Boston.com 11/23/11: 15 ways to support the Massachusetts economy with your holiday shopping. #7 is: Wayland-based Vers makes all kinds of nifty iPhone and iPad cases from sustainably-grown walnut and bamboo, as well as earphones and an iPod/iPhone docking system. Their wood case for the iPad 2 is $79.99.

Baldwin/Welsh & Parker Insurance Agency, with offices in Wayland, Bedford, Hudson, and Winthrop – was recently selected for the tenth year in a row as…

Wayland Town Crier 10/18/10: Wayland moms team up for Fashion Forward. Two Wayland residents have teamed up to provide women with confidence and a real sense of style, all on a shoestring budget. Wayland moms Tracy Ross and Katherine Provost have been working together at Lemon Tree Goods, a new consignment store for women in Natick, for the last eight months. Their love of style and for vintage clothing helped them to create a spinoff business of helping women feel great about themselves with the clothes they are wearing and giving old clothes a second chance in someone else’s closet. Lemon Tree Goods and Fashion Forward will be hosting a fundraising event on Dec. 2, with proceeds going to Friends of Boston’s Homeless. For more information about this event or to learn more about Fashion Forward visit their website.

Wayland Town Crier 7/15/10: Rise and shine!: New bakery opens in Wayland. Decades – if not centuries – of fine baking experience have recently come to a corner near you with the opening of Beyond Beans for sweets and pastries, coffee and sandwiches, just behind JJ McKay’s in Wayland’s Cochituate Village neighborhood. Their Facebook page is available here.

Wayland Town Crier 6/18/10: New Primebar Grill takes over former Luigi's site. The Primebar Grill, which opened in Wayland on June 8 at the site of the former Luigi’s Restaurant, is still somewhat of a work in progress, but it will definitely offer a range of food and beverages for both serious eaters and drinkers as well as those in search of lighter and more casual fare.

Boston Globe 6/5/10: (Virtual) funding for promising life sciences concepts.  This week's third annual Massachusetts Life Sciences Innovation Daywas organized by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, the Mass Biotech Council, and Anupendra Sharma, an investor at the Boston office of Siemens Ventures. The three technologies that attracted the most backing from participants received cash prizes, with the winner getting $1000. In first place was Diagnostics for All, a new non-profit spawned from George Whitesides' lab at Harvard that is developing paper-based diagnostics. The runner-up was Hybergenica, another start-up with Harvard roots; they're working on a liquid solution called Somah that can slow down the deterioration process of organs awaiting transplantation. And in third place was Annovation Biopharma, a Wayland-based start-up that is developing a fast-acting form of anesthesia called Rapidate. Annovation's genesis was in research done at Mass. General Hospital.

Boston Globe 5/21/10: For animals, an adjustment. Both hands planted firmly on Jude’s hindquarters, Wayland-based Matthew Cooper applied pressure to the horse’s pelvic region, a chiropractic technique known as motion palpation. Jude, a 1,200-pound retired racehorse bearing the legendary Seabiscuit’s bloodline, is fully capable of kicking Cooper into a barn wall, but stood motionless. Jude has chronic shoulder tightness and back pain, but he barely flinched as Cooper worked his way along the musculoskeletal system, ending with an “adjustment’’ thrust to Jude’s right carpal joint. Six months ago, according to Jude’s owner, Abby Clutz, the horse would pin back his ears and "explode with discomfort" when ridden. Now, with monthly chiropractic treatments, he is being ridden in equestrian competitions and is off pain medication.