Announcements...
1/9/08: 7th Annual Summer Camp Fair, Lincoln
Sudbury Regional High School, 390 Lincoln Road,
Sudbury, MA, Sunday February 8, 11am-2pm. 80+
camps offering information on day, overnight and travel
programs for students in grades K-12. Parents and
students can meet and speak with representatives from
these camps offering unique programs including travel,
community service, arts, sports, academic enrichment and
traditional camp options. Bring the kids -
Admission is FREE. For Additional information,
visit
www.sudburycampfair.org
1/1/09: Time to get ride of your Christmas
tree? Wayland High School Ski Team has the answer!
We will pick up your tree and dispose of it!
Collection time: Saturday, January 10th. Payment:
Cash or check (payable to Wayland Ski Club) - $15.
Payment Collection: Thursday afternoon/evening, January
8th. Logistics: Send an email to
michael@theboykins.com with last name, phone #,
street address. Tree must be placed at the curb by
7:30am Saturday morning.
12/26/08: Transfer Station Holiday Schedule:
Friday, December 26, 8am-4pm; Saturday, December 27,
7am–4pm; Monday, December 29, CLOSED; Tuesday, December
30, 8am-4pm; Wednesday, December 31, CLOSED; Thursday,
January 1, CLOSED; Friday, January 2, 8am-4pm; Saturday,
January 3, 7am-4pm. Saturday January 3, 2009 will
be Electronics Collection Day.
12/17/08: Flu Clinic for all adult Wayland
residents. The Wayland Board of Health
announces: IT’S NOT TOO LATE! FLU CLINIC! Now Available
for ANY Wayland Resident aged 18 and over.
Wednesday, January 7, 5–7pm, Wayland Town Building,
Large Hearing Room. It's Free. First come,
first served. No Pre-registration Required.
Pneumococcal Vaccine will also be available.
12/12/08: Library Note Cards: Need a
gift for someone special? The Friends of the Library are
offering note cards featuring a charming Nancy Poydar
painting of the library’s front door. Eight cards and
envelopes for $10. The cards are now available at the
circulation desk and also at the Wayland Depot.
11/20/08: Community Nursery School of
Wayland welcomes area families to an Open House on
December 5th from 9:30-11am. Children are welcome!
CNS offers 2, 3 and 5 day programs for 2.9-5 year olds.
Our school is a play-based, developmental program. We
use an integrated thematic curriculum that encourages
creativity and exploration. Arts and crafts, music,
stories and games are all part of the learning
experience, as is free choice time when children are
able to choose child-centered activities based on their
own interests. Each classroom features a generous supply
of play and educational materials to expand social,
conceptual, creative and physical development.
Furthermore, because of our low teacher-to-student
ratio, our teachers are able to frequently offer each
child one-on-one attention in a nurturing environment.
Please come visit to learn more about our school, meet
some teachers and explore the classrooms while school is
in session.
11/19/08: Open House at The
Residences at 89 Oxbow. Affordable Ownership in
North Wayland. Smart, Green, Affordable. Open House,
Saturday, December 6, 1-4pm, 89 Oxbow Rd. Unit 305.
Connections in Wayland?? Lose the Commute! Now is your
Opportunity to own in North Wayland! New 2 & 3 BR
Condominiums Priced from $167k. Oxbow Partners, in
collaboration with the Town of Wayland, is completing
the Residences at 89 Oxbow, A Community of 16 New Homes
for sale to qualified families. Lottery applications due
December 31. Visit
www.89oxbow.com for program details.
10/19/08: Wayland High School Class of 1983
is gearing up for its 25th reunion at Sandy Burr
Country Club. Ticket price is $40.
Invitations will go out soon, but they are still looking
for missing classmates. If you haven't already,
please email
1983wayland@gmail.com or log on to the
Wayland High School Class of 1983 Facebook page to
be sure to get your invitation.
10/17/08: Wayland Student Press Network offers
weekly newsletters. WSPN (Wayland Student
Press Network) is the online student media network of
Wayland High School and it gets updated DAILY on school
days. If you want to know what is going on at the high
school through student perspectives and get diverse
content from a nationally recognized student
publication, please sign up for their weekly newsletter
through the following link:
http://waylandstudentpress.com/subscribe/
WSPN's weekly newsletters will include synopsis of the
articles that have been published during the week and
links to various student produced content, including
videos, photo galleries, and podcasts. It will be sent
out every Friday afternoon. It will take less than
1 minute to sign up. The sign up just requires your name
and email, nothing else.
10/17/08: Candlelight vigil for domestic
violence awareness, Tuesday, October 28, 7:30-8:30pm
at the The First Parish, Unitarian Universalist Church,
50 Cochituate Road, Wayland, at the corner of routes 20
and 27/126. Coffee and desserts to follow. October
is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The
candlelight remembrance will commemorate all those who
have lost their lives to domestic violence in
Massachusetts over the past year. Since January 2007,
Massachusetts has had 86 domestic violence victim
fatalities, the highest rate in 15 years. Holding
a vigil to remember its victims is more than merely a
symbolic action. With 228 active restraining orders in
Sudbury, Wayland and Lincoln combined, we urge residents
to get involved directly with the campaign against
domestic violence. We must keep our community focused on
a very real problem, and on the need to prevent it
throughout the year. Co-sponsored by The Network
for Women’s Lives Education & Outreach Council of the
Domestic Violence Services Network and the
Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable.
For more information contact Brenda Asis at 781-893-1206
or visit
www.networkforwomenslives.org or
www.domesticviolenceroundtable.org.
9/28/08: Informational Meeting Scheduled for The
Children's Way. The Children’s Way early
childhood program is having an “Open House” on Friday,
November 7, 2008, and Thursday, November 13, 2008,
8:45-10am. The event is for families interested in
enrolling for the 2009-10 or the 2010-2011 school year.
The Children’s Way is a fee-based program of the Wayland
Public Schools and is accredited by the National
Association for the Education of Young Children.
The event will give prospective Children’s Way families
a chance to meet TCW Director Cheryl Fertig, to learn
about the program, to ask questions, and to tour the
five classrooms. The open house/informational meeting is
geared for adults. The Children’s Way enrolls
children as young as age 2 (two by August 31 of
enrollment year) and as old as five. The developmentally
appropriate curriculum provides opportunities for
discovery and growth and is tailored to the individual
needs and learning styles of the children. Through a
wide variety of multisensory play and planned
activities, children develop skills, express their
creativity, and gain confidence to make choices and
interact with their peers. A minimum of four
skilled and experienced teachers make up each classroom
teach (maximum teacher/child ratio is 1:5). The teachers
create a happy, safe and nurturing classroom community
that fosters a sense of self and emphasizes cooperation,
caring and respect among the group. Teachers employ a
variety of teaching strategies in order to build on a
child’s strengths and successes and to support that
child’s growth across all domains. Parent involvement is
welcomed and appreciated at The Children’s Way and
parents work in partnership wit the classroom teachers.
The Children’s Way is located in the Wayland Town
building at 41 Cochituate Road. The informational
meeting will be held in the Board of Selectmen’s Hearing
Room, locate don the first floor opposite the Building
Department. For more information or for an enrollment
application, feel free to call (508) 358-7072 or see the
website at:
www.wayland.k12.ma.us/district/district_info/tcw.htm.
9/28/08: Rep. Conroy Announces District
Office Hours. Representative Thomas Conroy is
pleased to announce his local office hours for the month
of October in Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland. No
appointments are necessary and meetings are held on a
first come, first served basis. Office hours and
locations for Thursday, October 16th are as follows:
Country Pizza, 161 Lincoln Road, Lincoln, 6-6:30pm;
Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Rd., Sudbury,7-7:30pm in the
small meeting room, 2nd floor; Starbucks, 44 Main
Street, Wayland, 8-8:30pm. Tom or his legislative
aide, Jenny Nathans, can also be reached at
Rep.ThomasConroy@hou.state.ma.us or 617-722-2460.
9/18/08: Beacon Village Concept
presentation. A group of people in Wayland
have shown interest in looking into forming an
organization, similar to the Beacon Village Concept, to
allow them to stay in their homes longer rather than
other available options. A survey was circulated this
past spring asking what people thought their needs and
interests would be in forming this kind of an
organization. A committee has been working this
summer to compile results and they are ready to present
them at a meeting to be held Tuesday, October 14 at 2:00
PM in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room. Nearly 100
people/households participated, with 99% being from
Wayland. People in their fifties to people over 80 years
old responded. Almost all respondents were interested in
staying in their own home. A third of the respondents
indicated interest in being active or serving on a
Taskforce to make this happen. More details will be
provided at the October 14 meeting. The discussion
will center around the critical issues necessary to
making this happen and what the next steps will be. For
more information, contact Jan H. Dunn,
dunnonthepond@comcast.net or 508-655-9149.
9/3/08: Heated Lions runs year-round recreational
opportunities for kids with special needs in MetroWest.
Two years ago, Heated Lions Enterprises, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit that provides recreational opportunities for
kids with special needs in the MetroWest area, was
created. Their website is
www.heatedlions.org.
They are hosting school year-round sports in the fall,
winter and spring for kids ages (approximately) 8-22.
Their schedule is: Soccer: Sundays, 1:00-2:15,
Rivers School in Weston. Practices start on 9/7 and
continue through November 16. They will scrimmage with
other teams, but not compete at Special Olympics this
year. Fee: $30. Basketball and cheerleading,
1:00-2:15, Rivers School in Weston. Practices
start 11/30 and run through mid-March. They will compete
at Special Olympics Winter Games and at the Newton Park
and Recreation Tournament (both in March). Fee to be
determined (approximately $70 to cover Special Olympic
fees). They welcome both boys and girls to
basketball AND cheerleading! Track and
Field, to be determined in the spring. This is a
great way for kids to socialize, learn a skill -- and
for the parents to connect! For more
information, contact Rebecca Lynch at 508/358-1096 or at
peachymama@verizon.net.
8/22/08: AAU Warriors plan tryouts.
The Boston Warriors AAU Boys Basketball Club would
like to announce the dates for its fall AAU boys
basketball tryouts. Tryouts will tentatively take
place Sunday, August 31 and Sunday, September 7 at
Waltham High School. Tentative tryout times are
U-12 (6th grade), and U-13 (7th grade), 5pm; U-14 (8th
grade) an U-15 (9th grade), 6:15pm, U-16 (10th grade)
and U-17 (11th and 12th grade), 7:30pm. To
preregister or for more information on the exact times
and locations of the tryouts and/or directions to the
tryouts locations, please visit the
Boston
Warriors website, email
asfig@comcast.net
or call 978-460-2122.
8/22/08: Wayland High Class of '68 Reunion.
Wayland High School's Class of 1968 is holding its
40-year Reunion on September 6. Please contact
Dennis Morgan at 508-545-2501 or Valerie (Ferreira)
Kesler at 970-328-1111 for more information.
8/14/08: Parmenter’s Wayside Hospice
Bereavement Support Group Announced. Parmenter
Visiting Nurse Services’ Wayside Hospice program
announces an additional session of the 2008 Bereavement
Support Group series. This free program is for anyone
who has experienced a loss. These group will meet at the
Parmenter/Wayside Hospice administrative building
located at 266 Cochituate Road (RT 27) in Wayland. The
group will meet on Thursdays from 7-8:30pm. The new
session will run October 9th through November 13th,
2008. Please call Parmenter at 508-358-3000 for further
information.
8/14/08: Home Alone Safety and Babysitting
Classes at Parmenter. A home alone/home safety
class for children ages 9-11 will be held Tuesday,
August 26, 4:30-7:30 at Parmenter Community Health
Auditorium. Topics will include basic first aid,
accident prevention, telephone protocol and safety
measures, and they will be reinforced by presentations
from the police and fire departments. Fee is $35
and includes a snack. A Babysitting Basics class
will be held Thursday, August 21, 5-8pm at Parmenter.
Learn important skills such as diapering, first aid,
mealtime/bedtime rituals, contracts and ethics, and
safety awareness. Space for both classes is
limited; pre-registration is required. Call
508-358-3000x239 to register for the home alone class,
x235 for the Babysitting Basics class. For more
information on the full range of home health and hospice
care services offered by Parmenter Community Health,
call 508-358-3000 or go to
www.parmenter.org.
8/14/08: Register for the State Primary.
The deadline to register for the state primary,
which will be held on September 16, is August 27.
The Town Clerk's hours are Monday 8:30am-7pm,
Tuesday-Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm and Friday
8:30am-12:30pm.
8/12/08: Zoodoption! Participants in the
Library's Summer Reading Program can vote for a favorite
animal between Monday, August 25, and Friday, September
5. Go to the
Library website to find out more! The animal with
the most votes will be adopted from Zoo New England by
the library. Adopting a zoo animal helps keep that
animal healthy and happy in its environment.
7/31/08: Auditions for the Vokes Players' "A
Man of No Importance" will be held Sunday
August 10, 6:30-9:30pm and Monday, August 11, 7-9:30pm.
Other times may be arranged. These auditions are
by appointment only. To schedule an appointment,
please call (508) 358-4034 (menu option "3"), and leave
a message with your name, number and preferred audition
date and time. You will get a call back with a
confirmation of the exact time. For complete details,
visit the
Vokes' website.
7/30/08: Fall '08 Toddler/Preschool
Openings. Looking for a preschool experience
for your child? Look no further... The JCC Early
Learning Center - Wayland has limited openings in our 2
and 3 year-old classrooms
starting in September. Morning program 9am-noon
with extended day options: 8-9am and noon to 1 or 2pm.
School year program, also offering summer and vacation
week programs. Toddlers must be 2 years old by
September 1. The program is NAEYC accredited.
Adventure playground and large gross-motor activity
room. Tuition includes membership to the
Leventhal-Sidman JCC in Newton. Program open to
all. Located at 141 Boston Post Road (Rt. 20) in
Temple Shir Tikva. For more information call Anne
at 508-358-5331 or check our website
wayland-elc@jccgb.org.
7/18/08: Fundraiser for Sara Orozco, Monday,
July 28, 7pm, home of Debra Weisenstein, 66 Woodridge
Rd. Refreshments, beer & wine, Special Guest
Speakers: Tom Conroy, State Representative for Lincoln,
Sudbury, and Wayland, Angus McQuilken, Planned
Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts.
On-street parking available. Suggested donations
of $25 $50 $100 or $250 gratefully appreciated.
RSVP by July 24th to 781-444-7944 or
rsvp@SaraOrozco.com.
Even if you cannot attend, you may make a donation at
www.SaraOrozco.com
or mail a check made out to the Committee to Elect Sara
Orozco to 5 Alfreton Road, Needham, MA 02494.
7/11/08: History book available. A
book about the history of Wayland entitled, "The Puritan
Village Evolves" by Helen Fitch Emery is available and
can be purchased at the Town Clerk's office for $25.
A great gift idea for Wayland fanatics!
7/11/08:
Brown office hours. State Sen. Scott Brown,
R-Wrentham, will be holding office hours on Tuesday,
July 22 at the Wayland Senior Center, 41 Cochituate
Road, from 2:15 to 3 p.m. Office hours provide
constituents an opportunity to stop in and voice any
concerns they may have to Sen. Brown or a member of his
staff. No appointment is necessary. If you have any
questions regarding office hours you can email
Sen. Brown’s
office or phone him at 617-722-1555.
7/11/08: Rep. Conroy Announces District
Office Hours. Representative Thomas Conroy is
pleased to announce his local office hours for the month
of July in Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland. No
appointments are necessary and meetings are held on a
first come, first served basis. Office hours and
locations for Monday, July 14th in Wayland are at the
Wayland Free Public Library, 5-5:30pm in the Raytheon
room. Tom or his legislative aide, Jenny Nathans,
can also be reached at
Rep.ThomasConroy@hou.state.ma.us or 617-722-2460.
7/11/08: Important
reminder to landscapers in Wayland. Police
Chief Robert Irving reminds landscapers working in
Wayland of Wayland Bylaw 139-4, Obstructing Free
Passage. In past years, vehicles used by
landscapers have been parked on the sides of narrow
roads causing a safety hazard for motorists, pedestrians
and the landscapers themselves. It is a violation of the
town bylaw for vehicles to be parked in such a manner as
to obstruct the free passage of vehicles or pedestrians.
Landscaper vehicles should be parked in the driveways of
the residence where they are working or in an area that
does not obstruct vehicles or pedestrians. At no time
should a vehicle be parked on a sidewalk or in the
travel lane of a through roadway. Police officers will
be enforcing the bylaw, which carries a $300 fine.
Specific streets that have been known to have a chronic
problem with landscaping vehicles blocking lanes include
Pelham Island Road, Glezen Lane, Plain Road, Bow Road,
Claypit Hill Road and East and West Plain streets.
All roads in town will be monitored for violations of
the bylaw. It is also a parking violation for any
vehicle to be parked on the grass of the historic site
of the "Training Field," located at the intersection of
Glezen Lane and Training Field Road. Landscapers are
also reminded not to blow leaves or other debris into
the roadway and that grass clippings and other debris
removed from a residence must be disposed of properly.
Leaves and grass clippings cannot be deposited at local
cemeteries without permission.
7/8/08: Would you like to host an
international student this fall?
There are five high
school students, all boys, from five different countries
who need family placements for this coming year in the
United States. The metrowest district of AFS
(American Field Service) needs to find homes for two of
them. Take a moment to
preview their short bios and photos. Please think
about friends or colleagues that that you feel might
consider hosting and take the time to contact them OR
pass on their information to us and we will contact them
and ask if they would like to host this fall.
These students will be arriving August 13-16 and will be
staying for the academic year. At the very least, these
students all need welcome families until permanent host
families can be identified. Welcome families can be in
place for varying times ranging from a couple of days to
a couple of weeks. AFS needs to find welcome
families for these five boys by mid-July; paperwork on
potential host families has to be underway by the end of
July. Please help us do all that you can to find
wonderful families to host these kids. Feel free to ask
Wayland residents Molly Faulkner, Beth Butler or Ann
Gordon about their recent experiences with AFS; they can
connect you to other residents who have either hosted or
who've been AFS exchange students themselves.
Contact: Molly Faulkner at 508-358-7741,
farringtonfamily@comcast.net or Jennifer Freeman at
508-405-4259 or
jennifer.freeman@afsmassbay.org.
7/3/08: Take the library's survey.
The library recently received a grant through the
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to plan and
implement new programs and services to address the
interests and needs of Wayland’s "baby boomer" community
(currently age 45-65). In order to identify
the needs of active adult users, the library has created
a survey. So, if you are over 45, please fill out the
online survey. There will be print copies in the
library itself, too, if you prefer paper. (Actually, you
are welcome to fill it out even if you are younger than
45 or older than 65 because the library can use feedback
from all age groups in planning programs!)
7/3/08: Grocery Shopping Bus, Monday, July
21. Hannaford in Waltham. The Grocery
Shopping Bus continues to be a FREE service. For
reservations, call the COA office (NOT JFK) for this
outing. Shoppers will be picked up at their homes in
time for a 10am drop off at the grocery store. Shoppers
will have 1 ¼ hours to shop. The van will return to the
store to pick up shoppers with their groceries at
11:15am. Shoppers will be home no later than 12:15pm.
Seats are limited so make your reservations early, COA
office: 508-358-2990.
7/3/08: Free Blood Pressure Clinics. The
Wayland Board Of Health provides free blood pressure
clinics on the 3rd Tuesday of the month (July 15th this
month) from 10:45-11:15am in the Senior Center. Anyone
needing a blood pressure measurement who is unable to
make it to the clinics may call the Board Of Health’s
Ruth Mori for an appointment (508-358-3617).
7/3/08: Among activities run by the Council
on Aging are:
- TAI CHI ($5/class), Wed. 10:30-11:30am in the Town
Building Hearing Room. All levels welcome. Start
anytime. (Class is open to non-seniors on a
space available basis).
- Better Balance. The Summer Session of Better
Balance starts Monday, July 28 at 9:30am in the
Wayland Senior Center. This is a 3 weeks session only.
Classes are 60 minutes in length. Class fee is $19 for
the 3 week session. Pre-registration is required no
less than one week before the session starts.
- Mah Jongg Club. Mahjong moves to Tuesdays at
1pm for the summer. If you are interested in Mah Jongg
but have never played, we have “veteran” players who
have offered to instruct our novice players. We would
appreciate players bringing their set to share with
members at their table as we do not own sufficient Mah
Jongg sets to accommodate all.
- Genealogy Group will meet on the 2nd and 4th
Mondays, at 1pm in the senior Center. This is a
gathering of people who share a common interest. New
participants are always welcome.
For complete details, visit the
COA
website.
7/3/08: Wayland/Weston Community Blood
Drive, Monday, July 14. St. Ann's Parish, 127
Cochituate Rd., Wayland, 12-6pm. Enter a drawing
to win Red Sox tickets as Blood Donor of the Game.
Please call 1-800-448-3543 for an appointment to donate.
Please bring a valid ID and drink plenty of fluids
before donating. All blood types needed.
Blood type "O" is in great need. To donate blood,
you must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110
pounds, and be in good general health.
7/3/08: Free Community Education Series.
Savor the summer and nourish the soul while learning to
relax with Tai Chi Doo Yin (dowyin). Tai Chi Doo
Yin is a low-impact moving meditation for the novice.
This series will be led by Suzanne Reitz, RN of
Parmenter. Suzanne is certified in Holistic
Nursing and Healing Touch. The initial session
will be July 8, from 10-11:30am, and will introduce
Meridians, Mindfulness, Relaxation Response. The
class will experience warm-ups, Doo Yin and imaging.
The final two sessions are July 15 and July 22.
The potential benefits of Tai Chi Doo Yin are postural
stability, balance, stress reduction, and pain
reduction. The location is the Dora Eftham Healing
Garden, 10 Green Way. This program is for adults
only. Please RSVP to 508-358-3000.
6/27/08: Book Group Contacts: Do you
belong to a book group? If so, the library would like to
have a contact name for your book group. The library is
planning some new literary programming next year,
including a “community reads” event in which everyone in
town reads the same book. They would love to be able to
inform your book group about the selection as soon as it
is confirmed so that you can put it on next year’s
reading list. Please email contact information to Ann
Knight at
wayland@waylandlibrary.org or call 508-358-2311.
6/27/08: Host an International Student.
There is an opportunity for a Wayland family to
share their home and their lives with an international
student. International Experience-USA is seeking a
host family in an effort to bring an overseas student to
Wayland High School for the 2008-09 school year.
The students in the program are 11th graders, boys and
girls, from a wide range of countries. You can
share your home, your heart, and your America and at the
same time learn about another culture. If you are
interested, email Phil
Murray or call 781-449-2309. If you would like
to learn more about the program, visit
www.ie-usa.com
6/26/08: Library Focus Groups: The
library recently received a grant through the
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners to plan and
implement new programs and services to address the
interests and needs of Wayland’s adult community. One of
the grant requirements is that we get feedback from
active, older adults in our town. Please go to
www.waylandlibrary.org to fill out our survey.
Also, if you are in your 50’s or 60’s and are willing to
participate in a focus group, please contact Library
Director Ann Knight at
aknight@minlib.net
or 508-358-2311. Help make the library even better!
The library needs your participation.
6/26/08: Library Hours: The library
summer weekend hours begin on Saturday, June 28. During
the summer the library will be open on Saturdays from
10am to 1pm and closed on Sundays. Weekday hours remain
the same as the rest of the year. Also, due to the
holiday, the library will be closed from 6pm on July 3
through July 6. Note: even though the library's
tile roof is being replaced, the library is still open
for all our regular hours, both upstairs and down, and
waiting to serve you. The library expects the roofing
work to be done by the end of July. Come on in and
pick up some books for the beach or some DVDs to enjoy
on lazy summer evenings.
6/26/08: Summer Reading Program: “Wild
Reads,” our animal-themed reading program, encourages
children to read during the summer months. To learn
more, register for the program, and see our events
calendar, visit
www.waylandlibrary.org.
6/26/08: Passport to Adventure Book Club:
This club (for children ages 9 and 10) will feature
reading, writing, and fun activities with local author
Helen Kampion. We will meet on the following Tuesday
mornings: July 8, 22, and August 5 from 10am-12pm. Sign
up at the library between 6/17-7/1.
6/26/08: TV series DVDs: They are in
order at last. Actually, they always were in order—the
order in which we bought them! Not a lot of help to you,
the patron, when you wanted to find, say, all seasons of
Foyle’s War. Well, now it’s a lot easier. We’ve kept the
series DVDs in the same location—right after the
non-fiction films and continuing into the corner by the
stairs—but we’ve put them in alphabetical and numeric
order. So, you’ll find every season of Foyle’s War
together, first to fourth, right after The Forsyte Saga
and just before Freaks and Geeks. Just look for the
lavender label on the spine.
6/26/08: Reminder about new booster seat
law.
New Booster Seat law goes into effect on July 10, 2008.
Until age 8, all children under 57" are required to be
in a booster seat.
6/26/08: Looking for some great hikes this
summer? Visit some of SVT’s Top 20
Reservations.
Trail maps are available online.
6/21/08: Rep. Conroy Announces District
Office Hours. Representative Thomas Conroy is
pleased to announce his local office hours for the month
of July in Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland. No
appointments are necessary and meetings are held on a
first come, first served basis. Office hours and
locations for Monday, July 14th in Wayland are at the
Wayland Free Public Library, 5-5:30pm in the Raytheon
room. Tom or his legislative aide, Jenny Nathans,
can also be reached at
Rep.ThomasConroy@hou.state.ma.us or 617-722-2460.
6/18/08: Sue Pope to meet with local
residents over coffee. Susan Pope, Republican
candidate for state representative in the 13th Middlesex
District, is inviting residents of Wayland, Lincoln and
Sudbury to sit down with her for a cup of coffee and a
conversation about the issues that are most important to
them. “One of my favorite things about public
service is the opportunity to talk one-on-one with
people throughout the community,” Pope said. “Seniors,
parents of school-age children and young people face
very different issues in their daily lives, and they all
offer a great perspective on what our towns really need.
I look forward to hearing what they have to say.”
Pope's Wayland “meet and greet” days this summer will be
June 26 at Starbucks, 5-6pm, July 9 at Caraways, 3-4pm,
and August 7 at Starbucks, 7:30-8:30am. If
residents are unable to attend one of the meetings, Pope
is inviting them to call her at (508) 358-2462. In
addition, look for Sue in your neighborhood this summer
as she goes door-to-door. Pope, a 38-year Wayland
resident, served as state representative for the 13th
Middlesex District from 1997 to 2007. She is currently a
member of the Wayland Finance Committee, and served on
the town’s Board of Selectman and School Committee for a
combined 18 years.
6/15/08: Friends’ Award Goes to Ben
Boegehold: Congratulations to Ben Boegehold, this
year's winner of the Friends of the Wayland Public
Library Award. The Friends present this award annually
to a graduating Wayland High School senior who has
demonstrated intellectual curiosity and a love of
literature and reading throughout his or her high school
career. The recipient was chosen by the High School
English Department and the award was presented during
the Senior Awards Ceremony in June. The Friends wish Ben
much success in his future endeavors.
6/15/08: What's New at the Library?
A lot, that’s what! We’re adding things to the
collection every day. To find out what they are, just go
to our home page, put your cursor on “Reader’s Corner,”
and click on “New Items.” From there, you’ll find lists
of everything we put in the library in the previous
month—every book, recorded book, DVD, and CD. Click on
the item’s title and go right to the catalog page, where
you can put it on hold by using the “Request” button.
Everything new, right there for you.
5/28/08: Summer Musical Theater:
"Hollywood Then and Now". Take a trip with us
to the beginning of Hollywood up until today. This is an
original production created by our director, Jim Mullane,
with skits and musical numbers that give each student a
chance to shine. This production has individual roles
and a company with lots of fun songs and dance numbers.
The old classics, “Give My Regards to Broadway,” Hurray
for Hollywood” and “Thanks for the Memory” combine with
newer classics “Last Dance,” “Fame,” and “My Heart Will
Go On” to make for a memorable performance to be enjoyed
by family and friends the final evening of the program.
No experience necessary. (min and max of 18
students) Wiith Jim Mullane & staff (choreographer,
music director, stage manager) at Wayland Middle School
Theater. Fee: $440 Ages: 9-14. Time: 9am-3pm, June
30 - July 18 (no class on 7/4) OR July 21—August 8.
Call JoAnn at Park & Rec at 358-3664 to register.
5/27/08: Public Safety Trading Cards Contest
from the Wayland Police Department. Trading
cards of Wayland Police Officers and Public Safety
Dispatchers are available for distribution to members of
the public. There will be a contest with prizes
awarded, open to all elementary school students.
The contest has been extended to run until November 19.
All Wayland elementary school students (K-5th grade,
excluding immediate family members of Wayland Public
Safety Personnel) are eligible. Upon collecting
all 27 trading cards, students may bring their cards to
the Wayland Public Safety Building for verification,
Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm. After these hours,
Detective Chris Cohen may be contacted at 508-358-1723
to set up an appointment for verification of the cards.
Once the cards are verified, the student will be entered
into a raffle. Grand prize is a Nintendo Wii.
2nd price: $100.00 Toys ‘R’ Us gift card.
3rd Prize: $50.00 Toy ‘R’ Us gift card.
Multiple runner-up prizes. Complete details are
available online.
5/27/08: FireWatch 2008 Poster/Calendar
Contest. Wayland elementary school students,
use your art to illustrate the dangers of fire and the
importance of fire safety. Enter the third annual
FireWatch Poster Contest, sponsored by the Wayland Fire
Department’s S.A.F.E. (Student Awareness of Fire
Education) program, to help promote fire safety in our
town. To enter the competition, Wayland elementary
students are asked to first plan and practice a home
fire escape drill in their house and then create an
original poster that relates to FireWatch themes for
their grade. The themes by grade are: Grades K – 2: Show
how something hot can start a fire. Grades 3 – 5:
Show how to protect yourself against fire using fire
safety. Directions on how to plan and practice a
home fire escape drill are
included online.
All applicants will need to draw their fire escape plan
on the handout and return their completed plan with the
fire safety poster. Posters should be 8 ½ by 11 inches
in size, and positioned horizontally (landscape graphic)
on white paper. Please use markers, crayons or colored
pencils only. Entrants should print their name,
address, phone number, grade, and school on the back of
the escape plan handout and the fire safety art poster.
Students may give the entry to their teacher to submit,
or they can drop them off at one of the Wayland Fire
Stations or mail to: Wayland Fire Department, Attn:
FireWatch Poster Contest, 38 Cochituate Rd., Wayland, MA
01778. The deadline for submissions is June 27,
2008. Each poster will be judged on its
originality, artistic value and how well it relates to
the fire safety theme. Six winning entries will be
selected from each grade category, and one overall
winner will make the cover of the calendar. The 13
winners will each receive a fire safety gift bag filled
with fire safety items for their home, as well as, a
fire safety award; and their art will appear in the Fire
Watch calendar. Winners will also receive recognition by
the Wayland Fire Department on it’s website; and will be
invited to attend an award ceremony at the Wayland Fire
Department’s, Fire Prevention Week, Open House in
October, 2008. We wish all contestants the best of luck,
and hope that you will make fire safety a part of your
every day life.
5/24/08: Library Roof Work Update:
The library is hoping to be able to resume full service
on both floors of the library in the second week of
June, marking the end of the structural reinforcement of
the attic. The roof will be re-tiled in June and early
July. The library truly appreciates the patience of its
users.
5/24/08: Summer Reading Program: “Wild
Reads,” the statewide animal-themed reading program,
encourages children to read during the summer months.
Research studies have shown that students who do not
practice reading skills during the summer actually lose
reading abilities they worked so hard to acquire during
the school year. Students who don’t read over the summer
are less prepared for school success in the fall. We
hope our summer program will have kids thundering for
great books as well as the fun activities and special
events the library has scheduled just for them. Readers
will also have three opportunities to vote for an animal
that the library will sponsor from Zoo New England. The
library has a summer reading program just for
teens—“X-Pect the Un-X-Pected.” Participants of all ages
can track their progress online and post book reviews to
our website. To learn more, register for the program,
and see the library events calendar, visit
www.waylandlibrary.org.
5/24/08:
Rep. Conroy Announces District Office Hours.
Representative Thomas Conroy is pleased to announce his
local office hours for the month of June in Lincoln,
Sudbury, and Wayland. No appointments are necessary and
meetings are held on a first come, first served basis.
Office hours in Wayland for Monday, June 16th are
5-5:30pm at Starbucks, 44 Main Street. Tom or his
legislative aide, Jenny Nathans, can also be reached at
Rep.ThomasConroy@hou.state.ma.us or 617-722-2460.
5/23/08:
The Wayland Business Association (WBA) is accepting new
members for the 2008-2009 fiscal year that begins
July 1, 2008. Anyone interested in the business and
civic environment in Wayland is invited and encouraged
to join. At 94 members and growing, the WBA has improved
in a number of ways this year -- an expanded and
informative website, online and printed directory
listings, and new interesting activities. Benefits
include networking opportunities at five dinner meetings
and other special events during the year; increased
business visibility; listings in the online and print
directories; and information about town matters
affecting local business. Most importantly, the WBA
helps support Wayland community organizations with a
portion of the dues and the proceeds from its annual
fundraisers. For further information on the WBA
and how to join, please visit
www.waylandbusinessassociation.org or call (508)
358-7735.
5/23/08:
Mah Jongg Club. 2nd and 4th Mondays, 1pm.
After a large turnout for the COA's initial Mah Jongg
gathering, they have scheduled two additional Mah Jongg
sessions at the Wayland Senior Center, June 9th and June
23rd. The COA does not have sufficient Mah Jongg games
for the entire group. If anyone has a Mah Jongg set to
donate or loan, please call the COA at 508 358 2990. In
the interim, it would be appreciated if players who have
a set, could bring it on Mah Jongg days to share at
their table.
5/23/08:
Genealogy Group. The Genealogy Group will meet
twice in June at the senior Center. This group will meet
June 2 and June 16 at 1:00pm in the senior Center. This
is a gathering of people who share a common interest.
New participants are always welcome.
5/23/08: Need a handicapped parking permit?
Monday, June 16, 1pm Learn how to apply
for a disability placard. The Registry of Motor Vehicles
will join us Monday, June 16 at 1:00pm in the
Selectmen’s Room to present information on this program.
Learn more about the program (i.e. free meter parking)
and what documentation needs to be provided for the
application process.
5/23/08: Free blood pressure clinics.
The Wayland Board Of Health provides free blood pressure
clinics on the 3rd Tuesday of the month from
10:45-11:15am in the Senior Center.
5/23/08:
Governor’s Statewide Youth Council Seeks Applicants.
The Governor’s Office of Community Affairs announced
this week that it is seeking applicants for the
Governor’s Statewide Youth Council. The goal of the
Council is to encourage the Commonwealth’s young people
to become involved in their communities and to
participate in planning and problem solving by taking on
leadership roles. The Youth Council will focus on
issues important to youth as well as the Governor’s
priorities of education, economic development and civic
engagement. The Youth Council will act as an advisory
body to the Governor and his Administration. In
developing the concept for the Council, an extensive
outreach process has been utilized. Between January and
March of this year, four planning meetings were held in
Boston, Lowell, Worcester, and Springfield, with
approximately 80 young people attending each meeting.
Eighty-three community- and faith-based organizations
also participated in this process. The Statewide Youth
Council will be comprised of 28 young people ages 14 to
20 representing the 14 counties in the Commonwealth,
with two representatives per county. Participants will
come from various walks of life and will represent the
diversity of the Commonwealth. Each youth member,
together with his or her adult sponsor, will also be
responsible for organizing meetings in their local
communities to assess which issues should be brought to
the statewide council. These “local councils” will
provide more access opportunities for youth to become
involved beyond the 28 official representatives, and in
this manner will better serve all of the youth of
Massachusetts.
Selection of the council will be by application, which
is available at
www.mass.gov/governor/youthcouncil. Applications
are due by May 30, 2008. A selection committee will
review the applications and select the 28 members, who
will then be notified via mail. The Office of Community
Affairs is dedicated to ensuring that the Council serves
the Governor with its full potential. If you would like
to become involved, please contact the Office of
Community Affairs at 617-725-4020.
5/22/08:
Landfill schedule. The Wayland Landfill &
Recycling Center at 484 Boston Post Road will be closed
on Tuesday, May 27 for the Memorial Day holiday. The
facility will be open on Wednesday, May 28 and Thursday,
May 29 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Electronics Collection Day
will be Saturday, June 7. The next Household
Hazardous Waste Collection Day for certain hazardous
materials is Saturday, May 31 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Pre-registration is required by noon on Friday, May 30
in the Board of Health office. Forms are available at
Town Hall, landfill, library, Senior Center and on the
Board of Health Web site at
www.wayland.ma.us/boh.
5/22/08:
Demonstration garden at Middle School sign.
The Wayland Middle School PTO will be planting a
demonstration perennial garden around the Middle School
sign on Saturday, May 31 from 10am-12pm. The project
will focus on selecting and planting native species
which require less water, less fertilizer and less fuss
than more traditional landscape plantings such as
marigolds and chrysanthemums. Brian Brown of
Linnaean Farm will be leading a demonstration on plant
selection and proper planting techniques at 10 a.m. The
community is invited to attend the demonstration and to
help plant the garden following the demonstration.
Linnaean Farms will be donating the plants used in the
garden. For questions or more information contact
janetschwartz@comcast.net
5/16/08:
Parmenter and Weston Council on Aging sponsors "On Our
Own Terms" series. A three-part series on
death and dying, each session will begin with a video
from Bill Moyers' PBS series "On Our Own Terms", to be
followed by a roundtable discussion and Q&A period.
Sessions are scheduled for May 20 (Living with Dying),
May 27 (A Different Kind of Care) and June 10 (A Death
of One's Own). Each session will be held at the
Weston Public Library, 6-8:30pm. For more
information, call Parmenter at 508-358-3000.
5/15/08: Peace
Lutheran Church in Wayland will host our *Rejoicing
Spirits* worship service on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at
4pm. Rejoicing Spirits is a ministry which intentionally
reaches out to enrich the spiritual lives of people who
have developmental disabilities, along with their
families, friends, care providers, and other supportive
community members, by sharing God’s message of love
through a meaningful contemporary Christian worship
service and fellowship time. Individuals are free to be
themselves while actively participating as contributing
members of an inclusive faith community. The service
includes lots of music, joyous singing, prayer,
Scripture, and meaningful messages. We invite anyone who
is interested in worshiping God in a new, exciting, and
inclusive way to come and worship with us at this
service. For more information, contact the church at
508.358.7110 or email us at
peacelc@aol.com
5/14/08:
Parmenter’s Wayside Hospice Bereavement Support Groups
Announced. Parmenter Visiting Nurse Services’
Wayside Hospice program announces their 2008 Bereavement
Support Group series for anyone in the community who has
experienced a loss. These groups will meet at the
Parmenter’s administrative building located at 266
Cochituate Road (RT 27) in Wayland. The sessions will
meet on Thursdays from 7-8:30pm. The upcoming session
will begin on May 22nd and end on June 26th. The final
session will be October 9th through November 13th.
Please call Parmenter at 508-358-3000 for further
information.
5/11/08:
Suburban Coalition Annual Meeting, Wednesday, May
21, 2008, 7:30-9pm, Alcott School, Laurel Street,
Concord, MA. We will have our annual meeting and
discuss our accomplishments this year, plan strategy and
activities for the next few months and review
information gained from the the Legislative Breakfast.
Please plan to attend and participate in the
discussions. Please note the new location for this
meeting, the Alcott School in Concord. Directions can be
found at:
http://www.colonial.net/maps/directions_alcott.php.
Questions? Please contact
dorothypresser@suburbancoalition.org.
5/10/08:
Wayland Archaeology group is holding two sessions of a
"Field Workshop" this month on Saturdays, June 7,
14, 21 and 28; and Tuesday and Thursday, June 3 and 5,
10 and 12, 17 and 19 and 24 and 26, from 9 to 3.
There will be instruction on field techniques including
making field records and materials identification.
Prior experience is not required. For information,
email Paul Gardescu
or call him at 508-358-2669.
5/9/08:
Words that Cook!:
The entire "Words that Cook!" series, an award-winning
family literacy program, is currently being broadcast on
our local cable station on Mondays and Saturdays at 9
a.m. and 2:30 a.m., funded by the Friends of the
Library. The series celebrates the joy of reading, the
art of writing, the wonder of storytelling and the magic
of wordplay through a combination of interviews and live
action spiced up with animated fun. Designed for parents
and educators of children ages 0-12, each program
features professionals, experts, parents, and children
modeling and discussing enjoyable and practical
techniques for enriching literacy experiences. The goal
is to enable parents and educators to see the connection
between helping children reach their potential and the
necessity of creating opportunities for reading,
writing, and communicating together.
5/9/08:
Roof Work Update: We are hopeful
that work in the attic, which has required us to offer
modified service, will be completed in the early part of
June and that we can resume full service at that time.
5/7/08: Dudley Pond Chemical Treatment on
May 9. Friday, May 9th Dudley Pond in Wayland
will be chemically treated with the USEPA/MA registered
aquatic herbicide fluridone targeting the control of
Eurasian milfoil - a nuisance/invasive aquatic plant.
The pond will be closed to all water uses (including,
swimming, fishing and boating) until Saturday, May 10th.
The pond water should not be used for irrigation
purposes until further notice. This irrigation use
restriction is anticipated to last through until
sometime in September. Temporary signs that warn of the
applicable water use restrictions will be posted around
the pond shoreline in advance of treatment. The work is
being performed for the Town of Wayland - Surface Water
Quality Committee, by Aquatic Control Technology, Inc.,
of Sutton, Massachusetts, and pursuant to an Order of
Conditions permit from the Wayland Conservation
Commission and a License to Apply Chemicals permit from
MA DEP.
5/5/08: Memorial Day: The library will
be closed on Monday, May 26, for Memorial Day.
5/3/08:
Fire safety grant. State Sen. Scott Brown,
R-Wrentham, is pleased to announce the Wayland Fire
Department will receive a $3,850 grant through the
Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) program.
Funds were appropriated in the fiscal 2008 budget. The
mission of the S.A.F.E. program is to provide students
with the information to recognize the dangers of fire,
including the fire hazards that smoking-related
materials pose. The grants give local fire departments
the resources so that firefighters can provide fire and
life safety programs to students in grades K to 12.
"This funding will help toward educating students about
fire safety," said Sen. Brown. "The important lessons
that are taught through such programs could save lives."
4/24/08: Important
reminder to landscapers in Wayland. Police
Chief Robert Irving reminds landscapers working in
Wayland of Wayland Bylaw 139-4, Obstructing Free
Passage. In past years, vehicles used by
landscapers have been parked on the sides of narrow
roads causing a safety hazard for motorists, pedestrians
and the landscapers themselves. It is a violation of the
town bylaw for vehicles to be parked in such a manner as
to obstruct the free passage of vehicles or pedestrians.
Landscaper vehicles should be parked in the driveways of
the residence where they are working or in an area that
does not obstruct vehicles or pedestrians. At no time
should a vehicle be parked on a sidewalk or in the
travel lane of a through roadway. Police officers will
be enforcing the bylaw, which carries a $300 fine.
Specific streets that have been known to have a chronic
problem with landscaping vehicles blocking lanes include
Pelham Island Road, Glezen Lane, Plain Road, Bow Road,
Claypit Hill Road and East and West Plain streets.
All roads in town will be monitored for violations of
the bylaw. It is also a parking violation for any
vehicle to be parked on the grass of the historic site
of the "Training Field," located at the intersection of
Glezen Lane and Training Field Road. Landscapers are
also reminded not to blow leaves or other debris into
the roadway and that grass clippings and other debris
removed from a residence must be disposed of properly.
Leaves and grass clippings cannot be deposited at local
cemeteries without permission.
4/24/08:
Classes from Parmenter on Babysitting and being Home
Alone: "Babysitting Basics" will take place
Thursday, May 8 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Parmenter Community
Health, 266 Cochituate Road (Route 27), Wayland.
Learn important babysitting skills such as diapering,
first aid, mealtime and bedtime rituals, contracts and
ethics, and safety awareness. Fee is $35 (includes
snack). Space is limited; pre-registration required.
Call 508-358-3000, ext. 235, to register. A "Home
Alone" class for children ages 9 to 11 will take place
Wednesday, May 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Parmenter
Community Health Auditorium, 266 Cochituate Road (Route
27), Wayland. Children will learn important skills
to handle situations they might encounter when they are
home alone. Topics will include basic first aid,
accident prevention, telephone protocol and safety
measures, and will be reinforced by presentations from
the police and fire departments. Fee is $35
(includes snack). Space is limited; pre-registration
required. Call 508-358-3000, ext. 239, to register.
4/17/08:
Eat Your Books is
hiring. EatYourBooks.com is a new website
based in Wayland. We need part time help for data
entry so if you have some spare time and would like to
earn some money working from home, please contact us. We
will be paying by the amount of data entered, so the
faster you are, the more you will earn but the pay will
be in the range of $8-$12 per hour. If you are
interested contact Jane Kelly on 508-308-2066 or click
[INSERT LINK] for more details
4/17/08:
Moderator seeks applicants for Electronics
Communications Committee: In accord with the
vote of the Town under Article 27 of the Warrant for the
2008 Annual Town Meeting, I have been authorized to
appoint four members to the Electronic Communications
Committee. The Committee has been created to
recommend improvements to the Town’s ability to
communicate useful, accessible, and timely information
with its citizens via electronic media. The Committee
will examine the utility of the Town’s website,
contrasting it with the best features of websites in
other towns and is expected to post its minutes and
report on the Town website. All those who are qualified
and interested in serving on this Committee are invited
to contact me at my e-mail address,
pgossels@socialaw.com or by writing to me at 32
Hampshire Road, Wayland, MA 01778, on or before April
30, 2008. Please include a summary of your
qualifications with your application. -C. Peter R.
Gossels
4/11/08: Longfellow
Children's Center now enrolling for summer camp programs
for children ages 12 months to 14 years. Camp
Longfellow includes daily swim lessons for campers in
preschool and up, and tennis lessons at the new "Zip
Zone" for campers entering kindergarten and above. All
campers enjoy sports and games at the appropriate level,
as well as arts and crafts. For those with an
artistic inclination, The Longfellow Children’s Center
offers the Longfellow Arts Camp where children entering
kindergarten and up explore a wide variety of media,
including clay work with a wheel and kiln. Campers also
experience dance and dramatic play, and are offered a
free swim once a week. Release your child’s inner
artist! The center’s newest camp program, the
Learning Connection, offers children entering first
grade and older the opportunity to extend their learning
in a small-group settings in math, language arts,
reading and Spanish. Campers enjoy swim lessons every
morning, and may sign up for an afternoon program at
Camp Longfellow. All of the campers enjoy a
varied, nutritious lunch buffet and daily snacks. You
supply the children, and we do the rest! Extended hours
are available from 7:30am until 6pm daily. Call for more
information at 508-358-0710.
3/20/08:
Pegasus Adds New Activities for
Grades 3-6. Fifteen summers after its
inception, the Pegasus Summer Program continues to
attract more than 200 children to its wide array of
enrichment and recreational activities, which evolve
each year in response to the young participants’
interests. Children entering Grades 3 through 6 can
participate in two newly designed specialty areas this
summer: “Incredible Adventures” and “Construction Crew.”
“For the past few years, we’ve offered four specialty
areas for school age children,” explains Program
Director Christine Robinson, noting that children choose
from Performing Arts, Science, Fine Arts, and WPKN
(Media). In the past, Media was the only activity
specifically geared for Grades 3–6 children. Activities
in the new programs are designed to appeal to the large
number of children interested in the inventive, hands-on
aspects of the Science area’s many choices and to
provide challenging physical activities. In Session I,
which runs from June 30th to July 18th, the new
specialty area will be called “Incredible Adventures.”
Each week on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, children
will enjoy a different theme. To start, they will learn
magic tricks from a professional and enjoy a
program-wide magic show. In the second week, they will
develop mapmaking and orienteering skills to use in a
culminating activity, an “Ultimate Treasure Hunt.” The
final week will be devoted to challenging outdoor
activities, from hiking and swimming at Walden Pond to
canoeing on the Charles River, and investigating all
kinds of insects in a Drumlin Farm workshop. During
Session 2 (July 21 – August 8), children will have a
chance to join a “Construction Crew,” where they will
work on both individual and group projects. The first
week, they will use a variety of materials to build
outdoor structures. A second activity will involve
designing a model city or town. Individual projects will
feature whatever elements the child deems important for
a model town: ski areas, recreation centers,
playgrounds, swimming pools, or parks. In the final
week, the “Crew” will be sanding, sawing, hammering, and
painting as they make gumball machines and flat
scooters. Pegasus enrollment is still open and
registration forms are available in school offices, by
calling 508-358-3781, or online from
www.waylandenews.com, or
www.wayland.k12.ma.us/district/district_info/ws_community_prog/Pegasus.htm.
3/20/08:
Wayland High School History Project team needs
your help. The Wayland High School History Project
team needs your help! For the seventh year running, a
crew of U.S. history students will be working with area
citizens to create the fourth volume of our local oral
history archive. To date we have investigated how the
World War II years, the 1950s and the Vietnam era played
out in residents’ lives. We now hope to turn the clocks
back to the 1930s and tap into the fading memories of
the all-too-rapidly disappearing men and women who
recall what "hard times" were like in their youth
(Wayland residents or otherwise). Past efforts have
proven this is not only a meaningful way for young
people to learn about our past, but it’s also very
enjoyable for interviewers and interviewees alike. If
you or anyone you know may consider sitting down with
three students to recount the distant memories and
stories from yesteryear, contact Kevin Delaney at
508-358-3726 or
email To
get a better idea of our work, check our archives at
www.whshistoryproject.org.
3/20/08:
Wayland Democratic Town Committee elects
officers for new terms. The Wayland Democratic Town
Committee elected officers at a meeting at the Wayland
Public Safety Building on March 9. Jon Saxton was
elected to chair the committee for a two-year term,
while Michael Tichnor was elected as vice-chair. Michael
Bate was elected as secretary and Irene Chang was
elected to the position of treasurer. Cathleen Ashton
was selected as the affirmative action and outreach
officer. Sandy Coy was elected to the executive
committee. Twenty-six members were elected on the ballot
on Feb. 5, along with almost a dozen life members who
constitute the Wayland Democratic Town Committee. "I’m
honored to be reelected as chair," said Saxton. "This is
going to be a critical year for our community, our state
and our nation and our committee is poised to make a
difference at every level." The committee works to elect
Democratic candidates, sponsor forums and bring speakers
to town. It sponsors a monthly breakfast on the third
Friday of the month, open to all, from 7-9am at Mel’s
Restaurant on Route 30. The Wayland Democratic Town
Committee is the local unit of the Democratic Party. For
more information on the committee, or to be added to
their mailing list, visit
the Wayland
Democratic Town Committee website or send an
e-mail or contact
Jon Saxton at 508-650-1497.
3/20/08:
State funding for Nike Site project. The
state’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) has awarded
$800,000 to the Nike Site project. Headed by Oxbow
Partners, the project proposes to build 16 affordable
housing units. Wayland acquired 13.5 acres from the
federal government’s General Services Administration and
the National Parks Department. The community’s plan for
the site includes affordable housing on 2.75 acres, 10
acres of passive community open space, and the creation
of wheelchair accessible trails that connect to the open
space as well as to the nearby Bay Circuit Trail. This
housing will be comprised of 11 units at or below 80
percent area median income and five units at or below
100 percent area median income. The condominiums will
consists of nine two-bedroom units, including one
adaptable unit, and two three-bedroom units restricted
to households with incomes at or below 80 percent of
area median income. The 100 percent units will consist
of two two-bedroom units and three three-bedroom units.
"I am pleased that the AHTF upheld its commitment to
providing essential funds which will be used toward
quality affordable housing," said Sen. Scott Brown,
R-Wrentham.
3/20/08:
Summer internship in Sen. Brown’s office.
State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, is now accepting
applications for summer 2008 internships in his State
House office. Only college students and recent high
school graduates will be considered. Decisions will be
made on numerous factors, but the highest priority will
be given to candidates from the senator’s district.
Interns will gain experience in areas including
legislative research, constituent services and
communications. During the summer the Legislature hosts
a lecture series for interns. Intern tasks will vary,
but may include attending legislative briefings on
issues affecting the district, researching pending
legislation, drafting correspondence, and monitoring
news. Flexible scheduling is available. Please forward
resumes to the Office of State Sen. Scott Brown at the
State House, Room 520, Boston MA 02133, or contact
Maria Vurmo
at 617-722-1555.
3/20/08:
Brown receives award from Metco program.
State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, recently welcomed
over 200 students, representing the 31 participating
Metco (Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity)
communities at the State House as part of Metco Day.
These young advocates asked legislators to match the
$1.5 million increase recommended for the Metco program
by Gov. Deval Patrick in the fiscal 2009 state budget.
During the ceremony, the Metco program recognized Sen.
Brown with an award for his work in the Senate to
further the success of the program. "It is a great honor
to receive this recognition from the Metco program,"
said Brown. "I have heard many success stories because
it’s a program that benefits both the participating
students and the students of the host communities." The
Metco program is grant funded by the state. For 41
years, it has integrated classrooms throughout
metropolitan Boston and Springfield. The program brings
over 3,000 students to the classrooms of 190 schools
located in 37 participating Boston and Springfield area
communities. It is a voluntary program where students in
urban communities attend public schools in suburban
communities that have agreed to participate. Five of the
towns in Sen. Brown’s district partake in the Metco
program. The intent, according to the Massachusetts
Department of Education, is "to expand educational
opportunities and reduce racial imbalance." Sen. Brown
is the ranking Republican member of the Education
Committee and Higher Education Committee and a co-chair
of the Legislature’s Metco Caucus.
3/14/08:
Wayland Women's Over 30 team looking for a few players.
Did you play soccer in high school or college? Have
you been playing indoors or on a coed team and want to
try playing outside with other women from your town? We
play spring and fall on Sunday mornings in the Suburban
Women's Soccer League. We are in the A division in this
league and play 10 games a season against teams from
Weston, Sudbury, Stowe, Acton Boxborough and Sutton. We
are looking for a few players to join our team. Contact
Jennifer Leichter at
f.leichter@comcast.net
if you are interested.
3/11/08:
Nominations now open for River Stewardship Award.
Do you know someone who is an outstanding advocate
for the Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers? Is there
an inspiring project, innovative strategy, or creative
program that demonstrates the importance of protecting
our watershed, or is dedicated to building an
environmental legacy for future generations? The
League of Women Voters and the Wild and Scenic River
Stewardship Council are pleased to announce the sixth
Annual River Stewardship Award program. The 2007 Steward
Award winner from Wayland was Dr. Brian Donahue,
Associate Professor of American Environmental Studies at
Brandeis. Dr. Donahue leads the annual River Fest
history paddle sponsored by Wayland. The purpose
of the award is to honor individuals or organizations
whose actions demonstrate innovative thinking, creative
solutions, extra effort, and brave positions that
promote, preserve, and protect the watershed.
Stewardship projects could involve educational efforts
such as water quality testing, recycling or clean up
projects, innovative strategies, tools or technologies,
and advocacy in opposing wasteful and polluting
horticultural practices or damaging development
practices. Eligible communities include, but are not
limited to, the shoreline towns of Framingham, Wayland,
Sudbury, Lincoln, Concord, Bedford, Carlisle, and
Billerica. Applications are due no later than April
25, 2008. Individuals as well as colleagues,
friends, or neighbors can submit nominations! We are
looking for environmental organizations,
community/youth/faith/school groups, businesses, local
government employees or teachers whose work will inspire
children, families, town, and school leaders.
Information and applications are available
online or by calling Betsy Sluder at 978 369-1851.
3/7/08:
Russian nested doll painting fun for families.
Traditional Russian artist and lecturer Marina Forbes
will offer a unique workshop on the rich Russian folk
tradition of Matryoshka (wooden nested doll) painting at
the Wayland Art Center, 153 Main St., on Saturday, March
8 from 1 to 4 pm. It is open to adults and families with
children age 6 and up. This is a great opportunity for
adults and families to work together and learn about
Russian crafts and culture. Participants will hear the
story of the Matryoshka doll and learn about her
traditional Russian dress and customs. Traditional
Russian painting techniques and floral and berry designs
will also be introduced. The goal is to produce a
finished piece of Russian folk art on wood. Students can
work on 7-piece, 5-piece, 3-piece or 1-piece Matryoshka
sets. Throughout the workshop, students will be
listening to traditional Russian music, and during a
brief break from the painting, there will be a
demonstration of a few steps from a traditional
Matryoshka dance. For more information or to
pre-register, call 508-358-3664 or e-mail
marina@anylanguage.org.
3/7/08:
TEC offering career exploration workshops. The
Education Cooperative (TEC) is partnering with select
businesses to offer a series of one-day career
exploration workshops for Wayland High School students.
This exciting program will give students an overview of
each business they visit, along with actual information
about what the varying careers in this business involve.
If you are thinking about a career in hotel management,
visit Marriott Copley Place on April 30; for finance,
visit the Federal Reserve Bank on March 11; for
bioresearch, visit Abbott Bioresearch Lab on April 16;
for medical, visit Brigham & Women’s Hospital (to be
announced, check our Web site). Any high school student
interested can participate. A bus will depart from a
centrally located high school at 8:30am and return by
2pm. Each workshop is limited to 40 students who
register on a first-come basis. Cost is $45. Each day
will culminate with lunch, speaker presentations, and a
chance for students to interact with professionals in
the workplace. To register, visit
the TEC website. Call 781-326-2473, ext. 121, or
e-mail with
questions.
3/7/08:
Fitness challenge. By the time they reach high
school, 63 percent of children are no longer physically
active. Fit children have fewer chronic health problems,
are better able to meet the demands of daily physical
activity, and have a stronger self-image and more
self-confidence. By making fitness a family affair and
establishing habits in elementary school, children may
be motivated to pursue exercise throughout their lives.
A fitness challenge will be introduced on Thursday,
March 13 at the Happy Hollow PTO meeting which will
include a healthy dinner at 6pm followed by a
presentation by Empowerment Fitness from 6:30 to 7:30pm
and open to all interested residents. This group has
combined physical activity with positive psychology in
Needham High School to help teens cope with stress and
pressure while moving in a non-competitive,
non-threatening manner (spinning bikes). They "aim to
build kids up to be their best selves from within,
rather than how they perceive they are being judged by
their peers." They offer classes with themes such as
"Strive for Greatness, Not Perfection" and "Challenging
Self-Limiting Beliefs." Children will track their
minutes of physical activity each day for one week in
intervals of 10 minutes. They will receive bonus points
for exercising as a family, trying a new activity,
eliminating television and video games for a day, and
walking or riding to school. Students will turn in their
sheets at the end of the challenge regardless of how
they did and be entered into a raffle to win prizes
donated by local businesses such as Planet Gymnastics.
3/7/08: The
Suburban Coalition Annual Legislative Breakfast will
be held on Monday, April 7 from 9:00-11:30 at the Great
Hall of the Statehouse. The topic of this year's
breakfast is "Planning for the Economic Future."
We are very pleased to welcome as speakers Secretary
Leslie Kerwin, Secretary of Administration and Finance,
and Michael Widmere , President of the Massachusetts
Taxpayers Foundation. Ms. Kerwin and Mr. Widmere will
address the financial outlook for the state's economy,
and what it means for local communities, from two
different perspectives. Speaker of the House Sal
Dimasi will also be speaking, providing insights on the
House budget deliberations and how that may affect local
communities. All members of the Legislature have
been invited to attend the event as well. This is a
wonderful opportunity to share viewpoints and concerns
with our state elected officials. We also
encourage our members to make an appointment to meet
with their individual legislators after Breakfast.
For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Dorothy
Presser at
dorothypresser@suburbancoalition.org.
3/7/08:
USTA teams at The Longfellow Club. The Longfellow
Club will be sponsoring numerous USTA Summer League
Teams. Longfellow opens all its USTA teams to the
public. If you have been looking for some great summer
team tennis and do not know where to go, we are the
place for you. Longfellow’s USTA teams have
consistently done well and often go on to the regional
and state level tournaments. Registration begins
mid-March and regular season matches run from early May
to late July. Practices are available for both the men’s
and women’s team. Longfellow plans to sponsor the
following level teams – Ladies 4.5, 4.0, 3.5 and 3.0;
Senior Ladies (50 and older) 3.5, Super Seniors Ladies
(60 and older) 3.0, and Men 3.5 and 3.0. USTA
membership and team registration required and must be
done on the USTA’s Web site. If you are interested in
playing on a team or for more information, contact Lorie
Gochenour, adult tennis program director, at
508-358-7355.
2/29/08:
Jamie Berger Promoted. Police Chief Robert
Irving is pleased to announce the assignment of Sgt.
Jamie Berger to the position of detective sergeant.
Sgt. Berger began his career with the Wayland Police
Department in June of 1998. Prior to that he had worked
as a seasonal police officer in Provincetown and was a
member of the Wayland Police Auxiliaries. He was
promoted to the rank of sergeant on Oct. 3, 2006.
Sgt. Berger graduated from Wayland High School in 1989
and received a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice
from Castleton College in 1993. He graduated from the
Eighth Norwood Police Academy in 1998. Sgt. Berger
has attended numerous schools and seminars during his
career. He is a member of the Wayland Police Honor
Guard, the Bicycle Patrol and is a certified field
training officer. In his new position, Detective
Sgt. Berger will be responsible for the overall
supervision of the Detective Division, Youth Services
and Community Services for the department.
2/29/08:
Winter activities for people with disabilities.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR)
Universal Access Program will offer ice skating,
cross-country skiing, kick sledding, and snowshoeing for
individuals with disabilities at the Leo J. Martin
Memorial Golf Course in Weston, from 11am to 3pm on
Sunday, March 2. In the event of no snow or ice,
hiking, nature walks and other activities will occur.
The Universal Access Program (UAP) provides recreational
accessibility to state and urban park facilities for
individuals with disabilities, their families and
friends. For people with disabilities, free use of
accessible equipment and staff assistance are available.
UAP strives to increase the participation among people
with disabilities in indoor and outdoor recreational
activities in integrated settings. In February and
March, UAP will offer ice skating, sit-skating,
cross-country skiing, sit cross-country skiing, snow
shoeing, kick sledding, snowmobiling, and other winter
activities at Massachusetts state parks. The
program also offers accessible cycling, boating, hiking,
bird watching, horseback riding, and letterboxing
programs in the summer and fall. Pre-registration
is required. Call Venture Into Well-Being at
413-527-8980. Ask about volunteer opportunities.
For more information on DCR’s Universal Access Program
and a schedule of activities, and to confirm program
status, call 617-626-1294 (voice) or 413-577-2200 (TTY)
or visit
www.mass.gov/dcr and click on "Universal Access
Program." The Universal Access Program is also
offering training opportunities for volunteers to assist
people with disabilities. This program will be offered
at the Leo J. Martin Golf Course in Weston on Sundays,
prior to UAP programs, through March 3 from 8:30 to
11am.
2/26/08:
Community Service Awards Nominations. Do you
know someone who deserves an award for their volunteer
and community service? Nominations for the 2008
Community Service Awards in Wayland are being accepted
until April 11th. The awards are sponsored by the
Wayland High School Community Service Leadership Program
and Wayland Youth and Family Services. These awards will
be given to high school students and adults in the
community who have unselfishly contributed to building
and strengthening their own and other communities by
carrying out a significant amount of unpaid service.
High school students are eligible if they have completed
40 or more hours of community service or shown
significant leadership or responsibility in performing
service during the time period from April 1, 2007 and
April 1, 2008. Students may be nominated or may submit
documentation of their service to receive this award.
Adults are eligible if they have contributed an
exceptional amount of service to the community. Service
may have been started at any time during residence or
employment in Wayland, but must be continuing into the
present. Adults must be nominated for this award. The
Community Service Awards ceremony will be held on April
29, 2008 at 7:00 pm at the Wayland High School Little
Theater. Everyone is welcome to attend. Forms and
more information on eligibility are available
online
here, and at the Wayland High School Guidance
office, the Wayland Public Library and the Office of
Youth and Family Services in the Town Building.
Questions can be addressed to Susan Troilo, Wayland High
School nurse at 508-358-3712 or Judy LeFevre-Levy at
508-650-0148.
2/26/08: First Parish in Wayland
Presents Dido and Æneas March 16 at 10am.
In lieu of
a normal Sunday Service, First Parish is presenting an
orchestra-accompanied staging of Henry Purcell's baroque
opera Dido and Æneas,
first performed in England in 1689. It will take place
on Palm Sunday, March 16, beginning promptly at 10 am,
and lasting an hour. This was the first English opera,
and features both regional and Wayland-based
professional and semiprofessional singers and musicians
led by music director Pauline Oliver and stage director
Jason McStoots, a well-known classical tenor. The title
roles of Dido and Æneas are played by Amy Meneely of
Wayland and John Whittlesley of Boston, with two
significant additional parts played by Carla Chrisfeld
(Belinda) and April Spencer (Sorceress). The church
choir will act as a Greek chorus. There is no charge for
the event. First Parish is located at the intersection
of Routes 27 and 20 in Wayland. Phone 508-358-9179.
2/25/08: Fifth
Annual Sudbury Valley Trustees Photo Contest.
Drop off at SVT headquarters from May 12 through June 6
(Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm only) Attention, all
you nature enthusiast photographers. You’ve probably
taken some great photographs in our 36-town region. Do
you think yours could be award winning? Bring up to
three of your nature photographs, taken within the
Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord River Basin to our
headquarters during the dates listed above. Winning
photographs will be selected in three categories
(people, rivers, and wildlife habitat), plus an overall
“Best In Show.” All winning photographs will be
displayed throughout Riverfest in the barn at Wolbach
Farm. More details on
SVT’s web
page starting April 15, 2008. Members: Entry fee is
$10 for the first photograph and $5 for additional
photographs, Non-Members: $10 per photo.
2/25/08:
Girls & Dolls Fashion Show & Tea. Sunday,
April 6, 1-2:30pm at Fairbank Community Center, Sudbury.
Fashions for girls (ages 5-9) and their dolls (American
Girl dolls and others). Sweets, tea, lemonade,
door prizes, party favors. Fashion show with
clothes by Rugged Bear and Multiplicity Doll Clothes,
all available for purchase. An American Girl doll
will be raffled off. This event was a sell-out
last year. Register early, openings are limited.
Fee $15/child, $20/adult. If your child is
interested in being a model for our event, call our
office at 508-358-3664. Model openings limited.
2/23/08:
Babysitting Basics. A Babysitting Basics class will
be held Wednesday, Feb. 27 from 4-7pm at Parmenter
Community Health, 266 Cochituate Road (Route 27). Learn
important babysitting skills such as diapering, first
aid, mealtime and bedtime rituals, contracts and ethics,
and safety awareness. Fee is $35 (includes snack). Space
is limited; pre-registration required. Call
508-358-3000, ext. 235, to register.
2/23/08:
Career Exploration Program at Minuteman. Minuteman
Regional High School in Lexington will offer a Spring
After-School Career Exploration Program for students in
sixth, seventh and eighth grade. The program will run
each Monday and Wednesday in March from 4:15-6:15pm. It
will include diverse academic enrichment and technical
program offerings such as Adventures in Science,
Author’s Workshop, BioQuest, Chemistry for Kids,
Cosmetology, Environmental Technology, Engineering
Design, Landscape Design, Medical Minutes, Creative
Metal Welding and many more! This program is an
excellent opportunity for middle school students to
develop an understanding of their talents and interests
as they may relate to high school, college and career
success. There will be two cycles offered. Cycle 1 will
be on March 3, 5, 10 and 12, and Cycle 2 will be on
March 17, 19, 24 and 26, with the cost of each program
being $20 per cycle. Bus transportation will be provided
from and to the elementary or middle school within
Minuteman’s 16-town school district, which includes the
towns of Sudbury, Wayland and Weston. There is a small
program fee (non-refundable) of $20 for each cycle per
student. For more information call 781-861-7150 or visit
the Minuteman website. Minuteman now supports
online registrations.
We are located at 758 Marrett Road in Lexington.
2/23/08:
Home Alone class. A Home Alone and Home Safety class
for children ages 9 to 11 will take place Thursday,
March 6 from 4-7pm at Parmenter Community Health
Auditorium, 266 Cochituate Road (Route 27). Children
will learn important skills to handle situations they
might encounter when they are home alone. Topics will
include basic first aid, accident prevention, telephone
protocol and safety measures. The lessons will be
reinforced by presentations from the police and fire
departments. Fee is $35 (includes snack). Space is
limited; pre-registration required. Call 508-358-3000,
ext. 235, to register.
2/22/08:
Modified Hours/Roof Construction: In preparation for
the library’s tile roof replacement this spring,
structural reinforcement in the library attic will
require that the main level of the library be closed
until about 3pm each weekday from March 24 through the
end of April. There will be a modified morning operation
set up in the library’s Raytheon Room during this time.
Patrons will be able to collect reserved books and
museum passes from the Raytheon Room, and the Children’s
room will operate as usual. There will be no access to
adult department library stacks or computers until after
3pm.
2/20/08:
Help Wanted: Activities Assistant - part time,
some evenings and weekends. Flexible hours. Since
Sunrise Senior Living opened our first community in
1981, the quality of our team members has remained one
of the main characteristics that sets us apart. We offer
a unique, challenging and rewarding work environment,
competitive salary and excellent benefits as well as the
opportunity for both personal and professional growth.
Sunrise employs over 35,000 team members dedicated to
serving seniors. In this exciting role, you will get to
know our Assisted Living residents and their interests,
you’ll organize and carry out appropriate activities and
encourage family, staff and community involvement. Ideal
candidate will also be responsible for maintaining care
standards within a Sunrise Community. The ideal
candidate has strong organizational and communication
skills, with a solid understanding and appreciation of
Seniors. For more information, call 508-652-6300
or email
wayland.avc@Sunriseseniorliving.com.
2/15/08:
Arts/Wayland Membership Drive. Arts/Wayland
invites visual, literary and multi-media artists,
photographers, musicians and individuals interested in
supporting the arts to become members and participate in
this local organization. Established in 1980, it is
dedicated to the promotion and encouragement of artistic
expression in Wayland and surrounding communities.
Exhibition space in the Wayland Public Library and other
venues is coordinated by Arts/Wayland, affording artists
an opportunity to gain exposure and share their work.
Receptions at the Library allow exhibitors to discuss
their work and receive valuable input as well. Updated
regularly, the Members Handbook lists all members
including their areas of interest and local resources
such as exhibition spaces, art instruction opportunities
and other arts organizations. Members can promote their
shows, performances and art on the Arts/Wayland website,
www.artswayland.org.
The website also provides information on meetings and
other activities. Email newsletters are sent out
periodically with announcements of upcoming events,
member news and calls for entries for member shows.
Arts/Wayland sponsors juried shows in prominent venues
in the area. In addition, members have the opportunity
to participate in several group shows throughout the
year. Informal member gatherings are organized
occasionally with talks on special topics by experienced
artists. Art related activities are also sponsored in
conjunction with other artist organizations in order to
exchange ideas. Membership is open to anyone in Wayland
and surrounding towns. To become a member, please see
the membership form on our website at
www.artswayland.org.
Membership forms are also available at the Wayland
Library across from the front desk. Membership
dues are $25 per year.
2/15/08:
New Museum Pass: Did you know that right next door
in Weston is the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal
History? The Library now has free passes to the museum,
which is open Thursday–Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The
museum offers a range of activities for people of all
ages. Visit their schedule of events at
www.spellman.org.
Our pass admits two adults (children 16 & under are
free). These and all our other museum passes can be
reserved online at our website or by calling the
library.
2/15/08: Peace
Lutheran Church will host our second Rejoicing Spirits
worship service on Sunday, February 24 at 4pm.
Rejoicing Spirits is a model for spiritual inclusion
which has been developed by folks at St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church in Exton, PA. This ministry intentionally reaches
out to enrich the spiritual lives of people who have
developmental disabilities, along with their families,
friends, care providers, and other supportive community
members, by sharing God’s message of love through a
meaningful and adapted Christian worship service and
fellowship time. Individuals are free to be themselves
while actively participating as contributing members of
an inclusive faith community. The service includes lots
of music, joyous singing, prayer, Scripture, and
meaningful messages. We invite anyone who is interested
in worshiping God in a new, exciting, and inclusive way
to come and worship with us at this new service. For
more information, contact the church at 508-358-7110 or
email us at
peacelc@aol.com.
2/15/08: Thursday,
February 21, Happy Birthday Presidents Family Day,
Spellman Museum, 10am-3pm.. Activities will include
stamp games and puzzles related to US presidents, a
stamp designing contest and arts and crafts activities
using postage stamps. Admission is free for children 16
and under. For more information, visit
the Spellman Museum
website The Spellman Museum is located on the Regis
College campus in Weston.
2/15/08: Representative
Thomas Conroy announces office hours for March.
Office hours for Friday, March 14th are at Starbucks, 44
Main Street, Wayland, from 5-5:30pm. Tom or his
legislative aide, Jenny Nathans, can also be reached
via
email or phone at 617-722-2460.
2/15/08: Vokes
Theater holding auditions for The Drawer Boy.
Written by Michael Healy, directed by JulieAnn Charest
Govang. Auditions will be Sunday March 2 & Monday March
3 (7-10pm). These auditions are by appointment only! To
schedule an appointment, please call (508) 358-4034, and
leave a message with your name, number and preferred
audition time. We will call you back with a confirmation
of the exact time. Other audition times may be arranged.
2/15/08: Wayland
METCO's 40th anniversary celebration will be held on
Friday, March 28 at Sandy Burr Country Club from
7pm-midnight. Join the Wayland Jazz Band and dance
to the music of DJ Charles Clemons. Donation of $40 per
person includes dinner. Send your check by Monday, March
10 to Wayland METCO Program, 41 Cochituate Rd., Wayland.
Contact Debby Mead if
you have any questions about the auction.
2/15/08: Historical
Society program for 1st and 2nd grade girls. First
and second-grade girls are invited to register for
"Living in Long Ago Days", an after-school program
sponsored by the Wayland Historical Society. The program
will include Early American games, clothes, food and
crafts. The program meets for four sessions (Tuesdays
March 11, 18, 25 and April 1) from 3:15-4:45 at the
Grout-Heard House. Registration is limited. To register,
send the $40 fee to the Wayland Historical Society, P.O.
Box 56, Wayland, MA 01778. Scholarships are available.
2/11/08:
Wayland Community Emergency Response Team to Conduct
Shelter Drill. On Saturday morning,
February 16th, starting at 9am, Wayland's Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT) will conduct a shelter
drill at the Wayland Middle School. This school has been
designated as the town's emergency shelter. The CERT
team will set up the appropriate areas of the school for
shelter registration, dormitories, medical treatment,
and other designated functions. The drill will include
transporting some cots from the public safety building
to the Middle School and setting them up in the
dormitory area. This will be the first drill to
familiarize the CERT team with operating a shelter
facility at the Middle School. All interested
Wayland residents are invited to participate by
assisting the CERT team in the shelter drill. Volunteers
will be teamed up with a CERT member who is familiar
with shelter operations.
Interested volunteers should plan to be at the Middle
School by 9am. The drill will conclude by noon. If you
have any questions or desire additional information,
please contact Joe Gordon, the CERT Operations Officer
at 617-835-3266.
2/10/08:
The Wayland Public Schools Foundation Spelling Bee
will be held on Sunday, March 16 at the Wayland High
School beginning at 12:30pm. All children in grades 2
through 5 are welcome to participate in this fun,
town-wide event. Registration forms will be sent home in
early February with your children. Each team is made up
of three children in the same grade. Registration is $25
per speller and includes a T-shirt and a goodie bag. (No
one will be turned away if entry fee is a problem).
Registration deadline is February 29th. It is a spirited
and fun community event that supports the efforts of the
Wayland Public Schools Foundation. Please join us. For
more information contact
Maura Keating
(508-358-2482),
Rebekah LaCava (508-358-7871), or
Maureen
Lampert (508-358-0833). Visit the
WPSF website for more information. The purpose of
the Wayland Public Schools Foundation is to enrich the
education of Wayland's children by funding teacher
grants for innovative projects, curriculum and
technology not covered by the regular school budget
2/7/08:
Dodgeball for Kids! Email
Kara Brewton to sign up for six Friday evenings from
6 to 7:30 pm: March 14th, 21st, 28th, and April 4th,
11th, 18th. Signups will be limited to the first
30 kids, and at least two parents will need to stay to
stay each evening during the game. What ages
should sign up? Most of the kids that will sign up
are expected to be 3rd-5th graders. The hope is to
keep it relaxed, and fun, fun, fun.
2/7/08:
The Wayland Depot re-opens for the rest of the Season
(til June) on Tues. Feb.12th. The Depot will be stocked
with wonderful last minute Valentines Day cards and
gifts,as well as one of a kind items for Mother's Day,
birthdays, graduation, etc. The Wayland Depot is located
across from the library.
2/7/08:
Dates for Bereavement Support Group. Wayside Hospice
of Parmenter Visiting Nurse Services will be offering
three bereavement support group sessions which will each
run for six weeks. The aim of the groups is to provide a
safe place for you to talk about your loss with others
who are also grieving, and hopefully to provide you
support in the process of healing. The group
facilitators will be Beth Roy, LICSW, and Annabelle
Bitter, LICSW. Both have run numerous support groups in
medical settings. The meetings will be held at Parmenter
Community Health, 266 Cochituate Road (Route 27),
Wayland, from 7 to 8.30 p.m. Session 1 takes place from
Feb. 28 to April 3, Session 2 from May 22 to June 26,
and Session 3 from Oct. 9 to Nov. 13. If you would be
interested in attending one or more of the sessions,
call Linda Maguire at 508-358-3000 to register, so we
will have an idea of how many participants to expect.
Parmenter is offering these programs free of charge to
the community.
2/7/08:
Wayland Citizens Firefighting Academy. The Wayland
Firefighters Association is accepting applications for
our third Wayland Citizens Firefighting Academy.
Students will have the opportunity to see what it’s
really like to be a firefighter. Training will be
presented from a new recruit’s perspective and will
include "hands-on" activities such as extinguishing
"live fire" with extinguishers and extricating trapped
victims from a vehicle using the "jaws of life." The
Wayland Citizens Fire Academy will provide a unique
inside look at a firefighter’s career as well as
important fire education and prevention lessons. Classes
start March 26 and will be held once a week, including
two Saturday mornings, for four weeks. The program is
geared toward adults, however high school students may
enroll if accompanied by an adult. To get your
application or receive additional information contact
the Wayland
Firefighters Association or leave a voice mail at
508-358-6922 with your name and contact information. We
would also like to hear from past graduates and invite
them back during the program.
1/31/08:
Schedule at MetroWest Free Medical Program.
The MetroWest Free Medical Program provide free health
care to people without insurance. We are open the
following Tuesday evenings during February from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth El, 105 Hudson Road in
Sudbury: Feb. 5 – General adult and children’s
care, women’s health, orthopedics, social services and
mental health screening (specialist clinic in
psychiatry). Program is closed February 12 and 19.
Feb. 26 – General adult and children’s care, women’s
health, orthopedics, social services and mental health
screening (specialist clinics in dental screening,
dermatology and psychiatry) For more information
visit
www.metrowestfreemedicalprogram.org or call
508-532-0739.
1/31/08:
The Council on Aging's Grocery Shopping Bus.
The COA's pilot program continues, featuring a different
store on the last Monday of each month. The February
destination will be Hannaford Bros. On 55 Russell St. in
Waltham (site of the old Waltham Super on Main St.)
There is also a Citizens Bank at this location.
Hannaford features a large bakery, deli, prepared foods,
fresh fish and large produce department. For
reservations, call the COA 508 358 2990 – not JFK
Transportation. Shoppers will be picked up at their
homes in time for a 10am drop-off at Hannaford. The COA
van will return to Hannaford at 11:15 for pick-up.
Shoppers will be home no later than noon. There is no
charge for the Grocery Shopping Bus but seating is
limited. The COA welcomes suggestions for future grocery
store destinations.
1/31/08:
Beacon Hill Village Project: Wayland Model.
The next open meeting of this exploratory task force
will be Monday, February 11 at 2pm in the Wayland Town
Building Selectmen’s Room. The Wayland COA is serving as
a facilitator only for this initiative. Should a model
be developed, it would most likely be a private,
non-profit 501.c3. The process of evaluation and design
is extremely interesting. We encourage your
participation. Come share your ideas or just listen to
the varying perspectives. Representatives from other
towns have also been attending as they are determining
whether to create their own model or be part of an
inter-town collaborative. For further information, call
the Wayland Council On Aging, 508-358-2990.
1/31/08:
Classes at the Council on Aging. Among classes
being offered by the COA are digital camera basics
(currently full, but call to place your name on a
notification list for the next class), Color Theory
(February 15, $10), and Better Balance (four weeks,
starting February 1, $25 for the four weeks). Pre-reigstration
required, call the COA at 508-358-2990. Visit the
COA
Programs page for details on these and other
classes.
1/31/08:
BSO Open Rehearsals. The Council on Aging has
traditionally sponsored a bus to go in to 4 different
Boston Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsals. The dates for
the remaining rehearsals are February 6 and February 20.
The bus leaves the Town Building at 5:15pm. At least 25
riders are needed to make hiring the bus feasible.
Currently the cost is $61 for all 4 bus trips to the
rehearsals, if we have 25 participants. If there are
have fewer people, the cost will go up; if there are
more, the cost will go down. Why drive in and battle
traffic and pay upwards of $30 to park your car?? Please
call the Council on Aging office at 508-358-2990 if you
would like to take advantage of this opportunity. Rider
costs will be pro-rated for the remaining concerts. The
COA provides transportation ONLY. You are responsible or
purchasing your own BOS rehearsal tickets. Please call
the Boston Symphony ticket office at 617-266-7575 for
ticket information.
1/30/08:
Temple Shir Tikva invites the public to a two-session
course, "American Jewish Demographics: Keeping Our Kids
Jewish," on Wednesday evenings, February 6 and
13,6:30-8pm. Dr. Ben Phillips, an associate
research scientist at Brandeis University’s Cohen Center
for Modern Jewish Studies, will teach. The public is
invited to attend the classes at no charge. The
first session on Feb. 6, "Intermarriage and American
Jewry," focuses on preconceptions about intermarriage
and its effects. Dr. Phillips will examine social
scientific research findings on factors associated with
intermarriage, including the differences between
in-married and inter-married households. He will also
discuss the impact of intermarriage upon raising Jewish
children and differences among intermarried families.
The second session on Feb. 13, "Educating the Next
Generation of American Jews," focuses on the diverse
range of formal and informal educational opportunities
that American Jewish parents offer their children. Dr.
Phillips will examine current social scientific research
findings on the impact of Jewish day schools and summer
camps as well as the Birthright Israel program. A
light supper is served from 6-6:30pm at $5 per person.
Participants are encouraged to RSVP in advance to Linda
Goldbaum in the temple’s office by calling 508-358-9992
or e-mailing
lgoldbaum@shirtikva.org
1/25/08:
Town clerk’s reminders. The 2008 census forms
have been mailed to all Wayland households and should be
returned as soon as possible. If you have not received
one or you are a new resident, contact the town clerk’s
office. The presidential primary is Feb. 5. The
polls are open from 7am to 8pm. Precincts 1 and 4 vote
at the Wayland Town Building and Precincts 2 and 3 vote
at Wayland Middle School. Absentee ballots are available
at the town clerk’s office.
1/25/08:
Winter activities for people with disabilities.
The Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR)
Universal Access Program will offer ice skating,
cross-country skiing, kick sledding, and snowshoeing for
individuals with disabilities at the Leo J. Martin
Memorial Golf Course in Weston, from 11am to 3pm on the
following Sundays – Jan. 27, Feb. 3, 10 and 24, and
March 2, as well as Monday, Feb. 18. In the event
of no snow or ice, hiking, nature walks and other
activities will occur. The Universal Access
Program (UAP) provides recreational accessibility to
state and urban park facilities for individuals with
disabilities, their families and friends. For people
with disabilities, free use of accessible equipment and
staff assistance are available. UAP strives to
increase the participation among people with
disabilities in indoor and outdoor recreational
activities in integrated settings. In January, February
and March, UAP will offer ice skating, sit-skating,
cross-country skiing, sit cross-country skiing, snow
shoeing, kick sledding, snowmobiling, and other winter
activities at Massachusetts state parks. The
program also offers accessible cycling, boating, hiking,
bird watching, horseback riding, and letterboxing
programs in the summer and fall. Pre-registration
is required. Call Venture Into Well-Being at
413-527-8980. Ask about volunteer opportunities.
For more information on DCR’s Universal Access Program
and a schedule of activities, and to confirm program
status, call 617-626-1294 (voice) or 413-577-2200 (TTY)
or visit "www.mass.gov/dcr" and click on "Universal
Access Program." The Universal Access Program is
also offering training opportunities for volunteers to
assist people with disabilities. This program will be
offered at the Leo J. Martin Golf Course in Weston on
Sundays, prior to UAP programs, on Jan. 27 to March 3,
8:30-11am.
1/25/08:
‘World of Storybooks’ at Spellman Museum. What
do Goldilocks, The Cat in the Hat, Pippi Longstocking
and Harry Potter have in common? Answer: They all
are featured on postage stamps from around the world.
Many other favorite characters from children’s
literature are also commemorated on stamps. These can
been viewed at the Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal
History on the Regis College campus in Weston. The
exhibit, which will run through April 30, is titled "The
World of Storybooks – A Magical Journey Through Stamps."
Stamps from over 30 countries featuring tales from
national folklore legends to classical stories and fairy
tales familiar to children worldwide are on display
along with first-day envelopes, souvenir sheets and
other philatelic examples featuring well-known
children’s stories. Stamps honoring famous
children book authors such as Hans Christian Anderson,
Beatrix Potter and Dr. Seuss are also on exhibit.
The show’s opening reception is Sunday, Jan. 27 from
12-4pm. Free origami lessons will be offered by the
Origamido Studio of Haverhill. Admission is free for
everyone and children will receive a free packet of
stamps. Family Days including storytelling, puppet
shows, children’s authors, stamp games and puzzles and
arts and crafts activities are planned for various
weekends throughout the show. The exhibit is designed to
appeal both to children and adults and the stories on
stamps range from "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Snow
White" to "Harry Potter," "The Lord of the Rings" and
"The Chronicles of Narnia." The museum is
regularly open from Thursdays to Sundays from 12-5pm,
and children age 16 and under are admitted free.
The museum’s gift shop has items related to the show.
Parents are welcome to schedule a stamp birthday party
at the museum and Boy and Girl Scout leaders can arrange
for special merit badge programs. For more information
call 781-768-8367 or visit
www.spellman.org.
1/25/08:
Home Alone class. A Home Alone/Home Safety
class for children ages 9 to 11 will take place
Wednesday, January 30, 4-7pm at Parmenter Community
Health, 266 Cochituate Road (Route 27), Wayland.
Children will learn important skills to handle
situations they might encounter when they are home
alone. Topics will include basic first aid, accident
prevention, telephone protocol and safety measures, and
they will be reinforced by presentations from the police
and fire departments. Fee is $35 (includes snack).
Space is limited; pre-registration required. Call
508-358-3000, ext. 235, to register.
1/25/08:
Free admission at The
Discovery Museums for Wayland residents.
With the generous support of the Wayland Cultural
Council, Wayland residents will receive free admission –
plus additional discounts – when they visit The
Discovery Museums in Acton on the weekend of February 2
and 3. During the "Free to Explore" weekend at The
Discovery Museums, all Wayland residents will receive
free admission to both museum buildings – Children’s
Discovery Museum (for children ages 0 to 6) and Science
Discovery Museum (for children ages 6 and up) as well as
discounts on membership and gift shop purchases.
To receive these benefits, Wayland residents must simply
show proof of residence, such as a driver’s license, at
the admissions desk and gift shop. As the museum
marks its 25th anniversary, the "Free to Explore"
weekend is The Discovery Museums’ way of saying "thank
you" to the Wayland community for 25 years of support.
1/25/08:
Early Childhood Outreach Program coordinator available.
The Wayland Public Schools, through its Early Childhood
Outreach Program, serves children ages 3 to 5 and their
families throughout the school year. The
coordinator of the Early Childhood Outreach Program, Dr.
Marlene Moskowitz Dodyk, is available to meet and
consult with parents regarding their children’s
development. Recognizing and respecting the various
individual styles and rates of development of young
children, the coordinator assists parents in
understanding their children’s development and in
identifying any special educational needs which children
might be experiencing. If you are a Wayland
resident and have any concerns about your child’s speech
and language, fine and gross motor skills, cognition,
and social and emotional development, contact Dr.
Moskowitz Dodyk at 508-358-3759 to arrange for a special
education preschool screening. Dr. Moskowitz Dodyk
welcomes questions and discussions with parents at any
time during the school year, and assists in the
transition of young children into kindergarten as well.
1/25/08: Children’s Way openings for fall 2008.
The Children’s Way early childhood program, operated
by the Wayland Public Schools, has openings for fall
2008 in both full and half-day programs. Programming is
offered for children ages 2 years and 6 months to 5
years-plus.
The Children’s Way is located in the Wayland Town
Building and offers a wide range of hands-on,
developmentally appropriate activities and is accredited
by the National Association for the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC). Applications are also being
accepted for the 2009-10 school year. For more
information call The Children’s Way at 508-358-7072.
1/22/08:
Free Drop-in Meditation Group. Start your week off
in a peaceful state of mind. Monday mornings,
8:30-9:30am ongoing, beginning on February 4th at the
Zen Message Center (348 Boston Post Rd., Sudbury).
Medical research has shown that meditation can be
immensely effective in reducing stress. This drop-in
group is free and open to all. No experience required.
No registration required. For further information call
the Zen Massage center at 978-579-2121.
1/18/08:
Library Circulation: Our circulation figures are up
over what they have been for the last two years.
Apparently, reports of the death of the book are highly
exaggerated! Library program attendance is also at an
all-time high. The library staff and Trustees are
gratified by the strong continued use of the library by
residents of our community. We are fortunate to live and
work in a community that values literacy and cultural
programming.
1/18/08:
Library Roofing Project: This spring the Library
will be getting a new red tile roof on the 1900 section
of the library. Before that happens, however, there
needs to be some reinforcement work done in the attic.
The reinforcement work is scheduled to begin on March 24
and will involve some temporary modifications in library
service. Please watch this space for updates on how the
construction will affect access to the library.
1/17/08: Wayland Veterans
Publish "Book of Remembrance" for the World.
The book will be available for pre-ordering until March
15 and is targeted for distribution by mid April, around
Patriots Day. An order form is available by
clicking here.
1/17/08:
Help Wanted: Wayland Town Beach Director.
Oversees the daily operation of the Wayland Town
Beach; supervises the training of lifeguards and other
beach personnel, and oversees the management of all
beach activities including swim lessons and beach
facility. Current Certifications Required: CPR, Basic
First Aid (Instructor preferred), Water Safety
Instructor (WSI), Lifeguard Training Instructor
(Waterfront and Head Guard). Qualifications: Minimum 4
years experience in lakefront aquatic setting. Must have
proven ability to lead and teach other employees,
maintain dicipline, deal professionally with general
public. Experience in supervision, management, and
administrative skills. Beach opens for weekends
beginning Memorial Day weekend and full time the last
day of school in Wayland (approx. June 18th). Hours of
work: pre-season and post-season hours required. During
full time season - up to 40 hrs. per week.
Click here for the Help Wanted posting to reply.
1/17/08: Sunday, February 10,
Father-Daughter Valentine's Dance, Thoreau Club,
Sudbury. Wayland Park & Recreaction is holding
its annual Father Daughter Valentine's Dance at the
Thoreau Club in Sudbury, 275 Forest Ridge Rd. off Rte.
62 (20 minutes from Wayland Town Building). There will
be lots of dancing, music, refreshments, and games, and
party favors. Party dresses and sports coats are
required. We welcome non-residents to join us.
Ages 5 & 6 come from 1:00pm- 2:15pm; Ages 7 - 9 come
from 2:30pm - 3:45pm. The fee is $25 per
couple.You may register on line at
www.wayland.ma.us/park or call us at 508-358-3660.
1/17/08:
Rep. Conroy Announces State Budget Open Forum in
Wayland. Representative Thomas Conroy is
pleased to announce an open public forum on the state
budget on Thursday, February 7th, from 7:30-9:30pm at
the Wayland Town Building. Residents of Lincoln,
Sudbury, and Wayland are welcome and encouraged to
attend. Governor Deval Patrick will release his
FY09 state budget recommendation (referred to as House
1) on January 23rd, and deliver a State of the State
address the next evening to the state legislature. The
February 7th open forum in Wayland, moderated by
Representative Conroy, will provide the public an
opportunity to discuss several aspects of House 1,
including: proposed state aid to towns and cities;
sources of revenue, such as corporate tax reform and
casino licenses; Ideas for making state government as
efficient and as effective as possible; The
legislature’s initial reaction to House 1; and Budget
challenges facing other towns. “State aid to towns
and cities is an important element in composing local
budgets, and I want to provide clarity — and receive
citizens’ input — on state aid levels to each of the
towns that I am privileged to serve,” said
Representative Conroy. Wayland’s Finance Committee
is scheduled to decide on a budget proposal for the town
on February 4th, and present its proposal to the Wayland
Board of Selectmen on February 11th. The Lincoln and
Sudbury Finance Committees are also actively working on
budget proposals in preparation for town meetings in
late March and early April. If interested in attending
the budget forum, please let us know at
Rep.ThomasConroy@hou.state.ma.us or 617-722-2460.
Last minute arrivals are of course welcome.
1/10/08:
Income Tax Help. It’s that time of year again! The
Council on Aging has several volunteers trained by the
AARP to help low and moderate income seniors with their
Federal and State tax returns. The COA will schedule
appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning
February 5 between 9am and 3pm. Bring your 2006 returns,
year-end bank statements from 2007; any 1099 forms and
W-2 or W-2P forms for wages, pensions, annuities, other
income. If you think you may be eligible for the State
Circuit Breaker Income Tax Credit, inform the volunteer.
Those forms are available at the Assessor’s Office. Call
the COA office for further information (508 358 2990).
1/5/08:
Jerusalem: Sacred City, Three Faiths: Temple
Shir Tikva invites the public to join in for a
three-session course on "Jerusalem: Sacred City, Three
Faiths," presented by Dr. Steven Kaplan, professor of
comparative religions, on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 16 and 23.
During 2007-08, Kaplan is a research fellow at the
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies at Harvard
University. Light supper takes place from
6-6:30pm, and the classes take place 6:30-8pm.
Jerusalem is sacred to the monotheistic religions of
Judaism, Christianity and Islam. While our different
traditions unite in venerating the city, our
theological, ritual and devotional expressions vary, to
some degree. During the course, we will share our
traditions (or memories) of this sacred city, while Dr.
Kaplan provides insights from past and present.
Incorporating visual material and commentary, Dr. Kaplan
explores Jerusalem’s sacredness from earliest times to
the present. He plans to discuss themes that include
pilgrimages, foundational legends, sacred communities
and messianic movements. Please register in
advance by calling Linda Goldbaum at 508-358-9992 or
e-mail "lgoldbaum@shirtikva.org"
1/4/08:
Suburban Coalition is holding a General Meeting on
Wednesday, January 9, 7:30-9pm at Alcott School on
Laurel Street in Concord. Please join in for a
presentation from Municipal Benchmarking. Municipal
Benchmarking provides reports to communities to help
inform decisions about municipal government. Their
reports can provide communities with information to
understand how they compare to other communities with
similar demographics in terms of municipal finance,
employee benefits and educational progress.
Municipal Benchmarking will explain what they do and how
their reports can provide value to communities and to
the work of the Coalition. The group will also be
discussing the final 2008 Position Paper at this
meeting. Please note the new location for this meeting,
the Alcott School in Concord. Directions can be found
at:
http://www.colonial.net/maps/directions_alcott.php.
Questions? Please contact
dorothypresser@suburbancoalition.org.
1/4/08:
Sudbury Valley
Trustees' Letterboxing Challenge (ongoing).
Take a walk at several SVT reservations while you enjoy
a treasure hunt! The SVT Letterboxing Challenge will
bring you on a tour of trails in three regions of our
watershed in search of stamps you’ll need to collect to
earn your prize. Follow the clues, find the letterboxes,
stamp a notepad and be one of the first 100 people to
visit us at our office and collect your prize. To begin
your quest visit http://svtletterboxing.blogspot.com/
for your clues! Thanks to letterboxing volunteers “Dale
End Farm”, “Zess the Treehuggers” and “Mim” for
organizing the challenge. For information about
Letterboxing visit:
http://www.letterboxing.org/faq/faq.html. The
activity will run until the first 100 people claim their
letterboxing reward. Free.
1/1/08:
Movie Ideas: Reference Librarian Sandy Raymond has
put together a list of video recommendations with
categories such as “classic,” “quirky,” “drama,” and
“family-ish.” To view the list, go to
www.waylandlibrary.org and click on the link to the
library's newsletter. You can receive the library's
monthly newsletter by email, too. Click on the
“Newsletter” link at
www.waylandlibrary.org for more information.
12/21/07:
Kids' Book Club. Kids,
do you like reading? How about writing and other fun
activities? Want to meet new friends? Are you between 9
and 11 years old? If you answered “yes!” to all these
questions then you’ll want to join the Wayland Public
Library children’s book club, Passport to Adventure!
Each week meet with local author Helen Kampion for fun
discussions, creative writing and activities based on a
pre-assigned book. Our first book will be Because of
Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. Snacks, bookmarks and
journals will be provided to participants. Ages: 9-11
only, please. Time: Saturdays 10:30am -12:30pm.
Dates: January 26, February 2, 9, &16 (Snow Date
February 23) Space is limited. Please register by
calling the Wayland Library Children’s Room at
508-358-2308 by Friday, January 11.
12/21/07:
The Wayland Democratic Town Committee will hold a caucus
on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at 1:00 pm in the Senior
Center in Town Building. This caucus will elect our
Town's delegates to the State Democratic Party
Convention on Saturday, June 7, 2008 in Lowell. The
purpose of the convention is to endorse statewide
candidates (in this case, candidates for U.S. Senate)
and amend the party constitution (if such amendments are
brought forward). Please be aware that anyone
wishing to participate in the caucus or primary must be
registered as a Democrat by December 31, 2007!
Please note that there are changes to the rules from
last year's caucuses. All information is available at
http://www.massdems.org.
12/21/07:
Pegasus 2008 Applications available online.
12/12/07:
New ministry for people with developmental disabilities.
Peace Lutheran Church, Wayland, MA, is beginning a
new ministry with people who have developmental
disabilities. Starting in January 2008, we will be a
host site for Rejoicing Spirits, a model for spiritual
inclusion which has been developed by folks at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church in Exton, PA. The Rejoicing
Spirits ministry reaches out to enrich the spiritual
lives of people who have developmental disabilities
along with their families, friends, care providers, and
other supportive community members. God’s message of
love is shared through a meaningful and adapted
Christian worship service and fellowship time.
Individuals are free to be themselves while actively
participating as contributing members in an inclusive
faith community. The service includes lots of music,
joyous singing, prayer, Scripture, and meaningful
messages. Rejoicing Spirits can help meet people’s
spiritual needs in several ways: serving as a stepping
stone for those who want to take the first step into a
faith community; offering complementary worship and
fellowship opportunities for those who already belong to
a faith community; providing an inclusive faith
community that may fully meet current needs and desires.
The first Rejoicing Spirits worship service and
fellowship will be held at Peace on Sunday, January 27,
2008 at 4pm. We invite anyone who is interested in
worshiping God in a new, exciting, and inclusive way to
come and worship with us. For more information, contact
Peace at 508.358.7110 or email us at
peacelc@aol.com.
12/11/07:
Winter Summer Adventure with Park & Recreation for
kids ages 6-10. The Summer Adventure staff invites
you to join them for field trips over the Holiday break
this December. We are offering three trips followed by
games at the Wayland Town Building Gym. Enjoy one or all
of these trips. Each day is 9am-4pm.
Wednesday, Dec. 26: Kids’ Playground; Thursday,
Dec. 27 PINZ; Friday, Dec. 28: Cocoa Key Resort.
Fee: $ 50 for 1 day, $90 for 2 days, $125 for 3 days.
Call Park & Recreation at 508-358-3660 to register.
12/7/07:
The Wayland Depot is back with lots of goodies and
crafts with a Wayland flavor. Try their home-baked
cookies, and see what Wayland craftspeople have come up
with for this year! As always, volunteer-run,
volunteer-supported and the profits go to fund Wayland
causes. The Depot is open Tuesday-Saturday,
10am-4pm across from the Wayland Library. The
Depot is open on Thursdays until 8pm. For more
information, call 508-358-5386.
12/7/07:
Staff Recommendations: Looking for something good to
read or advice about a holiday gift book? You can find
many wonderful suggestions from the Youth Services
Department in the Children’s and Teen areas of the
library's website,
www.waylandlibrary.org. The Reader’s Corner/Staff
Picks area of our site is rich with staff book
recommendations for adults as well.
12/7/07:
Calling Loker and Claypit Skiers. Park &
Recreation is having problems with low enrollment
numbers of Loker and Claypit children for the Monday
Nashoba Valley Ski Program for grades 3 - 5 to begin in
January. Children are picked up at their schools by a
chartered bus and driven to Nashoba where they have a
lesson (skiing, snowboard or racing) at 4pm. Then they
have free skiing until 6pm when they board the bus to
return to Wayland High School by 7pm. This is a fun
program giving children a sense of independence and
responsibility. We have many Wayland parents chaperoning
to make sure things run smoothly. We have 22 children
enrolled and need 40 in order for each bus to run. If we
do not have adequate enrollment to cover bus costs, we
will have to cancel the Loker and Claypit bus. We hope
you will join our program that has been running for over
20 years. You may sign up on line at
www.wayland.ma.us/park or call us at 358-3660.
12/7/07:
MBTA Senior Pass Day is Wednesday, December 12, 1-4
pm. MBTA staff will be at the Senior Center on
Wed. Dec. 12 to issue the new Senior/Transportation
Access Pass (T.A.P.) Charlie Card IDs and answer any
questions you have on the new automated fare collection
system. New Senior/TAP Charlie Card IDs will be
processed for customers exchanging their old Senior TP
ID issued before May 2005 and to first-time senior
customers, age 65+ with proof of age. Your new
senior photo ID will arrive by mail. Seniors with
their access pass are eligible for MBTA discounted
rates: 60 cents/ride or $20/month (unlimited rides
on bus or subway).
12/7/07:
Wayland Veterans Memorial Book of Remembrance Order
Status. The Wayland Veterans Memorial Book of
Remembrance, 200+ pages, is targeted for distribution on
or about Patriots Day, April 2008. Watch for
announcement details in late December and early January.
The books will be sold on a pre-order basis, January
through February. Prices and order form
information will be included in the flyers and in the
media announcements.
12/7/07:
Job Opening: Pool Supervisor at the Wayland Town
Pool. Town of Wayland seeks PT (15-19 hr/wk)
person to perform administrative and lifeguard work in
the operation of the Wayland Town Pool facility. HS
Diploma required. BA/BS in Recreation & Leisure Studies,
PE or related field preferred. Over 6 yrs. exp. in a
pool setting. Licenses/Certificates: Certified Pool
Operator ( preferred but not required); Certified
Lifeguard; CPR & First Aid certified. Wages: $17.54 -
$22.90/hr. Applications to HR Dir., 41 Cochituate
Rd. Wayland, MA 01778. EOE
12/3/07: Adult
Band for Beginners Forming in Wayland. Do you love
music, but never quite got around to playing an
instrument? Did you use to play, but dropped it in high
school? Here's your chance to be thrilled with a new
adventure! Dianne Muffitt, director of the Wayland
Middle School Band program, is starting the Sudbury
Valley New Horizons Band. This band is for adults who've
never played before and for those who put down an
instrument many years ago and either want to pick it up
again or try something new. You don't even need to know
how to read music! The band program will include group
lessons (grouped by experience level) as well as full
band rehearsals. Pick an informational meeting – January
9 or January 16 at 7pm at the middle school library – to
find out more. Rehearsals will be Wednesday evenings at
Wayland Middle School starting January 30th. Make
friends and make music with the Sudbury Valley New
Horizons Band! More information is available at
www.svnhb.org or by
calling Ms. Muffitt at 978-261-5065. The band is open to
all surrounding towns – spread the word and bring a
friend!
12/2/07:
Conroy office hours. State Rep. Thomas Conroy,
D-Wayland, will be holding office hours on Sunday, Dec.
16 in Lincoln, Sudbury and Wayland. No appointments are
necessary and meetings are held on a first-come,
first-served basis. Rep. Conroy will be at the Wayland
Public Library 3-3:30pm in the Raytheon Room. You can
also email
Rep
Conroy or call him at 617-722-2460.
12/2/07:
Hospice open house. Parmenter Visiting Nurse
Services and the Wayside Hospice invite you to an
informal open house. We are the local nonprofit agency
providing hospice home care and a unique hospice
residence. The open house will be held each Wednesday
from 11am to 1pm at 266 Cochituate Road in Wayland. Our
hospice provides compassionate care to those with life
limiting illnesses living at home and in nursing homes.
If you are interested in learning more about hospice
care for a loved one, or exploring career or volunteer
opportunities, join us on Wednesday to learn more about
the program. Call Anne at 508-358-3000, ext. 252, for
more information.
12/2/07:
Please attend Budget Information Forum.
The Wayland Finance Committee will host a Budget
Information Forum on Monday, December 3 at 7pm in the
Large Hearing Room at the Wayland Town Building. The
committee will lead a discussion of the fiscal 2009
financial situation – revenues and expenses and the
resulting budget pressures. A $2.6 million budget
shortfall has been identified for the FY09 year. We hope
the public will attend, as it is important that voters
understand the budget process and the revenue and
expense drivers that result in this estimated shortfall.
12/2/07:
End of Year Giving: A reminder--if you are planning
any end-of-year giving, please consider contributing to
the Library’s Millennium Endowment Fund, which ensures
the continued excellence of our library. Call Library
Director Ann Knight at 508-358-2311 for more
information.
12/2/07:
Library Holiday Hours: The Library will close at
noon on December 24 and be closed all day on December
25. We will close at 3 p.m. on December 31 and be closed
all day on January 1.
12/2/07:
Thank You Friends: Thanks to all the Friends of the
Wayland Public Library who made the recent Book Sale a
success. A special “thank you” to people who donated
books and baked goods—especially those who donated their
time before and during the sale. If you missed the book
sale, check out the blue cart near the Raytheon Room.
The Friends keep the cart stocked all year round with
books and videos for sale.
12/2/07: New Friends Book Bag: Need a gift
for someone special? Consider purchasing one of the
Friends’ newly designed book bags. The new, improved
design includes a mesh pocket for a water bottle, a
zippered pocket, and a special pocket for your library
card—all for only $15. This is a good way to support the
library and buy a gift useful gift at the same time. The
new bags are available at the main library circulation
desk.
12/2/07:
Wayland Hockey Association’s fall raffle.
The Wayland Hockey Association (WHA) will be having
its fall raffle to support hockey programs in Wayland
and Weston on Saturday, Dec. 1. Tickets are $5 and will
be sold in Wayland at Starbucks, Lavin’s Liquors, CVS
and Dunkin’ Donuts, and in Weston at Omni Foods. A cash
prize will be awarded to the winner. "The number of
participants keeps growing in Wayland, and the
Wayland/Weston program continues to attract many girls
from both towns," said Joe Fargnoli, president of the
Wayland Hockey Association. The WHA was formed to
support the Wayland boys high school hockey team and has
expanded to include boys and girls middle school teams
and, in cooperation with nearby Weston, a Wayland/Weston
girls high school and middle school teams and girls
hockey development programs. There is great anticipation
for the coming hockey season as the new boys varsity
coach Phil Bateman begins a new chapter for Wayland
hockey. Coach Bateman and assistant coach Ron Trentini
are bringing much experience and enthusiasm to the
program. The middle school has also announced a new
coach, Rob O’Reilly, a lifelong resident of Natick, who
will bring his broad experience from the Comets program.
Coach Bill MacDonald expects to have three girls teams
take the ice in addition to the girls high school team.
"The increasing number of boys and girls playing hockey
in town is gratifying", said Nancy McCarthy, a member of
the board of directors and head of fundraising. "We hope
that the towns of Wayland and Weston will support our
mission and our skaters."
12/2/07:
Single parent program. Join a monthly
discussion group for single parents led by Debbie
Weinstock Savoy, PhD. She is a clinical psychologist and
parent educator with over 20 years of professional
experience working with families and children. The group
focuses on the unique challenges of being a single
parent. The meetings include a potluck supper for
parents and pizza for the kids, with child care provided
by High School students. Meetings will be held on the
second Thursday of every month with the exception of
February and March from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the High
School Faculty Luncheon Room. Meeting dates are Dec. 13,
Jan. 10, Feb. 7, March 6, April 10, May 8 and June 12.
For more information or to register call Paul Neustadt
at 508-358-4293 or e-mail
pneustadt@wayland.ma.us
12/2/07:
The Vokes Players hold auditions for "A Man For All
Seasons". Auditions will be held Sunday
December 9 (6:30-9:30pm) and Monday December 10
(7-9:30pm). These auditions are by appointment
only. To schedule an appointment, please call (508)
358-4034, and leave a message with your name, number and
preferred audition time. We will call you back with a
confirmation of the exact time. Other audition
times may be arranged. For complete details, visit
http://vokesplayers.mmcis.com/VokesPlays/pgaud.htm
11/21/07:
The next Public Involvement Plan meeting
for the former Raytheon facility’s hazardous waste site
cleanup is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 28 at
7:30pm in the Large Hearing Room in the Wayland Town
Building. Raytheon will provide status updates on the
investigation and remediation activities conducted in
accordance with the Massachusetts Contingency Plan.
Documents related to the site can be found at the Board
of Health, the Wayland Library, or visit
www.ermne.com (type
in "raytheon" for the user name, and "wayland" for the
password, all lower case).
11/21/07:
Metco selling tickets to ‘Black Nativity’.
Wayland Metco is selling tickets to "Black Nativity," a
song play written by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston
Hughes and produced by the National Center of
Afro-American Artists, on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3:30 p.m. at
The Tremont Temple, 88 Tremont St., Boston, next to the
Omni Parker House. Boston has the longest running
production of the play. For tickets, contact
Rena Santillo (or call 508-358-6327). Tickets
are $37 per person. Reserve your ticket today. Parking
at One Beacon Street Garage is located one block north
of the church on Cambridge Street. There is also a
parking garage under Boston Common. On Sundays,
on-street parking in Boston is free.
11/21/07:
Free seminar on how to pay for college. The
Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority (MEFA)
will offer a free presentation on how to pay for college
on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 7 pm at Wayland High School. A
state-created nonprofit organization, MEFA assists
families through its public outreach mission. The
seminar will teach parents how to apply for financial
aid, compare financial aid award letters, and seek
financing options. Families will receive a seminar
booklet which serves as a year-round resource. For more
information call 508-358-3706.
11/21/07:
Fenn Admissions Coffee. On Wednesday, Nov.
28, 9:30-11am, there will be a Fenn Admissions Coffee at
the home of Janet and Steve Correia, 188 Glezen Lane,
Wayland. This informal session is an opportunity to
learn more about Fenn from the assistant headmaster,
director of admissions and financial aid and current
Fenn families from Wayland. To attend, please contact
Janet and Steve Correia at 508-358-1649.
11/20/07:
Boy Scout
Christmas Tree Sale! Troop One Cochituate will
be holding its annual Christmas tree sale during the
weekends of November 30th - December 2nd, December
7th-9th and December 14th-15th. The sale will be held at
the Community United Methodist Church. Wreaths will also
be available. Thank you for supporting the Boy Scouts
with your purchase of a high quality tree.
11/16/07:
Kids Night Out (ok,
Parents Night Out!), December 8, 2007, from 6-9:30pm
(check-in starts at 5:45pm), Wayland High School Field
House. Cost: $20-first child, $5 each additional
child with a $30 family limit (Any checks should be made
out to Wayland High School), Ages: age 4 - grade 8.
This program is available for any child from any town!!
Supervision will be provided by the students from the
Girls and Boys Basketball teams! Cost includes a
drink and a slice of pizza from Wayland House of Pizza
or hotdog. Activities include arts and crafts, board
games and organized games. A concession stand will
be available for snacks and drinks. If you do not want
your child to carry cash, they can bank money to be used
at the concession stand. Each child must have a
signed parent permission form in order to participate in
the evening. Please bring your payment and permission
form to the event. This year the permission form will
cover your child for the entire school year. Forms
can be picked up at any of the Wayland Public Schools or
be downloaded off the Wayland High School website:
www.wayland.k12.ma.us/high_school/night_out.html.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Kathleen
Thompson at
Kathleen_Thompson@wayland.k12.ma.us. Sponsored by
the Wayland High School Girls and Boys Basketball Teams
11/16/07:
Foreign Films: The library will be screening a
series of foreign films, starting in January. Stay tuned
for more information!
11/15/07:
Raising Healthy Kids
in an Oversexualized, Online, In-Your-Face World.
How do we, as parents, teach our children to
successfully navigate their lives in the context of a
media that plays on the vulnerabilities of childhood and
adolescence? How do we impart our values and
create a family culture that our children can hold onto
in a world that is feeding them a constant stream of
information about what it means to be attractive, funny,
popular and successful? Back by popular demand,
Dr. Sharon Maxwell has been invited to return to Wayland
to help parents answer these questions, following her
highly acclaimed lecture last February, "Talking with
Kids about Sex". This two-part workshop,
Wednesdays, January 9 and 16, 7:30-9:30pm at the Wayland
Middle School is for parents of 11-16 year olds.
Co-sponsored by the Wayland PTOs and Wayland Youth &
Family Services. Whether or not you attended her
previous lecture, this two-part workshop will give you
the opportunity to talk directly with Dr. Maxwell, a
nationally recognized expert on kids and sexuality, and
to share experiences with other parents in a small
workshop setting. Dr. Maxwell will discuss the
impact of the media on our tweens and teens and suggest
concrete ways that parents can begin and sustain a
conversation with their adolescents about sexuality.
She will also discuss the Internet and how to promote
responsible on-line behavior. The format for the
workshops will include a lecture, followed by
facilitated discussion in small groups. The
workshops are for parents of either boys or girls, ages
11-16. Reserve your spot now: the fee for this
two-session workshop is $40, payable in advance.
Checks should be made out to Wayland Youth and Family
Services. Please write "Sharon Maxwell workshops"
in the memo section. Checks can be mailed to:
Paul Neustadt, Wayland Youth and Family Services,
Wayland Town Building, 41 Cochituate Rd, Wayland MA
01778. For questions or more information, call
Karen at 508-358-0150.
11/15/07:
Family Night at The Wayland Depot Thurs. Nov. 29th
4-8 two local children's authors will be reading and
signing their books, refreshments will be served.
From Thanksgiving until Christmas, the Depot will be
open Thursday nights until 6 for your shopping pleasure!
11/15/07:
Holiday Cheer Project. The holiday season is the
perfect time to help out a child who might otherwise not
have new clothes or toys this year. Temple Shir Tikva’s
Holiday Cheer Project is a wonderful project for
families to do together as they celebrate the good
fortune of the holidays. Here’s all you need to do. Get
a child’s wish list by contacting
Mimi Facher. The wish lists come from children who
live in shelters in the MetroWest area. Please purchase
at least three items from the list for each child you
sponsor. (Gift certificates are welcome too.) The
deadline for requesting a wish list is Dec. 5. Then
bring the bag(s) to Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post
Road, Wayland, on Sunday, Dec. 9, 9am-1:15pm. Everything
will be collected on that day only. Volunteers who can
help sort and transport the bags on the drop-off day are
also needed.
11/15/07:
New Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition forms.
The Massachusetts Municipal Police Coalition has formed
as a dynamic network of eastern Massachusetts police
unions, including the town of Wayland. The coalition
exists to facilitate the sharing of information, ideas
and resources among its member unions. The goal is to
achieve the interests of municipal police officers and
to provide aid and assistance to member unions in
collective bargaining and other forums. Member unions in
the coalition represent over 800 municipal police
officers. Medford police officer Harold MacGilvary was
elected president at the first meeting. A Board of
Directors was also selected, with Sean Gibbons,
president of the Wayland Police Officers Union,
representing Wayland police officers on the board.
11/9/07:
Thanksgiving Library Hours: The Library will close
at 6:00 p.m. on November 21 and be closed all day
November 22 for Thanksgiving. We will reopen on Friday,
November 23.
11/9/07:
Calling All Artists! The Library currently has
openings in their exhibit calendar for both the library
foyer and the Raytheon Room exhibitors. The foyer
exhibits are typically up for one month, while the
Raytheon Room exhibits stay up for two months. For more
information about this, please call the library at
508-258-2311 for a referral to the exhibitor
coordinator.
11/9/07:
End of Year Library Giving: A sincere “thank you” to
those who continue to support the Wayland Public Library
Millennium Endowment Fund. If you are planning any end
of year giving, please consider contributing to the
Endowment Fund, which ensures the continued excellence
of our library.
11/6/07:
New Library Catalog Features: New features include
search results displayed by relevance, more results on
each page, book jackets, summaries and reviews of books,
create a list and then make your requests, and the
ability to pay fines online using a credit card. As
always, ask the library's reference staff for assistance
if you have questions about any of the library's
services.
11/1/07:
Pegasus 2008 Location/Dates Announced. The
six-week Pegasus Summer Program will be held at Claypit
Hill School in 2008. The first three-week session begins
Monday, June 30, and concludes Friday, July 18. The
program will be closed on Friday, July 4, for
Independence Day. Session Two begins Monday, July
21, and ends on Friday, August 8. Pegasus is
a Wayland Public Schools enrichment program for
preschool through Entering Grade Six children.
Each session will include two full day field trips for
school age children, including a repeat trip to McCoy
Stadium for a Pawtucket Red Sox Game. Programming will
include a separate local field trip for kindergartners.
Enrollment information will be attached to school
newsletters prior to the December break or in early
January. For information, call 508-358-3781 or check out
Pegasus on the web at:
http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/district/district_info/ws_community_prog/pegasus.htm.
11/1/07:
Wayland Angels observe National Family Caregivers Month.
National Family Caregivers Month, observed every
November, is a nationally recognized month celebrating
family caregivers, drawing attention to the many
challenges facing caregivers, advocating for stronger
public policy to address family caregiving issues, and
raising awareness about community programs that support
family caregivers. This month is a time to thank
and support the more than 50 million family caregivers
across the country. Wayland Angels is celebrating
by offering our support to caregivers in our community.
The challenging role of caregiving for a loved one often
goes unnoticed. For families hit with serious illness or
tragedy, life can be instantly turned upside down. And
while many have the support of family and friends to
help with the basic needs at home, such as meals and
rides, these resources are often exhausted in short time
leaving families to carry on alone. You might know
a young mother with a recent cancer diagnosis or a
father going through stroke rehab, or maybe it’s an
older couple who have both fallen ill. With all they are
facing, it’s no wonder the family can barely get through
another day. The role of caregiving is exhausting.
As one resident suffering from multiple sclerosis
recently said, "I feel like we’ve fallen through the
cracks." She and her husband both have serious medical
issues and are struggling to meet their day-to-day needs
– like preparing a meal, picking up a medical
prescription, or raking the lawn. Wayland Angels
is a nonprofit community-based organization bridging the
gap in meeting daily needs. We are a formal volunteer
support network of adults and teens, providing
non-medically based services to families in crisis.
To find out how the Wayland Angels volunteers can help
you or someone you know in the Wayland community, e-mail
mail@waylandangels.org.
11/1/07:
CPR for Family and Friends at Parmenter. CPR
for Family and Friends will take place Tuesday, Nov. 6
from 5.30 to 8.30 p.m. at Parmenter Community Health,
266 Cochituate Road (Route 27), Wayland. The
course covers adult, child and infant CPR. Appropriate
for scout leaders, new and prospective parents,
grandparents and babysitters, but does not meet
certification criteria for preschools. Fee is $35;
space is limited. Pre-registration required. Call
508-358-3000, ext. 235, to register or for more
information.
11/1/07:
Learn more about Wayland’s Community Preservation
Committee. The Wayland Community Preservation
Committee (CPC) has scheduled a public meeting on
Wednesday, Nov. 14 in the Town Building at 7:30 p.m. The
purpose of the meeting is to provide Wayland citizens
information concerning the processes of the committee
and to encourage them to participate. Under the
Community Preservation Act (CPA), the CPC is charged
with the responsibility of making recommendations to the
town for the use of funds collected from its citizens
and the commonwealth in the CPA. At Town Meeting the
citizens must vote on proposed appropriations for them
to be implemented. The principal areas designated
for the use of the funds under the CPA are open space,
housing, historic preservation and, in some instances,
recreation. As of fiscal 2007, since inception in
FY02, total revenue from the state and the town amounted
to $5.3 million. Each year 10 percent of the revenues
are reserved for each of the three main areas of
concentration. Therefore, approximately $1.8 million has
either been reserved or appropriated to date, which does
not include the approximately $1.5 million the CPC is
recommending to the town for the funding of construction
of affordable housing at the Nike site and a reserve for
allocation to open space, which leaves about $2 million
uncommitted at this time.
The Community Preservation Committee desires to
formulate a long-range plan for the use of the funds for
the allowed purposes. One of the methods of obtaining
the input of Wayland citizens is a proposed survey. We
hope that Wayland citizens will attend the meeting and
offer their suggestions regarding this idea and to
otherwise assist the committee in achieving this goal by
having a dialogue with the committee members at the
meeting.
11/1/07:
Citizens Policy Academy starting up again. The
Wayland Police Department will be conducting its fourth
Citizens Police Academy starting in November. The
purpose of the academy is to educate citizens about the
different services and roles that police officers
perform.
The nine-week program is open to residents at least 17
years old. Topics covered include legal issues, traffic
safety and motor vehicle law, detection and enforcement
of people who operate a vehicle while under the
influence of liquor, juvenile issues, accident
investigation, domestic violence, criminal
investigations and patrol procedures. Attendees
will have the opportunity to ride along in a cruiser
with an officer during part of his or her shift. This
year participants will have the opportunity to
experience a computerized firearms training simulator
where they will have to make split second decisions
concerning the use of force. The objective of the
course is to increase understanding between the police
and the community so that we may learn from and help
each other.
The Citizens Police Academy will start Wednesday, Nov.
14 from 7 to 9 pm, meeting every Wednesday for nine
weeks. Anyone interested may contact
Sgt. Tom Galvin.
11/1/07:
Conroy office hours. State Rep. Thomas Conroy,
D-Wayland, will hold office hours on Friday, Nov. 16. No
appointments are necessary and meetings are held on a
first-come, first-served basis. His Wayland hours
will be at Starbucks, 44 Main St., Wayland from 6 to 7
p.m.
Rep. Conroy or his legislative aide, Jenny Nathans, can
also be reached at
Rep.ThomasConroy@hou.state.ma.us or 617-722-2460.
11/1/07:
Annual public hearing. The Wayland Board of
Assessors will be holding a public hearing on Monday,
November 19 at 7pm at the Wayland Town Building, in
accordance with Town Code 19-8, to listen to taxpayer
concerns and questions regarding the assessment process
and services provided by the assessors’ office.
11/1/07:
Pie sale for charity. Each year, the Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage offices in Weston and
Wayland help to sell more than 13,000 Thanksgiving pies
prepared by more than 150 of Greater Boston’s best
restaurants and caterers.
Apple, pecan, pumpkin, sweet potato and diabetic apple
pies will be sold for $25 each to benefit the clients of
Community Servings, a not-for-profit organization that
provides free, home delivered meals throughout eastern
Massachusetts to homebound individuals ill with acute
life-threatening illnesses. For every pie sold,
Community Servings will be able to feed one of their
clients lunch, dinner and a snack for a week. Last
year, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage offices sold
more than 10,000 Thanksgiving pies, raising $347,000 for
the charity.
Pie sales are taking place now and will continue through
Nov. 14. Pies can be ordered by calling the Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage office in Weston at
781-893-4500 or Wayland at 508-358-5131, or by visiting
www.pieinthesky.org.
Pies will be available for pick-up on Wednesday, Nov. 21
at the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in
Weston located at 426 Boston Post Road, between 9am and
2:30pm.
11/1/07:
Sen. Brown appointed to special commission.
State Sen. Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, was recently
appointed to serve as a member of a special commission
to study the impact of drowsy driving on highway safety.
The commission is expected to establish scientific and
legal standards that could be used by police officers
and the courts in determining the effect of sleep
depravation on drivers, the appropriate sanctions for
operating while sleep-deprived, and the training
requirements to be followed by licensed driver education
programs with respect to recognition of the symptoms and
effects of sleep deprivation on drivers. The
commission will submit its final report, including
legislative and administrative recommendations, no later
than Dec. 1, 2007. Brown is a member of the
Legislature’s Commission on Public Safety and Homeland
Security. He can be reached at
scott.p.brown@state.ma.us
10/30/07:
New Horizons Band organizational meeting. A
second organizational meeting for the New Horizons Band
is scheduled for Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at 7 pm in
the Wayland Middle School library. Anyone with an
interest in helping founding Band Director Diane Muffitt
is encouraged to come. New Horizons is a band for area
residents who are beginners as well as those who are
out-of-practice with their instruments. For more
information about this national music movement, visit
www.newhorizonsmusic.org or contact Diane at
muffitt@bandnotes.info or 978-261-5065.
Informational meetings for interested musicians are
scheduled for January 9 and 16, Wayland Middle School
library, 7 pm.
10/28/07:
Holiday Hours: The Library will be closed on Monday,
November 12, for Veterans’ Day.
10/28/07:
New Library Catalog Features: Enhancements are
coming to our library catalog! Check them out anytime
after November 1st. New features include: search results
displayed by relevance, more results on each page, book
jackets, summaries and reviews of books, create a list
and then make your requests, and the ability to pay
fines online using a credit card. As always, ask the
library's reference staff for assistance if you have
questions about any of the library's services.
10/23/07:
The Board of Health has scheduled flu shot clinics
for Wayland residents age 65 and older or age 18-64 at
high risk with a chronic medical condition. These
clinics will be held in the Wayland Town Building, Large
Hearing Room on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 from 1-5pm
for last name beginning A - M and on Thursday, November
15, 2007 from 1-4pm for last name beginning N - Z.
Please bring your Medicare card and any HMO supplemental
insurance cards. Pneumococcal vaccine will also be
available, but requires a physician's order.
10/19/07:
Wayland Senior Club. The Senior Club will start
meetings in October. Meetings are held on the first and
third Tuesday of each month at 1:30pm. Dues are $5 per
year to offset program expenditures and can be paid at
any club meeting, or at the COA office. Call the COA for
additional information, or attend any club meeting at
the Wayland Senior Center.
10/19/07:
BSO Open Rehearsal Transportation. The Council on
Aging has traditionally sponsored a bus to go in to 4
different Boston Symphony Orchestra Open Rehearsals. The
dates for the rehearsals are Oct. 24, Jan. 16, Feb. 6,
and Feb. 20. The bus leaves the Town Building at 5:15
p.m. We need at least 25 riders to make hiring the bus
feasible. Currently the cost is $61 for all 4 bus trips
to the rehearsals, if we have 25 participants. If we
have fewer people, we will need to charge more, if more
people sign up, the cost will go down. Why drive in and
battle traffic and pay upwards of $30 to park your car?
Please call us at the Council on Aging office at
508-358-2990 as soon as possible to get your name in for
this wonderful opportunity. You must purchase your
tickets to the rehearsals from the BSO directly and the
cost is $60. Please call the Boston Symphony ticket
office at 617-266-7575 to order your tickets then call
the COA, and we will add your name to our list.
10/19/07:
COA Trips:
NEWPORT
PLAYHOUSE: “Remember Me” at the Playhouse and Cabaret
Restaurant. Date: November 29, Cost: $69. At 9am a
luxury motor coach bus will leave for Newport RI to
see Ocean Drive. Then off to the Newport Playhouse and
Cabaret Restaurant where you’ll enjoy a great buffet
and a wonderful play and cabaret performance. The play
“Remember Me” is about the trials of marriage, no
matter how old you are. Arrive in Wayland at
approximately 6:30pm.
BOSTON HOLIDAY
POPS, Thursday, December 13, Noon-4:30 pm, Cost $75.00
There will be limited seats available for this matinee
performance. Tickets are scheduled to go on sale in
early October. Call the COA for additional info or to
add your name to the list. Tickets will sell out
quickly.
10/18/07:
Children's Way '08-09 Enrollment Open. The
Children's Way early childhood program is now
accepting applications for the 2008-09 academic year.
Operated by the Wayland Public Schools, the program is
located in the Wayland Town Building. Call 508-358-7072
for information about this NAEYC-accredited program
(National Association for the Education of Young
Children).
10/18/07:
Learn American history with old-fashioned dolls.
Old-fashioned dolls will introduce third, fourth and
fifth graders to American history in an after-school
program sponsored by the Wayland Historical Society. The
group will meet Tuesdays, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, 13 and 20, at
3:15 p.m. at the Grout-Heard House, next to the library.
Each of the four dolls from the Historical Society’s
extensive collection comes from a different time period,
between 1775 through 1900. The dolls will introduce
issues where Wayland history was touched by American
historical events – the Revolution, immigration,
transportation and women’s rights – in a program called
"Antique Dolls and the Stories They Tell." Each
session will feature activities, crafts, games and even
snacks, appropriate to that particular time period.
The $40 fee for the four sessions should be paid to the
Wayland Historical Society, P.O. Box 56, Wayland MA
01778. Registration is limited and will be honored in
the order received. Scholarships are available.
10/18/07:
Brown office hours. State Sen. Scott Brown,
R-Wrentham, will be holding office hours on Tuesday,
Oct. 23 at the Wayland Senior Center, 41 Cochituate
Road, from 2:15 to 3 p.m. Office hours provide
constituents an opportunity to stop in and voice any
concerns they may have to Sen. Brown or a member of his
staff. No appointment is necessary. If you have any
questions regarding office hours you can email
Sen. Brown’s
office or phone him at 617-722-1555.
10/18/07:
Sen. Scott Brown releases e-newsletter. State Sen.
Scott Brown, R-Wrentham, distributes an e-newsletter
bimonthly to his constituents. The e-update features an
overview of Sen. Brown’s legislative priorities,
legislative news, State House news, events and his
"district hours" schedule. To have a copy e-mailed to
you, email
his office or phone 617-722-1555.
10/18/07:
Register for Household
Hazardous Waste Day. The Wayland Board of Health
is pre-registering Wayland residents only for its next
household hazardous waste collection day on Saturday,
Oct. 27 in the parking lot of the Wayland-Sudbury
Septage Treatment Plant, 490 Boston Post Road, 9am-12pm.
Residents interested in disposing of household hazardous
waste must complete a pre-registration form on which
they may choose a half-hour time slot between 9am and
noon on October 27. Early registration is recommended to
obtain the preferred early time slots. Forms are
available in the Board of Health office, Wayland Town
Building lobby, Senior Center, Wayland Library, Landfill
and Recycling Center and
online.
Completed forms must be submitted to the Board of Health
office by Friday, Oct. 26. The types and quantities of
household hazardous waste that will and will not be
accepted are also listed on the registration form. Latex
paint will not be accepted since it can be air-dried or
solidified with kitty litter and disposed of with
regular trash. Thermometers and thermostats containing
mercury will be accepted. The next Household Hazardous
Waste Day is expected to be in June of 2008, so
residents contemplating selling their property should
plan accordingly to dispose of these materials safely.
For more information contact the Board of Health at
508-358-3617.
10/17/07:
Register Now for the Spring 2008 Wayland Youth Lacrosse.
Sign-up and get more information at
www.WaylandLacrosse.com. REGISTER EARLY! - To
ensure proper player-to-coach ratios and ample playing
time, we are limiting enrollment this year. For each age
level, we expect to field 2 teams of approximately 20
players each. LEVELS: Boys & Girls U9 (Grades 1-2)
- discounted registration! Boys & Girls U11
(Grades 3-4), U13 (Grades 5-6) & U15 (Grades 7-8).
New Player Clinic/Orientation: We will be holding
a basic skills clinic for new players grades 1 thru 8 on
November 4th on the new turf field at the High School.
All players that are new to the game or are interested
in finding out more about lacrosse are welcome to
attend. We will spend time on equipment and reviewing
the basic skills so the kids can practice at home and
get ready for the upcoming spring season. Anyone is
welcome to attend. Please email the coach below
with name and grade to register: Girls Clinic -
Nov 4th at WHS 1:30-2:30pm. Players will need a
stick, goggles and a mouth guard. We will try to bring
extra sticks and goggles for those girls that do not
have them. For more information contact
Maura Keating.
Boys Clinic - Nov 4th at WHS 2:30-3:30pm. Players
will need at least a stick and mouth guard. If you have
the full protective gear please wear it. We will try to
bring extra sticks for those boys that do not have them.
For more information contact
Mark Lucier.
All fee and equipment information can be found at
www.WaylandLacrosse.com
10/16/07:
Gospel Choir is forming. A Community Gospel
Choir under the direction of Grace Hampton, the
Associate Minister of the MT. Calvary Baptist Church of
Boston is forming in Wayland. This choir is open to all
community members, Wayland High School students, school
faculty and staff and parents. Eight 90 minute
rehearsals are schedule for Thursdays beginning October
25th in the choral room at the high school. The
rehearsals are from 2:45pm – 4:15pm. Two concerts are
planned, December 18th at the WHS Choral Concert and the
MLK Dinner sponsored by Wayland METCO on January 18th at
the Wayland Middle School. Come sing and join in the
fun. Call Kathy Hodge at 508-655-6862 to register or for
more information e-mail
hodgewayland@yahoo.com. CAPA, the Creative Arts
Parents Association is sponsoring this free program.
10/12/07:
Public Forum on Proposed DPW. There will be a
public forum to learn more about the proposed Special
Town Meeting Warrant article that would establish a
department of public works and Board of Public Works on
Thursday, October 18th at 7:30pm in the Large Hearing
Room at the Wayland Town Building. Representatives of
the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and DPW
Assessment Committee will make a brief presentation and
be available to respond to questions.
10/10/07:
A Band for All Ages to Form in Wayland. An
organizational meeting – the first step in starting a
new band for novice and out-of-practice musicians – is
scheduled for Wednesday, October 24, at 7 pm in the
Wayland Middle School Library. Anyone with an interest
in being part of the organizational team for the New
Horizons Band is invited to join Diane Muffitt, Wayland
Middle School band director, for the inaugural meeting.
On January 9 and 16, informational meetings for
interested musicians will be scheduled. Muffitt is
joining a growing national movement and forming a New
Horizons Band. Now in cities all over the country, the
bands give aspiring musicians a chance to learn an
instrument for the first time and help out-of-practice
musicians renew their long dormant talents. Muffitt’s
endeavor will be offered to area residents as part of
Wayland School Community Program’s Community Education
Department. It will be open to residents of nearby
towns, with the only stipulation being that the person
be an adult. Performers will meet one night a week at
the Wayland Middle School, and will be taught by Muffitt
and a co-director. For further information, e-mail
Muffitt at
muffitt@bandnotes.info or call her at 978-261-5065.
More information is available at
http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/district/district_info/ws_community_prog/community_ed.htm.
Additional information about the New Horizons movement
is online at:
http://www.newhorizonsmusic.org/nhima.htm.
10/6/07:
Kids Contribute to Waveland Library: Many thanks to
all the kids who helped the Waveland Library simply by
reading this summer. At the Waveland Library's request,
the Library is sending a monetary donation to them so
they can choose the materials they will need for their
new library. Along with the donation, the Library is
sending all the wonderful bookplates participants
decorated as well as a list of thoughtful book
recommendations. You can visit the
Library website
to learn more about the Waveland library and to read the
many book reviews (over 300!) kids wrote.
10/2/07:
School Traffic
Supervisor (Part Time) at Claypit Hill Elementary
School. The Town of Wayland is accepting
applications for the position of School Traffic
Supervisor for Claypit Hill Elementary School. The
position involves traffic control at the school during
the morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up of students.
Hours are from 8:15am until 9am. and 3pm until 3:30pm
each school day (Wednesday hours are 8:15am. until 9am
and 1:50pm until 2:20pm). Reports to the Chief of
Police. Salary of $6,988.00 per year. To apply
send a letter of interest to the Human Resources
Department, Wayland Town Building, 41 Cochituate Road,
Wayland MA 01778 by 10/15/2007. EEO/AA
10/2/07:
Wayland Police Department Citizen’s
Police Academy.
The Wayland Police Department will be conducting its
fourth Citizen’s Police Academy starting in November.
The purpose of the Citizen’s Police Academy is to
educate interested citizens about the different services
and roles that police officers perform. The 9-week
program is open to residents who are at least 17 years
old. Topics covered include; Legal Issues, Traffic
Safety and Motor Vehicle Law, OUI-Detection and
Enforcement, Juvenile Issues, Accident Investigation,
Domestic Violence, Criminal Investigations, and Patrol
Procedures. Attendees will have the opportunity to
ride-a-long in a cruiser with an officer during part of
his/her shift. This year participants will have the
opportunity to experience a computerized firearms
training simulator where they will have to make split
second decisions concerning the use of force. The
objective of the course is to increase understanding
between the police and the community so that we may
learn from, and help each other. The Citizen’s
Police Academy is scheduled to start Wednesday November
14, 2007 from 7-9pm, and will meet every Wednesday
thereafter for 9 weeks. Anyone interested may contact
Sgt. Tom Galvin 508-358-4721 or e-mail him at
tgalvin@waylandpolice.com.
10/2/07:
Kids Night Out (ok,
Parents Night Out!), October 20, November 3 and December
8, 2007, from 6-9:30pm (check-in starts at 5:45pm),
Wayland High School Field House. Cost: $20-first
child, $5 each additional child with a $30 family limit
(Any checks should be made out to Wayland High School),
Ages: age 4 - grade 8. This program is available
for any child from any town!! Supervision will be
provided by the students from the Girls and Boys
Basketball teams! Cost includes a drink and a
slice of pizza from Wayland House of Pizza or hotdog.
Activities include arts and crafts, board games and
organized games. A concession stand will be
available for snacks and drinks. If you do not want your
child to carry cash, they can bank money to be used at
the concession stand. Each child must have a
signed parent permission form in order to participate in
the evening. Please bring your payment and permission
form to the event. This year the permission form will
cover your child for the entire school year. Forms
can be picked up at any of the Wayland Public Schools or
be downloaded off the Wayland High School website:
www.wayland.k12.ma.us/high_school/night_out.html.
If you have any questions, please e-mail Kathleen
Thompson at
Kathleen_Thompson@wayland.k12.ma.us. Sponsored by
the Wayland High School Girls and Boys Basketball Teams
10/2/07:
It’s Time to Think About
Wayland Youth
Basketball. Register now at:
www.waylandbasketball.org. Boys and girls in
grades 3 through 8 can participate. Wayland Youth
Basketball offers two leagues for our kids: (1)
MetroWest: A more competitive travel league. MetroWest
is the more competitive league for Wayland kids.
Historically, Wayland has participated in grades 6-8 for
both boys and girls. This year we plan to add 5th grade
boys’ and girls’ teams as well. To play in MetroWest
League, you must try out and be selected. Please see the
website for dates and times of tryouts. If you are not
selected for MetroWest, you may still play in the
Tri-Town league. Games are played on Sundays from
December to March. Away games can involve travel of up
to an hour. (2) Tri-Town League: A brand new
recreational league for players of all skill levels.
The new Tri-Town League has been formed along with the
towns of Weston and Lincoln!! This league is open to all
boys and girls in grades 3-8 and is for players of all
skill levels (replacing our former participation in the
CYO league). There are three divisions in this league:
Junior (grades 3 and 4), Intermediate (grades 5 and 6)
and Senior (grades 7 and 8). All players make a team.
Players will be evaluated so that teams of relatively
equal strength can be formed. Please see the website for
dates and times of evaluations. Games will be played on
Saturdays from December to March. All games will be
played locally in Wayland, Weston or Lincoln. Sign
Up Now Online!!!
9/28/07: Meals
on Wheels Part-Time Site Manager Needed.
Looking for a meaningful part-time job? The Meals on
Wheels program needs your help. We are looking for
a part-time site manager for the Wayland Senior Center
needed mornings for five days a week, two hours a day
from 9 to 11 a.m. Coordinate small daily Meals on
Wheels programs (approximately 18 meals). Package
pre-cooked meals, keep daily records, attend monthly
staff meetings, work well with committed volunteers and
drive a route as necessary. You must be interested
in working with seniors, and have a valid driver’s
license, a car and a good driving record. For more
information or to apply contact Carlos Cunningham at
508-620-2315 or
carlosc@smoc.org. If you are looking for a
meaningful volunteer opportunity, we need people to
deliver meals one or more days per week or as emergency
backups to help homebound seniors in our community. We
reimburse gas mileage at 44 cents per mile too.
Meals on Wheels helps to keep homebound seniors in
MetroWest out of nursing homes. For a commitment
of as little as two hours a week, you can make a
difference in the life of a senior citizen in your
community. Call 508-872-6570 to volunteer or for more
information.
9/26/07:
Tom Conroy announces office hours.
Representative Thomas Conroy is pleased to announce his
local office hours for the month of October.
Office hours in Wayland for Tuesday, October 16th are at
the Wayland Free Public Library, 4:30-5:30 in the
Raytheon Room. Tom or his legislative aide, Jenny
Nathans, can also be reached at
Rep.ThomasConroy@hou.state.ma.us or 617-722-2460.
9/21/07:
WANTED--Volunteers of Good Will: The Wayland
Library has sponsored an ESOL Program for 18 years that
has trained well over two hundred tutors. We have a
never-ending waiting list of learners who need help, but
a lack of corresponding volunteers willing to tutor
these students a couple of hours a week. Training
classes for new tutors have been scheduled at the
library on five Wednesday evenings starting on October
10. No teaching experience or foreign language ability
is required in order to be a tutor. We will train you,
painlessly, even enjoyably, to offer this service to
someone who really needs help. You will work one-on-one
with adults who desire to improve their abilities in
spoken and written English. For more information, please
call 508-653-6098.
9/21/07:
Candidate debates. Jim Ogonowski and Niki Tsongas
will participate in three debates prior to the general
election on Tuesday, Oct. 16 to represent the Fifth
District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which
includes precincts 1, 3 and 4 of Wayland. Any candidate
for the Fifth District who will appear on the ballot in
October will be invited to each of the debates. On
Sept. 25, the candidates will debate on NECN. The debate
will be pre-taped and will air at 7pm. On Sept. 27, the
candidates will participate in a debate hosted by the
League of Women Voters in the Collins Center at Andover
High School, 100 Shawsheen Road, Andover. This forum
will be moderated by Emily Rooney, host and executive
editor of "Greater Boston" on WGBH television, and
begins at 7:30pm. The candidates participating, in the
order they will appear on the ballot are James Ogonowski,
Republican; Niki Tsongas, Democrat; Kurt Hayes,
independent; Patrick Murphy, independent; and Kevin
Thompson, Constitution party. The League has also
scheduled a forum Tuesday, Sept. 25, at Acton-Boxborough
Regional High School, 36 Charter Road, Acton, beginning
at 7:30pm. All of the candidates were invited to
participate, but Ogonowski and Tsongas have declined.
The independent candidates will answer voter questions
at this forum. At both events, audience members will be
able to submit written questions for the candidates
before the program begins at 7:30pm. The written
questions must be addressed to all candidates. All
questions will be asked by the forum moderator. Finally,
on Oct. 9, the candidates will participate in a debate
co-hosted by UMass Lowell and The Lowell Sun. The
special election to fill the Congressional seat vacated
by Martin Meehan is Oct. 16. The deadline to register to
vote in this election is Sept. 26.
9/15/07:
The Wayland Veterans Memorial Book of Remembrance,
a library quality volume of some 125 pages with
approximately 30 photos in color and B&W, will be
published this winter. For many, this book will become a
Wayland family keepsake for generations. This book is
the culmination of extensive research and dedication on
the part of Wayland Veterans and volunteers. It
includes:
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More than 100
personal stories by and about Wayland veterans
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The names of
our residents who died protecting our country
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An honor roll
of all those who served from Wayland
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Veterans now
buried in our cemeteries
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Donors to the
Memorial fund and their honorees
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The annual High
School Freedom Prize
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The Dedication
Ceremony and the Trip to the Memorial
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Full color map
of Wayland showing location of Memorials and Markers
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Plus several
other interesting chapters about Wayland life during
war and peace and our American shared values made
possible by our military missions.
The Wayland
Veterans Memorial Committee is now accepting
pre-publication orders (payment only due when received).
We are offering this historic volume, at cost: $20 in
library-quality hardcover. Any proceeds over cost will
go to endow the Wayland Veterans Memorial FREEDOM PRIZE
that is awarded annually to a Wayland High School
student. Donations above these amounts will be
graciously appreciated. You may order your copy now
(only pay when delivered) either by calling the Wayland
Veterans' Agent, John Turchinetz, at (508)
358-3787, or emailing
jimburkley@comcast.net or
jcdyer7@hotmail.com.
You can also help us determine how many copies to print.
If you think you might purchase a copy but are not ready
to make a commitment before seeing the book, let us know
by using the same contacts as above.
9/15/07:
Wayland
Boy Scout Troop One Cochituate. Join the
Wayland Boy Scouts, Troop 1 Cochituate as we begin our
2007/2008 program. No prior Scouting experience
required. Boys can attend as many meetings as their
schedule permits while participating in a wide variety
of troop activities. Each boy proceeds through
advancement at his own pace, earning rank and merit
badges by participating in many types of educational
group and individual activities. Outdoor skills,
along with physical fitness and academic skills are
developed through activities including camping,
backpacking, hiking, biking, canoeing, the Klondike
Derby Winter Skills Competition, community service
projects, field trips, fun trips, leadership training,
working on the 126 different merit badges, Courts of
Honor, and summer camp at Camp Yawgoog in RI, and Camp
Resolute in Bolton. The boys also have the opportunity
to go to Boy Scout High Adventure camps in Canada,
Minnesota, the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico, or
the Florida Sea Base in the Keys. Recent troop trips
included biking from Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod,
and hiking from both Camp Nobscot in Sudbury, and from
Camp Sayre in the Blue Hills Reservation. Trips under
planning for this coming year include day trips boating
on the Assabet river, striped bass fishing in Boston
harbor, camping on Block Island, hiking Mt Mansfield in
VT, white water rafting on the Kennebec River, and
camping/canoeing in the Allagash wilderness, or Baxter
State Park in Maine. Meetings are held on
Wednesday evenings from 7-8:30pm at the Scout House
located next to the Town Beach. Check out the Troop by
joining us at a typical meeting any Wednesday evening.
Troop 1 Cochituate was established in 1924 and is one of
the oldest troops in the country. Last year, the troop
finished second against twenty six other troops in the
Klondike Derby competition, purchased a new fourteen
foot trailer to haul gear to activities, and held Eagle
Courts of Honor for three young men who attained the
rank of Eagle Scout. The troop is supported by a solid
group of local adults, many of whom had long careers in
scouting when they were boys, and all of whom have a
desire to give back to the community – one of the
fundamental tenants of Scouting. Boy Scouts is
great for friendship, skill development, personal
growth, community service, and especially fun and
adventure! Boys from sixth grade through age 18 are
invited to join. For more information please contact
Scoutmaster Kurt Straube at
kurt.straube@fmr.com
or call him in the early evenings at 508-358-2639. Or,
you may also contact Asst. Scoutmaster Michael Sakowich
at 508-358-5336 for further information.
9/15/07:
Pack 1 Cochituate
Cub Scouts - Opening Campfire. All boys
entering grades 1 – 5 from Happy Hollow and Loker
schools are welcome to join the Pack 1 Cochituate Cub
Scouts. We will be having an Open House on Tuesday,
September 11 at the Scout House (the building next to
the town beach) from 7–8pm. The Cub Scout Leadership
will be there to answer your questions. Our Annual
Opening Ceremony will be held at the Town Beach on
Thursday, September 20 from 6–7:30pm. Perspective and
returning Cub Scouts along with their families are
invited to join us for an event of FUN, FUN, FUN playing
different games, a big campfire and making S’Mores!
Registration Applications will be available at the
Opening Ceremony. Annual registration cost is $65.
Please bring along a check made out to “Pack 1
Cochituate.” Scholarships are available. You may contact
the Cubmaster, Michael Ng, at
cubmaster@pack1wayland.com if you are unable to
attend the Opening Ceremony.
9/15/07:
Wayland Public Library Statistics: Last year the
Library held 190 library-sponsored programs, attended by
close to 6,300 people attended. 7,925 Wayland residents
are registered to use the Library, and in the past year
those people made close to 120,000 visits to the
library. We answered 20,800 reference questions last
year. (It seems people still need help finding
information in both print and electronic formats!) The
library is open and staffed to assist our users 7 days
and 67 hours per week most of year.
9/15/07:
Volunteer Needed for Wayland Library: The Wayland
Library offers a delivery service to our homebound
patrons, run by volunteers. After several years, our
current volunteer is unable to continue this service. If
you are interested in helping us out and would like more
information, please call the library at 508-358-2311 and
ask to speak with Jan DeMeo.
9/15/07:
ESOL Program: Ginny Steel, our ESOL coordinator,
will be offering a training class for new tutors on five
Wednesday evenings starting on October 10. For more
information about the class and the satisfactions you
might derive from tutoring an English language learner,
call her at 508-358-7517.
9/15/07:
Wayland High School Class of 1962 reunion.
The Wayland High School Class of 1962 will hold its
45th reunion on Saturday, October 13, 4-11pm at the
Courtyard by Marriott, Speen Street, Natick.
Dinner will be served at 7pm. They will have
background music of the ’50s. Richard Turner of Wayland
will provide the CD player and Richard Muller of Florida
will provide the 1950 CDs. There is one couple –
John and Michelle Morrell – coming in from Juneau,
Alaska. In total there will are 52 people already
planning to attend the reunion, 36 classmates and 14
guests. The Class of 1962 invites any other 1962
classmates to attend this reunion. They may e-mail Doug
Bernard at
mtwash58@yahoo.com or call him on 978-858-5789 to
attend the reunion. The class is excited about
this reunion because a handful of classmates couldn’t
attend the 40th reunion but will be attending this
reunion. As someone mentioned at the 40th reunion, this
is a very special class, a close group of classmates
even after 45 years of separation. The class had a great
education in Wayland and quite a few classmates live in
the New England area. Pictures from the reunion
will be posted on the class website:
www.whsclassof62.org.
9/7/07:
Anticipated Job Opening at Wayland Council on Aging.
The Wayland Council On Aging anticipates a position
opening for Kitchen Site Manager at the Senior Center.
This paid position through SMOC (South Middlesex
Opportunity Council) is 2 hours/day (10am-Noon), 5
days/week and could be a shared position. The Site
Manager(s) will receive training in proper food handling
techniques and will be responsible for opening up the
kitchen daily at the COA and packaging individual meals
which are then delivered to the Home Delivered Meal
clients by volunteer drivers. There is no actual cooking
involved. The Site Manager communicates with SMOC
regarding meal service, coordinates the volunteer
drivers, works cooperatively with COA staff and assists
with congregate meals as needed. If you are interested
in this position, +/or know someone who might like to
share the position with you, please contact Maureen
DeJong at the Council On Aging at
mdejong@wayland.ma.us or 508-358-2990.
9/6/07:
Second annual Wayland XC Challenge. The second
annual Wayland XC Challenge will be held on Sunday, Oct.
7 at Wayland High School. The event includes youth 3k
races for ages 14 and under and an open 5k race.
Proceeds benefit the Wayland High School cross country
teams. Last year, the first year for the event,
there were 200 registered runners. This year’s event is
presented by Pierce & Mandell P.C. and includes key
sponsors Twenty Wayland, Wayland Kitchens, Middlesex
Savings Bank and Coldwell Banker. The races are
sanctioned by the USATF. The youth races start at 10am
with boys and girls ages 11 to 14 competing in a 3k
race. A second 3k race for ages 10 and under will start
at 10:20am. The 5k race is open to all ages and will
begin at 11am. The event will be held rain or shine.
With advance registration the youth races are $5 per
child and the open race is $10 per person. On race day,
the entrance fee is $8 for the youth races and $15 for
the open race. Online registration and entry forms are
available at
www.waylandxc.com. You can also get entry forms by
calling 508-397-1261. According to race director
Eric Bucher, the main objective of the event is to
promote fitness in children and adults. "This is a
true cross-country event, with a variety of terrain and
surfaces. The Wayland XC Challenge exposes athletes to
the enjoyment and challenge of cross-country running,"
he said. By providing an exciting event, he hopes
to help athletes "catch the running bug." "We are
especially looking to attract young runners to the
sport," he added. Both courses start and end on
the track. The courses include grassy fields and wooded
trails. There are a few short, but challenging hills.
The courses are well-marked and we have race marshals
situated throughout to provide split times and
assistance. Spectators can see the runners at many
points of the races. Over 70 awards will be
presented. Athletes will be grouped into age and gender
classes. The top three finishers in each class will
receive awards. A special award will be presented to the
top male and female finisher from Wayland.
Post-race amenities include food from Whole Foods Market
and a free raffle for all participants.
9/1/07:
Library School Bus Stop: The school department
continues to offer a "request only" stop on HS/MS Bus 9
for the Wayland Library. This allows middle and high
school students to ride the bus to the library
immediately after school. If students wish to ride Bus 9
to the library, they should let the driver know at the
time they board the bus. The bus driver will not stop at
the library unless students request the driver to do so.
9/1/07:
WCPA gearing up for another exciting year. The
Wayland Children and Parents Association (WCPA) is
gearing up for another exciting year of providing events
and programs for families with young children. The
WCPA sponsors organized playgroups, an annual preschool
forum, adult socials, ladies nights, story hours, member
coffee socials, concerts, family outings, parent
enrichment lectures and events, and a weekly drop-in
playgroup at the Town Building. The first drop-in
playgroup will be on Monday, September 17 from
10-11:15am in the Town Building gymnasium. All are
welcome to attend with their children. Check our
website at
www.waylandwcpa.org for information about this and
other events. WCPA was organized in 1995 to
develop programs and services for the children of
Wayland and their families. The goal is
accomplished through WCPA-coordinated fundraising
events, social activities and educational forums.
Each year, WCPA contributes to local charities with
proceeds from its fundraisers. The WCPA board of
directors is run by volunteers and family memberships
are always available. Membership dues are $30 per
family, $55 for two years. The WCPA has over 140
families as members. Members receive a monthly
newsletter and weekly emails highlighting upcoming
events. In addition, the website hosts a community
board and forum for tips and parent resources. If
you are interested in joining the WCPA, or if you'd like
more information about the organization, call
508-358-7076 or visit
www.waylandwcpa.org
8/26/07: Fall Lecture
Series: THE POST-IMPRESSIONISTS ---PIONEERS OF MODERN
ART. During the late nineteenth century, the
Post-impressionists were widely criticized for their
revolutionary styles, as they moved away from the
naturalism of the Impressionists and experimented with
various styles and techniques. The most influential
Post-impressionist artists include Paul Cezanne, Vincent
van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec. Spending
most of his life in the South of France, Cezanne
(1839-1906) was deeply concerned with the underlying
structure and geometry of nature. Although van Gogh
(1853-1890) painted during a short ten-year period, his
output was enormous. He expressed on the canvas his
dreams, feelings and inner being and created brilliant,
subjective art. Always seeking a simpler, untamed world,
Gauguin (1848-1903) produced art from his imagination
and memory while living in Brittany and the South
Pacific. Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) chronicled the
bohemian life of the theater, dancehalls, circus, cafes
and brothels of Montmartre in a colorful, calligraphic
style. Join Judy Schurgin on Sept. 28 [Paul Cezanne],
Oct. 12 [Vincent Van Gogh], Oct. 19 [Paul Gauguin] and
Oct. 26, 2007 [Toulouse-Lautrec] from 1:00 – 2:30PM, as
she discusses the lives and diverse works of these
pioneers of modern art, who influenced an entire
generation of artists.
8/26/07: COA Offerings.
There are many programs being run by the Council on
Aging in the coming months. For a current listing
of upcoming trips, events, courses and presentations,
click here.
8/26/07:
Invitation to join Golden Tones chorus. The
Golden Tones, a 60-voice senior citizen chorus, invites
you to sing with them in their 20th season. Join
the group for any Tuesday rehearsal, beginning Sept. 4
at 10 am at the Wayland Senior Center. You can hear them
sing at the Natick Stop & Shop barbecue on Saturday,
Sept. 1 at 12:30 p.m. Come to the Stop & Shop at routes
9 and 27 for freshly grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and a
side order of singing, with proceeds from the grill to
benefit the chorus. The Golden Tones welcomes new
members of age 60 and above, regardless of musical
experience. There are no auditions; only a love of
singing is required. Non-singing members who would like
to assist with the program are welcome as well. All
members enjoy the company of one another, as well as the
opportunity to bring joyful music into the community.
Golden tones members come from 11 towns in the MetroWest
and Greater Boston area. Last year they performed more
than 60 concerts in area nursing homes, assisted living
and other senior housing facilities, with local schools,
and for community events. Rehearsals are most Tuesday
mornings and performances are most Friday afternoons. It
is not necessary to attend all rehearsals or
performances. For more information call
508-358-0111 or visit
www.goldentones.org
8/26/07:
Lifelong Learning at Regis College begins.
Lifelong Learning at Regis College (LLARC) is a
membership organization that offers daytime programs
created by, and for, older adults who like to learn
something new. LLARC involves no tests, term papers, or
credits, and does not require any previous college
experience. This year’s kickoff event will be
Tuesday, Sept. 11, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Regis College
Fine Arts Center, 235 Wellesley St., Weston. LLARC
is a chance to learn purely for the fun of it and to
meet new people of varied backgrounds and interests. The
common denominator is an eagerness to expand one’s mind
in a relaxed and sociable atmosphere. Started in
spring 2005, Regis continues to expand its selection of
courses and is appealing to a larger membership.
Students have come from more than 50 towns, including
Wayland, Weston, Natick, Framingham and Wellesley. There
are currently 275 members. Each semester is 10
weeks, with classes generally meeting for one hour, once
a week during daytime hours. Mini-courses, five or six
weeks in length, are also offered. A "Lunch, Listen &
Learn" program runs on Tuesdays at the Fine Arts Center
where guest speakers address an array of topics.
The courses are led by volunteers with expertise in the
subject area. Topics have included Democracy, Islam and
Muslims in America, Creative Writing, Great Short
Stories, Genetics, Judaism and Catholicism, Current
Events, and The Progressive Era. Those interested
in attending or instructing are encouraged to contact
Jill Rosen at 781-768-7135. For more information visit
www.regiscollege.edu/LLARC/Default.aspx
8/26/07:
Wayland Cultural Council sets deadline for grant
applications. The deadline for organizations
and individuals to apply for grants from the Wayland
Cultural Council to support cultural activities in the
community is Oct. 17. The council receives funds each
year from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a
state agency. These grants can be used to support
a variety of artistic and cultural projects that will
benefit citizens of the Wayland community including
exhibits, festivals, short- term artist residencies or
performances in schools, as well as cultural workshops
and lectures. This year the Wayland Cultural
Council supported concerts by Opera Del West, the Golden
Tones and the Musicians of the Old Post Road; a Science
Magic program for elementary school-age children; three
public lecture series offered through the Wayland
Library; and a project by the Wayland Historical Society
on slavery in Wayland. The council is interested
in expanding our program and showcasing new and
different artistic endeavors. Please contact Carole M.
Felz, chairwoman, at 508-653-3910 or
cfelz@gis.net for
additional information. Performing groups and
individuals who have not been previously funded by the
council are strongly encouraged to provide tapes or CDs
along with their application. Application forms
are available at the Wayland Library and the Town
Building. Forms may also be downloaded and additional
information found on the Mass. Cultural Council Web site
at
www.mass-culture.org. Completed forms should
be sent to the Wayland Cultural Council, Wayland Town
Building, 41 Cochituate Road, Wayland MA 01778.
8/19/07:
Playaways: The Library has acquired some
audiobooks in a new format—the “Playaway.” A
Playaway is about half the size of a deck of cards and
comes pre-loaded with digital content like audiobooks.
Just plug in your earphones or adapter and start
listening! A few of our new titles in this format
include: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Night-time by Mark Haddon, The Mayflower
by Nathaniel Philbrick, Angels & Demons by
Dan Brown, 1776 by David McCullough, and Hard
Truth by Nevada Barr. A Playaway is about half
the size of a deck of cards and comes pre-loaded with
digital content like audiobooks. They will be housed
near our other audiobooks on CD. Come on in and check
them out.
8/19/07: Videos Still
Free: The library is pleased to announce that we
have decided to extend our “no charge” policy for DVDs
indefinitely. The library has a great collection of
movies, so drop by to browse through it.
8/13/07:
Museum Passes: Let the Friends of the Library treat
your family and friends to a visit to your favorite
museum. The Friends have underwritten the cost of
membership day passes to most area museums. Some of
these passes require a co-payment. Stop by the library
and borrow a day pass to the Discovery Museum in Acton,
Drumlin Farm or the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, the
Boston Children’s Museum, Museums of Science and Fine
Arts, the New England Aquarium and many, many more. You
can reserve the passes online at the
library website
or by calling 508-358-2311.
8/12/07: Looking for the
best delis in the area? Kosher Community Surveys
LLC is pleased to announce the release of the 2007
Boston area survey results. The final report can be
found on our web site at
http://results.kosher-community-surveys.com
8/12/07: Adult Soccer.
Nearly 100 Wayland residents bicycled in the
late-July Pan Mass Challenge to test themselves
physically and raise funds for cancer research. With
that challenge behind them, they and others may need a
new fitness outlet. A handful of Wayland-based adult
soccer teams will resume league play this fall coming
off of a summer hiatus. If you are interested in playing
or simply learning more, please visit
http://www.waylandsoccer.org/AdultSoccer.htm to
contact one of the team managers. Soccer isn't just for
the kids--it's a great way to make friends while staying
(or getting!) fit. Who knows, the way his injury
recovery is going, you may see more playing time than
David Beckham!
8/12/07: Job Listing:
Town of Wayland, School Traffic Supervisor (Part
Time). One School Traffic Supervisor is needed by
the Police Department to assist children across the
street, twice in the course of each school day. Position
available is on Loker Street at Loker School. The
required times are 8:00 A.M. to 8:45 A.M and 2:45 P.M.
to 3:20 P.M each school day (Wednesday afternoon is 1:45
P.M. – 2:20 P.M.) Salary: $6,988 per year.
Applications/letters may be sent to the Town of
Wayland’s Human Resource Director, 41 Cochituate Road,
Wayland, MA 01778. Equal Opportunity Employer.
7/19/07: Sherman Bridge
Road will be closed for repair during the workday
for the week of July 23, according to the Wayland
Highway Department. During August, the road will be
intermittently closed at times as well.
7/19/07: Landfill
stickers on sale. Applications for fiscal 2008
landfill and/or recycling stickers for Wayland residents
are available at the Landfill and Recycling Center (484
Boston Post Road), the Town Building lobby, and the
Board of Health office. Stickers may only be
purchased at the landfill in the office trailer. Payment
must be made by check payable to the "Town of Wayland."
Stickers will be sold between the hours of 8 a.m. and
3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. There will
be no admittance to the landfill with the current FY07
permits beyond July 31, 2007. The cost for a full
landfill sticker will be $245 for the first vehicle and
$30 for an additional vehicle/trailer at the same
address. Senior citizen stickers are $170 to any
resident who reaches age 65 on or before July 31, 2007.
Recycling only stickers are $15 and single trip permits
are $40. Electronics will continue to be collected
once a month on the first Saturday of the month. The fee
for each refrigerator/freezer, air conditioner,
dehumidifier, television, computer or monitor has been
reduced to $15. All other small electronics such as
printers, keyboards, VCRs, radios, etc. are collected on
the town’s electronics collection day at no charge.
A calendar will be provided to each resident who
purchases a sticker. If you have any questions about
landfill stickers or recycling call 508-358-7910 or
508-358-3617.
7/15/07: Wayland Warrior
Alumni Tradition Tees Off August 10. The first
ever Wayland Warrior Football Alumni Golf Tournament is
scheduled for Friday, August 10, 2007, at 10 am at Sandy
Burr Country Club, Route 27, Wayland, MA. Players, fans,
alumni, family members, coaches, and Warrior football
enthusiasts are invited to participate in this
fundraising event. Monies raised will offset
program costs, such as apparel, concession stand
supplies, and scholarships to cover expenses and fees,
clinics, and preseason programs. The event needs
several kinds of support: players ($125 fee covers cart
and lunch); tee sponsors ($100 a tee); and raffle prize
donations. Donations in any amount are welcome from
those unable to participate directly in the tournament.
The event is expected to kick off the momentum for the
2007 Warriors. Last season’s Superbowl-winning, Division
1A team enjoyed a 13-0 season, a record unparalleled in
Warrior football history. “We enjoy tremendous support
from the community,” said Coach Scott Parseghian of his
winning program. “We see this newly created event as a
way to build excitement for 2007, not just for the
players and alumni but for the community members who
filled the stands at Friday night football last season
as well. It's a great way for football alumni, their
friends, and family to come together again for a day of
fun that will benefit the football program." For
information or to register, contact Parseghian as soon
as possible at 508-358-3703 or
Scott_Parseghian@wayland.k12.ma.us or Warrior parent
Elsie Cerrone at
jaxo3@aol.com.
7/13/07: Wayland
Book of Remembrance
Announces September 3 as the cut-off date for submission
of Veterans' Stories. The Wayland Veterans
Book of Remembrance is inviting all Wayland Veterans or
family members to submit their one or two page stories
of remembrances from their service life by September 3.
To date, the Veterans Committee has collected about 100
stories covering all kinds of military experiences from
peacetime and combat situations. Some are funny,
some are serious, some are stories submitted by
relatives of deceased veterans and some are letters of
recollections sent by the military from places far from
home. Overall, they represent an amazing set of stories
that will be read and remembered by generations to come.
These stories also represent the proud heritage of men
and woman who placed their country's freedom above all
else, and were willing to do what it takes to keep it
that way for all of us. This is a unique
opportunity for veterans to be heard and remembered by
their friends and relatives including their children and
grandchildren. The last Wayland Veterans Book of
Remembrance was published over 150 years ago just after
the civil war. Don't wait another 150 years, do it now.
Send your stories to
jimburkley@comcast.com or John Turchenitz,Veterans
Agent, Town Building, 41 Cochituate Rd., Wayland, 01778
7/5/07: Behind the
Camera: WayCam and the Council on Aging are
offering Summer TV Production Classes on Wednesdays,
July 11, 18 and 25, 6:30-8pm. The first class will
be held at the cable studio at Wayland High School. Join
us for coffee and dessert. Learn how to use video
cameras, learn studio setup, learn aspects of
videotaping, and much more Class size is limited.
To sign up or for more information call Jim Mullane at
508-358-5006 or JoAnn Kunz at 508-358-2990.
7/5/07:
Housing opportunities. The best resource for
Wayland seniors looking for affordable housing might
only be a stone’s throw away, according to Wayland
Housing Authority Director Brian Boggia. According
to Boggia, the town’s Bent Avenue Park and Cochituate
Village apartments raised their income eligibility
limits for seniors to $46,300 for one person and $52,950
for a couple. "For people who grew up in town or
have families that moved to Wayland, we’re a great
resource," said Boggia. Under those limits,
seniors and people with disabilities may rent
one-bedroom apartments in the Cochituate area.
Boggia said the Housing Authority also accepts renters
from any town. Rent is based on 30 percent of adjusted
gross monthly income. The Wayland Housing
Authority can be reached at 508-655-6310.
7/2/07: Saturday, July
21, Wayland Democrats Summer Picnic, 26 Pemberton Rd.,
3-7pm. The Wayland Democratic Town Committee
will hold its annual Summer Picnic at the home of Jon
Saxton and Barbara Fox, 26 Pemberton Rd. Many, if not
all of the candidates for the 5th Congressional seat
being vacated by Marty Meehan should be there, so will
be a good time to get to know them. Many other special
guests as well. All are welcome. For more
information, visit
http://www.waylanddems.org or email
jonsax@comcast.net
6/29/07: New Passes at the Library:
The library has a new pass that allows free daytime
parking for one carload of visitors to all Massachusetts
State Parks (except Nahant and Nantasket). For a
complete list of state parks, visit the Massachusetts
Department of Conservation & Recreation website (http://www.mass.gov/dcr/).
Also, through a consortial arrangement, our Fruitlands
Museum pass may be used for free admission to the
Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham. These and all our
passes may be reserved online at our website,
www.waylandlibrary.org or by calling 508-358-2311.
6/29/07:
Friends Book Cart: Remember that the Friends Cart in
the library’s lower lobby is stocked all year round with
good donated books and videos. If you are looking to
stock up on some great (but inexpensive) books to take
on vacation, check out the cart. You won’t find a better
deal!
6/28/07: Register for annual Dudley Pond Run.
The 11th annual Dudley Pond Run, a 5K Run/Walk and Kids’
Race, will be held Sunday, Sept. 9. Proceeds benefit the
Dudley Pond Association. The USATF-registered race is
open to all ages. The kids’ fun runs begin at 12:30pm,
followed by the 5K race at 1pm and the 2-mile walk at
1:05pm. With advance registration the fee is $6 per
child and $18 per adult. On race day, the fee is $8 for
kids, $20 for adults. A registration form is available
online at
www.dudleypond.org/dpr07.htm and also can be
obtained by writing Dudley Pond Run, PO Box 5114,
Wayland MA 01778-4137 or calling 508-655-1923. The first
50 registered adult runners and walkers will receive an
official race T-shirt. The race will be held rain or
shine. The race begins at Mansion Beach, located at
Mansion Road and Lakeshore Drive, near Route 126 and
West Plain Street, in Wayland. The event will loop
around the pond with a short hilly route through the
residential area. For more information about both the
adult and kids’ events, visit
www.dudleypond.org/DPRinfo.htm Post-race festivities
include complimentary refreshments and live music. A
raffle for valuable sports-related and other prizes will
also be held. Raffle tickets can be purchased in advance
or the day of the event. Proceeds benefit the
association’s efforts to preserve the quality of Dudley
Pond and fight invasive pond weeds. The Dudley Pond
Association’s goal is to preserve the present and future
well-being of the natural and beautiful 84-acre pond,
designated as a great pond by the state, for fishing,
canoeing and other light recreation. Pond usage is open
to all state residents.
6/28/07: U.S. flag disposal Police Chief
Robert Irving is advising all Wayland residents and
businesses they may drop off worn or damaged U.S. flags
at the Wayland Public Safety Building for proper
disposal. There is also a bin at the Wayland landfill
designated specifically for the disposal of U.S. flags.
According to the United States Flag Code, "The flag,
when it is in such condition that it is no longer a
fitting emblem of display, should be destroyed in a
dignified way, preferable by burning." Any flags left at
the Wayland Public Safety Building will be turned over
to Veterans Agent John Turchinetz. The VFW, in
conjunction with the Daughters of the American
Revolution, are planning a ceremony in 2008 for the
final disposal of any flags collected.
6/26/07: The Wayland Republican Town Committee
meets June 28th at 7:30PM in the Great Room of
Traditions of Wayland. The upcoming 5th
Congressional District Special Election featuring
Republican Jim Ogonowski (replacing retiring Rep. Marty
Meehan) and other current political issues of importance
to Wayland Republicans will be discussed. Unenrolled and
Republican residents are always invited to join us. If
you would like to become a member or have questions
please contact John Toto at 508-380-5932.
6/22/07: Meet and
Greet/Fundraiser for Jamie Eldridge, candidate for
Marty Meehan's congressional seat, Tuesday, June 26,
7:30pm at the home of John McGah and Ashley Welch, 24
Shawmut Ave. Please RSVP to Lauren at
lauren@jamieforcongress.com or 774.230.7389.
Jamie is currently the State Rep. from Acton and
surrounding district.More about Jamie at
www.jamieforcongress.com. Everyone is welcome.
The event is scheduled for 7:30-9pm. Appetizers,
desserts, and beer/wine/soft drinks will be served.
6/22/07: Summer reading
program. The sign-up for this year’s summer
reading program, “Catch the Beat,” is well underway.
This year you can sign up and track your reading online.
The program includes special events, prizes, and a very
cool reading incentive: our donation goal this summer is
to help out the destroyed library of our sister town in
Waveland, Mississippi. Kids can help by just reading!
The Library’s summer reading program is open to any
young person excited about reading from preschoolers to
teenagers. For more information, call 508-358-2308 or
visit the Children and Teen sections of our website:
www.waylandlibrary.org. Win the Newest
Harry Potter: If kids register for our Summer
Reading Program, they will be automatically entered into
a lottery to win Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Winners will be announced on Friday, July 20; books may
be picked up beginning Saturday, July 21. Also, if you
read just five books, you can be entered for weekly
drawings in July to win a library card wallet.
6/22/07: Summer library
hours begin on Saturday, July 30. As usual,
the library will be open on summer Saturdays from 10am
to 1pm and closed on Sundays. As of July 2, the library
will be opening again at 9 in the morning on weekdays.
The Library will close at 6 p.m. on July 3 and be closed
all day on July 4 for Independence Day.
6/22/07: Become a Friend.
For only $15 your family can become a member of the
Friends of the Wayland Library. Members receive special
newsletters with information about library events and
the membership fees support valuable library programs.
Please join the Friends or renew your membership if you
haven’t already done so. You can join online at
www.waylandlibrary.org or send your check to Friends
of the Wayland Public Library, 5 Concord Road, Wayland,
MA 01778. The library needs your support!
6/22/07:
No Charge on Movies: During July and August the
library will not be charging rental fees on DVDs and VHS
tapes. The loan period for movies remains 7 days with
one renewal permitted. Summer is a great time to relax
and enjoy movies, so do come in soon to browse the
library's wonderful collection of films.
6/22/07:
Opera Audiobooks: We have recently acquired
audiobook CD editions of eight of the world’s most
famous operas from the Black Dog Opera Library. These
recordings are especially nice because the first of the
three discs in the set has the story of the opera, a
summary of each act and scene, and biographies of the
lead performers--all world renowned artists. The
complete and uninterrupted opera in the original
language is on the next two discs. Find them in the
library in our section of audiobooks on CD.
6/21/07: Meet and Greet with
Congressional Candidate Jamie Eldridge. The
Sudbury Committee to Elect Jamie Eldridge is hosting a
meet-and-greet with State Rep. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton,
a candidate to represent the Massachusetts Fifth
Congressional District, on Monday, July 9 at the Goodnow
Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, 7-9pm. The
public is invited to come out to hear his views on the
war in Iraq, single-payer universal health care,
education, global warming, and many other relevant and
current issues.
6/21/07: Office Hours
for state senator. State Sen. Scott
Brown, R-Wrentham, will be holding office hours in
Wayland on June 26, at the Wayland Senior Center,
2:15-3pm. If you have any questions you can reach
Sen. Brown’s office at 617-722-1555 or
Scott.P.Brown@state.ma.us.
6/15/07: Senator Scott
Brown's e-newsletter. State Sen. Scott Brown,
R-Wrentham, distributes an e-newsletter each month via
e-mail to his constituents as well as a quarterly paper
newsletter by mail. Both feature an overview of Sen.
Brown’s legislative priorities, legislative news, State
House news, events and his "district hours" schedule. To
receive a copy of either, contact Sen. Brown’s office at
617-722-1555 or
Scott.P.Brown@state.ma.us.
Make sure to include your e-mail address and/or mailing
address.
6/15/07: Raytheon Public
Involvement Plan meeting. The next Public
Involvement Plan meeting for the Raytheon hazardous
waste site cleanup is scheduled for Wednesday, June 20
at 7:30 pm in the Large Hearing Room in the Wayland Town
Building. Raytheon will provide status updates on
the proposed Northern Area excavation, Southern Area
groundwater remediation, and the wetlands remediation.
Prior to the meeting, a draft Downgradient Property
Status Opinion and a draft Response Action Outcome will
be submitted for public comment. Documents can be
found at the Board of Health, the Wayland Library or
online at www.ermne.com
(use the username "raytheon" and the password "wayland,"
all lower case).
6/15/07: Womankind
accomplishes mission and shuts down. After 14
years, the Wayland-based Womankind Inc., a resource
center created to provide access to resources, advocacy
and support to women in transition or need in MetroWest,
has decided to close as of June 30. When it began
the Womankind’s Financial Literacy Project (FLP) in
1995, it was the first organization in the country to
offer a model of women teaching women about money.
According to Board President Gail R. Shapiro, "We really
started a trend. But women’s access to information and
resources is now at their fingertips via a computer, not
on index cards or file cabinets. There are so many
institutional venues, from government agencies to
private firms, offering women’s financial literacy right
now, that the board realized we have accomplished our
mission." Womankind reached more than 10,000 women
through workshops, an annual Women in Business
Directory, art and photography exhibits, including one
at the Danforth Museum, concerts and special events.
Most importantly, the lives of thousands of women were
helped through the publication of "MONEY ORDER: The
Money Management Guide for Women" (Simon & Schuster,
2001). Via its Leaders Training Program, the Financial
Literacy Project continues in communities in five states
and Canada. In 1998, Womankind was included in the
"Catalogue for Philanthropy," highlighting the "best
small charities in Massachusetts." Executive Director
Gail R. Shapiro was also named as a "Daily Point of
Light" by President George H. W. Bush in 2002, for her
volunteer efforts on behalf of women.The Board of
Directors urges its donors to redirect their
contributions to other organizations serving women and
girls and thanks the community for 14 years of support.
6/9/07: New Chinese
Materials at the Library: The library is in the
process of adding about 70 new Chinese book titles and
30 DVDs. Recent purchases include books on cooking,
gardening, medicine, history, business, fiction, and
more. The new DVDs are mostly popular features as well
as some TV series. The Library's Chinese collection can
be found on two carts at the end of the fiction book
stacks.
6/9/07: Computer
Recycling Day. The Social Justice Committee of St.
Zepherin Church is holding a Computer Recycling Day on
Saturday, June 16, from 9am to noon at St. Zepherin’s
parking lot (rear), 99 Main St., Wayland. This is an
opportunity to dispose of your unwanted electronic
equipment, help the environment by recycling, and at the
same time help raise funds for a worthy environmental
cause. Computers and most used electronics (no TVs or
microwaves) will be accepted. A donation of $8 per item
or $15 for two is requested. For more information call
Jeanne Stanton at 508-655-3542.
6/5/07: Meet The Robbs
at Cafe Decadence in Sudbury. The portrait
photography of The Robbs will be on display at Cafe
Decadence, located in Sudbury's MIll Village, through
the month of June. Steve and Kim Robb will be hosting a
coffee hour at Cafe Decadence on Tuesday, June 12, from
9-10am (rescheduled from June 5). Free coffee and
pastries will be provided. Additional examples of their
portraits, including watercolor, canvas and tapestry
media will be available to view. The Robbs will welcome
questions regarding achieving successful photography of
one's own children, and discuss their technique and
style that have made their portraiture a favorite of
families in the Metro West area. Cafe Decadece is
located at 365 Boston Post Road in Sudbury. The Robbs
can be reached at 508-655-5870 and viewed on the web at
www.robbportraits.com.
6/5/07:
SUMMER FUN with
Park & Rec!
Beach Tags & Swim & Sailing Lessons: The Beach opens full time on June 15. Purchase your beach tags by calling our office at 508-358-3660 or completing the paperwork at the beach.
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Beach Buddies – Children 3 ½ yrs. to 5 ½ yrs. enjoy music, story time, nature, arts, swim lesson.
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Summer Adventure— Grades K – 5 enjoy sports, arts & crafts, nature, swimming, two field trips a week, scavenger hunts, water games, etc. This program includes a Counselor in Training Program for teens aged 13 – 15.
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Science—Robotics, Flight and Rocketry, Gizmos, Gadgets & Goop, Make a Futuristic Car, Top Secret Science, Mad Science, Electronic Lab Workshop, Club Invention
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Drama - Three-week long Musical Theater Program
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Arts - Make Your Own Web Page, Clay classes—create a scene of Fenway Park and/or of Boston Public Garden and the Swan Boats, Creative Art, Teaching 101
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Sports—Basketball, All Sports, Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Soccer, Football, Track, Tennis, Skyhawks Sports, Warrior Sports, Thundercat Sports, Kayaking, Baseball, Track, Tennis, Horseback Riding, and special sports for ages 3 - 6
Touch a Truck, Sat. Sept 8,
10am-1pm: This event was a bit hit last fall
with 1,200 attending. Little kids and big kids enjoy a
morning of fun behind the wheel of a big rig, front end
loader, pick up truck, ambulance, fire engine, police
cruiser, backhoe and more. There will be dunk tank with
Adrian Gomes, moon bounce, inflatable obstacle course,
children’s entertainer, face painter, science show,
animal show, balloons, and refreshments. Entrance is
free. Look for details in our fall brochure mailed to
your homes in mid August. We are looking for local
businesses to sponsor the activities.
6/1/07:
Book Fair
Appreciation Week. The New England Mobile Book
Fair is celebrating 50 years as New England's
Independent Bookstore by holding City/Town Appreciation
Weeks. From 6/14 - 6/22, it’s Wayland Appreciation Week
at the Book Fair. Here’s how it works: Identify yourself
as from Wayland or mention the Wayland Free Public
Library at checkout time. The Book Fair will donate 5%
of these total sales (before tax) from 6/14 - 6/22 to
the Wayland Free Public Library and Wayland School PTOs.
Help celebrate this anniversary with the Book Fair while
supporting the library.
6/1/07: Summer Reading
at the Library. This year’s summer reading
theme, “Catch the Beat,” is about every kind of beat you
can imagine from the science of sound to musical crafts
to family concerts. Join us for special events, prizes,
and a very cool reading incentive: this summer our
donation goal is to help out our sister town in
Waveland, Mississippi. Their town library was destroyed
by Hurricane Katrina and is being rebuilt this year.
Find out how you can help just by reading. This year you
can sign up online and keep track of your reading
online. Read alone, with a group, or be read to by
someone else. Books, magazines, comics, newspapers and
audio books all count. Print out a certificate of
completion once you’ve reached your goal. Bring your
certificate to the Youth Services Department between
Monday, August 27, and Friday, September 7. For every
certificate we receive, the Friends of the Library will
donate a book or other materials to the Waveland Public
Library. You can suggest a favorite title to be
purchased and make a bookplate that will be given to the
Waveland Public Library. The Wayland summer reading
program is open to any young person excited about
reading from preschoolers to teenagers.
6/1/07: Summer Events at
the Library. Our Summer Reading Program kick-off
event will be Canopy: A Performance of Cultural Rhythms
on Tuesday, June 26 at 11 a.m. Experience the rhythms of
West Africa, Brazil, Lain America, Haiti, and more.
Ricardo Frota of Sound Play Productions will present a
lively, interactive concert for all ages, featuring many
different instruments from around the world along with
multicultural stories. Some of our other special events
this summer include “Magic for Muggles” to coincide with
the release of latest Harry Potter book, an author visit
from the team who wrote Jacob and the Magic Feather,
a family concert with David Polansky, movies for the
whole family to enjoy, book clubs, crafts, and more.
More information will be coming in June, so be sure to
check out our newsletter and website for updates.
5/27/07: Upcoming COA
Trips. TANGLEWOOD TRIP: Reserve now for a
wonderful day trip to enjoy a concert at Tanglewood on
Sunday, July 22. The $85 trip cost includes roundtrip
motor coach transportation, luncheon at the Cork ’N
Hearth and reserved seating in The Shed for the
all-Beethoven program. If you are interested in this
trip contact the Wayland COA at 508-358-2990. BLOCK
ISLAND:
A ferry ride, guided tour of Block Island and luncheon
will take place on Tuesday, July 24. Cost is $75 per
person.
5/27/07: Landfill
Schedule. Electronics Collection Day will be
Saturday, June 2. The next Household Hazardous
Waste Collection Day for certain hazardous materials is
Saturday, June 9 from 9 a.m. to noon. Pre-registration
is required by noon on Friday, June 8 in the Board of
Health office. Forms are available at Town Hall, the
landfill, library, Senior Center and on the
Board of Health
Web site.
5/18/07:
Greece trip deadline is
nearing. Helene Lerner, respected Classical
Scholar and former department head in Classical Studies
and Modern languages at Wayland High School, has put
together an outstanding private tour: Greece by Land and
Sea: An Ancient and Modern Odyssey in collaboration with
Go Ahead Tours. The trip will run from October 1st
through October 14. Highlights of the trip will
include the magnificent monasteries of Meteora (where
only James Bond goes for location shots), Delphi,
Mykonos and Ephesus in Turkey (one of the seven wonders
of the world) Rhodes, Patmos and Knossos in Crete, and
Santorini. In additional to its educational
richness, one of the best features of this tour is its
outstanding value - $4,299 – far less than comparable
college and university-led trips. This includes
everything from roundtrip airfare, motor coach, fabulous
bilingual tour guides, admission fees to sites,
delicious meals (breakfasts and 5 dinners) and last but
not least 4 days and 3 nights aboard a luxurious Louis
Hellenic Cruise line ship. But, time is running out.
We need to hear from you before June 1st as space is
limited. Contact Valerie Blum of Go Ahead Tours
(1-800-438-7672) or
Helene as soon as possible so that she can share
this jewel of an experience with you. For complete
details on the trip, view the
trip brochure.
5/11/07:
Daffodil Bulbs. Once
again Judy and Bill Currier are making available to
Wayland residents thousands of daffodil and tulip bulbs
.They are free to all Wayland residents. All of these
plants have been removed from landscape installations at
various Boston Hotels and restaurants and are in good
usable condition. They can be picked up by calling
508-653-8554. We will also provide detailed planting
instructions for those who are new to this program. Come
and help make Wayland more beautiful.
5/11/07: Wayland
Archeology Group will hold
field workshops for a controlled excavation of
an 8,000-year-old site in Wayland. Participants may sign
up for session A (five Saturdays beginning June 2) or
Session B (Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning May 29) or
for both. There is no fee. For more information call
Paul Gardescu at 508-358-2669.
5/2/07: Fourth Annual
Sudbury Valley Trustees Photo
Contest. Drop off at SVT headquarters from
May 14 through June 8 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm only).
Attention, all you nature enthusiast photographers. You
ve probably taken some great photographs in our 36-town
region. Do you think yours could be award winning? Bring
up to three of your nature photographs, taken within the
Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers Valley to our
headquarters during the dates listed above. Winning
photographs will be selected in three categories
(people, rivers, and wildlife habitat), plus an overall
"Best In Show". Everyone submitting a photograph will
receive an invitation to the Riverfest Kick-Off, Friday
June 15. All winning photographs will be displayed
throughout Riverfest in the barn at Wolbach Farm.
For more details, go to:
http://www.sudburyvalleytrustees.org/page.php?id=123.
Three entries per person are allowed. Members: Entry fee
is $10 for the first photograph and $5 for additional
photographs. Non-Members: $10 per photograph.
4/30/07:
Friends of the CoA Postal Stamp Contest.
There will be three divisions for contestants: (1)
K-5th grade, (2) Middle and High School (Grades 6-12),
(3) the Community at Large. Create a design which
you feel describes the Friends of the Council on Aging:
"Community Helping Community". Two finalists will
be selected from each category to compete for the Grand
Prize. All finalists will receive a special gift
basket. Prizes include: one month fitness
membership to the Longfellow Club, "Dinner for Two" gift
certificate at a premier local restaurant, K'Nex
Electronic Arcade game, 6 foot "Dance On" Piano Keyboard
and Mat, and more... Contest starts of May 15th
and entries must be received by June 15, 2007 at 3pm at
the COA office in the Town Building.
4/28/07: Videographer
Needed: We’re looking for a volunteer to operate
WayCam equipment on May 15 and 29 to record our
Shakespeare series for later rebroadcast on our local
cable station. If you are willing to be trained to do
this, please contact Ann Knight at 508-358-2311.
4/28/07: ESOL Tutor
Reunion: The Library’s ESOL program is having a
Tutor Reunion on Tuesday, May 8, at 7 p.m. in the
Raytheon Room. All current and former ESOL tutors are
invited. Some of our tutors have just started tutoring,
some have been doing it for a long time, and some are
waiting for a first student. Everyone is encouraged to
come and share stories, learn from one another, and
strengthen our network of connections. For more
information, contact Ginny Steel at 508-358-7517.
4/28/07: Library
Newsletter by Email: If you are interested in
receiving our monthly newsletter by email, go to our
website (http://www.waylandlibrary.org) and click the
“Newsletter” link. Once you get to the next page, you
will find a link in the right-hand column that will
allow you to subscribe to our monthly email newsletter.
4/26/07:
Beit Olam cemetery
expansion close to goal. The Jewish Cemetery
Association of Massachusetts (JCAM) is closing in on its
goal of securing 1,000 non-binding reservations for its
proposed Beit Olam Cemetery expansion in Wayland. It has
received more than 870 reservations in hand with two
weeks to go. The planned expansion area is a
stone’s throw away from the cemetery that opened in 1999
which is nearly sold out 23 years ahead of schedule. The
9-acre parcel sought for expansion will provide 7,700
more burial sites for Conservative, Reform and
unaffiliated interfaith Jewish families in
MetroWest.JCAM must have the minimum number of
commitments by May 1 to undertake the construction of
the cemetery. It is offering the community a sizeable
discount – a 30 percent reduction in current gravesite
prices – as part of its pre-construction sales drive
until the May 1 deadline. For more information contact
JCAM at 617-244-6509 or visit
www.jcam.org
4/22/07:
The Wayland Historical Commission is seeking volunteers.
No previous experience is necessary, just an enthusiasm
for Wayland history. The commission has a variety
of projects in which interested residents can
become involved, including the preservation of historic
railroad sites and artifacts, documenting distinguished
old homes, archeology programs, and historic cemetery
restoration. The commission meets one evening per
month, September through June in the Wayland Town
Building. The commission's website is at:
http://www.wayland.ma.us/historical. Please
contact Steve Curtain, Historical Commission Chairman,
at 508-647-9870.
4/20/07:
Library Reminder
Notices? The
Minuteman Library Network is doing a survey to evaluate
whether our users would be interested in receiving email
reminders just before library materials become overdue.
This reminder “Courtesy Notice” would help users to
remember to renew or return materials before an overdue
fine is assessed. To participate in this survey,
go to our website at
www.waylandlibrary.org and follow the links from our
home page starting on April 23.
4/11/07:
Petition to Improve State Funding of the Towns. Through
Save Our Services Wayland, Martha Gordon and Malcolm
Astley have initiated a petition to Massachusetts
government officials to improve state funding of the
towns. The petition focuses on the demands facing all
communities in Massachusetts and how the state can begin
to alleviate some of the need for overrides by
addressing two critical issues: (1) providing a reliable
source of funding for education tied to real needs and
costs, (2) allowing municipal healthcare plans and
pension funds to be consolidated into the state s plans.
The window for influencing the budget formation is now.
If you would like to sign the petition, it is located
online here. Signatures will be presented to
government officials in the coming weeks.
4/9/07:
Openings
for Library Pages. The library
has a couple of openings for paid library pages to work
one afternoon a week and a rotating weekend schedule at
the library. Interested students should contact Pam Sway
in the Children’s Room at 508-358-2308.
4/5/07:
Relay For
Life of Weston-Wayland. The American
Cancer Society is looking for volunteers and teams for
the first-ever Relay For Life of Weston-Wayland, taking
place on Saturday, June 16 through Sunday, June 17 at
the Claypit Hill Elementary School in Wayland. Relay For
Life is a fun-filled, overnight event that mobilizes
communities throughout the nation to celebrate survivors
(anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer),
remember loved ones, and raise money for the fight
against cancer. All Wayland and Weston residents and
community members, businesses, schools, and
organizations are invited to participate. Attend Relay
Team Captain Meetings, the next two of which are
scheduled for on April 5 and April 25, to collect
information and materials for starting a team (full
meeting schedule available on our website). These
meetings are held in the Wayland Senior Center, Town
Hall, 41 Cochituate Rd at 7:00pm. For more information,
to register, or to make a donation, visit
www.acsevents.org/relay/maweston, or call or email
Ashley Abelson-James at 781-314-2608 or
ashley.abelson-james@cancer.org.
4/5/07:
Club Invention
comes to Wayland. Children will have the
opportunity to investigate a make-believe crime scene;
create exciting new games; design boats, hovercrafts and
gliders; and transform ordinary household items into
extraordinary inventions when the Club Invention program
arrives at Wayland this summer. The program is scheduled
for July 9th through July 13th at Wayland Middle School.
For complete details, click
here.
4/1/07:
Wayland Library introduces Online Newsletter:
One of the neat features of the library's new
website is the ability to sign up for WPL’s monthly
newsletter to be delivered by email. To sign up,
click here. There are a number of newsletters
available ranging from Book Club choices to Science and
Nature to Teen Scene. Past newsletters are
available online as well.
4/1/07:
Nitehawks Sports Club Begins Spring Track and Field
Practice. The Nitehawks Sports Club is
starting spring practice sessions for track and field
for boys and girls age 6 to 18. Boys and girls
from anywhere in the MetroWest region are invited to
participate. The team will train together three times a
week. Practices are held in Wayland, Marlboro and
Concord. All practices and meets are optional; there is
no minimum level of participation required.
Athletes will be given individual workouts to perform in
preparation for meets. In addition, clinics will be held
to help refine technique. All track and field events are
taught, including running (individual and relays),
jumping (high jump, long jump and triple jump) and
throwing (shot put, discuss and turbo javelin).
The team will take part in USATF and AAU meets all the
way up to the national level. Our athletes also
participate in the Bay State Games and the Hershey
meets. Last summer thirteen individuals from our
club qualified for the Junior Olympics National
Championships in track and field. For our schedule
and additional information, please visit our website at
www.thenitehawks.org. You can also contact Alex
Ivanov (head coach) at 978-505-8318 or Eric Bucher at
508-397-1261.
3/17/07:
Kids on Cable.
Tune in to Channel 9, WayCAM, on Tuesdays through the
end of April at noon and 5 pm to view the three
television shows produced by children attending the BASE
(Before/After School Extension) program. Twenty-eight
children from Claypit Hill, Loker, and Happy Hollow
helped produce the kids' shows, featuring segments as
varied as video game reviews, sports reports, comedy,
pet care, and singing competitions.
3/14/07: Park &
Recreation has posted a number of seasonal job positions
for the summer, ranging from beach director and
lifeguards, to camp director and counselors and a
seasonal laborer for the Park Department.
Click here for more
details.
2/27/07: Openings at
Pegasus Summer Program. You can learn how to
paint your face from a real clown. Go canoeing on the
Charles, climb rocks at Boulder Morty's, indulge in ice
cream at Kimball's Dairy, be an actor in front of the
whole camp or a reporter on TV in front of the whole
town (or at least those who subscribe to Comcast Cable.)
All of these activities are on the agenda for the
Pegasus Summer Program at Loker School with specific
offerings available to different age groups. There are
limited openings in all age groups. The program's two
three-week sessions begin June 25 and end August 3. This
summer's highlights include a carnival, barbecue, one
week clown-in-residence, swimming, games, computers,
Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Science and TV
Production/Media (Wayland Pegasus Kids News.) Activities
are designed for specific age groups with older
participants enjoying rock climbing, outdoor activities
at Hale Reservation, and canoeing on the Charles River.
There's even a trip to a Pawtucket Red Sox game on the
calendar for Grades 3-6. For information about the
program - which was founded by the Wayland Public
Schools in 1994 - call Ellen Dubick at 508-358-3781.
2/8/07: Rep. Tom
Conroy's Office Hours. For calendar year 2007,
Conroy plans to hold office hours on the 16th of every
month. No appointments are necessary and meetings are
held on a first come, first served basis. Wayland
office hours will be in the Raytheon Room of the Wayland
Library 5-6pm.
9/25/06: The Wayland
Pandemic Flu Taskforce is building an Email Pandemic
Alert Registry. This Registry will be used to
ensure that residents can get monthly / periodic email
updates, newsletter and analysis / interpretation of flu
related issues of value to them and their families.
To add your name to the registry, please email
Arnie Soslow. For more information,
click here.
9/22/06: We have added a
Council on Aging Page summarizing news and events
from the CoA. We will continue to list CoA events
on the Events Page as well.
9/20/06: Residential
Green Buildings: What are they and how can they
save you money and improve your health?, Wednesday,
October 4, 7-8:30pm at Town Building. Barbra
Batshalom, Executive Director of The Green Roundtable,
will discuss basic green building principles, techniques
and standards. Residents will learn about concrete steps
they can take to make their home or apartment more
resource-efficient and healthy. For the last half hour,
participants will have the opportunity to ask questions
and share experiences. For complete details,
click here.