Wayland Town Crier 11/1/10: Sudbury, Wayland transfer station pilot program working well. Five weeks after the joint weekday transfer station pilot project went into effect in Sudbury and Wayland, Bill Place, director of Sudbury’s Department of Public Works, says the program is working well. The new test program allows residents of either town to use the transfer station in Wayland on Tuesdays and in Sudbury on Thursdays. Residents of each town continue to their own transfer station on Saturdays.

Metrowest Daily News 9/8/10: Sudbury, Wayland to share transfer stations . Sudbury Selectmen last night voted to launch a pilot program for Wayland and Sudbury to share transfer stations. Wayland had already given its approval for the idea. Currently, both stations, located about a quarter of a mile apart, are open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The concept is for Sudbury to be closed on Tuesday and have residents use the Wayland facility. Likewise, the Wayland station will close on Thursday with those residents using Sudbury's station. Both stations will be open on Saturday for their own residents.

Wayland Town Crier 9/2/10: Wayland and Sudbury move forward on sharing transfer stations. Wayland has given its approval, and now Sudbury selectmen next Tuesday will decide whether to launch a pilot program for the two towns to share transfer stations.

Wayland Town Crier 6/24/10: Sudbury town manager paid more than neighboring towns. In March, selectmen voted to extend town manager Maureen Valente’s contract for three years, bringing her 2010 annual compensation including benefits to $157,157, higher than many executives in communities similar to Sudbury.

Wayland Town Crier 3/23/10: School districts working together in 'G4' initiative. The school districts of Lincoln, Sudbury, Lincoln-Sudbury and Wayland are pleased to announce that the G4 has initiated a cross-district operations assessment. The "G4" is a working group established to expand and formalize ongoing efforts of the districts to operate in a more streamlined and cost-effective manner. The G4 leadership is comprised of the superintendents and a School Committee member from each district. The G4 Working Group was established this school year to consider initiatives that can be launched across districts, and to encourage other opportunities for collaboration.

Wayland Town Crier 2/18/10: Wayland and Sudbury continue to pursue ideas for sharing services . In an effort to come up with new cost saving solutions, the towns of Sudbury and Wayland are considering sharing a variety of services from library programming to advanced life support services. Through consolidation, "there are some opportunities to be able to improve services," said Wayland Town Administrator Fred Turkington. If consolidation saves money and improves the quality of services, "It’s all right for everybody." One consolidation effort – a shared recreation director – is already working in favor of both towns.

Wayland Town Crier 2/18/10: Challenges of consolidating transfer stations in Wayland and Sudbury. Not everyone is pleased with the idea of consolidating transfer stations in Sudbury and Wayland. Among those with concerns is Peter Harvell, a member of the Solid Waste Management Option Committee, which had been considering solid waste disposal options for Sudbury. "We never heard the town mention the transfer consolidation when we studied options for solid waste disposal," said Harvell. "All of sudden there comes this regionalization thing that was never brought to the attention of the committee." Harvell questions if money can be saved with consolidation. Last week, Sudbury selectmen announced they are examining the feasibility of consolidating the Sudbury station with Wayland. One idea is to have the two stations share services. The stations are currently open in both towns on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The new schedule may have Sudbury open on Tuesday and Wayland open on Thursday, with the stations in both towns opened Saturday, said Board of Selectmen Chairman Bill Keller.