Municipal Meeting Recaps
Housing Trust OKs $11,500 in bills as Hammond Road delays continue
The Municipal Affordable Housing Trust approved $11,500 in project and legal bills Sept. 15 as members discussed continued delays affecting an affordable-housing project on Hammond Road. The trust voted 5-0…
Planning Board continues Happy Hollow water treatment hearing to Oct. 7
The Planning Board continued a public hearing from Sept. 9 on a proposed Happy Hollow water treatment facility, and a new Castle Road pump station within the MWRA Hultman Aqueduct…
Recreation Commission hears Cochituate Park fields have improved
The Recreation Commission heard Sept. 15 that users of Cochituate Park had noticed substantial improvements in field conditions. The Recreation Department reported receiving a written compliment from an Eastern Massachusetts…
School Committee cuts Loker instrumental music fee from $150 to $90
The School Committee voted unanimously Sept. 9 to reduce the annual instrumental music registration fee for fourth- and fifth-grade students at Loker Elementary School from $150 to $90. The change…
Select Board reviews FY28 deficit forecast of about $831,000
The Select Board voted unanimously Sept. 8 to commend Wayland police and firefighters who responded to the fatal Aug. 18 emergency at Camp Chickami. Certificates recognized 12 individual first responders.…
Surface Water Quality Committee OKs payment for Heard Pond water chestnut work
The Surface Water Quality Committee voted 3-0 Sept. 16 to approve payment under a $9,900 seasonal contract for hand-harvesting invasive water chestnut at Heard Pond, while questioning whether some of…
Wastewater Management District Commission eyes $2M for Route 20 sewer work
The Wastewater Management District Commission reviewed a draft five-year capital plan Sept. 14 that includes $2 million in fiscal 2028 for low-pressure sewer work along Route 20 and an $8…
ZBA approves special permits for 5 Ridgefield Road and 282 Main St.
The Zoning Board of Appeals voted 4-0 on Sept. 8 to approve special permits for two residential projects. At 5 Ridgefield Road, architect Stephen Chung presented plans to replace an…
CIPC rebuilds FY28 plan around $9.17M; shifts $2M WHS study to excluded debt
Wayland’s Capital Improvement Planning Committee rebuilt its fiscal 2028 capital plan Tuesday around a roughly $9.17 million funding envelope, moving major school and public-safety projects while expressing frustration over the…
Select Board sets May 10-12, 2027 Town Meeting; hears FY28 deficit
The board voted 5-0 on Monday to set the Annual Town Meeting for May 10-12, 2027, with a Town Election May 4, and 3-1-1 to keep the 6:30 p.m. start…