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Capital Improvement Planning Committee
Wayland’s Capital Improvement Planning Committee rebuilt its fiscal 2028 capital plan Tuesday around a roughly $9.17 million funding envelope, moving major school and public-safety projects while expressing frustration over the…
Keep the Post’s fundraising momentum building
We’ve made a good start, but we still need your help. There’s no particularly graceful way for a newspaper to ask its readers for money, so we’ll simply tell you…
living green
Across the country, law enforcement is launching the use of automated license plate readers to identify and track vehicles. This information can be used, with probable cause, for anything from…
Going from two polling places to one: how it went
By Wayland Post staff Two years of elections at one polling site suggest Wayland’s low local turnout has more to do with ballot interest and vote-by-mail participation than with closing…
Wayland Depot brings town’s history alive
Residents can once again travel back to 1881 to gaze at the Wayland Depot’s late 19th-century Stick-style and Gothic Revival interior and peruse an array of colorful, handcrafted, unique items…
Cochituate postcards from the past
In this 10-part series, you’ll encounter information gleaned from a collaborative history project that began in 2016. I wanted to capture the history of Cochituate, a place that exudes an…
Knowledge, life lessons exchanged at club visits
Wisdom to Wisdom Club founder Ryan Chase, a 2026 graduate, remembers fielding technical questions from his grandmother about how to FaceTime during the COVID-19 lockdown. For many senior family members,…
Invasive plants are degrading Wayland’s ecosystem
Invasive plants do not stop at the edge of a conservation trail, wetland, roadside, or backyard fence. They spread by seed, root, vine, bird, wind, water, yard waste, and well-intentioned…
