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Questions surround state funding for town water system project
[email protected]’s effort to secure low-interest state financing for its drinking water system has run into a structural problem that goes beyond a single application cycle.The town’s proposed project — combining…
Operating budget rises to $113M as cost pressures mount
[email protected]’s Finance Committee is recommending a $112,964,253 operating budget for fiscal year 2027, an increase of $5.0 million, or 4.63%, over the $107.9 million approved for FY26, as rising personnel…
Third-generation Waylander keeps family history alive with ‘Dad’s Dad’ documentary
By Jack SchwedTucked away in the warm, wooden back room of Bella Batts’s childhood home in Wayland was a box — one she’d passed countless times but had never opened.However,…
All candidates on ballot win in uncontested election
Wayland voters filled all positions on the ballot without any contested races in the April 28 Annual Town Election, according to unofficial results released by the Town Clerk.All candidates who…
How CPA project funds are allocated
The impetus behind Massachusetts Community Preservation Act of 2001 originated in towns watching key local assets disappear without having a reliable way to fund their protection. In the 1990s open…
Wayland physician identified in expanding criminal case
A physician identified in recent court proceedings as “Dr. Derrick from Wayland” is Derrick James Todd, a rheumatologist whose professional career in the Boston area has been eclipsed by a…
Former Wayland school official is leaving Sudbury post
Brad Crozier, a longtime educator with deep ties to Wayland Public Schools, will leave his position as superintendent of Sudbury Public Schools at the end of the 2025–26 school year.…
Subaru rolls into the Sudbury River in Wayland
[email protected] Subaru rolled into the Sudbury River near Sherman’s Bridge on the evening of April 21, prompting a multi-agency response that ended with a next-day recovery operation and no reported…
Wayland loses safe harbor for affordable housing
[email protected] Saint Ann’s Senior Village project applied for 60 units of affordable housing in May 2023 but was unable to pull a certificate of occupancy by the deadline due to…
Group pushes for women’s financial empowerment
By Veronica HernandezChristina Alfaro remembers watching her mom juggling being a single mother of two and owning her own independent real estate business in Wayland and cell phone stores in…
