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Wayland resident to hold seminar on increasing online traffic

Wayland Town Crier 9/1/10: Wayland resident to hold seminar on increasing online traffic. Most local businesses have a decent website but they haven’t had the flood of customers they expected and they don’t know why … or what to do about it. Learn how to find more local customers online for your [...]

Extra traffic enforcement patrols in Wayland next week

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 [...]

The Wayland Schools’ Green Team introduces the Idle Reduction Campaign

All five Wayland Schools are taking the pledge to reduce vehicle idling on our school campuses. Please join our effort by not idling your vehicle's engine for more than five minutes. Clean air is a resource on which we all depend. Air pollution negatively affects our health and the environment. Asthma, bronchitis, heart disease and lung [...]

W-W crew: 10 years of excellence

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 [...]

Break and Entering on Concord Road on August 30

The WAYLAND, MA POLICE DEPARTMENT reports that a Residential Break and Entering occurred on Concord Road yesterday (Monday, August 30). The police want to remind residents that if you see or hear anything suspicious to call the Wayland Police. Source: Wayland Police Dept Facebook Page

Wayland Bus Routes available online

Click here for the 2010-11 Bus Routes.

Wayland high school student named top scorer for U.S. team

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.

Sunday, October 10, Wayland XC Festival, starting at 9:30am

Presented by Baldwin Insurance Agency, An exciting cross country race through fields and wooded trails benefiting the Wayland Cross Country teams. With a youth race and an open race, this event provides one of the few cross-country running opportunities for kids and adults in Massachusetts. Three Great Events: a 3K Race For Ages 11 to [...]

News from the Wayland Cultural Council

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 [...]

Local volunteers see hope returning to Gulf Coast

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 mother and son in musical ‘Song on the Wind’

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 Magazine ranks Massachusetts High Schools.

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.

Make new friends and learn about the outdoors at Cub Scouts

Make new friends and learn about the outdoors at Cub Scouts. If you are a boy living in Wayland in first to fifth grade attending Claypit Hill, Happy Hollow or any area private school, you should consider joining Wayland Cub Scouts! Stop by the Wayland Scout House (located near the Wayland Town Beach) [...]

Girlfriend, directed by Wayland’s Justin Lerner, makes its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in September

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.

Rotary Club of Weston & Wayland holding informational session on September 11 for student “Interact Club”

The Rotary Club of Weston & Wayland is starting up an “Interact Club” for Weston & Wayland students, ages 12-18, in September 2010. The Interact Club of Weston & Wayland will be having an Informational/organizational Meeting on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at 10am at the Wayland Public Safety Building (Route 20 and 27) to discuss [...]

UPDATE: Found Dog – Marzipan

Please help. Marzipan, a full-grown older yellow lab is missing as of Saturday afternoon. She lives in North Wayland near route 27 and has been known to go near the library. She is very sweet and comes when she is called. Has a tag/collar with the address and home phone number. If you find her [...]

Saturday, September 11, Punt, Pass & Kick Competition, WHS Turf Field, 4pm

The NFL has instituted a new registration process this year that is done online. The website for our competition is http://www.nflppk.com/competitions/register/index/1015. This is the ONLY way we will accept registration. There is NO CHARGE for this event, but please remember the following: bring a print copy of your registration (the site allows you to do print [...]

Restoring Heard Pond to pristine beauty

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.

High School Building Committee Community Update Agenda, August 31

HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE HSBC MEETING # 109 TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010 7:00 pm COMMUNITY UPDATE 7:30 PM WAYLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AGENDA HSBC Meeting 7:00 pm Comments from the public 7:05 pm Invoice approval 7:20 pm Adjourn to Community Update Community Update 7:30 pm Welcome and Introduction – Lea Anderson, HSBC Chair Design Briefing – Steven Millington, HMFH Architects Project Overview and Status – David Saindon, KVAssociates [...]

News and Updates from the Council on Aging, August 26, 2010

Thinking about retiring? The COA will host a free PRE-RETIREMENT SERIES (4 week series), Thursdays, 7pm (COA Center) Sept 9 SOCIAL SECURITY, Kurt Czarnowski, Social Security Administration’s Regional Communications Director (overview of Social Security, how benefits are calculated, etc. Sept. 16 MEDICARE, Kathy Worhach, SHINE Counselor (how Medicare works, coverage, when to sign up, etc.) September 23 FINANCIAL: [...]

Wayland’s Iron Chef Announces Judges and Master of Ceremonies

The Friends of the Wayland Council On Aging is hosting Wayland's first Iron Chef competition on Sunday September 12th, 5:30-8pm at Sandy Burr Country Club. They are pleased to announce the four judges and Master of Ceremonies for this exciting event: Geoff Gardner – Owner/Chef of Sel de la Terre Restaurant Joyce Kulhawik – WBZ [...]

Saturday, October 30, A Haunted Homecoming: WPSF Fundraiser, Temple Shir Tikva

After the success of last years Homecoming party, we are excited to announce our annual community party will take place on Saturday October 30, 2010 at Temple Shir Tikva. This year's theme "A Haunted Homecoming" is sure to be a blast! We will have great entertainment, food, raffle, silent auction and more! If you have [...]

News and Updates from the Library, August 27, 2010

NEW LIBRARY HOURS. Due to budget reductions in FY11, we are now closing at 6 p.m. on Thursdays and 5 p.m. on Fridays. As usual, our weekend hours in the summer are 10-1 on Saturdays and closed on Sundays. We will be closed over Labor Day weekend, and we will resume our regular weekend hours [...]

Police arrest two men in Wayland VFW break-in

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 author publishes new sci-fi book

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.