Municipal Meeting Recaps
Select Board
The Select Board on Dec. 1 continued detailed deliberations on how to finance the town’s proposed MWRA water connection and related DEP requirements, a project expected to involve roughly $38…
A closer look at the Dover amendment and how it’s applied today
Massachusetts’s Dover Amendment is often invoked as shorthand for a simple idea: some land uses are so central to statewide public policy that towns cannot use zoning to keep them…
Municipal Meeting Recaps
Public comment dominated the Board of Public Works meeting Nov. 18 as 10 residents from both Wayland and Lincoln urged the board and Department of Public Works Director Tom Holder…
Municipal Meeting Recaps
The Route 20 South Landfill Visioning Committee focused its Dec. 1 meeting on narrowing potential non-housing uses for the 17-acre property. It includes a capped, but unlined landfill, with a…
Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting
21 Cochituate Road — Restaurant Special Permit ApprovedThe Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved three required actions for Millbrook Group LLC’s proposal to convert the historic Collins Market building and…
Planning Board Meeting – October 29, 2025
The Planning Board met on Oct. 29 to review the Carroll School site plan at 37-39-45 Waltham Road, and two Wayland bylaws were cited as applying — §198-601 (Dover-exempt site…
School Committee – November 5, 2025
Wayland’s School Committee met Nov. 5 and expressed strong support for the district’s formal discrimination-response protocol and for Superintendent David Fleishman’s handling of the recent racial incident at the high…
Finance Committee Supports Reclassifying DPW Debt
Finance Committee Chair Phil Giudice briefed the board on the committee’s 5-0 vote recommending that the town reclassify the remaining debt for the Department of Public Works building at 66…
Select Board Meeting – Monday, Oct. 20
The Select Board met Monday, Oct. 20 Liquor License Transfer After a public hearing, the board voted to approve a change of stock, officers, and manager for Liquor World, 302…
October 22, 2025 212 Cochituate Road Committee
By Carole Plumb The 212 Cochituate Road Advisory Committee met on Oct. 22 to press on with receiving more professional advice regarding the potential ways the four-acre town-owned property could…
