Author: Wayland Post Staff
WHS students chosen for district music festival
Twenty-one Wayland High School students out of 1,100 who auditioned were selected to perform at the MMEA Northeastern Senior District Music Festival at Milton High School on Jan.10.Months before the…
Orchestra’s winter concert features Scottish fiddling
The Wayland High School Orchestra presented its Winter Concert on Dec. 17, showcasing the talents of both the String Orchestra and the Honors Sinfonia Orchestra. The program reflected weeks of…
Wayland college residents win academic recognition
Lilly O’Driscoll and William Catlin were among more than 2,050 students named to the College of Charleston’s fall 2025 president’s list. O’Driscoll is majoring in psychology and Catlin is majoring…
Property tax abatement forms due by Feb. 3
Those wishing to file a real estate abatement form must do so by Feb. 3.A real estate abatement can be granted when a property owner disagrees with the assessed value…
Hooligans are #1 again
Hooligans FC, a U10 Wayland boys soccer team composed of fifth-graders, continues to dominate the competition following up its outdoor season championship with another in its indoor league.Playing two years…
Wilbur W. Larson, 79
Wilbur Wade Larson Jr., fondly known as Wade, passed away on Jan. 4, at the age of 79. Wade was born on Sept. 23, 1946, in Marshfield, Wisc. He built…
Richard P. “Dick” Hoyt, 98
Richard P. “Dick” Hoyt, 98, formerly of Wayland, passed away on Jan. 14, HOYT, Richard P. "Dick" Age 98, formerly of Wayland, passed, on January 14, 2026, at Mary Ann…
Nancy Emma Staples died on Jan. 14 at age 86.
Nancy Emma Staples, September 10,1939 – January 14, 2026Nancy was born in Braintree VT to Raymond Staples and Minnie Ballou. She was their third child. Her father died in 1940…
Graziella “Grace” (Riggio) Prestera, age 72
Graziella “Grace” (Riggio) Prestera passed away on Jan. 7, 2026 at age 72. The memory of Graziella Prestera of Wayland, Massachusetts, who passed away on January 7, 2026 at the…
John Blair, age 96
John Blair, Born in the year 1929, in Budapest, Hungary, died peacefully at home, in the smaller town of Wayland, Massachusetts, in this new January of 2026, at the age…
