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ConCom issues denials for Coptic church project

Wayland Post Staff · May 1, 2026

The Conservation Commission on April 15 voted 7-0 to deny both a Notice of Intent for any significant work in the buffer zone or in a Wetland Resource Area required…

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Corrections and clarifications

Wayland Post Staff · May 1, 2026

An article published in the April 17 Wayland Post misstated the current role of Tonya Largy in connection with the Organization for the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord Rivers (OARS). Largy…

Public Safety Logs

Public Safety Log

Wayland Post Staff · May 1, 2026

Monday, April 13Nothing to report.Tuesday, April 1411:20 a.m. — A 911 caller from Parmenter Road stated that tree limbs had pulled down wires in the road. Officers found the way…

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Sherman’s Bridge accident

Wayland Post Staff · May 1, 2026

The Fire District 14 Dive Team and Wayland Fire Department worked to pull a car (marked by buoy) from the Sudbury River near Sherman’s Bridge. See story on page 2.…

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Mail carriers notice missing, scattered mail

Wayland Post Staff · May 1, 2026

june.valliere@waylandpost.orgWayland mail carriers have noted suspicious activity on a few mail routes. According to one mail carrier, a resident reported to him that the envelope she had placed in her…

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Chiang urges a combination town/MWRA water plan

Dave Watkins · May 1, 2026

dave.watkins@waylandpost.orgWayland officials are advancing a long-debated plan to overhaul the town’s drinking water system, with Ed Chiang, a Board of Public Works member and veteran hydraulic engineer, urging residents to…

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Film looks at how and where youth find community

Dave Watkins · May 1, 2026

dave.watkins@waylandpost.orgA documentary that screened at Regis College on March 23 is raising a question that resonates beyond campus and into communities like Wayland: where do young people today find real,…

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Submit grad wishes by June 1

Wayland Post Staff · May 1, 2026

Graduation season has arrived, and Wayland families are marking milestones from elementary school through college. Students are closing one chapter and stepping into the next, carrying the work and resilience…

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Theft serves as reminder about e-commerce vigilance

Leslie Castillo · May 1, 2026

leslie.castillo@waylandpost.orgLast year on a five-day trip to Northern Minnesota, a Great Gray owl landed on Sachin Sawe’s camera and his friend Brian Bloch captured the shot.Ironically, it would not be…

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Available pools of Community Preservation Funds

Wayland Post Staff · May 1, 2026

Wayland’s Community Preservation Fund closed fiscal year 2025 with $3.61 million, according to the latest state reporting, including just over $1.1 million in uncommitted funds and the rest largely restricted…