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Nominations invited for pair of Wayland awards

Wayland Post Staff · March 20, 2026

The Wayland Public Ceremonies Committee is seeking nominations for the 2026 Lydia Maria Child and the Peter R. Gossels Good Government Awards. The winners will be listed in Talk of…

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Resident named to honor society

Wayland Post Staff · March 20, 2026

Benjamin De Feria of Wayland was recently elected to membership into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at the…

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Housing for disabled adults eyed for 212 Cochituate

Wayland Post Staff · March 20, 2026

The 212 Cochituate Road Advisory Committee has recommended that the Select Board issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to redevelop the town-owned property at 212 Cochituate Road for residential use…

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Town faces major borrowing decision on water

Dave Watkins · March 20, 2026

Town officials are moving forward with a major long-term water supply project expected to require roughly $38.6 million in borrowing, while simultaneously confronting uncertainty over financing and the potential impact…

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No new land, and the Alta Oxbow lesson

Carole Plumb · March 20, 2026

Wayland’s physical growth is constrained by limited undeveloped land. Most sites with straightforward development conditions have already been built, leaving redevelopment of previously used parcels as the primary path for…

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How development actually ‘pencils out’ in the suburbs

Wayland Post Staff · March 20, 2026

In built-out suburbs, “allowed by zoning” and “financeable” are often two different things.Projects must clear several underwriting thresholds at once — investor return hurdles (often modeled in the mid-teens for…

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What you may not know about the METCO program

June Valliere · March 20, 2026

The Wayland graduation rate for the Metropolitan Council for Education Opportunity (METCO) students is around 98%, according to Wayland METCO Director La Toya Rivers. Those numbers are slightly higher than…

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Thank you to everyone who’s donated to the Wayland Post!

Wayland Post Staff · March 20, 2026

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David William Siktberg

Wayland Post Staff · March 20, 2026

David William Siktberg, 77, of Wayland, died peacefully of prostate cancer on Jan. 31, in the company of family and friends. He was the eldest of three children of William…

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Ribbit Rangers fan out on Big Night for amphibians

Shannon Fischer · March 20, 2026

Wayland Post Correxpondent Wayland’s Conservation Department and Conservation Commission are again running Ribbit Rangers, its second year of a salamander-saving, frog-ferrying community science program.The program’s goals are to identify Big…