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Doll entrepreneur
Nina Garcia-Rivera, 9, will show her home-made dolls at the Newton Children’s Business Fair on May 16. See story on page 9. (Photo by Lisa Garcia-Rivera)
Boosters celebrate rising college athletes
By Elizabeth RaingeThe Wayland High School Boosters’ annual Signing Day event featured 11 student athletes graduating with the WHS Class of 2026. The event celebrates Wayland varsity athletes who are…
What 598 donors have built in just 15 months
For more than a year, Wayland residents have quietly built something increasingly rare in American communities: a locally funded independent newspaper supported directly by the people it serves.Over the last…
Short, Tang honored at Town Meeting
Michael Short received the C. Peter R. Gossels Good Government Award and Yauwu Tang got the Lydia Maria Child Award at Wayland’s Annual Town Meeting earlier this month.Short's decades of…
‘Good density is key’ for Wayland
Editor’s note: This Letter to the Editor was submitted on a timely basis on April 14 but inadvertently did not run in last week’s Wayland Post prior to Town Meeting.…
Wayland is now in “Bizarro World”
To the Editor:There’s a famous Seinfeld episode about a “Bizarro World” where everything is the opposite from what it should be.We are facing “Bizarro Wayland” in how our town is…
Real Estate Transactions: Mar 17 – Apr 15, 2026
WAYLAND -- A $2,045,000 sale on Rice Road headlined a four-week stretch of Wayland real estate activity in which nearly two-thirds of the 20 recorded deeds reflected estate-planning transfers…
Help Wanted
Reporter(part-time/freelance)The Wayland Post, a nonprofit community newspaper, seeks a detail-oriented reporter to cover local government, schools, and community issues. Responsibilities include attending evening meetings, reviewing agendas and public documents, and…
Community Calendar
Friday, May 1512–2 p.m.Puzzle SwapWayland Free Public Library(5 Concord Road)Bring your gently used puzzles and swap them for new-to-you puzzles! Please bring in puzzles that are between 300 pieces to…
Public Safety Log
Monday, April 27 through Sunday, May 10Monday, April 273:44 p.m. — A 911 caller reported a two-vehicle accident at Alta Oxbow, 490 Boston Post Road.4:41 p.m. — A traffic accident…
