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Wayland resident recalls brother’s escape on 9/11
William Hanna was preparing to drive to New Jersey to help arrange his younger brother’s funeral when he heard his wife cry out from another room. “Mak, Mak, you’re alive!”…
Override picture shifts as FY28 gap narrows
Wayland voters still may be asked to approve the town’s first operating override since 2009, but the numbers, and the argument for putting one before voters, have changed substantially during…
Thoreau’s Sudbury River, then and now
When Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) traveled the Sudbury and Concord rivers, he encountered a landscape in transition. The river he observed was neither untouched wilderness nor the river residents know…
Assisted-living growth has reshaped Fire Dept.
Nearly a third of every emergency call the Wayland Fire Department runs goes to an assisted living facility. That proportion grew over 25 years, according to an independent staffing study,…
Wayland remembers that tragic day and mourns the lost
On Sept. 11, 2001, Wayland awoke to a beautiful, cloudless sky and a few hours of blissful ignorance before the world was forever changed by the terrorist attacks. Twenty-five years…
Wayland’s primary election results
A little more than one in four registered Wayland voters took part in the state primary elections on Sept. 1 in which several races were uncontested Statewide, Democratic Sen. Ed…
Camp tragedy turns attention to tree care
The unspeakable tragedy at Camp Chickami on Aug. 18 has prompted discussions and questions about tree inspections and tree safety around the Commonwealth. Local tree experts and the Wayland Conservation…
Wayland Dads builds off success of Loker group
Building off of the popularity of its Loker dads and kids gatherings, which was brought back four years ago, the Wayland Dads group has expanded to also take advantage of…
Only 16 of 70 tax abatement applications approved
Wayland’s Board of Assessors approved 16 property tax abatements during the FY2026 review cycle while denying 46 applications and recording eight withdrawals, according to the town’s FY2026 abatement summary. The…
Town targets Rte. 20 landlords with code/design letter
The town’s Economic Development Committee set a target of this month to mail a letter to every commercial property owner along the Route 20 corridor cataloguing code violations, zoning deficiencies…
