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Design Review Board backs Townhouse Cafe signage at former Collins Market

WAYLAND — April 25, 2026 — Wayland Design Review Advisory Board endorses signage plan for Townhouse Cafe at former Collins Market. The board voted 3-0 on April 25 to recommend approval of exterior signs, lighting and landscaping for owner Kirsten Lipson's boutique restaurant at 21 Cochituate Road, which she

Wayland water committee awaits Heard Pond weed-control contracts as July deadline nears

WAYLAND — April 21, 2026 — Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee waits on stalled contracts as Heard Pond treatment window narrows. Chair Tom Clem told the April 21 meeting that a sub-$10,000 Clearcast herbicide quote from Solitude is still being routed for town signatures, and that a separate

Wayland HRDEI committee approves Arab American, Jewish American heritage statements

WAYLAND — April 21, 2026 — Wayland HRDEI committee approves rewritten Arab and Jewish heritage statements, then debates ending the practice. The committee passed both the April Arab American Heritage Month and May Jewish American Heritage Month statements after extensive line edits, including removing language that paired enslavement with "resilience"

Wayland Public Works board calls transfer station unsustainable as enterprise fund

WAYLAND — April 21, 2026 — Wayland Public Works votes 5-0 to tell Select Board the transfer station no longer works as an enterprise fund. The board, in departing chair George Wegmeyer's final meeting, raised the annual sticker fee from $200 to $225 and the medium bag fee from

Obituary notices, week of 2026-04-13 through 2026-04-19

Three Wayland obituaries were published this week: Eliastam, Michael; Heller, Mitchell Howard; and McCarthy, Veronica (Healy). Michael Eliastam, 82, of Wayland, died April 18 and was remembered at a service at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland; arrangements were handled by Stanetsky Memorial…

Recreation Commission declines to endorse $400,000 playground fund shift

WAYLAND — April 16, 2026 — Wayland Recreation Commission withholds endorsement of $400,000 CPA fund shift tied to preschool move. Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize Recreation Director Leslie Rebecchi to deliver their concerns — but not an endorsement — to the Community Preservation Committee, which is weighing whether to amend 2025 Town

Wayland CPC votes to let $400,000 playground money follow Children's Way preschool

WAYLAND — April 16, 2026 — Wayland CPC broadens $400,000 playground appropriation and eyes 17 Gleazen Lane for conservation. The Community Preservation Committee voted 7-0 Wednesday to amend a 2025 Annual Town Meeting article so that $400,000 originally earmarked for the Town Building playground can instead fund construction or

Planning Board approves Carroll School site plan in unanimous vote

WAYLAND — April 15, 2026 — Wayland Planning Board unanimously approves Carroll School site plan after line-by-line edits. The 5-0 vote at the April 15 meeting authorizes Chair Anette Lewis and Town Planner Robert Hummel to finalize the decision by Friday's deadline for The Carroll School'

Wayland Conservation Commission denies Coptic church project on Rice Road

WAYLAND — April 15, 2026 — Wayland Conservation Commission unanimously denies Coptic church redevelopment after seven-month review. The 7-0 votes under the state Wetlands Protection Act, Chapter 194 and Chapter 193 rejected St. Philopater Mercurius and St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church's plan to demolish its 169 Rice Road

Wayland ZBA renews animal clinic permit for two years amid neighbor complaints

WAYLAND — April 14, 2026 — Wayland ZBA renews animal clinic permit for two years, not 10, after neighbor pushback. The four-member board unanimously amended the 6 Winter Street special permit to allow four doctors and 13 support staff, up from three and six, after owner Dr. Caroline Pinsky conceded the