Wayland Patch 1/17/13: Planning Board Votes on Curbcut for Finnerty’s Site, Eyes Site Plan Approval. Planning Board members Tuesday night paved the way for approval of the 150 Main Street site plan, even as they voted against a proposed Main Street curbcut that will necessitate some site plan modifications. Wayland residents Matthew Levy and Jesse Adelman purchased the property, commonly known as the Finnerty’s property, on the corner of West Plain and Main streets in 2011. They have since drawn up plans to redevelop the corner with two new buildings — a CVS and a mixed-use, two-story commercial building featuring a restaurant, other retail shops and upstairs office space.

Wayland Patch 1/10/13: Finnerty’s Developers Request Special Parking Allowance, Address Building Designs. Tuesday night’s Planning Board public hearing drew significantly fewer residents than previous sessions regarding the redevelopment plans for 150 Main Street, also known as the Finnerty’s site. Still, passionate response to the project emerged. Planning Board Chairman Kent Greenawalt explained that the town’s traffic expert had not had sufficient time to review the traffic studies and Main Street curbcut request, so the hearing would not address those items. Instead, the hearing focused on the developers’ request for a reduction in required parking and approval for parking in a residential zone as well as some design elements of the buildings.

Wayland Patch 6/27/12: Stop & Shop Withdraws Wind Turbine Request. Weeks of debate culminated in the decision by Stop & Shop to withdraw its application to construct six, 35-foot tall wind turbines at its under-construction Wayland Town Center location.

Wayland Patch 6/6/12: Wind Turbines at Town Center Could Pose Zoning Issue. Wind turbines at Wayland Town Center were again up for discussion at a Planning Board public hearing Tuesday night. Representatives from Stop & Shop, which wants to erect the turbines as part of its efforts to achieve LEED certification, have made a significant change to their original plans as presented during a public hearing on March 27.

Wayland Town Crier 3/2/12:  Forum on Monday to look at creation of Design Review Board. The Planning Board is sponsoring a forum next Monday at…

Wayland Patch 2/18/12: Zoning, Design Review Discussed at Planning Board Hearing. The Wayland Planning Board Thursday night held a public hearing to discuss articles proposed for the upcoming town meeting warrant, including efforts to adjust the zoning bylaw for the town’s Refuse Disposal District and establish a Design Review Board.

Wayland Town Crier 8/24/11: Wayland Planning Board clears way for assisted living facility. A Planning Board decision last night effectively opens the way for a developer to build an assisted living facility on the now-defunct Lee's Farm Stand property at 134 Boston Post Road. The board's decision allows the 10-acre property to be subdivided into two 5-acre pieces. The Northbridge Companies, which runs several health care facilities, has signed an agreement with the property owners, the Bongiorno family, for the rear of the lot. The company plans to build a 65,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care home. The fate of the front 5 acres has not yet been determined. Let's Encourage Environmental Sustainability and Pine Brook Associations, which are affiliated, want to ensure that part of the property, on the north side of Rte. 20 near Pine Brook Road, will be preserved as open space and used for farming. LEES chairwoman Joan Blair read a statement on behalf of LEES/Pine Brook, appealing to the Planning Board to wait before approving any plan for the site. "The 400 people on our mailing list from all over town have expressed deep concern that the landscape of our town will be forever altered if the front parcel of the land is developed," she said. "The $1.5 million price tag recently established by the sellers indicates such development."