IRS said its computer systems automatically identify taxpayers located in the covered disaster area and apply automatic filing and payment relief.
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Flood Update – Many people have been concerned about the controlled release of water by the MWRA in Saxonville. MWRA officials have advise Wayland Emergency Management that there is no planned release of additional water from the Framingham Reservoir until the water level of the Sudbury River at the Saxonville Dam drops to 10 feet [...]
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Fox Boston 3/31/10: Record-high Sudbury River. [Video] Thousands of gallons of water with nowhere to go. The Sudbury River in the Saxonville section of Framingham is already a foot above flood stage. The flooded river is causing big problems down-stream in Wayland.
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The Town of Sudbury Road Closure information (includes closures in Wayland): http://www.sudbury.ma.us/services/news_story.asp?id=2878 Massachusetts Department of Transportation Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/massdot
Written on March 31, 2010 | Posted in
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Last night, President Barack Obama authorized federal assistance under a Major Federal Disaster Declaration for communities most impacted by the flooding. I had joined the Massachusetts delegation in calling for this emergency aid since our district was especially hard hit by severe flooding. The President's action makes assistance available to affected homeowners, renters and businesses [...]
Written on March 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Financial Assistance Available for Individuals & Businesses in 7 Counties BOSTON, MA – Governor Deval Patrick announced this evening that federal aid will become available to Massachusetts individuals and businesses hardest hit by the most recent flooding events. The assistance was authorized under a Major Federal Disaster Declaration issued by President Barack Obama after a [...]
Written on March 30, 2010 | Posted in
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The next meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held on Wednesday, March 31 in Town Building. Selectmen will first hear a presentation by the Finance Committee on the debt exclusion recommendations concerning various capital project and equipment. After deliberating on the proposed capital plan, the Board will vote on whether to include a debt [...]
Written on March 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Flood Update – (full update at 1pm, Route 27 update at 2pm) as of 1pm, Route #27 has been closed at Glezen Lane to the Sudbury town line. Route #20 at Route #27 is closed. Detour via Old Connecticut Path. Route 27 is open at Wayland Center (as of 2pm) All other road status reports [...]
Written on March 30, 2010 | Posted in
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The town has obtained a limited amount of filled sand bags from the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. Residents in need of sand bags can call the Emergency Operations Center at 508-358-4721. Personnel is not available at this time to place the sand bags on private property.
Written on March 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Friday Night 6-8 is a preview night for members only. Saturday hours are 10am-4pm, Sunday 12-4pm. Memberships to the Friends of the Wayland Library available at the door.
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Spring is here! Skip the gym and get outdoors! We are offering an opportunity to get fit immersed in the beauty and peacefulness of nature. Our classes will use the surrounding conservation lands and fields to create workouts that are challenging yet doable. Nature provides constant inspiration to your workout and fresh air enhances your [...]
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Due to flooding at the Wayland Public Library, the Friends’ Spring Book and Bake Sale will not be held on April 9-11 and has been rescheduled on Friday, May 14-Sunday, May 16, 2010. For more information, contact Anne Heller at (508) 358-4515. Related Articles:‘The storm from hell’ pounds MetroWest (Mar 17, 2010) Flooding on Pelham Island [...]
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NECN 3/30/10: Wayland, Mass. garden center uprooted – again. [With video] Normally this week, Tim Skehan and his employees at Russell's Garden Center would be preparing for the Easter weekend rush as shoppers come in for lilies and daffodils — and some begin to think about the long-awaited spring gardening season finally arriving. Instead, Monday found them preparing to evacuate thousands of dollars of merchandise from approaching floodwaters — for the second time in barely two weeks. "We're expecting that it might be even a foot and a half higher than it was last week," said Skehan, after downloading charts from the Internet predicting even higher flood levels on the Sudbury River upstream in Saxonville, Mass., than what brought a half-foot of water into the garden shop two weeks ago. "It's a drill, sadly, we're accustomed to. We are kind of in the flood plain." Skehan said during a 1987 flood, shop personnel used canoes to navigate through the garden center. "We're planning on it coming back into the store."
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The Tech 3/30/10: MIT curling team sweeps its way to second regional title. For the second consecutive year, curlers from MIT competed in college curling bonspiels (curling tournament) on both a regional and national level. The first event was the Grand National Curling Club (GNCC) Regional Bonspiel held at Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, MA on Feb. 20, where MIT looked to defend its championship title.
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WCVB 3/29/10: Bay State Battered By More Rain, Deluge Continues. Roads were closed near the Sudbury River in Wayland, Mass., west of Boston, where major flooding was expected. At Saxonville, officials were looking at some of the highest water levels since 1987. The Charles River in Dover and the Assabet in Sudbury were all expected to set record flood levels by afternoon, each rising 4 to 5 feet. Wayland residents were given formal evacuation notices Monday night, with police going door-to-door to alert Pelham Island residents that they may have to leave their homes as the river rises. The town has been struggling with flooding all month. "First we had the boat and then we had the school bus taking us back and forth," said one elderly resident.
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The Library is completely closed as of 5 pm on Monday, March 29, and will remain closed until further notice (certainly through the end of the week). The building currently has no power and the lower level is completely flooded. Therefore, we have no way to check in returned library materials. Of course, we will [...]
Written on March 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Due to predicted flooding of Wayland Roads, there is a likelihood that Routes 20 and 27 in Wayland we be closed in both directions sometime on March 30th or 31st. Motorists should seek alternate routes. Should Route 20 be closed, the detour would be from Landham Road in Sudbury to Potter Road – Stonebridge [...]
Written on March 29, 2010 | Posted in
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NECN 3/29/10: Residents of Wayland, Mass. keep close eye on Sudbury River. Bay State residents are bracing for days of heavy rain, flooding and the wettest March on record in some areas. [With video] The National Weather Service has posted flood warnings and advisories from Maine to the Carolinas. The storm is threatening to push some already-swollen rivers over their banks, including the Sudbury River in Wayland, Massachusetts. The rainiest March on record in Boston was 1953, when 11 inches fell during the month; nearly 10 inches had already fallen before the start of the latest storm.
Written on March 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Due to the possibility of record flooding of the Sudbury River, Pelham Island Road residents may need to evacuate their homes sometime on March 30-31. The amount of flooding makes it likely that the town will not be able to provide transportation across Pelham Island Road or emergency services to Pelham Island Road residents. The [...]
Written on March 29, 2010 | Posted in
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National Weather Service: Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Boston: Sudbury River at Saxonville. Projections show the Sudbury River above flood stage by Tuesday morning, and rising (to record levels) another 4 feet beyond that (measured in Saxonville) over the next couple of days.
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Primary Duo will be performing music for Piano and Percussion. Sarah Bob and Aaron Trant play music for piano and percussion, including works by Curtis K. Hughes, Jonathan Bailey Holland, and David Hollinden. Piano and percussion — does that not sound spectacular? The program will be appropriate for listeners of all ages; note the early [...]
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The Wayland Children and Parents Association is holding its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 3rd 11:00 am at Wayland's Town Building. Event will be held rain or shine, so dress appropriately. The Easter Bunny will be making an appearance and there will be plenty of eggs for all! THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
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The evening will honor Robert Evans, Ed. D., for his 35 years of outstanding service as Executive Director of HRS, working tirelessly on behalf of children and families in our community. The celebration will include gourmet cuisine prepared by celebrity chefs Geoff Gardner from Sel de la Terre, Mitchell Maxwell from Maxwell’s 148, Au Soleil [...]
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Town-wide Event Saturday, April 10th 2010 In Concert with Green Team’s Earth Day Celebration Sunday WAYLAND, MA – The receding flood waters and melted snow are revealing the tons of bright litter that is caught in the grasses and scrub branches along our town roadways. Wayland Cleans Up!, the annual anti-litter effort now in [...]
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Scott Crago, a WHS band parent who is the drummer for The Eagles and Don Henley, has generously donated 2 VIP tickets, with backstage passes, to the June 12 show of the Eagles, the Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban at Gillette Stadium. Only 300 raffle tickets will be sold. They are $20 each and can [...]
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Parents and other members of the community are invited to a casual and fun evening to benefit the Wayland-Weston Crew team. Please join us at the “Icebreaker” Fundraiser on Saturday, April 3rd at 7 pm at the Weston Community Center (20 Alphabet Lane) in Weston. Relax and dance to the classic rock sound of Wayland’s [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 3/28/10: Store worker accused of grabbing butcher knife during argument. An argument over a liquor store shipment quickly escalated Thursday, police said, with an employee grabbing a butcher knife and threatening a deliveryman.
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Boston Globe 3/28/10: Boston Globe Boys' Swimming All-Scholastics – Winter 2009-10. Travis Downs and Michael Ren were named Globe All-Scholastics, while Mike Foley was named Coach of the Year. Charlie D'Orlando, Travis Downs, Bobby Dresser, Andrew Gusev, Michael Ren, Ian Stack were named Dual County League All-Stars.
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Boston Globe 3/28/10: Boston Globe Girls' Swimming All-Scholastics. The Globe's Division 2 Swimmer of the Year is Wayland's Emily Wright. Wright has accrued more points than any other female swimmer in Wayland school history. The four-year DCL All-Star holds the Division 2 North sectional record in the 50 free as well as school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay. She will attend Bucknell University. The 200 Freestyle Relay team of Emily Wright, Emily Downs, Michelle Cunningham and Megan Pierce won its third straight Division 2 state championship. Dual County League All-Stars included Kristina Barakov, Michelle Cunningham, Emily Downs, Elizabeth Doyon, Valerie Eisenson, Saya Higano, Carolyn Jones, Emily Nuss, Megan Pierce, Jamie Reichlen and Emily Wright.
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Boston Globe 3/28/10: Winter All-Scholastics: 10 moments to savor include the Wayland swim teams. A clean sweep for Wayland in pool For the Wayland swim teams, there was nothing better than a weekend dip in the Harvard pool. The boys on Saturday, followed by the girls a day later, won Division 2 state championships. It was the second straight state title for the boys, the fifth straight for the girls.
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Boston Globe 3/28/10: Wayland’s Sullivan chases professional tennis dream. A year after starring on the women’s tennis team at Boston College, Wayland’s Alina Sullivan has embarked on a promising professional career. The daughter of former Harvard tennis captain Paul Sullivan, Alina won in both singles and mixed doubles last month at the Chrysler Cup in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, earning $2,000, and is ranked 1,106th in the world in singles and 726th in doubles.
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Vacancies on Wayland boards and commissions There remain a number of vacancies on boards and commissions. There is a vacancy on the Wastewater Management District Commission for a term expiring June 30, 2012. This committee oversees operation of the wastewater treatment facility that services about 75 properties along Boston Post Road, Cochituate Road and Concord Road. Construction of [...]
Written on March 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 3/26/10: A beautiful day to run a 5K at Dudley Pond. The beautiful weather on Sunday with a 70-degree temperature and a cool breeze from Dudley Pond made it a perfect day for running. And, if one was running for a good cause, it was all the better. For the 189 runners who participated in the 5K Closer to a Cure event, the day was perfect. The event was organized by Louis Corliss and Kerry Peterson, both of Wayland, who will be running the Boston Marathon next month to further causes they both hold close to their hearts. For more information visit www.5kclosertoacure.com.
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Metrowest Daily News 3/26/10: DCR funds projects in Natick, Wayland, Upton. The grants include money to hire a company to run a diver-assisted suction harvester, or DASH, boat to remove invasive weeds in Natick's portion of Lake Cochituate.
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Boston Globe 3/25/10: Builders, responding to changing demand, shrink size of new homes. An apparent shift in the popularity of oversized homes in favor of more modest, lower-cost designs is emerging amid signs of a local uptick in new construction that is mirroring national trends, according to builders and area officials. While housing starts and building permits are up modestly across the country this year after a dismal 2009, the average size of new homes has been shrinking. By the end of last year, the average home size had dropped to 2,373 square feet, from a peak of 2,507 square feet in 2007, the US Census Bureau reports. And local builders are responding, shrinking floor plans, eliminating formal living rooms and making other changes to slash square footage and bring down the cost of new homes. In Wayland, two new developments feature “green homes’’ of 3,000 to 3,500 square feet, with energy-efficient features and surrounded by conservation land. That’s a dramatic departure from the boom years, when some new homes were reaching 7,000 square feet, said Sarkis Sarkisian, Wayland’s town planner.
Written on March 26, 2010 | Posted in
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What strange quacks, trills, and peeps can be heard coming from ponds and bogs on a spring evening? Who is making all of that racket and why? Come to the Garden for a slide program about some amazing amphibian singers, practice some croaky calls yourself, and then walk through the woods to experience the sound [...]
Written on March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Lisa Nickerson will be running the 2010 Boston Marathon on behalf of Housing Families Inc. for the second consecutive year. She has chosen to participate in support of Housing Families Inc. because she truly believes in the organization and the much needed services they provide to the Greater Boston community. Housing Families (HFI) works to [...]
Written on March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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INCOME TAX HELP. Last call for assistance with completion of your federal and state returns. AARP Income Tax volunteers are available by appointment through the COA ( If you received an additional $250 Social Security “stimulus” payment, you will need to tell the AARP Tax counselor). FUEL ASSISTANCE. This program helps income eligible households [...]
Written on March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 3/25/10: New local chapter of Amnesty International forming. How to save the world is a popular topic, and last week at the Wayland Library, there was a meeting on how to go about it. While they didn’t look like the cast of TV’s "24," the attendees nevertheless discussed how to improve the lives of a vast number of disenfranchised people around the globe. It was a meeting of Amnesty International and the possibility of a new chapter in the Wayland, Stow and Sudbury area. Chaired by Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast regional director, and James Donegan, senior member, the meeting started with a reminder that the meeting was taking place on the 51st anniversary of the Tibet uprising which forced the Dalai Lama into exile.
Written on March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Captain Richard Phillips, the Captain taken hostage by the Somali Pirates and released last Easter Sunday, is going to be at Barnes and Noble in Framingham on April 14, 2010 at 7:00pm for a book signing for “A Captain’s Duty”, the life-and-death drama of the Vermont native who was held captive on a tiny lifeboat [...]
Written on March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 3/25/10: Wayland takes home first prize in second annual Civics Bee. Wayland took home first prize in the second annual Civics Bee, defeating both Weston and Sudbury on Sunday. The competition was hosted by Weston, last year’s winner, at the Country School cafeteria and organized by the League of Women Voters (LWV) of the three participating towns. Zaxaro Bennett, state president of the League, presided as the "Bee Master," reading the questions and making announcements. Richard Albert, assistant professor at Boston College School of Law, served in the role of judge. The three participating age groups were middle school, high school and adult. Unlike last year, the teams were not separated by age. Instead, each town’s team sent forward three representatives at a time from each age group – one adult, one high school student and one middle school student (or two middle school students in the case of Sudbury). The event is the brainchild of Wayland League member Sandy Coy, who began to worry about how young people knew so little about their country after watching a "Jaywalking" segment on The Tonight Show. "People know nothing," said Coy, "how can you defend rights you don’t know about?"
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Boston Globe 3/25/10: Vote looms on Mass. realignment of high school football leagues, playoffs. In most years over the last two decades, either Acton-Boxborough or Lincoln-Sudbury has represented the league in the postseason playoffs (Westford Academy was the champion in 2005 and last fall, while Wayland High won back-to-back crowns in 2006 and 2007). Even if a playoff berth is not on the line, Lopez appreciates the competition, the only yearly matchup in the state featuring two high school football coaches with 200-plus career wins. However, the yearly showdown would be one of the casualties if a proposal to revamp the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association’s statewide football playoff system is approved by high school principals tomorrow. The proposal, spearheaded by Plymouth North High athletic director Bill Burkhead, calls for replacing longstanding leagues with six statewide divisions based on enrollment, and divided into four geographic regions. Under the plan, Acton-Boxborough would play in Division 1 North, while Lincoln-Sudbury is slated for Division 2 North. Under the proposal, 50 percent of the teams would qualify for the playoffs, which would lead to statewide champions in each division. The postseason would kick off the first week of November, and would not extend beyond the first Saturday in December, the Super Bowl date now in effect. However, traditional Thanksgiving Day rivalries would be retained.
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Wayland Youth Soccer (WAYS) is excited to announce new partnerships with both Mass Premier Soccer (MPS) and the Shalrie Joseph Soccer Academy (SJSA), co-founded by Shalrie Joseph of the New England Revolution. According to WAYS Player and Coach Development Director, Dan D’Amico, “These partnerships will transform our program by providing more tools and support to [...]
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Wayland Town Crier 3/24/10: Wayland resident to perform classic songs in Watertown. Few adults can say that they are engaged in anything like the things they dreamed of as kids. Fewer still can say they are living their childhood dreams. But Steven SanSoucie of Wayland is one of these. "I wanted to be a singer ever since I was a kid," SanSoucie explained, having grown up listening (and singing along) to the music of the ’70s such as the Monkees and the Supremes. Now, over 20 years later, he is indeed performing the very same songs by the bands he idolized.
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Wayland Town Crier 3/24/10: Westwood considering electronic voting at town meeting. Supporters of electronic voting at town meeting in Wayland have received a boost recently with the discovery that the nearby municipality of Westwood is also considering adopting the technology. According to Westwood Town Administrator Michael Gillette, "We’re not absolutely certain about this yet, but we’d certainly like to explore the option."
Written on March 25, 2010 | Posted in
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The Town of Wayland is negotiating a license renewal with Comcast and WayCAM needs to show Comcast how much value Public Access TV provides to the residents and organizations in Wayland in order to maximize the capital and operating funds that WayCAM receives for PEG Access TV. There is an important public hearing coming up on Apr. 1st at 7:00 pm at [...]
Written on March 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Tufts Daily 3/18/10: Diving | Unlikely pair of Jumbo divers heads to nationals. (Includes video) Gardel grew up in Wayland, Mass., where she also was a youth gymnast. When Gardel’s hometown gym closed down during her seventh-grade year, she and her identical twin sister Melissa tried many sports before settling on diving during freshman year of high school. Gymnastics is the Gardel twins’ first love (Lindsay still maintains that if she could give up diving today for gymnastics, she would), but diving, with its focus on acrobatic motion, proved to be a worthy substitute. “Melissa and I were very hyperactive kids, and when we quit [gymnastics], we tried soccer, track, pole vaulting,” Linday Gardel said. “Our high school didn’t have gymnastics, but we had a friend on the diving team, and he basically dared us to come to practice. So we did, and it was the closest we could get to gymnastics.” The sisters spent their childhood doing all kinds of activities together, including a five-summer stint in a local circus troupe, where the duo’s “adagio” routine — one of the twins would lift up the other, who would engage in an array of acrobatic endeavors — dazzled audiences.
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Wayland Town Crier 3/23/10: School Committee finalizes budget heading into Town Meeting. The School Committee voted to approve operational and capital budgets for the 2010-11 school year on Monday night, which are set to go for a vote before Town Meeting in May. The total school budget is $31.4 million, but after offsets, voters will be asked to approve a budget of $30.6 million, a decrease of $515,050, or 1.66 percent, from the budget for the 2009-10 school year, the first decrease in a school budget request in nearly 30 years. Offsets are revenue generated from school fees and transfers so that the amount of the budget paid for by local taxes is reduced.
Written on March 24, 2010 | Posted in
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