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Wayland landfill panel backs soccer field, DPW yard, drops housing plan

WAYLAND — February 17, 2026 — Wayland committee drops housing, backs fields and a DPW yard for Route 20 landfill. The Route 20 South Landfill Visioning Committee on Feb. 17 endorsed a conceptual plan from Ed Shoucair of The Collaborative to redevelop 17 capped acres with a 300-by-150-foot grass

Wayland HRDEI Committee approves two summer co-sponsorships with town museum

WAYLAND — February 17, 2026 — Wayland HRDEI Committee unanimously co-sponsors two summer programs with town museum. Chair Karen Blumenfeld moved both votes early at the Feb. 17 remote meeting, citing a thin vacation-week quorum and pending museum grant work. The committee backed a June 30 community reading of Frederick

Design Review Advisory Board approves January minutes, adjourns in five minutes

WAYLAND — February 17, 2026 — Wayland's Design Review Advisory Board wrapped its February meeting in roughly five minutes. Meeting remotely on Feb. 17 with all three members present, the board took no public comment and had only one item of business: approval of the notes from its Jan. 27

Wayland Select Board votes 4-0 to enter executive personnel session

WAYLAND — February 13, 2026 — Wayland Select Board spends most of brief Friday meeting in executive session on a personnel matter. Chair Carol B. Martin convened the remote-only meeting at 9 a.m. with members Anne Brensley, Thomas J. Fay and William D. Whitney; Vice-Chair Douglas A. Levine was

Wayland Energy Committee urges Select Board to pull solar bylaw from spring warrant

WAYLAND — February 12, 2026 — Wayland Energy and Climate Committee votes 4-0 to ask the Select Board to pull a ground-mounted solar bylaw from the 2026 town meeting warrant. Vice Chair Neil Gordon's motion, backed by Chair Ellen Tohn and members Tom Sciacca and Steve Garone, says

Wayland School Committee unanimously approves $56 million FY27 budget

WAYLAND — February 11, 2026 — Wayland School Committee unanimously approves a $56 million FY27 budget focused on sustaining current services. The committee voted 5-0 to approve Superintendent David Fleishman's recommended fiscal 2027 budget of $56,036,431 after a joint session with the Finance Committee produced no reservations.

Planning Board approves Coptic church site plan in 4-1 vote

WAYLAND — February 11, 2026 — Wayland Planning Board approves Coptic church site plan 4-1 over chair's objection. The board signed off Tuesday on the St. Philopater Mercurius and St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church at 169 Rice Road after a marathon line-edit of the draft decision. Chair Anette

Wayland Finance Committee questions $2.5 million high school baseball field plan

WAYLAND — February 11, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee questions $2.5M ballfield plan inside a $12.3M FY27 capital budget. Town Manager Michael McCall and Finance Director Brian Keveny presented a proposal roughly $4 million above the Capital Improvement Planning Committee's $8.3 million recommendation, with CIPC Chair Kelly

Wayland Conservation Commission continues 123 Dudley Road home over scale concerns

WAYLAND — February 11, 2026 — Wayland Conservation Commission delays 123 Dudley Road home over 119-tree clearing. The commission voted 7-0 on Feb. 11 to continue the Notice of Intent to March 4 after Conservation Administrator Linda Hansen and abutters challenged the scale of a three-story house proposed by

Wayland ZBA upholds Veritas Christian Academy building permit on 4-1 vote

WAYLAND — February 10, 2026 — Wayland ZBA upholds Veritas Christian Academy building permit on 4-1 vote. The Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 10 affirmed the Planning Board's April 15, 2025 site-plan approval and the Oct. 30, 2025 building permit for the school at 172 Cochituate Road,