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Municipal Meeting Recaps

Finance Committee Appointing Board

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

Wayland’s Finance Committee Appointing Board will lose its chair Sept. 1. Cherry Karlson said on Aug. 20 that she will not seek reappointment after three years on the panel, which…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Historical Commission

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

The Historical Commission moved on Aug. 17 to formally protest the library’s removal of the local history collection. The commission voted to send a letter of concern to Library Director…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

The town has begun setting a calendar to decide whether to ask voters for a Proposition 2½ operating override, the first such request in 17 years, to close a projected…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Select Board

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

No public comment was offered before the Select Board entered executive session at its Aug. 13 meeting for a periodic review of executive session minutes spanning eight categories under MGL…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Conservation Commission

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

At its Aug. 19 meeting, the Conservation Commission opened a tree-clearing violation probe at 17 Glezen Lane. Conservation Administrator Linda Hansen told the commission Aug. 19 that the new owner…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Historic District Commission

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

The Historic District Commission approved Town House Café window replacements on Aug. 12 and issued a certificate of applicability allowing all 22 windows at 21 Cochituate Road to be replaced…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Housing Partnership

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

The Housing Production Plan vendor choice slipped a month as the review panel deadlocked on Aug. 11. Member Jean Milburn reported that the four-person selection committee could not choose between…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

School Committee

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

The School Committee entered executive session on teacher and custodian contracts at its Aug. 3 meeting. At a two-minute open session, Vice Chair Kate Sambuco moved to enter a closed…

Municipal Meeting Recaps

Surface Water Quality Committee

Carole Plumb · August 28, 2026

On Aug. 11, the Surface Water Quality Committee approved $9,323 in invoices and eyed state grants for Dudley Pond study. The committee approved $5,550 for the first ClearCast herbicide treatment…

Public Safety Logs

Public Safety Log

Arlene Wyman Petri · August 28, 2026

The Public Safety Log for Aug. 3-9 can be found at www.waylandpost.org. Monday, Aug. 10 6:43 a.m. — A driver near Vokes Theater, 97 Boston Post Road, called with concern…