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Pilot program to reduce Loker music instruction

Loker Elementary School Principal Brian Jones outlined the new pilot program to be initiated this fall that would reduce the current 75 minutes of music instruction to a weekly 45 minutes in grades 4 and 5. A memo describing the changes was sent out to...

Leslie Castillo · June 26

Loker Elementary School Principal Brian Jones outlined the new pilot program to be initiated this fall that would reduce the current 75 minutes of music instruction to a weekly 45 minutes in grades 4 and 5. A memo describing the changes was sent out to the Loker community on June 22.The change was prompted after Jones co-chaired an elementary scheduling...

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News

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Dave Watkins · July 10
Wayland entered the new fiscal year with vacancies or recently expired terms on a wide range of town boards and committees, raising questions about whether...
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June Valliere · July 10
Plans to transform Town Center into a more vibrant pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly area were previewed at the June 29 Select Board meeting.Jesse Baerkahn of Graffito...
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Wayland Post · July 10
By Rowan H. Karaca A string of recent accidents involving young riders on electric bikes and scooters across MetroWest has prompted area police departments to...
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Municipal Meeting Recaps

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Wayland entered the new fiscal year with vacancies or recently expired terms on a wide range of town boards and...
Wayland Post Staff · July 10
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Select Board At the June 29, 2026 Wayland Select Board meeting, the board voted to pursue the most comprehensive investigation...
Wayland Post Staff · July 10
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Select Board The Select Board held its first substantive public discussion June 15 of whether Wayland should seek a Proposition...
WP Admin · June 26
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The Conservation Commission voted unanimously on May 27 to reject chromated copper arsenate as a wood preservative for the planned...
Carole Plumb · June 12

Community

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Community
June Valliere · July 10
Town Manager Michael McCall said he will begin the search process for a permanent police chief at the end of the summer. McCall pointed out...
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Living Green
Michele Trucksis · July 10
By Michele Trucksis I am a gardener of native flowering plants. I delight in the delicate blooms of early spring, known as ephemerals, and in...
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Obituaries
Wayland Post Staff · July 10
Diane Marie Murnane, 76, passed away peacefully in Newport R.I., on July 2, 2026. Born on Aug. 3, 1949, in Boston, she was the oldest...
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Talk Of The Town

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Sports

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Brad Spiegel · June 26
It was only fitting that the first-ever state championship for the Wayland High School boys’ volleyball team was in the hands of one of the...
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High School Sports
Brad Spiegel · June 26
There certainly were no surprises when the Wayland boys’ tennis team faced Weston in the Division 3 state championship on June 13 at MIT’s duPont...
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WP Admin · June 26
Wayland’s summer sports calendar shifted from high school competition to youth programs, with Wayland High School tournament action completed. Little League Wayland Little League reported...
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Opinions

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Letters · July 10 · 338 views
Unhappy with Loker music cutback plan To the Editor: As a former instrumental music specialist in a nearby...
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Letters · July 10 · 594 views
Unhappy with Loker music cutback plan To the Editor:As a former instrumental music specialist in a nearby community...
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Letters · June 26 · 365 views
Concerns about litter and fishing debris in Heard Pond To the Editor: As a resident living on Heard...
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Letters · June 12 · 638 views
To the Editor:There aren’t enough words to express my gratitude to Dave Watkins and Brad Spiegel, Carole Plumb,...
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Real Estate

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 WAYLAND -- A $2.8 million sale on Draper Road anchored a late-spring market in which 13 of 20 recorded transactions carried disclosed prices, with the median landing at $1,505,000 and no sale falling below...
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Public Safety

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Monday, June 2210:39 a.m. — Police removed a dead raccoon from the Commonwealth Avenue roadway near French Avenue.7:46 p.m. — A caller from Fuller Road...
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Monday, June 8 11:41 a.m. — A traffic accident on Commonwealth Road was called in by 911; the crash involved two vehicles, and one person...
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Donald Benedetti, 85, of Natick, passed away peacefully at home on June 15, 2026, surrounded by his family. Born in North Adams, on May 21,...

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There will be a service on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 10 a.m. at the...
A Memorial Mass will be held at St. Brigid Church in Lexington on Wednesday, July...
There will be a prayer service on Saturday, July 11, 2026 at 11 a.m. at...

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