The WHS Sailing Team is preparing for its second season on Lake Cochituate. We are in need of a boat trailer in order to get the boats back to the water. If you have an unused boat trailer that you are willing to donate, we would greatly appreciate it and will provide a tax donation [...]
Wayland Town Crier 1/31/12: Several vehicle burglaries in Wayland last Friday night. During the overnight hours of Friday, Jan. 27 into Saturday, Jan. 28, several burglaries occurred to unlocked motor vehicles, according to Wayland Police. Small electronics and coins were stolen. These burglaries occurred on Plain Road, Farmcrest Lane, Sears Road, Glezen Lane and Graybirch Road. Anyone who may have witnessed any suspicious persons or activity during the timeframe of these burglaries is asked to contact Detective Chris Cohen at 508-358-4721. Residents are also reminded to lock their motor vehicles.
Wayland Patch 1/30/12: Veteran Wayland Police Officer Retiring After 34 Years. Wayland Police Sgt. Richard Manley said the time has come to pursue a new challenge. Manley, who began serving with the Wayland Police Department as an intern in 1976, is retiring from the department. His last day will be Feb. 3. “I was always infatuated with police work,” said Manley, who worked with the Wayland Police Department as part of an early police training program while he was still in high school.
SOAR 55 is currently accepting applications from former and current (part-time) executives/professionals with consulting expertise (marketing/development experience a plus) whose purpose is to provide management and capacity building assistance to nonprofits through the award winning SOAR 55 Nonprofit Management Consulting Group program, generously funded through the Tufts Health Plan Foundation. The group works in teams of 3 [...]
An after-school program for Wayland Middle School students interested in cooking together and exploring French culture, music, and language is being offered once again for Grades 6, 7, and 8 students. The class – Passport to Paris and Beyond, An Exploration of Francophone Cuisine, Culture, and Language – debuted in the fall, and many of the students expressed interest [...]
Wayland’s Little Theater has been retired, but the Little Theater Concert Series continues on Friday, February 10, at 8:00 pm on the glistening new Main Stage at Wayland High School. Tenor Luigi Boccia and pianist Arthur McManus will present a survey of the history of Italian song. The program includes songs by Baroque composers (Scarlatti, [...]
January 20th was the presentation date to the winner of the 32” Panasonic LCD TV that was awarded by the Wayland Business Association (WBA) in support of WayCAM’s “Get to Know WayCAM” promotion. The TV give-away was the grand prize from the survey WayCAM conducted at Special Town Meeting, and that ran until the [...]
Wayland Student Press Network 1/30/12: Paul Stein: I always liked the values of the people that work here. Dr. Paul Stein has worked in various schools and communities throughout his career; this year, he became the Superintendent of the Wayland Public Schools. Stein started his job as the new superintendent of Wayland on July 1st, 2011, replacing Dr. Gary Burton, who had been the superintendent of Wayland for seventeen years. After attending Cornell University as a math major, Stein discovered where his interests intersected. “I really liked math, but I also felt the need to be with people, so I thought that being a math teacher combined my interests together,” he said.
WaylandCares Facebook Page 1/30/12: The Wayland Board of Selectmen approved a resolution establishing a 5 person committee to report to the Town any action that should be taken with regard to the community’s substance abuse prevention efforts through WaylandCares, and what steps it recommends the Town take to assure that this community-wide coalition work [...]
Wayland Patch 1/30/12: Selectmen Approve On-Course Alcohol Sales at Sandy Burr. Wayland's Board of Selectmen Monday night officially approved the sale of beer from mobile carts on the golf course at Sandy Burr Country Club. Sandy Burr General Manager Ken Munsey appeared before the board Jan. 30 for a public hearing as required by the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
Wayland Town Crier 1/31/12: Wayland selectmen OK serving alcohol at Sandy Burr CC. The Board of Selectmen voted to allow Sandy Burr Country Club to serve alcohol on the grounds of its golf course Monday night, giving official approval to a practice that’s been going on for years.
Wayland Town Crier 1/30/12: Get healthy at upcoming Wellness Summit in Wayland. What is on your radar? That was the question posed to a variety of Wayland parents and students to determine what issues are important to them and what they would like to learn more about. Based on these conversations, WaylandCares and Friends of Wayland Youth and Family Services have designed a program that will address physical, mental and emotional health topics that affect youth and families in our community. All adults and middle school and high school students in the Wayland community are invited to attend. The Wellness Summit will take place on Sunday, March 18, 1-4pm at Wayland High School.
Wayland Town Crier 1/30/12: Schedule of dismantling old Wayland High School. The Wayland High School Building Committee (HSBC) is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. in the School Committee conference room in the Wayland Town Building. The project team met with neighbors to the High School last week to discuss the next phase of the building project – abatement and demolition of the old buildings. Abatement (removal of asbestos containing materials from the buildings) has been going on since early January and is now complete.
Wayland Town Crier 1/30/12: First person: Close encounters with monks in Bhutan. On each of my visits to Bhutan, I take many pictures. Photographing people here is a pleasure, as most everyone is a willing subject. Little kids often times clamor, “please take my picture,” then act serious or ham it up for the camera. All they want is to see is their image at the back of your digital camera. Those very few people who shoot film always disappoint these young kids.
With a new season just a few short months away, WayCo Amateur Sports Development, Inc., – whose cornerstone program is the WayCo Softball League – announces its recent charitable donations. The non-profit organization donated a total of $2,250 in 2011 to eight different recipients. A successful summer raffle and individual donations meant WayCo was [...]
On Thursday, February 2, at 7 pm, bring your favorite popcorn to the Senior Center in the Wayland Town Building and celebrate the pre-premiere of the new movie In Transition 2.0. In Transition 2.0 is an inspirational immersion in the Transition movement, gathering stories from around the world of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. You'll hear about communities printing their [...]
Wayland BEElieve, organized by Transition Wayland, is a group of bee enthusiasts who want to support beginning and advanced beekeepers, help others in Wayland get started, exchange stories and experience, organize to educate the public about bees, and pool orders for bees and beekeeping supplies. Place TBA. For more info, email kaat@transitionwayland.org or check the [...]
Wayland is going to have a year-long celebration—a 375th birthday bash—and we need your help to plan the party! The 375th committee will host a year-long celebration for our town beginning in June 2013 and ending in June 2014. The committee will plan some major events and we invite all Wayland groups, organizations, and individuals [...]
Wayland Town Crier 1/25/12: The long and winding journey to a new school. Walk into any room at the new Wayland High School and you can feel the personality of the place. It’s not just the colorful tile or whimsical light fixtures, not the natural light that reaches even interior rooms through skylights, not the multi-hued theater seats or the inviting courtyard benches that make the campus radiate a comfortable liveliness. It’s the personalities of the dozens and dozens of people who gave their best efforts to create a place designed to deliver quality education well into the 21st century. The fingerprints of school personnel from superintendent to janitor, townspeople and committee members, parents and students, are everywhere in the design. Together, over a period of a decade, they created a place where children can learn and a community can gather.
Wayland Patch 1/28/12: Wayland Police Offering 'Cop Cards' Again. "Cop Cards" are back. A new set of collectible trading cards featuring members of the Wayland Police Department are now available at Claypit Hill School, Happy Hollow School, Loker School, Liberty Pizza and The Public Safety Building.
Journaling Your Way Through Grief: The grief process following the loss of a loved one is often described as a journey with many twists and turns. Writing about your journey can be a powerful tool for healing. It allows you to give voice to your grief, reflect on the ups and downs, and identify patterns that may trigger [...]
Town officials received confirmation from state Department of Transportation project managers that the Pelham Island Road bridge will be closed on February 27, 2012. Detour signs will be posted on February 21. At that time, the contractor will begin constructing the temporary utility bridge before relocating the water and gas lines. It is estimated that [...]
WHDH.com 1/28/12: Sticky situation: Wayland teen found with pot laced taffy. Police are warning parents about a candy on the market with a hidden danger. The candy is apparently made with a chemical found in marijuana and a teen in Wayland was cited by police for possession of the marijuana laced taffy. The candies are called “Cheeba Chews” and on the company’s website they are described as "marijuana infused chocolate taffy." The candies are marketed toward medical marijuana patients. The taffy is sold in California and Colorado, where it is legal to purchase the candy according to authorities. But in Wayland, police are putting the word out to warn parents of the candy after they confiscated a handful of them from a 17-year-old boy.
NECN 1/27/12: Cheeba Chew, looks and feels like Tootsie Roll, same as smoking a joint. It’s called Cheeba Chew. It looks and feels like a Tootsie Roll, but it’s a far cry form a piece of candy. “One Cheeba Chew is like smoking a joint,” said Wayland, Mass. police officer Shane Bowles. That’s because it contains “THC”, a component of marijuana. The chews are produced and sold as medical marijuana in California and Colorado, where it’s legal. Here in Massachusetts, it is not.
Holiday Week Craft Program. Using paper, kids will create a winter scene, play with origami fortune tellers, make a room decoration, and more. This is a drop-in craft program for children ages 4 and up, with librarian Elise Katz. Friday, February 24, from 1-3 p.m. Children 8 and under must be attended by an adult. [...]
Wayland Patch 1/27/12: Wayland Police Confiscate Marijuana Candy from WHS Student. A routine traffic stop on Dec. 10 led Wayland Police Officer Tyler Castagno to confiscate four, quad-dose Cheeba Chew candies from a 17-year-old male Wayland High School student. Cheeba Chews contain THC, the high-producing chemical in marijuana. According to Det. Sgt. Jamie Berger, Castagno discovered other drug paraphernalia in the vehicle during the stop. While Castagno had never seen the candies before, Berger said he "thought he had something" and brought them back to the station. A subsequent investigation revealed that the candies, each equivalent to one joint, had likely come to Wayland with a student from Colorado where they are legal under that state's medical marijuana laws. In Massachusetts, the candies themselves are not legal, but they do fall under the Commonwealth's marijuana decriminalization policy, meaning a civil citation and a fee of $100 can be issued for possession of under 1 ounce of marijuana. Wayland Youth Officer Shane Bowles explained that, because the boy found with the Cheeba Chews is under 18 there are additional stipulations such as a mandatory program and a potential fine for his parents should the program not be completed on time.
The Wayland Community Pool announces Lifeguarding Training Courses and Scuba Diving Lessons. See Programs and Classes at waylandcommunitypool.org for more info or to register!
The four-day February Vacation Week program offered through Wayland School Community Programs at Loker School will feature a field trip or special event each day. Here is the schedule: Tuesday, February 21, 11 am – 12 noon, Big Joe, The Storyteller Big Joe Web Site Wednesday, February 22, 9:15 am – 12 noon, Ryan Family Amusement, [...]
The Board of Selectmen will meet on Monday, January 30, 2012 in Town Building. After reviewing the agenda and receiving public comment. Selectmen will conduct a public hearing on the application of Sandy Burr Country Club to permit sale of beer on the golf course during tournaments. At approximately 7:30 p.m., the Board will discuss [...]
Wayland Town Criwer 1/27/12: Packed house for Walden Forum on climate change. “People like to call us alarmists,” said Kerry Emanuel, professor of atmospheric science at MIT, speaking to more than 150 audience members at First Parish Meeting House in Wayland Center last Thursday at the Walden Forum. “I would say that history shows the exact opposite. Not just in climate science, but across science, we tend to be conservative.” Emanuel was pointing to a graph showing various projections of the rate at which arctic sea ice, already receding rapidly, will disappear in coming decades. He noted that even the most “liberal” (that is, alarming) predictions made by climate scientists are proving to be far too conservative.
Wayland Town Crier 1/26/12: Wayland officials hoping to move ahead on DPW facility. A new Department of Public Works (DPW) facility, an item on the town’s capital plan for many years, may be on the road to reality if voters approve various articles at annual Town Meeting in April. The aging facility at 195 Main St. was a topic of discussion Monday night at the Finance Committee hearing on articles submitted for the Annual Town Meeting Warrant. The DPW garage was built in the late 1920s or early 1930s, when the site was also used as a burning landfill. “Its lifespan is expired,” said Chris Brown, chairman of the Board of Public Works. Voters approved funding $175,000 at Town Meeting in 2011 to do site evaluation and schematic design for a new DPW garage.
Wayland Town Crier 1/27/12: Wayland Police take pot candies from teens. Talk about a sugar high. Local teens, with help of someone in Colorado, got their hands on Cheeba Chews, a chocolate taffy laced with the substance that gives marijuana its buzz. In December, Wayland Police confiscated a few pieces of the candy from a couple of local teens, Detective Sgt. Jamie Berger said yesterday. “It is a small piece of chocolate, like a Tootsie Roll,” said Berger. Cheeba Chews are designed for use as medical marijuana.
Wayland Patch 1/27/12: A Veteran Wayland Selectmen Not Running for Re-election. Selectmen Tom Fay has announced that he will not be running for re-election this spring.
The members of the former Wayland Wellhead Protection Committee announce the launching of their new website, WaylandWells.com, a comprehensive repository of information about Wayland's drinking water supply. Created in an effort to inform and energize the public to protect the town’s most precious resource, the site provides access to hundreds of public documents, including a [...]
Wayland Patch 1/25/12: LIVE BLOG: Board of Selectmen Meeting. Real-time coverage of the joint meeting with the Sudbury Board of Selectmen
Representative Tom Conroy is pleased to announce the next broadcast of “Ask the Rep” on Wednesday, February 29 from 7:30 – 8:00 pm. “Ask The Rep” is a live call-in show that provides constituents with the opportunity to ask questions on-air regarding local and state issues. Call in during the show at 508-358-3472 or [...]
Representative Tom Conroy is pleased to announce his local office hours in Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland for the month of February, 2012. Constituents are encouraged to come meet the Representative, share their views on relevant topics, and bring important issues to the Representative’s attention. No appointments are necessary and meetings are held on a [...]
Wayland Patch 1/24/12: Eco-Art Comes to Wayland's Viva Mexican Grill. An effort that began many months ago is continuing to take shape for Fireseed, a local eco-art organization founded by Dan Balther and Peter Vazquez. On Thursday, Jan. 19, Viva Mexican Grill and Taquileria welcomed guests to an artists' reception and showcase of the new artwork that now brings color and movement to the restaurant's walls. As hungry patrons enjoyed their meal Thursday night, members of the business community and supporters of the arts mingled in the Viva dining room, admiring the art and, later in the night, enjoying live music. Vazquez plays in the band Los Sugar Kings. Paintings by Balter and fellow eco-artist Jason Parris Fitz-Gerald adorn the walls, while lightboxes created by Vazquez glow in the restaurant's entry. Each project looks, from a distance, to be a quality piece of artwork created by traditional means, but closer examination (or perhaps a conversation with the artists) reveals that each piece is created from recycled or repurposed "trash."
Wayland Town Crier 1/24/12: Wayland resident’s photos on display in Cambridge. Rick Colson photographs secrets, unveiling our fears and fantasies in eerie intriguing images. The Wayland resident juxtaposes color photos of offbeat scenes from everyday life with ironic snippets of text that subvert viewers’ expectations, leaving them to wonder what they’re seeing and how they’re [...]
Wayland Patch 1/24/12: Budget Prep, Water Enterprise Fund Discussed at Warrant Hearing. Representatives of town boards and committees, lead petitioners and even a few representatives of lead petitioners took to the podium Monday night for the Wayland Finance Committee’s 2012 Annual Town Meeting Warrant hearing. The hearing, held in the Large Hearing Room at Wayland Town Building, was intended to allow members of the Finance Committee and residents to learn more and ask questions about the articles, and was not designed as a time to debate the actual merits of each article.
 
Wayland Town Crier 1/24/12: Petitioners want to change budget process. Residents seeking lower taxes and more oversight of the budget proposed a number of annual Town Meeting articles during last night’s warrant hearing. The articles follow the fall special Town Meeting when voters reduced taxes for the current fiscal year by $4 million. Now some residents are taking aim at the way the town prepares its operating budget.
Wayland Town Crier 1/23/12: Wayland native pursuing voice-over career. Ever wonder whose voice you hear when you call a company and get a recorded message like, “For Bob Smith, press one, for Susie Brown, press two?” Have you ever pondered what that person may look like? In today’s society we are so used to hearing these voices that we never really stop to think who the person speaking to us is. Rachel Bass, who graduated from Wayland High School in 2002, is making a career out of being one of these voices.
Wayland Town Crier 1/23/12: Wayland native uses theater background every day. In his classroom at Meridian Academy in Brookline, Wayland native Misha Chowdhury channels lessons he learned from Wayland High School’s drama program nearly every day. Chowdhury is a humanities and theater teacher at Meridian Academy, a small, independent school for students in grades 6 to 12, which incorporates progressive, traditional and experiential learning, problem solving and leadership opportunities. Founded in 2005 with a goal to grow to 100 students, Meridian Academy builds curriculum that is interdisciplinary and project-based. Chowdhury uses his love of ensemble theater, which was fostered at Wayland High School, to challenge students through work in humanities courses that combine history and literature.
Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Aaa rating to the town’s $2.51M bonds to be issued and sold on Thursday (January 26) to finance capital equipment and projects. Concurrently, Moody’s has affirmed the Aaa rating assigned to the town’s $77.4M of outstanding debt. The Aaa rating reflects the town’s continued financial strength, stable tax [...]
Wayland Patch 1/23/12: Wayland Food Pantry Receives Grant. The Celebration International Church Food Pantry in Wayland received a $1,500 grant from Foundation MetroWest. The grant was a portion of $55,000 awarded to food pantries throughout the MetroWest region from the Foundation’s English Family Fund and Herbert and Esther Atkinson Fund.
Wayland Town Crier 1/22/12: Wayland native graduates from flight school. Wayland native Steven Kinney graduated from flight school in Fort Rucker, Ala., on Jan. 12. Kinney completed intensive training to become a helicopter pilot, piloting the Apache aircraft, which required one-and-a-half years of training and study. He also received his FAA commercial pilot’s license giving him the ability to fly aircraft for commercial use.
Members of WayCAM’s studio building committee met with officials of Middlesex Bank recently, to show off their new facilities. The studio is open and operating since mid-January. Middlesex Bank provided the financing for the project in keeping with its commitment to support community development. Pictured are Susan Koffman, Treasurer, and Ken Isaacson, President of WayCAM, [...]
MarketWatch 1/23/12: Neighbor Brigade Adds Collins and Mavrikos to Its Board of Directors. Neighbor Brigade, a non-profit organization committed to delivering community-based support for neighbors when they need it most, today announced that Susan Collins and James (Jim) Mavrikos have joined its Board of Directors. Collins is an attorney in the real estate law firm [...]
Wayland Patch 1/22/12: Wayland Resident Volunteers with American Cancer Society Key Gala. Wayland resident Cindy Lombardo is serving as a volunteer committee member to the American Cancer Society’s seventh annual Key Gala. Lombardo is helping to coordinate and plan the Key Gala, which raises funds to benefit the AstraZeneca Hope Lodge Center in Boston, a program of the American Cancer Society.
Wayland Town Crier 1/20/12: Pelham Island Road Bridge to temporarily close beginning Feb. 15. The Pelham Island Road Bridge will be being closed from February 15, 2012 until somtime in November 2012, town officials said. Thru traffic will not be possible. The one-lane temporary bridge which crosses the Sudbury River and connects the towns of Wayland and Sudbury is being reconstructed. The new bridge, which will cost around $2.3 million, will have a replicated arch structure, similar to the existing bridge, according to construction documents. The bridge rail will be a concrete Texas style rail, also similar to the existing rail type. Minor roadway improvements will eliminate drainage problems.
Please join us for the first performance on the new Wayland High School Auditorium's "Main Stage" on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 7:30pm. The annual WHS Solo and Chamber Concert will feature chamber ensembles including the Honors Concert Choir, Honors Sinfonia Orchestra with cello soloist, Andrew Laven, and many others. Free and open to the public. Come [...]
Wayland Town Crier 1/20/12: Supporters gaining momentum for Wayland Rail Trail. Plans for the 3-mile Wayland section of the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail (MCRT) are chugging along, following the signing of a 99-year lease between the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the owners of the land, and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), who wish to develop the property for recreation. The lease, which covers 26 miles of the proposed 107-mile MCRT, was signed at the end of December. Often referred to as the “Wayside Trail,” this section travels through Waltham, Weston, Wayland, Sudbury, Hudson and Berlin. While the DCR is dedicated to the mission, it does not have the estimated $20 million-plus needed to build the trail. The state agency is hoping to partner with individual towns, the federal and state governments, and local groups in a phased development approach. Locally, the Friends of the Wayland Rail Trail would like to lead the effort by creating a demonstration project to help other towns along the corridor, including Sudbury, Hudson and Berlin, as they move forward.
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