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Municipal Meeting Recaps

Housing Partnership review panel deadlocks on Housing Production Plan vendor

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

The Housing Production Plan vendor choice slipped a month as the review panel deadlocked on Aug. 11. Member Jean Milburn reported that the four-person selection committee could not choose between…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

School Committee enters executive session on teacher, custodian contracts

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

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…

Public Safety Logs

Public Safety Log

Arlene Wyman Petri · August 28, 2026

The Public Safety Log for Aug. 3-9 can be found at www.waylandpost.org. Monday, Aug. 10 6:43 a.m. — A driver near Vokes Theater, 97 Boston Post Road, called with concern…

News in Brief

Coffee with Cops debuting Sept. 18

Brad Spiegel · August 28, 2026

Members of the Wayland Police Department will host a new community gathering, Coffee with Cops, at the Council on Aging building (8 Andrew Ave., on Sept. 18 from 8:30-10 a.m.).…

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Overdose Awareness Day

Brad Spiegel · August 28, 2026

For the third year, the Opioid Settlement Working Group will observe International Overdose Awareness Day with a two-week display of purple flags in the center of town representing the lives…

News in Brief

ZBA seeks associate members

Brad Spiegel · August 28, 2026

The Zoning Board of Appeals is seeking associate members to serve on an as-needed basis. This is a great opportunity to get involved in local government, contribute your perspective, and…

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Tree removal permits

Brad Spiegel · August 28, 2026

Because trees contribute to a clean water supply and flood control, tree protection and removal is regulated through the Town of Wayland’s Chapter 193 Stormwater and Land Disturbance Bylaw. A…

News in Brief

Green grant

Brad Spiegel · August 28, 2026

The Town of Wayland has received $100,475 from the Mass. Department of Energy Resources Green Communities Division. The grant will enable the town to continue its efforts to improve energy…

Featured

Pretrial filing details Easy’s discrimination claims, Wayland’s defense and dozens of potential witnesses

Wayland Post Staff · August 21, 2026

A newly filed pretrial memorandum in former Wayland Superintendent Omar Easy’s lawsuit against the town lays out detailed and sharply conflicting accounts of what happened during his tenure, identifying specific…

Omar Easy
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Boy killed in Camp Chickami accident identified by his family

Brad Spiegel · August 18, 2026

The family of the camper who died after being struck by a tree branch at Camp Chickami on Tuesday, Aug. 18 has identified him Mason Sundberg of Sudbury. The family,…