Wayland Town Crier 2/9/10: Wayland historian and author to give talk in Lowell. Wayland historian and author Jane Sciacca will be giving a talk and book signing as part of the upcoming Kids’ Week on Feb. 15 to 20 sponsored by the Lowell National Historical Park. She will be speaking about her children’s work, "Mr. Francis Saves the City," which recounts the story of how engineer James Francis’ "Great Gate" (initially hailed as Francis’ Folly) kept floodwaters from destroying Lowell in 1852.