Wayland says goodbye to Lauren Astley

Wayland Town Crier 7/16/11: Wayland says goodbye to Lauren Astley. An instant hush fell over the standing-room-only crowd inside Trinitarian Congregational Church yesterday at the sound of Lauren Astley singing. And if there’s no tomorrow, she belted out in an audio recording with her a cappella group, And all we have is here and now, I’m happy just to have you, you’re all the love I need somehow. As the community came together to grieve the 18-year-old’s murder, the upbeat lyrics set the tone for a memorial service full of laughs and tears. More than 1,000 mourners consoled each other in Wayland Center, where they filled two churches.

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