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Wayland EDC approves infographic highlighting town's 2.8 percent commercial tax base

WAYLAND — February 10, 2026 — Wayland EDC approves infographic spotlighting town's 2.8 percent commercial tax base. The Economic Development Committee voted 4-0 Tuesday to approve, with revisions, a public infographic and email blast drafted by members Neeti Singhal Mahajan and Katie Noble Harris showing commercial property makes

Wayland capital committee files addendum extending plan through fiscal 2031

WAYLAND — February 10, 2026 — Wayland capital committee extends five-year plan to fiscal 2031, recommends $2.5M ball field as excluded debt. The Capital Improvement Planning Committee voted 4-0, with Elizabeth Lusky absent, to authorize Chair Kelly Lappin to file an addendum to its Jan. 20 report covering fiscal

Wayland wastewater commissioner Ed Chiang plans June resignation

WAYLAND — February 9, 2026 — Wayland wastewater commissioner Ed Chiang signals June resignation as budget tracks 73 percent spent. Chiang told Chair Mike Gitten and fellow member Darrin Bock that the commission's finance-heavy agenda is outside his engineering expertise, offering to consult later "if in the future

Wayland Select Board backs $38.6 million water-supply borrowing for spring Town Meeting

WAYLAND — February 9, 2026 — Wayland Select Board unanimously backs $38.6 million water-supply borrowing ahead of spring Town Meeting. The board voted 4-0 on Monday to support Article HH, authorizing a 20-year, zero-interest state loan with first payments due in fiscal year 2031, after construction wraps

Wayland Planning Board approves removal of 33 scenic-road trees

WAYLAND — February 9, 2026 — Wayland Planning Board clears 33 scenic-road trees, resists Select Board's Route 20 task force. The board and the Board of Public Works voted 5-0 on Feb. 9 to approve removals on Glezen, Plain, Draper, Lincoln, Rice, Oxbow, Sherman Bridge, Claypit Hill, West

Wayland FinCom digs into $113.3 million FY27 budget, 5 percent tax increase

WAYLAND — February 9, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee reviews $113.3 million FY27 budget with 5.39 percent tax hike. Town Manager Michael McCall and Finance Director Brian Keveny told the committee Monday they closed a projected $1.8 million deficit through level-service budgeting, reclassifying DPW debt and issuing bond

Wayland DPW board clears removal of 42 roadside trees

WAYLAND — February 9, 2026 — Wayland board approves removal of 42 trees, sparing a healthy Dean Road locust. The Board of Public Works, meeting jointly by Zoom with the Planning Board, voted 4-0 to remove 33 scenic-road trees and 4-0 again to remove nine shade trees across roads

School Committee may co-sponsor 25 Holiday Road study article

WAYLAND — February 4, 2026 — Wayland School Committee signals openness to co-sponsoring a study of the 25 Holiday Road parcel. Select Board Chair Carol Martin and Article DD liaison Bill Whitney appeared Tuesday to brief members on a warrant article funding engineering work, environmental review and an appraisal of the

Wayland Housing Partnership maps incentive tools for affordable ADUs

WAYLAND — February 4, 2026 — Wayland Housing Partnership weighs incentives to make some new ADUs affordable. Massachusetts Housing Partnership's Dana LeWinter told the committee Feb. 4 that the state counted at least 843 ADU applications and 549 approvals in the first six months of the new by-right law,

Historical Commission votes to press town to add history to civic brochure

WAYLAND — February 4, 2026 — Wayland Historical Commission votes to demand history be added to future town brochures. Members voted unanimously Tuesday to send a letter to Town Manager Michael McCall and the Select Board after a recent civic mailer produced by Town Clerk Trudy Reed and Select Board co-chair