This Thursday, March 17, the League of Women Voters of Wayland presents the 66th annual Candidates’ Night. This event is your golden opportunity to hear from and ask questions of the candidates for town offices, and – special this year – to hear about some of the key articles in Town Meeting.
Come to the Large Hearing Room in the Town Building if you’d like to be an informed voter in the Town Election on April 5 and at Town Meeting, which starts on April 7.
Refreshments will be served at 7:15, for the informal gathering period, and the program will start promptly at 7:30, with a very full schedule of presentations. (The agenda for the evening is posted online here.)
There are no contested races in this year’s town election, but there are candidates running unopposed for vacant positions. Candidates will give their statements and take questions regarding positions on the Board of Assessors, the School Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the Planning Board, the Library Trustees, the Board of Public Works, the Recreation Commission, and the office of Town Clerk.
Mainstone Farm will be the subject of an article concerning the appropriation of funds for a conservation restriction on 200 acres of the largest undeveloped and unprotected piece of land in Wayland. Elisa Scola will explain how the Town of Wayland and the Sudbury Valley Trustees have planned to jointly accomplish the protection of this beautiful land, which has been in the Hamlen family since 1897.
The anticipated library expansion, the subject of three articles, will be explained by Aida Gennis and Anne Heller. In order to apply for a state grant, which could fund up to 45% of the cost of an expansion, the Library has to present two possible sites. One of the proposed sites is the current library location, while others are not in the center of town.
Two articles that deal with intersections will be explained by Jon Mishara, a member of the Board of Public Works. The affected intersections are Rts 27/30 and “Five Paths”. In both cases there are issues of safety and of convenience.
Mark Forman will give a brief presentation on the article which asks for funding for the preparation of bid documents and obtaining bids for construction of a Council on Aging/Community Center building and its access, on the “municipal pad” in the Wayland Town Center development.
