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Planning Board authorizes peer review for Loker Street Dover Amendment project

WAYLAND — March 11, 2026 — Wayland Planning Board greenlights joint peer review for Loker Street Dover Amendment project. The board voted 5-0 Tuesday to authorize Town Planner Robert Hummel to procure a joint peer review with the Conservation Commission and Board of Health for a proposed five- or six-unit

Wayland FinCom rejects Sherman's Bridge petitions, approves unemployment transfer

WAYLAND — March 11, 2026 — Wayland FinCom approves $45,841 unemployment transfer and rejects five Sherman's Bridge petitions. The committee voted 6-0 on March 11 to transfer $45,841.95 from the Reserve Fund to reimburse the state for unemployment claims, with Vice Chair Cliff Barnes citing compounding

Cultural Council postpones $1,035 in grant allocations to April

WAYLAND — March 11, 2026 — Wayland Cultural Council defers $1,035 in grant decisions to April meeting. Meeting remotely Wednesday with Chair Pallavi Nagesha absent, acting chair Marie Isenburg led five voting members through unanimous votes to postpone allocations for a mural project, a rail trail bench installation and a Muslim

Wayland ZBA denies Parkridge Road teardown on 3-2 vote

WAYLAND — March 10, 2026 — Wayland ZBA splits 3-2 to deny an 8 Parkridge Road teardown-and-rebuild. The board rejected API Development Company's special permit for a replacement dwelling on the roughly 15,500-square-foot lot, with Chair Thomas White, Adam Hirsh and Justine Paul opposed

Wayland water committee advances Heard Pond harvest and herbicide contracts

WAYLAND — March 10, 2026 — Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee advances hand-harvest and herbicide contracts for Heard Pond. Chair Thomas Klem and member Thomas J. Largy told the panel Tuesday that SOLitude Lake Management has submitted a water chestnut hand-harvesting contract capped at $9,900 — deliberately under

Wayland water project loses 0 percent loan; town will appeal before Town Meeting

WAYLAND — March 10, 2026 — Wayland loses 0 percent state loan for water project, sets April appeal and public forum. The Board of Public Works learned this month that the Clean Water Trust ranked Wayland's long-term water supply application at 200 points rather than the predicted 500, denying

Wayland wastewater panel rejects condo billing deferral, cites precedent

WAYLAND — March 9, 2026 — Wayland wastewater commission denies condo billing deferral and offers last 4,928 gpd to Town Center. The Wastewater Management District Commission on March 9 turned away a request from Jeff Maimon of the Wayland Commons Condominium Association to push the first usage-fee bill back one

Wayland Select Board advances Town Meeting warrant, rejects all six Sherman's Bridge petitions

WAYLAND — March 9, 2026 — Wayland Select Board advances most Town Meeting articles, rejects all six Sherman's Bridge petitions. The board voted 5-0 to approve a third amendment to Town Manager Michael McCall's contract at a $256,750 base salary effective Feb. 27, with member Thomas

Wayland FinCom backs operating budget, rejects $12.3M capital plan

WAYLAND — March 9, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee backs $113M operating budget but rejects town manager's $12.3M capital plan. The committee voted 5-1 to recommend a $112,964,253 fiscal 2027 operating budget — a 4.63 percent increase tied to a projected 4.89 percent tax-bill

Wayland Recreation Commission drafts park-naming policy ahead of new field projects

WAYLAND — March 4, 2026 — Wayland Recreation Commission drafts park-naming policy ahead of new field projects. Chair Asa B. Foster led a March 4 working session that reached tentative consensus on barring naming after living persons, excluding commercial names, imposing a two-year wait after a person's death