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We’re nearly one-third of the way there in fundraising
Wayland Post readers have contributed $11,115 toward our $35,000 fundraising goal. We are deeply grateful, and we still need your help. Asking people for money is not the part of…
New tree evokes Revolution principles
What started as a simple meeting place — an old elm tree at the corner of what is now Essex and Washington streets in Boston — branched into a tradition…
Smith travels path from fund-raising to the pulpit
Rev. Lauren Smith, who joined First Parish in Wayland in August, said she didn’t consider becoming a minister until her late 20s. As an undergraduate, she studied theater arts at…
Kylberger trades the tennis court for the soccer pitch
It’s not often you see a high school athlete quit a sport when they’re at the top of their game. But that’s exactly what Wayland High School senior Tobi Kylberger…
Trail hikers have plenty of options in Wayland
Cruising along the winding roads of Wayland, you’ll notice paths branching off into the woods where dog walkers seem to disappear for hours on end. These are no ordinary animal…
Coffee, conversation, and community with Wayland cops
It’s not often that you have the opportunity to sit down with a police officer and discuss issues that concern you, and the police rarely have time for casual conversation…
Thoreau is focus of upcoming field trip for sixth-graders
On Oct. 5 and 6, sixth-graders will travel to Walden Pond on a field trip to learn more about Henry David Thoreau, the man for whom their Wayland Middle School…
Corrections
• In the Capital Improvement Planning Committee segment of the Municipal Meeting Recap in the Sept. 11, 2026 issue of the Wayland Post, it was Brian O’Herlihy, not John Kliem,…
Walter Rockwell III
Former Wayland educator and resident Walter VanWert Rockwell III died Aug. 29, 2026, after a prolonged battle with multiple system atrophy (MSA). He was 64 years old. Walter was born…
Eleanor G. Morrissey
Eleanor Gail (Brooke) Morrissey, 88, of Newbury Court in Concord and formerly of Wayland, passed away peacefully on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. She was the beloved wife of the late…
