WBUR Here and Now 3/3/12: A Conversation With Running Great Alberto Salazar. (with Audio) Alberto Salazar is one of the top distance runners in American sports history. He got his start at Wayland High School in Massachusetts, where he was a state cross country champion. He went on to earn All American status at the [...]
Wayland Town Crier 2/3/12: Archdiocese asks Lincoln, Weston and Wayland to share resources. Two local Catholic churches, encompassing hundreds of families in Lincoln and Weston, would share resources and staff with another parish in Wayland under a proposal under consideration by the Archdiocese in Boston. The plan would create 127 so-called “pastoral collaboratives,” linking the [...]
Wayland Patch 2/3/12: Selectmen Hear About New Plans for Old Housing Project. Wayland’s Board of Selectmen Monday night learned about the current status of a project last in discussion several years ago. The Danforth Housing Project in Framingham, just over the Wayland line on Old Connecticut Path, is back under negotiation, with some changes, after [...]
Wayland Patch 2/2/12: Claypit Teacher Wins Johnson Travelship Award. Robbin Rossi’s three children will get to see places of their birth this summer thanks to an award their mother, a Claypit Hill School first grade teacher, has received. Rossi, a 26-year Wayland Public Schools teacher, Monday afternoon accepted the 2012 Mary L. Johnson Travelship Award during a reception at the Wayland Town Building. The award is given annually to a Wayland Public Schools teacher who "loves children, respects them and helps them grow beyond themselves." It is awarded in memory of Mary Johnson, a Wayland High School graduate who died in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988. The Johnson family established the Mary L. Johnson Travelship Award with the insurance money received after her death.
Boston Globe 1/2/12: Hopkinton, Ashland consider merging fire departments amid ongoing budget crunch. Wayland is exploring how to locate a regional compressed natural gas fueling station in town that would also serve Framingham, Lincoln, Natick, and Sudbury.
Wayland Patch 2/1/12: Nothing Found after 'Low-Level Credibility Threat' at WMS. Massachusetts State Police dogs found nothing amiss during their sweep of Wayland Middle School Wednesday afternoon following a bomb threat. Wayland Police Officer Tyler Castagno said a call came into Wayland Middle School Wednesday afternoon just minutes before students were scheduled to dismiss. The caller, according to Wayland Superintendent Paul Stein, said he believed there might be a bomb in the building. Stein said the call had very low credibility, but "it's nonetheless a bomb threat," and it needed to be taken seriously.
Selectmen Approve Committee to Study Future of WaylandCares. WaylandCares volunteer Jim Forti and Director Heidi Heilman along with Wayland Youth and Family Services Director Lynn Dowd asked selectmen Monday night to create a new advisory committee dedicated to studying the future of WaylandCares. Selectmen spoke positively about the work of WaylandCares and Joe Nolan added that he hoped the town could provide a "belt and suspenders" to the organization in case grant money did not come through. A unanimous vote in favor of forming the committee ended the discussion. The advisory committee will consist of five members that the Board of Selectmen will appoint and will exist until Oct. 31, 2012. The charge will be to review the accomplishments of WaylandCares as well as its value to the town; make recommendations about future funding structure and organization in order to ensure sustainability; and determine the cost to fund WaylandCares while exploring the possibility of acquiring 501c3 status.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wayland Patch 1/25/12: LIVE BLOG: Board of Selectmen Meeting. Real-time coverage of the joint meeting with the Sudbury Board of Selectmen
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 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, [...]
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: 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.
Wayland Patch 1/20/12: Selectmen Approve Petitioners' Articles for Warrant. Selectmen Tuesday afternoon voted to submit several petitioners’ articles for consideration for inclusion in the 2012 Annual Town Meeting warrant. The articles run the gamut from modifying what goods can be sold at gas stations in Wayland to altering the budget process and makeup of the town’s Finance Committee. The Town of Wayland website features descriptions of all articles submitted for inclusion in the warrant and notes that the articles are not in their final order, nor is the warrant finalized. The articles "are subject to nonsubstantive revisions between now and the time the Warrant is finalized."
Wayland Patch 1/19/12: Wayland's Median Income Among Top 10 in State. Wayland ranks as the community with the 10th highest median income in the state, according to a Boston.com report. With a 2009 median income of $152,574, Wayland ranks behind No. 9 Concord, which has a median income of $157,538, and ahead of No. 11 Lexington, which has a median income of $152,052.
Wayland Town Crtier 1/19/12: Wayland Council on Aging co-director retires. A familiar face has been missing from the Wayland Council on Aging since mid-month with the departure of co-director JoAnn Kunz, who has held the position – which she shares with colleague Julie Secord – for 11 years. A resident of Medfield, Kunz said she began to make the decision to leave last winter when the 17-mile commute became too much of a hassle. She realized she had “a bug to do something new and completely different.” She gave her notice in October to colleagues, the Council on Aging board, and town officials; her retirement is effective as of Jan. 18.
Wayland Town Crier 1/19/12: Ken Moon Conservation Award given posthumously. The Conservation Commission voted to give the 2011 Ken Moon Conservation Award to Henry “Hank” Norwood posthumously. At the commission’s Dec. 1 meeting, Peg Norwood accepted the award for her late husband. The award is bestowed upon a Wayland resident who best exemplifies the ethic of conservation work through action. The honor is given to a citizen who has worked tirelessly to protect Wayland’s open spaces and water resources and/or maintain their legacy.
Wayland Patch 1/19/12: Building Committee, Selectmen Talk DPW Facility Warrant Articles. The Permanent Municipal Building Committee Wednesday night voted to support three articles for the 2012 Annual Town Meeting Warrant related to a new Public Works facility in Wayland. The PMBC’s support came the night after Wayland’s Board of Selectmen voted to submit the three articles for inclusion in the warrant.
Wayland Town Crier 1/19/12: Weston and Wayland residents to perform in 'Falstaff'. The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO) will presents Verdi’s most acclaimed opera, “Falstaff,” adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and scenes from “Henry IV.” The performance will take place on Sunday, Jan. 22 at 3 p.m. at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University. Andrew Laven (cello), 16, of Wayland will participate. This lyric comedy tells the story of the clever Falstaff, and his intricate plot to swoon two wealthy wives. Tickets start at $25, and discounted student and senior tickets are available. Call the Sanders Theatre box office at 617-496-2222. For more information about the BYSO visit their website.
Metrowest Daily News 1/19/12: Wayland High counselor always put students first . His door was always open — and so was his heart. Such are the memories of Wayland High School guidance counselor Jim Griffin, who died Sunday of pancreatic cancer. He was 47 and had been working at the school for 11 years. “In the five years I have had the pleasure of working with him,” said Principal Pat Tutwiler, “he never had a bad day. I’m certain that he did, but no one would have known.” His students were always at the core of his professional life.
Boston.com 1/19/12: Highest, lowest median incomes in Mass.. Wayland, with a 2009 median income of $152,574 ranks 10th in income among Massachusetts cities and towns.
Wayland Town Crier 1/18/12: Wayland selectmen turn attention to potential new DPW facility. Looking ahead to possibly building a new Department of Public Works (DPW) facility, the Board of Selectmen voted to add three articles to the upcoming annual Town Meeting warrant related to the proposal. The first is a resolution to designate a parcel of town-owned property on River Road as the site for the future facility. The second and third, both placeholders for now, involve appropriation of $750,000 for the design of the new facility, and $12.75 million for the construction, respectively. Although there is uncertainty as to whether the board would actually support the latter two articles, Selectmen Steve Correia urged their inclusion as placeholders.
Wayland Patch 1/17/12: Four Things You Missed at the ELVIS 2.0 Meeting. Wayland’s Electronic Voting Implementation Subcommittee 2.0 continues to work toward bringing electronic voting to Wayland’s town meetings on a permanent basis. Last week, the group met to discuss steps to take leading up to and at the upcoming April Town Meeting to ensure electronic voting will be offered going forward rather than on a town-meeting-by-town-meeting basis. Electronic voting at the coming Annual Town Meeting will be funded by a $30,000 appropriation from the Finance Committee’s discretionary funds.
Wayland Town Crier 1/15/12: Whats going on with Habitat for Humanity project in Wayland?. Last spring Town Meeting approved the transfer of 3 acres of land on Stonebridge Road so that Habitat for Humanity can build two duplexes. While work has been going on behind the scenes, you probably haven’t heard anything about the project [...]
Boston.com 1/14/12: Videographer for New England Conservatory worked for cultural elite, had criminal past. Peter E. Benjamin, the registered sex offender hired by renowned conductor Benjamin Zander to tape performances by a New England Conservatory youth orchestra, was a beloved figure among Boston’s cultural elite more than two decades ago, when he was routinely hired to produce photographs and videos for institutions such as the Boston Ballet, the Opera Company of Boston, the American Repertory Theater, and the Boston Red Sox. But in the early 1990s when Benjamin was in his 50s, the picture changed. He was sentenced to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to charges of rape and sexual abuse. Among the allegations: that he secretly videotaped himself having sex with three male teens, one of whom was abused by Benjamin during a two-year period beginning in 1990, when the boy was 13. Evidence seized from Benjamin’s home, then in Wayland, included videotapes of the three teens, along with “a box of photographs containing hundreds of photographs of numerous naked boys approximately age 8 to 15 . . . performing sexual acts upon one another,’’ according to prosecutors.
Wayland Town Crier 1/13/12: Wayland High School community ready for Rachel's Challenge . Students paid rapt attention and tears flowed freely in the new auditoriumat Wayland High School, as the entire student body participated in a moving and innovative program called Rachel’s Challenge on Jan. 4. Based on the ideals of Rachel Joy Scott, the first student killed in the Columbine shootings, Rachel’s Challenge is a program designed to promote kindness and acceptance among students in school cultures. The idea to bring the program to Wayland originated with a Wayland High School group called BATHE(Being ATeenager is Hard Enough), a group founded by four current seniors to promote tolerance and combat bullying at Wayland High.
NECN 1/12/12: New England Conservatory had level two sex offender videotaping students performances. A caller alerted the New England Conservatory about this in mid-December and for the past month, the school has been investigating. So far, there have been no complaints. The New England Conservatory in Boston, one of the world's most renowned musical institutions – now taking action after it was found a level 2 sex offender was hired to videotape student performances over the past 10 years. The school sent a letter to thousands of parents of current and former students, saying that "Peter Benjamin…has documented rehearsals and performances of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at the Preparatory School and also provided occasional services for our college programs and productions." There are no allegations Benjamin did anything wrong at the school. Conservatory officials say they have never received any complaint about Benjamin, but go on to add that he will "no longer have access to our premises." One faculty member who knew about Benjamin's background has been disciplined by the school. Back in 1993, Peter Benjamin, then of Wayland, then 50 years old, pleaded not guilty to nine counts of child pornography.
Wayland Town Crier 1/12/12: First two paramedics join Wayland Fire Department. On Sunday, Jan. 8 at 5:35 p.m., the Wayland Fire Department received a call for an ambulance to transport a resident to Newton-Wellesley Hospital. The patient’s condition required advance life support (ALS) services, which mandates that two Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) at the paramedic level of training staff the ambulance. Full-time firefighter/paramedics Will Tyree and Odimar Batista, along with basic EMTs Lt. Rob Knox, Firefighter Earl Hart and Deputy Chief Vincent Smith, responded with the ambulance. Tyree and Batista treated the patient at the house and then transported the patient to Newton-Wellesley Hospital for definitive treatment. They are the first two paramedics hired by the town of Wayland, and this ambulance call is the first emergency medical incident handled by full-time Wayland Fire Department staff.
Wayland Patch 1/13/12: Wayland Fire Department Realizes ‘Milestone’. A long-term goal came to fruition Sunday when the Wayland Fire Department conducted its first Advanced Life Support transport provided by full-time firefighter paramedics. Firefighter paramedics Will Tyree and Odi Batista responded Sunday evening to a medical call in Wayland. A fire department press release said the patient required Advanced Life Support (ALS) services, which Tyree and Batista were on-hand to provide. The patient was treated at the scene and then transported to Newton Wellesley Hospital.
Wayland Patch 1/12/12: Chinese Program, Computer Initiative Praised at Forum. First-year Wayland Superintendent Paul Stein has proposed a $32.5 million Fiscal Year 2013 budget that includes a couple of initiatives residents were eager to praise. At a Monday night public forum about the proposed school's budget, a number of residents took to the mic to express support of a proposed Chinese language program at the seventh grade level as well as a 1-to-1 laptop to student initiative at Wayland High School.
CBS Boston 1/12/12: New England Conservatory Bans Sex Offender Who Recorded Students. The New England Conservatory has banned a videographer who was hired to record rehearsals and performances of preparatory school students over the past decade, despite his record as a registered Level 2 sex offender. Spokeswoman Karen Schwartzman says the oldest independent music school [...]
