Municipal Meeting Recaps
School Committee
The School Committee entered executive session on teacher and custodian contracts at its Aug. 3 meeting. At a two-minute open session, Vice Chair Kate Sambuco moved to enter a closed…
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Finance Committee Finance Director Brian Keveny presented a rebuilt, multi-year budget model at the July 27 Finance Committee meeting that would cut the fiscal 2028 gap to $1 million, down…
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Select Board The board voted 4-0 at its July 20 meeting to suspend the liquor license of Wayland Variety & Deli for a full weekend and extend the store's probation to…
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Wayland entered the new fiscal year with vacancies or recently expired terms on a wide range of town boards and committees, raising questions about whether some volunteer bodies have enough…
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Select Board At the June 29, 2026 Wayland Select Board meeting, the board voted to pursue the most comprehensive investigation option of three offered for the PFAS investigation at 195…
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Select Board The Select Board held its first substantive public discussion June 15 of whether Wayland should seek a Proposition 2 1/2 operating override for FY2028. Finance Director Brian Keveny…
ConCom mulls preservative type for Sherman’s Bridge
The Conservation Commission voted unanimously on May 27 to reject chromated copper arsenate as a wood preservative for the planned rehabilitation of Sherman Bridge and continued its review of the…
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Board of AssessorsThe assessors approved a $167,769.03 motor vehicle and trailer excise tax commitment during its June 1 meeting and agreed to participate in a June 15 joint meeting with…
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Board of AssessorsThe Board of Assessors confirmed that the town has finalized multi-year contracts with Bishop & Associates and Real Estate Research Consultants Inc. to continue real estate and personal…
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Capital Improvement Planning CommitteeThe Capital Improvement Planning Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to issue an addendum to its fiscal 2027-31 report documenting a 2-2 vote on Article 16. The deadlock left…