Wayland Town Crier 1/6/12: Wayland officials ready for challenges of new year. The town’s major accomplishments in 2011, according to local officials, included the start of construction on the long-brewing Town Center project, the completion of the new High School in time for an early January move-in, and the cohesiveness of the community after the tragic murder of 18-year-old Lauren Dunne Astley on the Fourth of July weekend.