Wayland Town Crier 5/20/12: Short film to debut at Wayland High School Film Festival. “Molineux,” a short film based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “My Kinsman Major Molineux,” has recently been completed in the Script to Screen filmmaking elective at Wayland High School.
Wayland Town Crier 5/18/12: Eager young fishers cast their lines in Wayland. The fish were flying at the Wayland Youth Fishing Derby on May 12 at Mill Pond in Wayland. For the past 13 years, the event has been organized and sponsored thanks to the efforts of Carpentry by Tom Antonellis. The derby supports a different charity or nonprofit in the community each year, hoping to encourage the community to give back.
Boston.com 5/20/12: An incubator with a social conscience . Stas Gayshan of Wayland makes the Globe's list of top innovators for Space with a Soul, a new, collaborative office space for start-ups.
Library Closed Monday, May 21. The library will be closed during the day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 21, to allow the full library staff to participate in the process of creating a long-range plan for the next five years. The library will re-open that evening at 6:00 p.m. SUMMER READING [...]
Wayland Town Crier 5/17/12: Wayland Public Schools earns 'Best Community' designation. The NAMM Foundation announced the results of its 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) survey. In all, 176 communities out of 237 that submitted surveys were recognized, including 166 school districts and 10 schools. The Wayland Public Schools was designated a “Best Community” for the third year running.
Wayland Town Crier 5/17/12: Wayland town administrator receives excellent review. After nearly seven years on the job, Town Administrator Fred Turkington continues to earn high marks from the Board of Selectmen for his leadership during challenging economic times; his availability to citizens, town employees and elected officials; and his skills in conflict resolution and crisis management.
Wayland Patch 5/18/12: Group Exploring Community Farm Stand Option for Lee's Farm. The broken down farm stand on Boston Post Road would get a new lease on life if some local activists get their wish. Two citizen groups are working together to secure the opportunity to revitalize that farm stand and create a selling spot for local farmers as well as a cafe and possible greenhouse — all operated on a community-supported basis.
Wayland 5/17/12: Wayland Resident Honored as Unsung Heroine. Wayland resident Kathy Hodge was recognized as a member of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women’s 2012 Class of Unsung Heroines. Hodge and 86 other women from across the state, were honored for their "volunteerism and acts of good will" during a May 16 ceremony in the Great Hall at the State House in Boston.
Wayland Town Crier 5/17/12: Wayland Medical Reserve Corps named Branch of the Year. With great pride, the Wayland Health Department recognizes the Wayland Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) volunteers in receiving the 2011 Branch of the Year Award. Wayland MRC volunteer Cynthia Hill was also recognized with the Outstanding Flu Clinic Volunteer Award. These awards were presented during the Region 4A Conference in Stow on May 5.
Wayland Patch 5/17/12: Wayland Athlete Recognized by MIAA/NESN. Triple-sport athlete and Wayland High School junior Isabel Schwartz earned the distinction of being named the MIAA/NESN Athlete of the Month in April. The award will be handed out during a banquet on May 30. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Assocation/New England Sports Network award is given monthly to "one male and one female student-athlete who display excellence in the areas of academics, athletics and community service," according to a press release. Schwartz is a member of WHS's lacrosse, swimming and cross-country teams and has been a state qualifier during each of her three years on the swimming and diving team. In addition, she has also run in the MIAA Division 4 Girls Cross Country Meet and been recognized with the school sportsmanship award.
Wayland Patch 5/17/12: Drunken Canoe Trip Leads to Charges and An Injured Officer. A late night call about a disturbance at Wayland's Dudley Pond kicked off two hours worth of Wayland police and fire response that led to charges for five individuals, an injured officer and a water rescue.
Wayland Town Crier 5/17/12: Five charged with drunken canoeing excursion in Wayland. Four men and a woman will be charged after a night of drunken canoeing led to a water rescue yesterday, police said.
Wayland Patch 5/16/12: Woman Arrested on Multiple Credit Card-Related Charges. Wayland police say that 32-year-old Jennifer Coppell amassed as much as $19,000 worth of fraudulent credit card transactions in about two months. According to a police press release, police arrested Coppell on May 14, charging her with three counts of credit card fraud under $250 as well as two counts each of larceny by false pretense under $250, credit fraud over $250, uttering a false document, larceny over $250, identity fraud, and larceny under $250.
Wayland Patch 5/16/12: Frozen Yogurt Innovations Opens in Wayland. The dream of owning a business has followed Lewis and Susan Cohn since the early days of their marriage. Lewis Cohn, a lawyer, and Susan Cohn, a real estate professional, had no idea that the dream would finally come to reality in the form of a self-serve frozen yogurt shop in Wayland.
Wayland Town Crier 5/14/12: Wayland resident performing in 'Charlotte's Web'. Pamela Weinstein-Molloy of Wayland will be performing in Concord Youth Theatre’s production of “Charlotte’s Web” on Friday, May 18 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 19 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 20 at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. at The Emerson Umbrella, 40 Stow St., Concord. Based on E.B. White’s beloved classic, join Wilbur, Charlotte, Fern, Templeton and all the other unforgettable characters in this story about an extraordinary friendship between a spider and a pig. Tickets are $13 each and may be purchased online or by calling 978-371-1482. Tickets will also be available at the door. The performance is recommended for ages 4 and up.
Metrowest Daily News 5/13/12: Healthy spring real estate market. The days are getting warmer, the grass is getting greener and spring is in full bloom across New England. As the weather continues to improve, real estate sales are also improving. According to the Re/Max of New England Monthly Housing Report for March, the region is experiencing an increase in home sales, a decrease in inventory and stabilization in median home prices. These three indicators are all signs that we are enjoying a healthy spring real estate market.
Boston Herald 5/13/12: You’ve gotta have Hart. Last summer, Carson Hart found himself competing in a club lacrosse tournament in Baltimore, facing off against some of the top recruits in the country. Playing for Team Central, he was selected to the Baltimore Summer Kickoff All-Star team and ended up taking faceoffs against Virginia-commit Jeff Kratkey. Hart won 8-of-12 draws against one of the nation’s most highly regarded faceoff specialists, prompting his teammates that day to wonder, “Where did this kid come from?” When Hart told them he played for Wayland High in Massachusetts, the dumbfounded looks on the other players’ faces filled him with pride.
Wayland Town Crier 5/11/12: Wayland resident joins Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce. Neil Gordon of Wayland, CEO of The Discovery Museums, has been elected as a new board member of the Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce. Gordon was elected on April 27 at the 23rd Annual Meeting at the Stow Acres Country Club.
Wayland Town Crier 5/11/12: Wayland resident celebrates fifth anniversary of poker show. Professional poker player Bernard Lee of Wayland will this month introduce a televised version of “The Bernard Lee Poker Show” to celebrate its fifth anniversary. Three episodes of the show, each featuring a superstar in the poker world, will air on Comcast SportsNet New England and DirectTV.
New Drug Collection Units Offer Safe Disposal Wayland residents will now have a free, safe method to dispose of unused or expired prescription medication thanks to a new drug collection program announced today by Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone and Police Chief Robert Irving. MedReturn Drug Collection Units will be delivered by Friday to 29 [...]
Wayland Patch 5/10/12: MIT Researchers Talk Aging and A.G.N.E.S. in Wayland. The Age Lab at the Massachusetts Insititute of Technology has made quite the discovery: Young adults complain more than senior adults. That may not sound like much, but it is a key reason for the success of A.G.N.E.S., the Age Lab's unique suit designed to allow the wearer to experience common physical ailments and limitations experienced by older adults.
Wayland Town Crier 5/10/12: Team Cure of Wayland to be honored at Hearts and Heroes Gala. The 30th annual Hearts and Heroes Gala on Saturday, May 12 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place will include the presentation of the Nancy Jones Diabetes Champion Award to Team Cure of Wayland. The goal of the black tie event is to raise more than $1.2 million to fund research to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Wayland Patch 5/9/12: Year-Round Drug Drop-Off Now at Public Safety Building. No need to let those expired or unwanted medications languish on your medicine cabinet shelves until the next semiannual National Drug Take-Back Day. A newly installed bin at the Wayland Public Safety Building is now available year-round as a safe and responsible option for disposing of everything from over-the-counter medicines to prescription narcotics to veterinary drugs.
Wayland Patch 5/9/12: Principal's China Trip Solidified Student Exchange Program. Wayland High School Principal Pat Tutwiler admitted to School Committee members Monday night that he had some misconceptions about China prior to his trip in late March. As it turns out, English is not widely spoken and Beijing is very Westernized with McDonald's, Tutwiler said. Tutwiler said one perception that didn't change as a result of his trip — in fact, the trip solidified what he already believed to be true — was his view of the importance of forming the exchange program partnership with China.
Wayland Town Crier 5/8/12: Wayland High student to represent Massachusetts at summit. Wayland High School student Emily Van Mulbregt has been selected to represent Massachusetts as a National Youth Delegate at the 2012 Washington Youth Summit on the Environment at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., on June 24 to 29.
Wayland Town Crier 5/8/12: Event honoring Wayland High grad comes home. It seems only fitting that a collection of sporting events inspired by Katie Lynch and held in her honor in Newton for the past three years be hosted by her hometown and held at the high school she attended. In a highly anticipated and applauded move, Katie’s Races, previously called The Heartbreak Hill Half Marathon and Purple Shoes Challenge, will come home to Wayland this fall.
Come cheer on the Wayland varsity baseball team as they take on rival Weston High, and help fight cancer at the same time! Coaches vs. Cancer Game – Monday, May 14th, 7PM at Weston High School under the lights. $5.00 per person entry fee with a donation table accepting cash or checks. 50/50 raffle. 100% [...]
US News and World Report 5/8/12: Wayland High School earns "Gold" ranking. US News & World Reports' latest rankings put Wayland HS among the top tier (Gold ranking) in the nation. WHS was also selected as a Top High School in Math and Science.
Wayland Town Crier 5/7/12: Wayland resident receives award from Cradles to Crayons. Last week at Cradles to Crayons’ Annual Volunteer Appreciation & Recognition Celebration, Jill Dalby Ellison of Wayland was awarded the Founder’s Award.
Wayland Patch 5/7/12: Evening Collision Brings Medflight to Wayland. A food delivery driver was transported to Boston Medical Center via Medflight Monday evening after a two-car motor vehicle accident in north Wayland.
Wayland Patch 5/7/12: Local Residents Connect the Dots of Climate Change. Two years ago the parking lot of the Wayland Public Library stood under several feet of water — the combined result of snow melt and rain that caused the Sudbury River to spill over its banks and into the surrounding flood-prone area. Saturday, the parking lot of the Wayland Public Library stood under the feet of several dozen people — the combined result of passionate individuals getting the word out and then braving a gloomy Saturday morning to make a statement.
Wayland Town Crier 5/6/12: Grant received for managing invasive weeds in North Pond. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation has announced that Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee and Framingham's Conservation Commission have received a two-to-one matching grant for the management of invasive weeds in North Pond of Lake Cochituate-Cochituate State Park. Soon residents will see the milfoil fragment barrier deployed at the Route 30 inflow. "Our goal will be to control using diver hand pulling, with resort to herbicide spot treatment if necessary," said Mike Lowery of the Surface Water Quality Committee. "Wayland is blessed to share North Pond with Framingham and with all the citizens of the commonwealth," Lowery said. "Shared financing and management responsibilities have worked well over the last three years to protect our jewel — North Pond of Cochituate State Park."
The letter from DCR is available online here.
Wayland Town Crier 5/6/12: Wayland and Weston students win National Merit Scholarship. Wayland High School students Ryan Budnick and Elena Drews earned $2,500 scholarships from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
Wayland Town Crier 5/7/12: Saving the American chestnut tree . If poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote “The Village Blacksmith” today, it would likely begin, “Under the scraggly, diseased and dying chestnut tree … .” For more than a century, a relentless blight has decimated the American chestnut tree, driving the nation’s once grandest hardwood to the edge of extinction.
There are lots of “firsts” in every child’s life. This week 17 Wayland High School string orchestra players shared an important “one and only” event. With the annual Spring Orchestra Concert, these musicians celebrated having the same string instrument teacher, orchestra conductor, and mentor – Susan Memoli – since they started their public school music [...]
Wayland Town Crier 5/4/12: Wayland resident honored for ‘Excellence in Education’. At the recent 22nd annual Goldin Foundation Educators Forum hosted by the Framingham Public Schools, Lowell Mazie of Wayland, executive director of the John Andrew Mazie Memorial Foundation Mentoring Program at Framingham High School, was recognized for “Excellence in Education.”
Wayland Town Crier 5/4/12: Large turnout for Wayland Historical Society program. Current and former Wayland residents packed Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland on April 26 to view artifacts and memories from the Grout-Heard House Museum, the Wayland Archaeology Lab and private Wayland collections. Related Articles:Wayland Historical Society talk looks at sacrifices of war (Apr 7, [...]
Wayland Patch 5/4/12: Administrative Fee, Private Wells Hot Topics at Hearing. Wayland’s Board of Public Works wants to offer plenty of opportunity for residents to have their say during the process of setting upcoming water rates. On Monday, the board held the first of what it expects to be several water rate hearings, and while the crowd wasn’t extensive, it was vocal.
Wayland Patch 5/4/12: Earth Day Fair Offers Something for Everyone. Passionate environmentalists and curious community members alike came out to the courtyard of the Wayland Town Building April 29 for the third annual Earth Day fair sponsored by the Wayland Green Team and Transition Wayland. Event organizers estimate that about 400 people mingled in the courtyard on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, making this year's fair better attended than the past two years combined.
Wayland Patch 5/3/12: Funding an Issue When It Comes to Recycling in Wayland. Recycling at Wayland’s public places continues to be in the discussion but without a clear plan in sight. At Monday’s Board of Public Works meeting, representatives from Wayland’s Green Team spoke with board members about the possibility of the town implementing a [...]
Patriot League 5/3/12: Patriot League announces Rowing Academic All-League Team, Scholar-Athlete. Senior Theresa Saxton-Fox, a rower from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, won her second straight Patriot League Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year award on Thursday, while earning one of 11 spots on the Academic All-Patriot League Team. The awards were voted on by sports information directors around the League who could not cast a ballot for their own student-athletes. The Academic All-Patriot League Team was added for all sports at the beginning of the 2010-11 season to honor additional student-athletes who excel both on and off the field. Saxton-Fox, who last season became the first student-athlete from MIT to win a Patriot League major award, is a mechanical engineering major with a 4.9/5.0 GPA (3.92/4.00). She sat in the second seat of the varsity eight boat that finished second at Sunday's Patriot League Championship at Cooper River Park in Camden County, N.J. MIT finished third overall, its highest placing since joining the Patriot League as an associate member. A native of Wayland, Mass., Saxton-Fox is the President of MIT's Engineers Without Borders, which engineers solutions to issues in developing countries. She has overseen projects on water accessibility, alternative cooking fuels and individual shower units for slums. She oversaw the fundraising of almost $20,000 and the logistics of sending six students to Africa. She was awarded a Public Service Center (PSC) Fellowship to travel to Uganda as the team's project manager, where she worked with local customs officials to import solar panels into the country. She is a researcher at the High Power pumped heat exchanger lab at MIT and a team member in the Design and Manufacturing II Lab. For the past two years, Saxton-Fox has tutored a high school student in Cambridge public housing in math and physics. She was a reviewer in the PSC's IDEAS competition and Global Challenge. She was awarded funding from Lockheed Martin to research permeability, capillary pressure and thermal conductivity of copper and monel sinter as part of a project to create a high powered pumped heat exchanger. She worked during the summer designing packaging for a solar remote power unit at NRG Systems.
Wayland Town Crier 5/3/12: Wayland resident hopes to make a difference through yoga . Sarah Gardner of Wayland will share her mat with close to 1,000 men and women at the second annual Yoga Reaches Out Yogathon on Sunday, May 6 at the Gillette Stadium Field House. Yoga Reaches Out (YRO) is a nonprofit organization [...]
Wayland Town Crier 5/1/12: Board of Public Works holds first of several water rate hearings. The Board of Public Works held a public hearing Monday night on water rates slated to go into effect this September. “We wanted to do our analysis early this year,” said board member Michael Wegerbauer, “and we expect to have several more of these meetings in the coming months.” Input from Wayland residents came mostly from low-end users who felt the $112 annual administrative fee, which is the same for everyone, fell disproportionately on them.
Wayland Patch 5/3/12: A Fenway Thank You 36 Years in the Making. Allan Dines' father helped his son land a coveted job in 1976. Thirty-six years later, Dines paid his father back for that "in" with a trip to Fenway Park for the historic park's 100th anniversary. And it was all possible because of that job in the 1970s.
Wayland MA 5/3/12: Selectmen Elect Leaders through 2013 Annual Town Meeting. The Board of Selectmen held an organizational meeting on Monday, April 30, 2012 at which time John Bladon was elected chair and Steve Correia was elected vice-chair. The posts are held until the first meeting of the next Board of Selectmen when it convenes following adjournment of the 2013 Annual Town Meeting.
Wayland Town Crier 5/1/12: Wayland resident named 'Unsung Heroine'. The Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women announces its 2012 class of Unsung Heroines, including Kathy Hodge of Wayland. These women hail from cities and towns across the commonwealth and each will be recognized for their outstanding contributions to their communities or organizations they serve.
Wayland Patch 5/2/12: Demonstrators Cause a Stir Outside Wayland Post Office. A small table set up alongside Boston Post Road in front of the U.S. Post Office drew honks, waves and comments Wednesday as demonstrators called for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. The two demonstrators manning the table at about 11 a.m. explained that they were volunteers with the LaRouche Political Action Committee. Wayland wasn't specifically selected, but was merely a stop along their demonstration route that includes stops at post offices throughout New England.
Wayland Patch 5/1/12: Trial Date Set for Wayland Selectman. The court has set a trial date in the case of a Wayland selectman accused of twice violating a restraining order. During a pre-trial conference Tuesday at Framingham District Court, Joe Nolan learned he will be in court July 25 for trial.
Wayland Patch 5/1/12: Three Things You Missed at Monday's Selectmen Meeting. The first meeting for the new term of Wayland's Board of Selcetmen began Monday night with the most senior member, Joe Nolan, calling the meeting to order. Nolan acknowledged the service of Sue Pope and Tom Fay, who are no longer serving on the board, and welcomed the two new members, Ed Collins and Doug Leard.
Wayland Patch 5/1/12: Made-to-Order FroYo Creations Coming to Wayland. Just in time for summer, frozen yogurt is coming to Wayland. Wayland residents Lewis and Susan Cohn plan to open Frozen Yogurt Innovations (FYI) at 131 Main Street in Cochituate this month. Their website is online here.
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