For the late Pat Frazier’s teaching colleagues at The Children’s Way early childhood program, one image of Pat endures. Passionate about children’s literature, she was often seen with a young child in her lap as they read a story. “It was one of her greatest joys,” TCW Director Cheryl Fertig recalled recently of the Medfield [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/30/10: Avaxia Biologics gets loan from Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. Avaxia Biologics, a biotechnology company developing oral antibodies for diseases of the GI tract, is one of four early-stage life science companies to receive an Accelerator Program loan from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC). MLSC, a quasi-public agency tasked with implementing the state’s 10-year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, announced that Avaxia Biologics was authorized to receive $375,000 to continue product development and file new patents for its orally delivered antibody therapeutics aimed at disease targets accessible through the mouth and gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
Wayland Town Crier 6/29/10: Wayland resident helps evaluate breast cancer proposals. Breast cancer advocate Barbara Holtz of Wayland recently participated in the evaluation of research proposals submitted to the Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense. Holtz was nominated for participation in the program by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where she was treated for breast cancer nine years ago, and is currently a member of the institute’s Patient and Family Advisory Council.
Wayland Town Crier 6/29/10: Wayland resident on board of MetroWest Jewish Day School. Dr. Lindsay Farrer of Wayland has been appointed to the board of directors of the MetroWest Jewish Day School in Framingham. The appointment became official at the school’s ninth annual meeting on June 10.
Metrowest Daily News 6/29/10: Three local businesses get funding for solar power. Two businesses in Wayland and one in Hopkinton were among 46 companies statewide that were chosen to receive rebates from federal stimulus funds for solar power. Mainstone Farm will receive $47,330 for a 34 kilowatt system and Russell's Garden Center will receive $37,260 for a 25 kilowatt system.
Wayland Town Crier 6/29/10: Wayland man charged with assaulting wife, cop. A Wayland man struck his pregnant wife during an argument and head-butted a police officer trying to arrest him Sunday, a prosecutor said in Framingham District Court yesterday.
NSTAR Electric would like to make you aware of an upcoming aerial survey of all of its transmission Rights of Ways (ROW). The survey will be starting on Wednesday June 30th and will continue for two weeks. It will be completed utilizing a Bell Jet Ranger helicopter. The helicopter to be used is blue and white (see photo) and carries registration number N222GR. Flights will be conducted between the hours of 7am and 7pm. The survey will be flown at an altitude of 700ft and will move continuously along our ROWs at a speed of 45 knots. Time spent in any given area will be very limited.
Wayland Town Crier 6/28/10: Wayland winner of Cutest Pet Contest named. A year-old sheltie/Japanese chin mix named Kiani from Wayland recently won the Cutest Pet Contest in the Wayland location of Especially for Pets.
Wayland Town Crier 6/28/10: Wayland High School Kids to Kids Club hosts movie night. The Wayland High School Kids to Kids (K2K) Club hosted a movie night for a younger generation of K2K members at Claypit Hill School to raise funds in support of K2K projects and relief efforts in Haiti. Led by Wayland teens Emily and Sarah Nuss, Gen Flynn and Gwen Jahnke, the club organized the movie night. Learn more about the Kids to Kids program at their website.
Wayland Town Crier 6/27/10: Wayland man's dying wish fulfilled on a Duck Boat. With the help of Molly Molasses and a special team of wish-granters, 83-year-old Henry Ciarletta got to fulfill a dying dream last week. Onboard the brown Boston "Duck" boat, the ailing cancer patient toured the city he hadn't seen since he retired decades ago from his job as an adman. With a hospice chaplain, EMT and a nurse seated nearby, he took in new and historic tourist sites: the Zakim Bridge, which opened in 2002, Bunker Hill monument, Cheers pub, Newbury Street, the blooming flowers of the Public Garden and the towering walls of TD Garden, with Celtics star Rajon Rondo there on a billboard promoting H1N1 vaccinations. "He hadn't been in Boston for 25 years, he said, and he wanted to know how it had changed," said Jaye Moore, a chaplain with Brookhaven Hospice in Framingham.
Wayland’s seniors will soon be safer from the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning due to the determination of a caring citizen, the generosity of a local bank and the ongoing commitment of Wayland Firefighters to public fire and life safety education. At 7pm tonight (June 28) T-D Bank of Massachusetts will present the Wayland Fire [...]
US Army 6/24/10: Sediment Cleanup on Lake Cochituate. Cleanup activities started on Lake Cochituate and continue into the summer for approximately 8 weeks, up to 6 days per week during daylight hours. Activities will include site preparation, mobilization, silt curtain installation, dredging, dewatering, water treatment, backfilling, monitoring, and site restoration. During the cleanup, boating access to and fishing within Pegan Cove will be restricted.
SPECIAL ZUMBA SUMMER SESSION: 5 Weeks: July 21, 28, August 4, 11, 18; 2-3pm. $20 (Pre-registration and pre-payment for the 5 week session is required by Wed. July 14) Zumba” eliminates the “work” from “working out”. It combines irresistible Latin and international music with dynamic, yet simple exercise moves. The extraordinary secret behind Zumba is [...]
Join us for great music on the Natick Common! Featuring Beatles music by HELP.
Thursday, July 1, Somerville Fourth of July Celebration, Trum Field, Somerville, 6pm. Entertainment includes performances by the 2010 Somerville Sunsetters, disco-funk band Booty Vortex, the USO Metropolitan New York Performers, and the U.S Navy Band Northeast Pops Ensemble (in honor of Navy Week). In attendance – Rear Admiral Mark Boensel, Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic. Fireworks [...]
Metrowest Daily News 6/27/10: Boards required to take note of new meeting rules. Revisions to the state Open Meeting Law that go into effect this week are intended to increase government transparency, but some local officials say a few could be tough pills to swallow. The changes, scheduled to start Thursday, impose stricter guidelines for posting agendas and keeping minutes, as well as update the current law to keep up with technological advances. The changes will also establish an Open Meeting Law Advisory Commission and will shift enforcement from district attorneys to the attorney general's office. Local officials are primarily concerned about regulations detailing how to keep minutes.
Boston Globe 6/27/10: Minuteman wages campaign to boost image beyond trades. Unlike other regional vocational schools around the state, Minuteman has had a longstanding history of low enrollment from its 16 member communities: Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough, Concord, Carlisle, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln, Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston. Minuteman is about to embark upon an enrollment study that will look back at its struggles and look forward to predict its student population, part of preparations for a major project to renovate the building, which hasn’t been updated since opening in 1979. Minuteman could handle up to 800 full-time students from its member communities; this year’s enrollment from the 16 suburbs was 364, the lowest in its history. To round out its numbers, the school accepted 219 full-time students from outside communities, along with 118 part-time and postgraduate students.
WBZ.TV 6/25/10: Destructive Wayland Storm Declared A Microburst. Weather experts say the powerful storm that tore through a Wayland neighborhood Thursday was a microburst, not a tornado. Bob Thompson of the National Weather Service told WBZ the storm was a very organized super cell that created microbursts along the way. "There was a weak rotation," he said. "But not tight enough for a tornado." Meanwhile, work crews have launched an all-out assault on the toppled trees and downed wires from the storm. Massive trucks clogged Davelin and Cole Streets on Friday.
Boston Globe 6/27/10: Applause for schools keeping music at core. Whether it’s marching band, jazz, choir, or music theory, if you offer it they will play. At least that’s the experience in the Belmont school district, which was recently named one of the country’s Best Communities for Music Education, along with public schools in Weston, Westborough, Wayland, and the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School in Franklin.
The next meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held on Monday, June 28 in Town Building. Selectmen will interview a number of citizens who have volunteered to serve on Town boards and commissions. Six residents have expressed interest in serving on the Historic District Commission; there are three regular member and one alternate [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/25/10: Wayland band tutor program celebrates anniversary with recital. Wayland’s music program includes a special mentoring element. The band tutor program connects elementary band students with older, more experienced high school musicians, who work as tutors. This year’s participants gathered recently for the 10th annual band tutor recital, in which all students had the opportunity to perform with their tutors for one another, friends and families. This year, as Joe Oneschuk, Wayland High School’s band director, pointed out, the recital featured the third generation of tutor participants. Some of the tutors themselves had started out in elementary school sitting in the other chair as tutor recipients.
WHDH 6/25/10: Residents begin storm cleanup in Wayland. Parts of Massachusetts worked to clean up the mess left from Thursday's fast and furious storms. In Wayland, a tree fell into homeowner Dennis O’Driscoll’s pool. "I’ve lived in this town for…42 years and never seen something like that," said O'Driscoll. He said the storm was like a scene from a horror movie.
The Wayland Summer Farmers' Market is now open every Wednesday from 12-4pm on the grounds of Russell's Garden Center. The expanded market includes more than 20 vendors and is now located in the back parking lot at Russell's offering more space and parking than ever before . The market features fresh seasonal vegetables and fruits, [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/23/10: Homage to Great White Way at Club Cafe. Steven SanSoucie of Wayland is known to audiences throughout New England for his Broadway and pop music concerts. He aims to please with his latest homage to the Great White Way, "Broadway … ROCKS!" While SanSoucie calls his summer revue a "small show," those who have been enjoying his performances for the past several years know there’s nothing miniscule about his love for music.
Wayland Town Crier 6/24/10: History in the making: Groundbreaking for new Wayland High School. Calling it "an extraordinary event in the life of the town," Lea Anderson, chairwoman of the High School Building Committee (HSBC), and other state and local officials celebrated the groundbreaking for the Wayland High School building project on Tuesday. The new school $70.8 million campus, with state reimbursement of up to $25 million, is expected to be ready for the 2012-13 school year. Welcomed by Principal Patrick Tutwiler, speakers at the groundbreaking included Katherine Craven, executive director of the Massachusetts Schools Building Authority (MSBA), and State Rep. Tom Conroy, D-Wayland. Craven spoke of the good working relationship between the state and the HSBC, and that despite the financial condition of the commonwealth, this project was a priority.
Wayland Town Crier 6/24/10: Sudbury town manager paid more than neighboring towns. In March, selectmen voted to extend town manager Maureen Valente’s contract for three years, bringing her 2010 annual compensation including benefits to $157,157, higher than many executives in communities similar to Sudbury.
Boston Globe 6/24/10: Backers say sales tax cut to be on ballot. Voters in November will get the chance to slash the state sales tax from 6.25 percent to 3 percent, according to advocates who say they submitted more than enough petition signatures yesterday to force the item onto the ballot. Carla Howell — chairwoman of the Alliance to Roll Back Taxes, based in Wayland — said her group submitted about 19,000 signatures to town and city clerks by yesterday’s deadline, a comfortable margin over the required 11,099 signatures. Her group put similar measures on the ballot in 2002 and 2008, but neither passed.
A Wednesday afternoon accident involving two cars and a tree near Loker on Route 30 caused a traffic backup.
Photo: Alan Reiss
NStar program aims to eliminate energy-wasting basement fridges. NStar has launched a campaign to encourage homeowners to get rid of old, inefficient refrigerators and freezers in their basements by offering them $50 to give up the energy-wasters. The recycling program, called Mass Save, is aimed at saving homeowners on their electric bills, which can be [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/22/10: Beth Butler chosen to fill vacant School Committee slot. Beth Butler was appointed to fill a vacant seat on the School Committee on Monday night, edging out two other applicants due to her professional skills as a lawyer, judge and mediator. Officials also cited Butler for a "level of commitment" demonstrated by her run for a seat on the School Committee less than two months ago, an election she lost to Shawn Kinney by 50 votes.
Wayland Town Crier 6/22/10: Keeping local seniors independent in their own homes. As they grow older, most people would prefer to remain independent and living in their own home. But sometimes that requires a little help, and as they say, "good help is hard to find." One way to address the problem was developed right here in Massachusetts by Beacon Hill Village. This organization is a new model of service provision for people who are growing older, but want to stay in their own homes. The group is still exploring options, but one possibility is there would not be a membership fee in our local version of the plan, at least for the basic service of care management. Seniors would pay for services they receive, but the thought is this would be at a rate much more affordable than that charged by an agency. A meeting about the idea will be held at the Sudbury Senior Center on Wednesday, June 30 at 1:30pm. Refreshments will be served. Call 978-443-3055 to reserve your spot.
Wayland Town Crier 6/22/10: Please help donate items for upcoming trip to Haiti. Haiti needs help rebuilding itself. Wayland resident Michael Delman will be traveling to Haiti to assist the Hope International Church and welcomes donations of the following items to be dropped at his home (192 Stonebridge Road) by this Sunday morning. Call him with questions at 774-279-6395. Checks can be made payable to Hope International Church (memo: Haiti) if interested.
Methods of controlling mosquitoes in Wayland. Catch basins in town have been treated with Altosid XR briquettes supplied by the Wayland Board of Health and distributed by the East Middlesex Mosquito Control Project. The treated catch basins are marked with a white paint dot. The Board of Health requests the public check catch basins in [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/22/10: Board of Selectmen grill Historic District Commission members. Three longtime members of the Historic District Commission (HDC), as well as a newer alternate member, face an uphill battle for reappointment after angering some town officials who disagreed with a commission ruling that no road work take place in the Historic District until the Town Center project is substantially under way.
Wayland Town Crier 6/22/10: Conservation Commission wins River Steward Award. The members of the Wayland Conservation Commission – Roger Backman, Bob Goldsmith, Barbara Howell, Andy Irwin, John Sullivan and Joy Viola – were honored with a River Steward Award at the 2010 RiverFest reception on June 11.
Wayland Town Crier 6/21/10: Wayland Police: Woman stabbed boyfriend in arm. A Wayland woman was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after police said she stabbed her boyfriend this morning.
There is a second gas main break that occurred this morning. Police have stationed an officer at Old Connecticut Path and Route #27 and they are directing people going to the Groundbreaking to enter from the Maiden Lane side of Old Connecticut Path. The Groundbreaking Ceremony is still on, but may be delayed for a [...]
Tsongas visit not a "meeting" under state law In a clear statement issued on June 7, Assistant District Attorney Robert Bender has ruled that discussions that occurred between members of the Wayland Board of Selectmen and U.S. Representative Nikki Tsongas during her visit to Wayland on November 24, 2009 were not "deliberations" as defined in [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/18/10: New Primebar Grill takes over former Luigi's site. The Primebar Grill, which opened in Wayland on June 8 at the site of the former Luigi’s Restaurant, is still somewhat of a work in progress, but it will definitely offer a range of food and beverages for both serious eaters and drinkers as well as those in search of lighter and more casual fare.
The next meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held on Monday, June 21 in Town Building. The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. with a joint session of the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to interview three citizens who have expressed interest in appointment to the School Committee to fill the [...]
Michael Abend, President; Betsy Willard and Lisa Shapiro, Vice Presidents The Wayland Business Association (WBA) elected several new officers and a new Executive Board for its coming business year that begins July 1. Elected for two-year terms are: Michael Abend of Extended Family of Wayland, President; Betsy Willard of Sunrise Assisted Living of Wayland, Vice [...]
First Hand Projects, a nonprofit based in Sudbury, gives young people the chance to design and build sustainable buildings for their community. Led by a licensed architect and several graduate students, participants receive a hands-on introduction to design and community service. As part of the program, teens also attend field trips to significant works of [...]
Many grandparents have fond memories of collecting stamps when they were younger and now wish their grandchildren would start their own stamp collection. These seniors remember that stamps were a fun way to learn about U.S. and world geography, famous people in history, and all sorts of information about countries, science, art, nature and other [...]
This will be the third season of the Spotlight Summer Theater Workshop. The workshop is taught by professional actors, and will give everyone an opportunity to work as a team to produce a great play. In the workshop, we will be able to focus as a group and individually on a variety of acting techniques, [...]
There’s still time to enroll in the BASE program at Wayland Middle School for the 2010-11 academic year. The program is for students in grades 5 to 8. Transportation is provided from Happy Hollow and Claypit Hill schools for the fifth graders. The program is open until 6pm, and includes a mix of free time [...]
Prospective Membership Shabbat – June 25, 2010 – 6:15pm. Temple Shir Tikva invites you to experience our warm, vibrant community by attending our joyful, music filled Shabbat service. All are welcome to attend. Following the service, there will be a festive ice cream sundae Oneg Shabbat where people will have the opportunity to meet our [...]
Moderator Peter Gossels will be appointing two people to serve as members of the Public Ceremonies Committee, one for a three year term expiring on June 30, 2013 and another for a one-year term expiring on June 30, 2011. If interested, please send a note to Peter Gossels at 32 Hampshire Rd summarizing qualifications and [...]
The LEES/Pine Brook Associations, Wayland citizens determined to save the old Lee Farm property on Route 20, the historic Boston Post Road, have reached a significant milestone. After 3 years of considering alternatives they have set their sights on creating a community farm on a significant portion of the Lee farmland. On June 22, together [...]
Wayland Town Crier 6/17/10: Wayland Angels transforms into new Neighbor Brigade. The Wayland Angels has transformed into the Neighbor Brigade, a nonprofit organization that responds to individuals in the community during a temporary crisis.
