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Public Safety Log
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…
School Committee
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…
Surface Water Quality Committee
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…
Finance Committee Appointing Board
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…
Audit Committee
On Aug. 11, the Audit Committee voted to approve its annual report to the Select Board and a companion report for town publication, both flagging the conservation and building departments…
Bette L. Place, 1934-2026
Bette L. (Richardson) Place, 91, died on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, at Mass General Brigham Hospital in Boston. She was born in Newton on Dec. 18, 1934, the daughter of…
Board of Assessors
The Board of Assessors reorganized and opened its FY27 exemption cycle in a 10-minute August session. The assessing office director reported a continuing “hard push out in the field, collecting…
Board of Health
The Board of Health deferred action on goose complaints and advanced tobacco crackdown at its Aug. 10 meeting. The board voted to stay a legal order against the residents of…
Capital Improvement Planning Committee
On Aug. 19, the Capital Improvement Planning Committee drilled into DPW and police FY28 requests, pulling a dump truck forward three years. DPW Director Tom Holder presented a $500,000 Route…
Charles Meador
Charles Lawrence “Larry” Meador was an engineer, visionary, entrepreneur, educator, and longtime adviser to the United States intelligence and defense communities whose wide-ranging life and career were driven by lifelong…