Wayland Town Crier 9/2/10: Wayland and Sudbury move forward on sharing transfer stations. Wayland has given its approval, and now Sudbury selectmen next Tuesday will decide whether to launch a pilot program for the two towns to share transfer stations.
Wayland Town Crier 9/2/10: Town Center developer and commission try to find common ground. The deadlock between the Wayland Historic District Commission and Twenty Wayland, developers of the proposed Town Center, appeared slightly closer to a resolution on Wednesday night as the two groups – with their respective attorneys – met to find common [...]
Wayland Town Crier 9/1/10: Extra traffic enforcement patrols in Wayland next week. Police Chief Robert Irving advises Wayland residents that the Wayland Police Department will be conducting extra traffic enforcement patrols on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 7 and 8, and Friday, Sept. 10, in conjunction with the beginning of the new school year [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/31/10: W-W crew: 10 years of excellence. Dave Mauer remembers the practices in the fall of 2000. There was no boat house. The few boats that were used were cast-offs from other rowing programs.
There were 90 students, with one full-time volunteer coach, Ned Flint. Various other volunteer coaches helped out when [...]
Wayland high school student named top scorer for U.S. team. Maeve Moynihan (WHS ’12) of Wayland was the top scorer for the U.S. national U18 Girls Gaelic football team this summer, coached by Mike Moynihan.
Wayland Town Crier 8/31/10: News from the Wayland Cultural Council. The Wayland Cultural Council bids farewell to four hardworking members, including former chairs Margret Krakauer and Carole Felz, secretary Kathryn Welter and publicist Anna Laura Rosow. The upcoming grants cycle of fiscal 2011 welcomes four new members and a new chair. The [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/30/10: Local volunteers see hope returning to Gulf Coast. Five years ago today, the most deadly American storm in a century passed over the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina claimed more than 1,600 lives in Mississippi and Louisiana, left hundreds of thousands homeless and caused tens of billions of dollars worth [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/31/10: Wayland mother and son in musical ‘Song on the Wind’. Kristin Neprud of Wayland and her son Calvin are excited to take the stage to celebrate Concord’s 375th anniversary in a production of the musical “Song on the Wind” from Sept. 10 to 19 at the Emerson Umbrella Center for [...]
Boston Globe 8/31/10: Boston Magazine ranks Massachusetts High Schools. The top 10 (in order were): Weston, Dover-Sherborn, Lexington, Wellesley Senior High, Concord-Carlisle High, Bedford High, Brookline High, Wayland High, Newton North High and Newton South High.
tiff.com 8/2010: Girlfriend will be shown at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 13 and 19. The film, directed and written by Wayland native Justin Lerner (WHS '98), was shot in Wayland.
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/10: Restoring Heard Pond to pristine beauty. The town of Wayland has a restored open water jewel in a near wilderness setting, a pond which may be unknown to many residents. It’s a place for kayaking, canoeing, fishing, bird watching, walking and biking along the shoreline road. Waterfowl and great blue herons abound while hawks and bald eagles are frequent visitors. Native water lilies line the shoreline and the pond has a regional reputation for great fishing.
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/10: Police arrest 2 men in Wayland VFW break-in. Police arrested two Wayland men and charged them with breaking into the VFW club on Pine Ridge Road Thursday night, police said.
Wayland Town Crier 8/27/10: Wayland author publishes new sci-fi book. Wayland author Mark Peter Hughes has released the follow-up to his last young adult novel "Lemonade Mouth," now being turned into a movie for the Disney Channel, with a sci-fi book titled A Crack in the Sky. The book takes place in a futuristic overheated world where it is only possible to survive inside huge domes built to protect everyone from the heat. Only a few people known as the "Outsiders" live in the harsh conditions and barren lands beyond the domes. Inside, everything is managed and owned by InfiniCorp, the giant business empire run by the Papadopoulos family.
Metrowest Daily News 8/26/10: Car powered by sun, wind visits Wayland (with video). A young Swiss engineer made a pit stop in town Tuesday in a car powered by sun and wind. Marc Muller is driving around the world, through 30 countries, and has so far made stops in Europe and North Africa as well as New York and the Boston area. It's all part of a trip he expects to take 18 months and touch four continents. Muller said the trip's purpose is twofold: to introduce the car and to learn about carbon dioxide reduction strategies across the globe, part of an effort to lessen problems caused by climate change. The vehicle, which may be the world's first to run solely on solar and wind power, was developed by the nonprofit ICARE Project, headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. ICARE is an initiative by engineers and economists concerned with environmental issues.
Click here for WCVB's coverage of the stop in Wayland.
Wayland Town Crier 8/26/10: Catholic churches still working on merger plans. Since an announcement earlier this year that the Catholic churches of St. Ann’s and St. Zepherin, located just two-and-a-half miles apart in Wayland, would merge, progress has been made, though the timetable has been set back a bit. The original plan called for the merger to be completed by Christmas. Now, according to James Laughlin, pastor of both churches, this will take place a few weeks into the New Year, pending the approval of Cardinal Sean O’Malley.
Boston Globe 8/26/10: Renovated Wayland library turns the page after spring flood. The town’s “living room,’’ also known as Wayland Free Public Library, is up and running again, more than four months after spring floods forced its doors to close. Patrons say they are thrilled to have their library back. It reopened Aug. 9 following $130,000 in repairs and renovations prompted by the March floods. An official welcoming celebration is planned for 2 to 5 p.m. Sept. 12, with the festivities to include entertainment and family activities.
Wayland Town Crier 8/24/10: Filmshift Festival sponsored by The Longfellow Club. The Filmshift Festival is coming on October 3, 6, 7, 9 and 10 to the Coolidge Corner Theater, Somerville Theater, and Performing Arts Connection in Sudbury. Filmshift is an independent film festival designed not only to entertain, but spark dialogue about the essential role small businesses and local entrepreneurs play in producing movies and strengthening our nation’s spirit and economy. For a complete listing of the first films chosen visit the Filmshift Website. In keeping with its theme, Filmshift has partnered with several local businesses for sponsorship of the festival and prizes for participating filmmakers, including The Longfellow Clubs of Wayland. Filmshift will donate 20 percent of gross ticket sales to two local nonprofit organizations – Christopher’s Haven, a charity that provides low-cost housing to families of children receiving cancer treatment in Boston, and MetroWest Family Theater, an inclusive community theater group committed to casting roles regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, or the presence of a disability.
Wayland Town Crier 8/24/10: Wayland High grad running for secretary of commonwealth. Stow attorney Jim Henderson has filed over 5,000 certified signatures with the state’s elections officials, becoming one of the three sanctioned candidates, and the only independent, running for secretary of the commonwealth in this November’s election. Henderson, a Wayland High School graduate (WHS '83), is the first unaffiliated candidate in a generation to seek the secretary’s office. He submitted signatures from over 70 percent of the cities and towns in Massachusetts.
Wayland Town Crier 8/19/10: 'Wayland A to Z': More on 'Town Historians', Helen Fitch Emery and George K. Lewis.
Milford Daily News 8/19/10: MetroWest band is KISS-ed by a dream (with video). In their wildest dreams Nikolas James and brothers Chuck and Tony Casella never imagined they would ever share a stage with the "greatest rock 'n' roll band that ever existed." But the three MetroWest musicians who make up the band Tester will open today for their idols, KISS, the legendary rockers with painted faces at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. For more information on Tester, visit their website or their Facebook page.
WBUR 8/19/10: Looking Out: Nazis on the Harbor. Reporter David Boeri reveals Kolm’s role in the secret plan to bring Nazi scientists into the U.S. after World War II: Henry Kolm had an interesting job as a 21-year-old. He smuggled Nazi scientists into Boston Harbor. He would meet most of them off Nixes Mate, the smallest of the Harbor Islands – no more than gravel shoals – where a beacon warns ships coming into the harbor. Then, he and a Boston whaler captain named Corky would scoot them out to Long Island and a secret hotel fashioned from the barracks of the old Civil War derelict known as Fort Strong.
WBUR 8/19/10: Henry Kolm: The Last Story." David Boeri on the experience of interviewing Kolm shortly before his death in late July. To learn more about young Austrian Jews during the Holocaust like Henry, see the documentary The Ritchie Boys.
Kolm lived at Weir Meadow, off Old Oxbow Rd. in North Wayland. Anyone interested in his illustrious life should visit his personal Web site: http://henrykolm.com/
Wayland Town Crier 8/19/10: Business owners have different opinions on tax-free weekend. Predictions, opinions and judgments about the tax-free weekend varied widely among local businesses all over Wayland, ranging from nervous optimism to pessimistic ambivalence.
Wayland Town Crier 8/19/10: Locals help Pan-Mass. Challenge raise record amounts. About 5,000 cyclists from around the U.S. and various countries participated in the two-day Pan-Massachusetts Challenge (PMC) earlier this month. Riders from both Weston and Wayland participated this year, some veteran riders and some new to the challenge. The ride has become a community and family event, where families ride together to support a loved one who is battling or lost the fight with cancer, and also just to help the cause. The 32nd annual PMC is scheduled for Aug. 6 and 7, 2011. Registration will open in January through the PMC website.
Wayland Town Crier 8/19/10: What's the latest with Independent Living Options Taskforce?. The goal of PILOT (formerly ILOT) is to ensure the ease of access to services for seniors. The group aims to be a grassroots nonprofit that helps older people to sustain the quality of their lives in their latter years while remaining in their homes. They aim to offer independence, peace of mind, social support and a sense of community. A public meeting for the group has been scheduled for in the Large Hearing Room of the Wayland Town Building on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 2pm. For more information please email or send mail to 201 Oxbow Road, Wayland MA 01778.
Wayland Town Crier 8/17/10: Update from Wayland High School Building Committee. The Wayland High School Building Committee (HSBC) is scheduled to meet on Thursday, Aug. 19 at 7 p.m. in the School Committee conference room in the Wayland Town Building. The agenda includes an update on construction activity. Plans are under way for a Community Update on Tuesday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wayland Middle School Auditorium.
From Moderator C. Peter R. Gossels:
I am pleased to announce that I have appointed Attorney Dennis J. Berry of 15 George Street to serve as Assistant to the Moderator and that he has accepted his appointment.
Mr. Berry, who is married to Joanne Mazzarelli Berry, has lived in Wayland since 1951 and has attending virtually [...]
On Friday, August 13th, 2010, Wayland Police responded to two large underage drinking parties. At 10:10pm officers responded to a home on Glezen Lane in regards to a noise complaint. Upon arrival officers discovered numerous unsupervised youths ranging in age from 14 to 17. Within the home were numerous opened and unopened cans of beer. [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/17/10: Wayland selectmen admit wrongdoing with meeting. Selectmen last night admitted they were wrong to chat about potential appointees to town boards outside of a formal meeting after the exchange was recorded on public access television.
The Board of Selectmen's statement is available here.
The Wayland Police Department advises all residents to be alert for telephone scams. On August 4th, a 79-year-old Wayland woman was the victim of a larceny totaling $8,020 by a professional telephone scam. The woman received a telephone call at home by a person purporting to be her sister’s grandson, Daniel. The man stated that [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/12/10: Wayland residents help efforts to provide Playspace. With over 100,000 Massachusetts children experiencing homelessness every day, half under the age of 6, family shelters are always filled with children. Recently, Horizons for Homeless Children (HHC), a nonprofit organization focused on enriching the lives of homeless children in Massachusetts, rededicated a Playspace (educational and recreational space) for homeless children living at Sojourner House in Roxbury, a program that provides a stable environment for families, while helping them obtain and maintain safe, permanent, affordable housing. The rededication of the Playspace was made possible by the generosity of the Frieling family of Wayland, who have been strong supporters of Horizons for Homeless Children’s mission for over a decade.
WCVB TV 7/30/10: Residents Blaming Fisher Cats For Lost Pets. A number of Metrowest families are reporting that their family pets have been vanishing at an alarming rate, and other animals are turning up dead, and some believe fisher cats are to blame.
Milford Daily News 8/15/10: Swimming lessons urged for children after numerous drownings. Growing up in India, future Wayland resident Ravi Srinivasan never learned to swim. Paddling around pools was reserved for the privileged, while rivers and lakes, although free, wracked his mother with fright. Years later, he has signed up his offspring for lessons at the MetroWest YMCA in Framingham, to give them the competency he never fully acquired. "Swimming is a must for all the kids now," he said of his children and their friends as his 5-year-old son prepared for an afternoon pool session last week. In a summer marked by an unusual number of local drownings and several tragic national cases, water safety staff are again pointing to swimming ability as a crucial skill.
Wayland Town Crier 8/13/10: 'Wayland A to Z': 'T' is for 'Town Historians'. Throughout the 17th century, townspeople had struggled to survive – hefting stones from fields, replacing them with crops, fighting a war with Indians, and establishing a town government.
Wayland Town Crier 8/13/10: Sudbury Senior Center director retiring. When her two children were small, Kristin Kiesel got a part-time job working as an activities director at the then-Cochituate Nursing Home in Wayland. "Two things I learned when I was there. One, I loved working with older people, and two, I couldn't stand bingo," she said with a chuckle. Next month, Kiesel, 65 and a Wayland resident, will end a nearly three-decade career working with senior citizens when she retires from her position as the director of the Sudbury Senior Center.
Wayland Town Crier 8/13/10: Wayland skateboarder hurt. A Wayland teen suffered a serious injury yesterday after falling off his skateboard on Country Corners Road, police said. The 16-year-old boy, who lives in the area of Country Corners Road, was flown to Boston Medical Center for treatment, Police Chief Robert Irving said.
Southtown Star 8/13/10: Q-and-A with Brandon Anderson, ThunderBolts. Anderson came to the T-Bolts on July 17 from the Lake County Fielders, of the Northern League, in a trade that sent shortstop Guillermo Martinez to Lake County. Anderson has hit .270 with three home runs, 19 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 25 games for Windy City. Anderson is a native of Wayland, Mass., and a Georgia College & State University alum.
Wayland Town Crier 8/12/10: Heated discussions continue over Town Center project. Despite almost visible sparks in the air at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Monday night, the Historic District Commission and Twenty Wayland, developers of the proposed Town Center project, which have long been at loggerheads, agreed to meet in early September to try to hammer out a compromise on their disagreements.
Metrowest Daily News 8/12/10: Safety or freedom? Rules restrict smoking in public housing. When a Wayland board responded to health worries and tenant complaints with a vote last fall prohibiting smoking in the town's public housing, it initially exempted existing occupants out of a sense of fairness. Last month, Housing Authority board members reconsidered: Since the special allowance left enforcement an impossible task and created its own equity problems, they applied the ban to everyone.
Boston Globe 8/12/10: The lake life. Cochituate’s sparkling waters beckon just beyond the Massachusetts Turnpike near Exit 13, tempting nearly 200,000 visitors each year to enjoy its natural beauty, a mere 20 miles from Boston. Here is a snapshot of one typical summer day at the state park and beach.
Natick Bulletin & Tab 8/6/10: Wohlfarth taps into his passion for fixing Volkswagens. After many years in photography and the publishing business Stan Wohlfarth was laid off, but he used that as the push he needed to pursue his passion – fixing and restoring classic Volkswagen cars and vans.
Wayland Town Crier 8/6/10: 'Wayland A to Z': 'T' is for 'Town Halls'. When Deacon James Draper contracted to build the first town hall building in 1841, he offered to donate the land and to accept his fee in $200 annual payments until "the debt becomes extinct." The town promptly accepted his offer. And that [...]
Wayland Town Crier 8/5/10: Wayland Housing Authority units to become smoke-free. By the spring of 2011, smoking will be history throughout Cochituate Village Apartments, Bent Park, and all the single and multi-family homes operated under the auspices of the Wayland Housing Authority. After two public hearings in June, the five-member Housing Authority voted unanimously on July 15 to institute a blanket prohibition on smoking in all 111 of its apartments and the 20 scattered-site homes they operate in town. The ban goes into effect on May 1, 2011. Currently, public areas of the units are smoke-free.
Wayland Town Crier 8/5/10: Pegasus campers enjoy 'Snow Day' in the summer. Last week’s weather reports failed to mention a snowstorm blowing in on Friday, but the children in the Pegasus Summer Program didn’t miss it as "Snow Day" blasted in. The summer program, anchored at Claypit Hill School, hosted its first ever "Snow Day" event with 2,500 pounds of crushed ice delivered by Brookline Ice.
Wayland Town Crier 8/5/10: New private elementary school ready to open in Wayland. Veritas Christian Academy, a new, faith-based K-8 school, is set to open in Wayland next month. With the recent shuttering of other religious schools in the area, many of them Catholic and, among the Protestant institutions, most notably Westgate Christian Academy in Natick this year, is there a bumpy road ahead for Veritas in particular and for Christian education in general?
Community Preservation Coalition 8/1/10: Featured CPA Project: 89 Oxbow Road, Wayland A former Nike missle site is now green affordable housing and community open space. In a great example of beating swords into plowshares, land that once housed lethal missiles is now the location of an impressive green affordable housing development, funded in part by Wayland's CPA program.
Wayland Town Crier 8/3/10: Wayland resident earns medals at Special Olympics. Jeanne Parent of Wayland returned July 24 from the Special Olympics National Summer Games in Lincoln, Neb., with two gold and two silver medals in swimming events. She was one of eight swimmers representing Massachusetts.
Wayland Town Crier 8/3/10: Man seriously in Wayland chainsaw accident. An unidentified man suffered a serious leg injury today in what fire officials are calling a chainsaw accident.
The Trustees and staff of the Wayland Public Library are pleased to announce that the library will re-open on Monday, August 9. The library was flooded this spring, and it has been closed for several months for reconstruction. We are very grateful to our neighboring libraries who have looked after Wayland residents so well while [...]
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.
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.
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