Wayland Town Crier 7/30/10: 'Wayland A to Z': 'T' is for 'Taverns'. Local taverns were the centers of a town’s social and political life during the 17th century. The original Sudbury settlement had many taverns. The first was established in 1653 by Jonathan Parmenter, who petitioned the General Court to open an ordinary on his land along the road leading from the early town center on Old Sudbury Road to the mill on Mill Pond. It was not only a resting place for travelers, but served as the local meeting place where farmers socialized and townsmen met to decide the future of the community.
Written on July 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/29/10: New recommendations to improve Wayland town meeting. The Wayland Town Meeting Procedures Review Committee, formed in January to study and submit recommendations to make town meeting more efficient and user-friendly, tendered its final report to the Board of Selectmen on Monday night. Chaired by Town Moderator Peter Gossels, the group made wide-ranging suggestions in its report (available online here) to the selectmen.
Written on July 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Sudbury Valley Trustees sounded the call for local photographers to submit their photographic works: specifically photos highlighting the beauty and intrigue of the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord river basin. Area photographers responded, and their selections were numerous and impressive. Judging took place separately for adults and youth under age 18. The adult “Best in Show” [...]
Written on July 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/28/10: Wayland rescue group goes the distance for cats. Wayland-based Guardian Angels Cat Rescue , specializes in rescuing the neediest homeless cats and kittens. Your tax-deductible donations can be sent to P.O Box 5533, Wayland MA 01778. Families who are interested in adopting homeless cats or in providing a temporary foster home can call 508-651-1205.
Written on July 29, 2010 | Posted in
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Metrowest Daily News 7/29/10: Wayland woman to swim English Channel next month. It's a dangerous and exhausting proposition, 14 to 20 hours in the cold water, dodging jellyfish, 300-ton freighters and thunderstorms, but Jen Dutton is planning on doing it next month as she swims across the English Channel. For more information, check her website, www.jenisnomermaid.com.
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Wayland Town Crier 7/28/10: Wayland residents riding in Pan-Mass. Challenge. On Aug. 7 and 8, 69 residents from Wayland will ride in the 31st annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC), the nation’s pioneer charity bike-a-thon that raises more money than any other athletic fundraising event in the country. They will be among the 5,000 cyclists from 36 states and eight countries who will ride with the collective goal of raising $31 million to support lifesaving adult and pediatric cancer care and research through Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund. To become a virtual rider, or make a financial contribution to a rider, visit the PMC website
Written on July 28, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/28/10: Wayland resident honored with award from MDA. The Muscular Dystrophy Association has named Deborah Goessling of Wayland the recipient of its 2010 Robert Ross Personal Achievement Award for Massachusetts. Goessling, 56, was selected for MDA’s highest achievement award in Massachusetts for her work on behalf of others with disabilities and her determination to continue her work despite daunting physical challenges. Goessling learned in January 2008 that she has ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease).
Written on July 28, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/27/10: Fifth anniversary of Opera del West. Opera del West is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a performance that will have you leaving the theater humming the infectious melodies of a Bel Canto favorite. They are putting on "The Elixir of Love" at The Center for Arts in Natick (TCAN) for an evening performance on July 30 and a matinee on Aug. 1.
Written on July 28, 2010 | Posted in
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Missing two year old golden retriever named Mayzie. She is 60 lbs and has been shaven for the summer so she looks more like a yellow lab. She has been missing since 3pm Tuesday July 27 from 10 Old Farm Circle in Wayland. If you have any information please contact the St. Jeans at (508) [...]
Written on July 27, 2010 | Posted in
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Metrowest Daily News 7/26/10: Higher Calling: Teen performs with Circus Smirkus in Waltham. There’s nothing 17-year-old Jamie Nanni would rather be doing this summer than the triple trapeze act, wrapping herself in pieces of silk hung from the ceiling of a circus tent and performing tricks for an awestruck audience, she said. Nanni, an honors [...]
Written on July 26, 2010 | Posted in
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The next meeting of the Board of Selectmen will be held on Monday, July 26 in Town Building. While the agenda includes at 7:15 p.m. a planned liquor license hearing for AprilEileen Corporation, owners of Sweet Peppers (the new Thai restaurant on Boston Post Road at the location which formerly housed Bensons II), the applicant [...]
Written on July 24, 2010 | Posted in
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Bright Horizons at Wayland invites the community to our Fun with Fitness and Budding Artists play dates. These events are guaranteed to offer your child an active participation in exploration, discovery and purposeful play. Fun with Fitness Play date Thursday, August 12, 2010 – 3:30–5:30pm. Experience a morning of rock climbing, obstacle courses, soccer skills [...]
Written on July 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Topic: Water Awareness: Locally and Globally Did you know that over 75% of the earth is covered by water? Less than 1% is drinkable. Like the earth, our bodies are 70-75% water, and we need to replenish it daily. Learn the truth about what's in your water, and how it affects your family's health. Discover [...]
Written on July 23, 2010 | Posted in
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NEW DAY TRIP OFFERING: GLOUCESTER HARBOR SCHOONER SAIL Tues., Aug. 24. $60 (includes transportation, sailing trip and luncheon at the Gloucester House) Come sail with us! Leave Wayland at 8am and set sail at 10am. After we disembark, enjoy a hearty and delicious luncheon at the Gloucester House right there at the wharf! Return to [...]
Written on July 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/23/10: Blu Homes unfold on Lincoln Road in Wayland. Stepping onto a construction site, the grinding sounds of heavy machinery, mountains of rubble and dirt, and groups of workers carrying tools are expected along with the atmospheric buzz and excitement of watching a house be constructed. The process takes months, the land [...]
Written on July 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Metrowest Daily News 7/22/10: Library self -checkout coming to some towns. Goodnow Library of Sudbury is turning up the volume on high tech with self-checkout, which it expects to debut in mid-August. With a touch of a computer screen, library patrons will be able to check out books, CDs and DVDs. Patrons can check out five to 10 books at a time without help from a librarian. Radio frequency identification technology (RFID), similar to that used on the automatic toll lanes on the Massachusetts Turnpike, will be used at checkout. Some area towns, including Natick, Weston, Wayland, Holliston and Shrewsbury, don't have the advanced technology of RFID, but they do have bar-code scanners, which allow patrons to check out books one at a time using the same system that librarians use.
Written on July 23, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/22/10: Wayland Public Schools addressing bullying issues. Ever since the high-profile suicide of 15-year-old Phoebe Prince in January in South Hadley, allegedly after she endured months of abuse and intimidation from her schoolmates, measures to define and address bullying in schools have been uppermost in the minds of parents, teachers and administrators across the state. In Wayland over the past several months, the school community has coalesced around creating a working plan that will not only meet, but exceed, the requirements of the new state law, passed on May 3, while at the same time tailored to the specific needs of the community.
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Press Release July 22, 2010 The Wayland Board of Health is Offering Free Tdap Immunizations to Wayland Residents Who Have Contact with Infants. Are you a new mother, father, grandparent or child-care provider? Help protect the babies with whom you have contact! The Wayland Public Health Office is offering you a free Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria [...]
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Friday October 1, 2010 GREAT DECISIONS 2010 9:15 AM - 11:30 AM TOPIC: Russia and its Neighbors Russia's policy of maintaining a sphere of influence in former Soviet satellites has been challenged in recent years by movements against pro-Russia regimes. Russia has pushed back by cutting Ukraine's natural gas supply and intervening in Georgia's campaign in South [...]
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Household trash becomes musical instruments before your very eyes! We will construct several different musical instruments from cardboard tubes, pie plates, pasta boxes, soda bottles, etc. Bringing your own materials is fine, but not necessary. Drop in and make one, or stick around and make several. Ages 5 and up. Children age 8 and under [...]
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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August 8 and 9 from 7-10pm, the Vokes Players of Wayland will be holding auditions, by appointment, for its production of Hamlet. Visit www.vokesplayers.org for more info or email Melissa Sine with your name, telephone number and preferred audition time (or call 978-758-8421).
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/20/10: Wayland student earns scholarship from Comcast. Katherine Rafuse of Wayland was one of over 100 students from Massachusetts honored at a recent State House event with a $1,000 scholarship from Comcast.
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/20/10: Sage Hill subdivision expected to receive special designation. Wayland residents Michael Staiti and Richard Olstein, owners of Keystone Development Corporation, are overseeing the seven-lot subdivision at 38 Concord Road in Wayland being developed under the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Site Development and Land Planning Green Building Program. The project is the first in the state to file for this designation, and is expected to receive third party certification in late 2010 or early 2011.
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Town of Wayland Website 7/21/10: DCR Awards Trail Grant of $22,560 to Wayland. Governor Deval Patrick announced on July 16 that the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is awarding $1.17 million in grants to local communities and nonprofit organizations to fund 41 trails projects across the Commonwealth under its Recreational Trails Grants Program. The DCR program is part of the national Recreational Trails Program funded by the Federal Highway Administration. Recreational Trails Grants are awarded for the construction and stewardship of hiking trails, bikeways, snowmobile trails, and an array of other trails throughout the state. Improvement projects can include long-distance trails and rail trail development, ATV trail maintenance, and creation or maintenance of municipal trails. Each recipient matches its grant with at least an additional 20 percent in funding or in-kind services.
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/21/10: Wayland golfer in Optimist International Junior Golf Championships. Wayland junior golfer Benjamin Balter will compete July 24 to 26 in the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Balter will compete in the boys 14-15 age division.
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/20/10: PCB cleanup begins in Natick's Pegan Cove. A large ring of yellow buoys floats on the surface of Pegan Cove, marking the area where contractors have started removing sediment contaminated with PCBs, left by an accident at the Soldier Systems Center 30 years ago. The PCBs were found in the section of Lake Cochituate just to the east of Natick Labs. They came from a transformer explosion in 1980 and got into the lake through a storm drain. Charter Environmental of Boston is handling the cleanup, with dredging work done by subcontractor Inner Space Dredging of Maine. The Defense Department is picking up the $2.8 million tab.
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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The fourth annual Wayland Warrior Football Alumni Golf Tournament will be held at Sandy Burr Country Club on Friday, July 30. The tournament helps raise funds for "Friday Night Lights" and the 2010 football season. It is open to all fans, players, coaches, alumni, family members and supporters of Wayland sports. Registrations for the tournament [...]
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Traffic Alert- Paving- Route 20 at the Sudbury River Bridge – Expect Delays. Paving will start at 9 a.m. Source: Wayland Police Department Facebook page
Written on July 22, 2010 | Posted in
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WILDLIFE PROGRAMS It looks like the library will be opening in the first week of August, so we’ve scheduled the two Animal World Experience wildlife programs we’ve planned for July in the Town Building. The first program, “Going Green in Your Backyard,” will be at 10:30am on Thursday, July 22, in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room. [...]
Written on July 20, 2010 | Posted in
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Missing from her Wayland Hills home is an 11 year Maine Coon cat. She left her house on Thursday July 15, 2010 and has not returned. She is 17 pounds, and colored orange-brown, with black and white. We hope to post a photo shortly. If you have seen her or know any thing about her, [...]
Written on July 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Police are investigating the theft of a bronze plaque from the World War II Memorial at the Lokerville Green on Route #30 and East Plain Street. The plaque was dedicated to veterans from Wayland and reads, “”In Memoriam to those who made the supreme sacrifice for their country in World War II.” The names of fifteen servicemen are listed on the plaque. . It has not been determined exactly when the plaque was stolen, although it was reported missing on July 18th by a member of Wayland’s Veteran’s Committee. Thefts of bronze plaques have been more prevalent recently and many area towns have experienced similar thefts. It is not known whether this theft is related to a recent rash of bronze plaque thefts in Belmont, Newton and Watertown that resulted in the arrest of a Newton man in March.
Wayland Police ask anyone that may have information regarding this theft to contact the Wayland Police Department at 508-358-4721. Residents are also asked to report any suspicious activity they may observe near the location of other bronze plaques located throughout town.
Written on July 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Mansion Road, Wayland. Sylvia Greene leads Fitness Walk 10:30am, Kids' Races at 12:30pm, USATF Sanctioned 5K Run and 2M Walk at 1pm. Beautiful course along shoreline. Benefits Dudley Pond Association's preservation of watershed. Pre-registration fee: $18 ($6 Kids' Races). $20 and $8 on race day. Pre-register at: www.dudleypond.org Related Articles:Q&A With Alberto Salazar (Apr 13, [...]
Written on July 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Reese is a missing Calico female cat. She is about 2 years old and weighs 8-9 lbs. She left her house in White Rd. / Rich Valley Rd neighborhood on Sunday, July 11, 2010. Reese has a microchip implanted (at Weston Vet. clinic). Please, call 508-380-9105 if seen or found. Reward. Click here or on [...]
Written on July 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Monday, July 19 at 7pm at the Framingham Public Library, the US Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on its plan to tackle mercury contamination in the Sudbury River. Complete details are available here. Public comments on the plan also will be accepted in writing through August 26. The EPA has said it [...]
Written on July 18, 2010 | Posted in
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Boston Globe 7/18/10: The march of the McMansions. Wayland and Brookline are two towns intent on preserving housing stock. In 2004, Wayland’s voters changed zoning language to allow the town to block the demolition of any building that no longer conforms to the zoning rules for the lot it sits on, a designation that applies to about 50 percent of Wayland’s housing stock. The only way such a building can be torn down is if it has been irredeemably damaged by fire or other involuntary or natural events. And even if the board approves the teardown, the house that replaces it “shall not be substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood” than what already existed. The result is that the number of demolition permits in Wayland has dropped each year since 2005, going from 13 in 2005 to two for the first half of 2010. But owners can demolish an existing, conforming building for any reason, as long as the new building complies with all zoning rules.
Written on July 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/16/10: Weston-based business helping students master college essay. Michael Kalafatas and Susan Simon of the Weston-based Admissions Advantage, which provides college advising for students and their families, have just published a new book that’s designed to rescue students and parents from the rough landscape of college essay writing. My Dog's Name is Einstein and Other College Essays: Written from the Hearts of Boys and Girls is a compilation of 56 college essays that helped their authors gain admission to such prestigious schools as Harvard, Tufts, Duke, MIT and NYU. Combined, Kalafatas and Simon, both Wayland residents, have more than a half a century of college admissions experience.
Written on July 17, 2010 | Posted in
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Mass DEP Map of Towns with Water Restrictions in Place.
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Milford Daily News 7/15/10: Backers fired up to repeal affordable housing law. Backers of a movement to repeal Chapter 40B are happy they got the question on the ballot in November, but they are preparing for a fight this election season with advocates of the state's affordable housing law. Repeal 40B supporters will be facing strong opposition from groups such as the Committee Against Repealing the Housing Law, which has vowed to fight the ballot question. "We're feeling very good about the campaign we're putting together," said Wayland resident Tripp Jones, chairman of that committee.
Written on July 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Presented by Baldwin Insurance Agency, An exciting cross country race through fields and wooded trails benefiting the Wayland Cross Country teams. With a youth race and an open race, this event provides one of the few cross-country running opportunities for kids and adults in Massachusetts. Three Great Events: a 3K Race For Ages 11 to [...]
Written on July 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Spend a Day at Pleasant View Gardens, a Proven Winners Grower, August 6. Leaves Russell's at 7:45am & returns approximately 5pm.
Travel with Russell's staff for this special customer appreciation day at Pleasant View Gardens, Loudon, NH.
* Hear from gardening expert P. Allen Smith
* Tour the Proven Winners Display Garden, which includes more than 500 varieties of annuals, perennials, and shrubs
* Receive a copy of Proven Winners' 2010 Gardeners' Idea Book
* Preview 2011 Proven Winners plants and P. Allen Smith's Platinum Collection
* Enjoy a continental breakfast and a catered lunch
* Have your picture taken with Allen
* Greenhouse and facility tour
* Book signing
Registration / Cancellation Refund Deadline: July 19, 2010
The cost of the trip is $45.00 per person, which includes transportation, continental breakfast & lunch.
Sign up today by calling 508-358-2283. Seating is limited.
Written on July 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/16/10: Special birthday party at Wayland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. With his wife of 75 years on his arm and sporting a healthy head of pure white hair, Wilbur ("Sandy") Sanford celebrated his 100th birthday last Saturday at the Wayland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on Commonwealth Road.
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Wayland Town Crier 7/15/10: 'Wayland A to Z': 'S' is for 'Surveyors of Lumber. Public servants given responsibility as surveyors of lumber and measurers of wood and bark were important in the 17th century, especially to the settlers of Sudbury Plantation, who had a great deal of lumber and a need for sawmills.
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/15/10: Rise and shine!: New bakery opens in Wayland. Decades – if not centuries – of fine baking experience have recently come to a corner near you with the opening of Beyond Beans for sweets and pastries, coffee and sandwiches, just behind JJ McKay’s in Wayland’s Cochituate Village neighborhood. Their Facebook page is available here.
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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New this year, the Festival is one day only & it opens an hour earlier. A celebration of freshly harvested Verrill Farm grown tomatoes (over 30 varieties) & corn (8 – 10 varieties). $8.50 per person, $4.50 for kids under 10 includes unlimited corn & tomato samples and tastings of corn & tomato dishes made [...]
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Food served a la carte, Verrill Farm's own barbecue including pulled pork, chicken, ribs & sides. Baked Potato Bar, Live music by Boston Road Blue Grass, Farm Demonstrations, Hayrides. For details, click here.
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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11 am – Blueberry Pie eating contest, no fee to enter. Breakfast includes Blueberry Pancakes, Massachusetts maple syrup, bacon or sausage, juice and milk or coffee. $7.00 for adults, $4.50 for kids under 10. Music by Yankee Stompers and hayrides. For complete details, visit the Verrill Farm website
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Boston Globe 7/15/10: Framingham resident Elizabeth Tustian is costumer at Vokes Theatre in Wayland. Elizabeth Tustian has a theater life going, but it’s not stardom she’s after, it’s making the stars look good. And putting them in character. The Framingham resident delved into acting, in high school first, later in community theater. But she didn’t need the bows. There was something else pulling her. She wanted to make costumes for productions. After costuming "Hedda Gabler" at the famed Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre in Wayland this spring, Tustian was hired by director John Barrett to do the same for the troupe’s production of a raucous Tom Stoppard comedy, "On the Razzle," which opens on July 15.
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/13/10: Guest conductor for Sudbury Valley New Horizons Band. Mike Masailo, 92, will say, "I conducted the BSO for 20 years." He will wait and see everyone’s reactions. Then he will continue and say, "No, the Bristol (Conn.) Symphony Orchestra!"
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Wayland Town Crier 7/15/10: Fresh faces and veterans on town committees. After several weeks of interviewing and reviewing the resumes of candidates for several town boards, the Board of Selectmen reappointed Roger Backman to the Conservation Commission and Margery Baston and Chris Hagger to the Historic District Commission. At the same time, they named fresh faces Markey Burke, Ted Harding and Larry Kiernan to the Conservation Commission, and Kathie Steinberg and Kevin Crowley to the Historic District Commission.
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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Metrowest Daily News 7/14/10: Enforcing water restrictions in MetroWest. "Every now and then we'll get an anonymous voicemail," said Don Millette, water superintendent in Wayland, where the shortage stems from demand exceeding pump capacity. Wayland has temporarily required residents to water by hand, and only between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m., when evaporation is less of a threat.
Written on July 15, 2010 | Posted in
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