DON"T MISS the Spring College A Cappella Concert, Saturday, April 2, WMS theater, 7:30 PM. Concert features: Muhlenberg Chaimonics with WHS alum Ryan Rosenblatt '09 Connecticut College Co Co Beaux with WHS alum Mike Flint '07 University of Connecticut Completely Different Note (featured on BOCA CD 2010) Doors open at 7pm. Tix $15 on sale [...]
The Weston Public Library invites you to join SOAR 55, Service Opportunities After Reaching 55, a program of Newton Community Service Center on Wednesday, April 13, 10:30 AM, Weston Public Library, 87 School Street in the Community Room for “Reconnecting through the Volunteer Experience” generously supported by the Tufts Health Plan Foundation. Explore how a [...]
Wayland Town Crier 3/30/11: Sudbury picks firm for multi-town dispatch center feasibility study. L.R. Kimball of Ebensburg, Pa., has been selected to complete the feasibility study for a regional dispatch center for police and fire in Sudbury, Wayland, Lincoln, Weston, Acton, Concord, Maynard and Boxborough. Kimball is a professional services firm that provides project design and planning in architecture, civil and environmental engineering and communication technology services. The work will be paid for with a $150,000 grant Sudbury received from the State Emergency Telecommunications Board.
WAYCAM.tv Ask the Candidates Live. Host: C. Peter R. Gossels interviews the upcoming Candidates and home viewers ask the Candidates question they phone in. Recorded March 29, 2011.
Wayland Town Crier 3/30/11: Wayland School Committee candidates discuss the issues. The five candidates for the Wayland School Committee slots sat down last week at the League of Women Voters’ Candidates Night and discussed their priorities with seeming unanimity.
Wayland Town Crier 3/30/11: Board of Selectmen candidates make their case. The Wayland League of Women Voters held its 61st annual Candidates Night last week, hosting the three candidates for two slots on the Board of Selectmen, incumbents Steven Correia and Joseph Nolan and challenger Don Bustin.
Join award-winning author Juliette Fay of Wayland for a highly entertaining evening on Tuesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. at Wellesley Booksmith, 82 Central St., Wellesley. We will be celebrating the publication of Fay’s engaging new novel “Deep Down True,” which has already garnered stellar reviews. Enjoy the reading, the company and yummy refreshments. As [...]
Smart Planet 3/30/11: America, meet your future (young) innovators. U.S. chief technical officer Aneesh Chopra on Wednesday announced the winners of the National STEM Video Game Challenge, a competition for primary school-aged kids to develop educational video games for their peers. The point of the competition is to motivate interest in the STEM fields: science, technology, engineering, and math. There were two separate competitions: one for students, and one for experienced developers. Among the 12 winners of the student competition — in grades 5 through 8, selected for their original game designs from a pool of more than 500 entries, was Claypit Hill 5th grader Geoffrey Wang.
WaylandeNews Q&A with the School Committee Candidates WaylandeNews has submitted the following set of questions to each of the candidates. Candidates were given 11 days to respond, and we requested that candidates adhere to a word-limit of 200 words per response, though indicated we would try not to truncate longer responses if the overall document [...]
Wayland Patch 3/30/11: Curious Customers, Bargain Hunters Meet at Finnerty's. Once upon a time, the sounds of contented conversation and a crackling fire drifted through the peaked ceiling room, bouncing off dark wooden trim and carried by the elegant expressions of an iconic grand piano. Over Manhattans and glasses of Scotch, stories were shared, milestones were celebrated and friendships were cemented in memories. For the first time since they closed suddenly and for good in 2005, Finnerty's doors were open to the public Tuesday. Technically, Finnerty's was open for bargain hunters interested in an "everything goes" auction dreamed up by the building's new owners, Wayland residents Michael Levy and Jesse Adelman.
Wayland Student Press Network 3/22/11: Chiropractor’s displays brighten town center. While travelling down Route 126 in Wayland’s town center, most drivers see the relatively standard traffic light and the handful of small shops and offices that line the streets. However, last October, drivers started to see large dummies outside the first building on the north side of the traffic light. Seven foot tall wooden and newspaper-stuffed figures have been entertaining drivers ever since. Matthew Cooper, a chiropractor whose practice is located in Wayland’s town center, has added a buzz to the air by putting up seasonal displays outside his office. "What started out as something fun for the staff, quickly turned into a fun visual for the town," said Cooper. Cooper’s office is located around 100 feet north of the intersection of Rt. 20 and Rt. 126/27, and along with it, a creative display.
Wayland Student Press Network 3/21/11: Budnick and Quinn to perform with All-Eastern Band. On March 30th, Wayland High School senior Grace Quinn and junior Ryan Budnick will head to Baltimore, Maryland along with 150 other students to perform with the All-Eastern Band. In Baltimore, they will spend three days rehearsing with band students from approximately 12 northeastern states. They will rehearse about eight hours per day during the course of the three days and are joined in their performance by 150 orchestral players and 350 chorus members, as well as a 20-member jazz band, which must include at least one member from each northeastern state.
The Town of Wayland DPW plans on opening the DPW facility on April 7, 2011 for an open house. We will be open from 5 PMto 7 PM and will conduct tours of this facility. This open house is being planned to coincide with the annual town meeting. Our intent is to show Wayland [...]
Yahoo Sports 3/30/11: Best way to get prom date? Have Boston Bruins fans ask her. In the lifecycle of the prom, Wayland High School in Massachusetts had reached the gentlemanly proposal phase. Oliver Levin, 16, wanted nothing more than to ask Sarah, a girl in his journalism class, to the annual spring event. But time was running short … and, honestly, he had no idea what she'd say. "I knew I wanted to ask this girl. She was, you know, awesome. She's really pretty. She's really cool. She's wicked chill, nice person to talk to, and I wanted to get to know her better," he said. "I'm a firm believer in that if you're going to do something, do it right. If you're going to commit yourself to something like this, why not make it excellent instead of just something good?" Inspiration struck Levin last Thursday. A Boston Bruins fan, he had a ticket to that night's game against the Montreal Canadiens at TD Garden. He also had a Flip cam. He also had a mission.
Looking for a fun way to support a great cause? On Saturday, April 2, 6-9:30pm, the Weston-Wayland Relay for Life Committee will be hosting a “Mini-Relay” for elementary schoolchildren at Weston High School. Relay for Life is an American Cancer Society-sponsored event in which teams of participants walk around a track throughout the night to [...]
WaylandeNews submitted a set of six questions to each of the candidates. Candidates were given 11 days to respond, and we requested that candidates adhere to a word-limit of 200 words per response, though indicated we would try not to truncate longer responses if the overall document remained of reasonable length. Many responses exceeded this [...]
Boston Globe 3/30/11: Dining club relishes elaborate menus for foodie friends. There are not many places in the area to eat rijstaffel, the Dutch-Indonesian rice-centered feast that can include small portions of 30 or 40 dishes. Janet and Steve Correia are preparing the elaborate buffet to serve to their eight-member supper club. They have made gado gado, sambal goreng tempeh and tofu, spicy beef stew, duck roasted in banana leaves, braised pork belly satay, and more — much more.
13th annual Candidates Live! Q&A/Call-In program on Wayland cable TV on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Viewers can find the program on Comcast channel 9 and Verizon channel 37. Town Moderator Peter Gossels will once again host this show, which is unique in Wayland politics in that it is a live [...]
Please join us on Thursday evening April 14 at 7 p.m. in the Meeting House of First Parish in Wayland when we will offer a panel discussion on ‘Being Gay Today’. Speakers will include Uriah Bell Brooks, Lisa Cukier, Jenn Quest-Stern, and Jesse Tauriac, who will discuss issues related to growing up and coming out, [...]
WAYLAND, MA – With the mounds of snow gone, revealed is a bumper crop of roadside litter – so mark those calendars for the sixth annual Wayland Cleans Up!on Saturday, April 9 – pick up and recycle. This year the cleanup effort will be done on the same day as the Earth Day Celebration produced [...]
Students, teachers and community volunteers worked two long days this past weekend to install fencing behind the guardrails on Rte. 27 north near the Wayland-Sudbury line to prevent wildlife from entering the roadway and ending up as roadkill. The fencing lines both sides of the roadway, running north from River Road and the small bridge [...]
Please come to a meeting for Wayland’s affordable housing advocates on the proposed Stonebridge Road Project. The meeting is on Wednesday March 30, 2011 at 7:30pm at the Wayland Senior Center. Key leaders Wayland Housing Partnership and Habitat for Humanity will provide an overview of the project and answer questions. MetroWest/Greater Worcester Habitat for Humanity [...]
In advance of Town Meeting on April 7, 2011, the Planning Board and Town Planner would like to provide residents context around the following three Planning Board-sponsored warrant articles. · Article 19: Amend Zoning Bylaw – Zoning Bylaw Recodification · Article 20: Amend Zoning Bylaw – Updated Federal Floodplain Overlay District Map · Article 21: [...]
Book Party: An Invitation from Nancy Poydar. I'll be at Dragon Books, 391 Boston Post Road, Weston MA, on Saturday, April 9, 2-4, together with a fellow author and friend, Margaret Kenda. We hope you will stop by. Science is the theme. I will be signing my newest picture book, No Fair Science Fair, from [...]
Wayland Patch 3/28/11: Wayland Firefighter Retires After More Than Three Decades. On Feb. 28, Gregory Tauer retired from the Wayland Fire Department after more than 30 years serving the town.
The Golden Tones Senior Chorus and the MidLife Crisis Band will rock the house during “Puttin’ On a Little Ritz,” a FUNraiser for the Golden Tones musical outreach program on Sunday, April 10, from 3-6 pm at the Sandy Burr Country Club in Wayland. The event will include MetroWest's most danceable tunes, live and silent [...]
Please come to the Spaghetti Supper on Saturday evening, April 2, 6pm, at Church of the Holy Spirit at 169 Rice Road in Wayland. This tasty family supper will benefit Hatun Runa, which will use the proceeds for the construction of a playground at a children's school in Peru. Wayland Middle School students are involved [...]
Ever been to a real movie premiere? Wayland Patch 3/27/11: Panel Warns of Substance Abuse Hazardsh. Saying that he had been “unhappy with myself … about my life,” Aaron (his last name was withheld), explained to Wayland parents and students factors that led him toward substance abuse and addiction as a middle and high schooler. Aaron was part of a panel organized by WaylandCares, a local organization dedicated to reducing "youth substance use and abuse and associated risky behaviors," for a talk titled, "Where Will They Be When the Smoke Clears?" Thursday night at Wayland Middle School.
Videos of opening statements from all five School Committee candidates are available here. Videos posted courtesy of Wayland Patch
Wayland Patch 3/25/11: Candidates’ Night Draws Large, Inquisitive Crowd (Part 1). The crowd spilled into the hallway outside the Large Hearing Room at the Wayland Town Building Thursday night as candidates for the upcoming Town Election took to the stage to introduce themselves and answer questions. Hosted by the League of Women Voters, the event [...]
How much do you know about your government? Match wits with the intergenerational teams of middle school and high school students and adults from Sudbury, Wayland and Weston who are training hard for the third annual League of Women Voters Civics Bee Sunday, April 3. The Bee pits teams from the three towns in a [...]
HOLIDAY HOURS We will be closed for Patriots’ Day on Monday, April 18. NEEDLEWORK GROUP The next meeting of our new needlework group will be on Thursday, April 14, at 10:00 a.m. in the Raytheon Room. It’s is a group for quilters, decorative sewers, and knitters to socialize, work on hand projects (no machines), share [...]
The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, March 28 in Town Building. After receiving public comment, the Board will meet with representatives of the Housing Authority for a brief update on housing issues and to receive the annual payment in lieu of taxes. At 7:30 p.m., Board of Selectmen Chair Steve Correia will preside [...]
WPI 3/25/11: Colleges of Worcester Consortium Praises WPI Students' Community Engagement. A team of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) student researchers received a Community Engagement Award on March 24, 2011, from the Colleges of Worcester Consortium Inc. for a project that helped AIDS Project Worcester grow a community garden to support the nutritional needs of local HIV/AIDS patients. Given annually, the Community Engagement Awards are presented to individual students and groups of students from Greater Worcester that provided outstanding service to their communities within the past year. Last fall, Lee Hermsdorf-Krasin, a chemistry major from Wayland, Mass. was among four students who researched, organized, and helped build a community garden at the corner of Gold and Green streets that will support the nutritional needs of HIV/AIDS patients using the services of AIDS Project Worcester.
Philip L. Pattison, Sr., former member of the Wayland Board of Health, died on March 24, 2011. The wake is being held at the John C. Bryant Funeral Home of Wayland, 56 Pemberton Road in Wayland, MA (http://johncbryantfuneralhome.com/johncbryantfuneralhome.com/Welcome.html) on Sunday, March 27, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. The Funeral Mass will be held at St. [...]
The Friends of the Wayland Public Library will sponsor their Spring Book and Bake Sale on Saturday, April 30, from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and Sunday, May 1, from 12:00-4:00 p.m. There will also be a preview for members of the Friends on Friday, April 29, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Memberships will be available at the sale [...]
The Wayland Board of Assessors requests your cooperation with its initiative to ensure accuracy of all property records in town. In the state of Massachusetts, property values are used as the basis for fairly allocating all expenses established by the Town budget to all property owners. As approved by Town Meeting in 2009, and after [...]
The Wayland Board of Assessors is undertaking a revaluation of all personal property accounts for Fiscal Year 2012. For this project, the Board of Assessors has retained the services of Real Estate Research Consultants, Inc. (RRC). Beginning in late March, RRC will visit all businesses to list all taxable personal property. Most visits will be [...]
Wayland Patch 3/25/11: Wayland Fire Department Receives Grant for New Radios. The Wayland Fire Department has received a grant to purchase 16 portable radios for the department’s full-time firefighters. According to a press release from Wayland FD, funds for the grant are provided by the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (A.F.G.). The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administer the grant.
The Board of Public Works Draft Agenda, March 28, Wayland Town Building 7:30 pm – Warrant Hearing 8:30 PM – Meet with the Board of Selectmen regarding the transferstation, town meeting, Board of Public Works member appointment, and other DPW matters. 9:15 Adjourn
Wayland Town Crier 3/24/11: Wayland native to perform new composition – Wayland, MA – Wicked Local Wayland. Wayland native Ted Pease, award-winning jazz composer, will be premiering his new composition, “Trilogy,” at The Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham, on Sunday, March 27 at 3pm. “Trilogy” is a three-movement work dedicated to the [...]
After conferring with my wife, Nancy, I decided, about a year ago, that I would not seek the office of Moderator this year, after serving the Town in that capacity for thirty years. I did not announce my decision until last December, however, because I did not want to serve as a “lame duck” Moderator [...]
Jog For Jessie To benefit Ben's Dream-The Sanfilippo Research Foundation May 15, 2011 at Claypit Hill School, Adams Lane, Wayland. 10am- Kids' Fun Run; 10:30- 5K Run/Walk. Adults $25 Pre-Registration ($30 race day); Kids' Run $10 (11 and under). Pre-register at: www.firstgiving.com/87485/event/jogforjessie or email cjcornish00@gmail.com for mail-in form Register by May 1st to get a [...]
Wayland Patch 3/24/11: Taxes and Budgets and Debt Exclusions, Oh My!. When it comes to taxes, town budgets and debt exclusions (among other financial issues), there seems to be a lot of confusion out there. Rather than muddle through it on our own, Patch went to the experts. Wayland Finance Committee Chair Cherry Karlson and Wayland Town Administrator Fred Turkington sat down to clarify some of the less-than-obvious parts of town finances. The result? Town Finances 101.
The League of Women Voters of Wayland presents the 61st Annual Candidates’ Night. 7:15 pm Informal Gathering, 7:30–9:30pm hear from and Question the Candidates. To be held in the Large Hearing Room at Town Building.
Wayland Town Crier 3/23/11: Man ordered to house arrest after drunken driving charge in Wayland. A Middlesex Superior Court clerk ordered a Watertown man to house arrest after his arraignment Monday. Patrick Murningham, 54, of 134 Fayette St., is charged with driving under the influence of liquor, fifth offense, and driving with a suspended license. Murningham pleaded not guilty, and Clerk Magistrate Matthew Day released him without bail. He also ordered Murningham to be under 24-hour house arrest and to have a device attached to his phone that can monitor if he is drinking.
Wayland Patch 3/23/11: 2010 Census Reveals Slight Drop in Wayland's Population. Wayland's population all but remained the same from 2000 to 2010 according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Data gathered in the 2010 U.S. census revealed that the population in Wayland dropped .8 percent since the 2000 census, according to Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin’s census website. Officially, Wayland’s population is 12,994, down 106 from its 13,100 people recorded in the 2000 census. For comparison, Sudbury saw a 4.9 percent increase (from 16,841 to 17,659), and Weston saw a 1.8 percent decrease (from 11,469 to 11,261).
Metrowest Daily News 3/23/11: Four men charged in Sudbury break-ins. Police have arrested four men in connection with a string of car break-ins over the past several weeks that may stretch as far as Connecticut. Police are still investigating whether there may be more suspects in other areas, including Connecticut, Police Lt. Scott Nix said, and are also looking into incidents in Wayland, Hudson, Maynard, Marlborough, Framingham and Stonington, Conn.
Wayland Town Crier 3/22/11: Memorial service for Hank Norwood on Saturday. Family, friends and fellow birders are mourning the loss of longtime Wayland resident Henry “Hank” Hamilton Norwood, who died on March 2 at Massachusetts General Hospital following a brief bout with melanoma. He was 80. Norwood was probably best known in the area for his leadership role in the annual Concord Christmas Bird Count, which he coordinated and conducted for 51 years. A memorial service will be held at the First Parish Church in Wayland on Saturday, March 26 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, gifts in his memory may be made to the Sudbury Valley Trustees, Parmenter Community Health or Williams College.
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