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Wayland board orders developer to clean up dirt piles on School Street property

Wayland Town Crier 1/16/20: Wayland board orders developer to clean up dirt piles on School Street property. The Conservation Commission has ordered the developer of 24 School St. to clean up a number of dirt piles on the property that he claims he did not dump. On Dec. 27, Conservation Administrator Linda Hansen, after

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Celebrating the Passage of the 19th Amendment

The Declaration of Independence, written in 1776, states that “all men are created equal.” That same year, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John, who was working to establish the new country’s laws. She asked him to “Remember the Ladies.” Abigail Adams wanted women to have more

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Wayland Seeks Bids For New Town Community Center

Wayland Patch 1/14/20: Wayland Seeks Bids For New Town Community Center. Wayland has issued a request-for-proposals (RFP) for a new community center to house the Council on Aging, recreation activities, and other town functions. The RFP is seeking bids for land or an existing building to lease that’s up to 21,000 square-feet, according to

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Winter Pond Walk Shabbat

January 18, 10:30am – 12:30pm at Hamlen Woods Conservation Area 80 Rice Road, Wayland

Rabbi Katy Allen and Gabi Mezger will lead this woodland and wetland walk and Torah discussion as the group enjoys the winter scenery in Hamlen Woods. We’ll also stop to sing, meditate, pray, and reflect on the beauty of nature

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Articles submitted for Annual Town Meeting posted online

Copies of Annual Town Meeting 2020 Warrant Articles, as submitted, are available online here.

A Mid-Winter Celebration of Songs and Musical Performances, January 26

The Weston-Wayland Interfaith Action Group in partnership with Congregation Or Atid and Temple Shir Tikva presents A Mid-Winter Celebrationof Songs and Musical Performances featuring Yoni Battat and his band Two-Shekel Swing and song/guitar duo, Rabbi Louis Polisson and Gabriella Feingold. Two-Shekel Swing is

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News and Events from the Wayland Library, January 17, 2020

ADULT PROGRAMS

Help Get Out the Vote. The program will begin with an excerpt from Suppressed: The Fight to Vote, a new documentary by Robert Greenwald about voter suppression in the 2018 Georgia election, followed by a brief, facilitated discussion. Then attendees will have an opportunity, if they wish, to fill out postcards encouraging

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