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Board of Health rejects Boston Post Road request, keeps 2024 goose and duck permit
Wayland Board of Health voted 4-0 at its Sept. 22 meeting to reject the Boston Post Road request, leaving in place a 2024 permit for one goose and two ducks…
Public Safety Log
Monday, Sept. 21 9:34 a.m. — Police received a report from DPW of property damage at Lakeview Cemetery, 90 Commonwealth Road. 12:46 p.m. — Police reported a minor two-car accident…
News in Brief
A National Grid project is taking place at the junction of routes 27 and 126 in the Wayland Center Historic District. Much is quite visible during the day between the…
Small fire at WHS sends student to hospital
By Brad [email protected] student was hurt on Tuesday morning when a small fire started in a jewelry and metalwork class at Wayland High School.The student sustained burns around 9:15 when…
A look at music programs in other towns in light of Loker controversy
The Loker Elementary School music pilot, which reduces pull-out instrument lessons from 75 to 45 minutes in grades 4 and 5, has stirred controversy in town, with parents protesting at…
Sharper Edge skaters bring home the bronze
For the first time in program history, the Sharper Edge Skating School in Concord took home a medal at the National Theatre on Ice Competition. And two skaters from Wayland…
Thoreau’s Sudbury River: ‘dammed and cursed’
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of articles about the waters of the Sudbury River, the river’s place in people’s daily lives and how changes in one part…
No leads in series of car break-ins
A week after a series of reported vehicle break-ins around town, the Wayland Police Department has not found the culprit or culprits. During a period of a little more than…
Cochituate postcards from the past – part 2
(Editor’s note: the first installment of this 10-part series appeared in the Wayland Post on Sept. 11, 2026. Read it online at www.waylandpost.org/postcards.) Dear readers, Past historians linked the word…
Trail rerouting aids Cow Common access
One of Wayland’s 19 plots of conservation land, 72-acre Cow Common, includes walking trails as well as protected habitats for birds such as bobolinks. Recently, the Appalachian Mountain Club completed…
