Carole Plumb

Operating budget rises to $113M as cost pressures mount

May 1, 2026
carole.plumb@waylandpost.orgWaylandโ€™s Finance Committee is recommending a $112,964,253 operating budget for fiscal year 2027, an increase of $5.0 million, or 4.63%, over the $107.9 million approved for FY26, as rising personnel costs, health

Town gets $1.4M from FEMA for Snake Brook Dam rehab

April 3, 2026
Wayland has been awarded $1.40 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program toward completing the Snake Brook Dam Rehabilitation Project of the proposed construction cost of $2.537

No new land, and the Alta Oxbow lesson

March 20, 2026
Waylandโ€™s physical growth is constrained by limited undeveloped land. Most sites with straightforward development conditions have already been built, leaving redevelopment of previously used parcels as the primary path for new housing

Response to racism incidents based on school policy

January 23, 2026
Following repeated incidents at Wayland High School, School Superintendent David Fleishman and Assistant Superintendent Betsy Gavron outlined the departmentโ€™s policy on how it handles possible racism incidents.The latest situation was on Oct.

Operating budget rises to $113M as cost pressures mount

May 1, 2026
carole.plumb@waylandpost.orgWaylandโ€™s Finance Committee is recommending a $112,964,253 operating budget for fiscal year 2027, an increase of $5.0 million, or 4.63%, over the $107.9 million approved for FY26, as rising personnel costs, health

Town gets $1.4M from FEMA for Snake Brook Dam rehab

April 3, 2026
Wayland has been awarded $1.40 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program toward completing the Snake Brook Dam Rehabilitation Project of the proposed construction cost of $2.537

No new land, and the Alta Oxbow lesson

March 20, 2026
Waylandโ€™s physical growth is constrained by limited undeveloped land. Most sites with straightforward development conditions have already been built, leaving redevelopment of previously used parcels as the primary path for new housing

Response to racism incidents based on school policy

January 23, 2026
Following repeated incidents at Wayland High School, School Superintendent David Fleishman and Assistant Superintendent Betsy Gavron outlined the departmentโ€™s policy on how it handles possible racism incidents.The latest situation was on Oct.
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