Talk of the Town

The following Wayland residents were named to their college’s fall 2025 dean’s list. College of the Holy CrossJane Gargano ’27Annabelle McQuilkin ’29 Tufts UniversityNadia Calder ’26Izzy Chitkara ’27Sarah Bruce ’28Nandita Meharwal ’28Katie

Wayland resident Adam Gutbezahl was elevated to shareholder at Boston’s Ruberto, Israel & Weiner. He has been a member of the firm’s Litigation Department for five years, practicing in its commercial real

Ravi Simon, longtime aide to Democratic State Rep. Carmine Gentile and chair of the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee, announced on Feb.11 that he is running for state representative in the 13th Middlesex District,

Wayland resident James Costigan, a sophomore at the New England Innovation Academy in Marlborough, earned statewide recognition in the 2025–26 Massachusetts Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running recognition program for creative teens.

Wayland High School junior Maereg Million gave a solo performance of Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto movements 1 & 2 with the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 8. The audience gave a standing

The following Wayland residents were named to their college’s fall 2025 dean’s list. University of Rhode IslandAbby Bennett, Gabby Fletcher, Nate Pletta, Brady Spencer University at AlbanyKaitlyn Mab Presbyterian CollegeAnthony Brown Worcester

Firefighter and paramedic James Sykes graduated from the Recruit Training Program of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy on Jan. 9. Sykes was part of Career Recruit Training Class 335, a class of 28

By Amita Potnis-RajWayland Post Contributor The Wayland Interfaith Leaders Association (WILA) and Conversations for Change participants celebrated Makar Sankranti at the Wayland Library on Jan. 15, a day after the traditional celebration

The Wayland-based Parmenter Foundation recently awarded a $30,000 grant to Samaritans, Inc., a suicide prevention organization, to provide expanded grief support services to individuals in MetroWest communities who have lost a loved

Wayland students, teachers, school administrators, and residents celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the METCO community celebration luncheon held at the Thelma Burns Building in Boston.The Wayland contingent represented 40 of