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Wayland Finance Committee reassigns warrant articles, confirms wage measure pulled

WAYLAND — February 4, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee reshuffles warrant articles and formally flags late-arriving budgets. At its Feb. 4 meeting, the committee approved amended minutes adding language expressing concern about "receiving the budgets this late in the budget season," with one veteran member calling it "really

Wayland capital committee defers major projects, flags four for "purgatory" list

WAYLAND — February 4, 2026 — Wayland capital panel reshuffles five-year plan, parks four big projects in "purgatory." The Capital Improvement Planning Committee on Feb. 4 deferred a $1 million salt shed rehab and replaced an $1.8 million transfer station garage line with a $550,000 fiscal 2029

Wayland committee backs both herbicide and hand-pulling for Heard Pond

WAYLAND — February 3, 2026 — Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee approved a dual attack on Heard Pond water chestnuts. Members voted 3-0 to contract for both Clearcast herbicide application and hand-harvesting this season, with scope capped by a roughly $30,000 budget. Chair Thomas Klem is drafting

Wayland committee votes 7-0 to send 212 Cochituate Road report to Select Board

WAYLAND — February 3, 2026 — Wayland's 212 Cochituate Road Advisory Committee voted 7-0 to send its final report to the Select Board. Chair Tom Fay was authorized to incorporate Tuesday's edits and transmit the report by a Feb. 15 deadline; member Robert Hummel was absent. Members

Select Board advances Holiday Road study, shelves pension bond petition

WAYLAND — February 2, 2026 — Wayland Select Board advances Holiday Road study article and shelves pension obligation bond petition. The board discussed but did not vote on Article DD, which would fund preliminary engineering, appraisal and site analysis of a 13.72-acre town-owned parcel currently held by the School

Wayland School Committee weighs $57.7 million FY27 budget at Feb. 11 vote

WAYLAND — February 2, 2026 — Wayland School Committee reviews $57.7 million FY27 budget with 4.98 percent increase. The proposal eliminates just one teaching position, at Claypit Hill, through attrition tied to declining elementary enrollment, while expanding Spanish immersion into eighth grade and maintaining co-teaching across the elementary schools.

Finance Committee designates 23 town meeting articles as having negligible financial impact

WAYLAND — February 2, 2026 — Wayland Finance Committee classifies 23 of 52 warrant articles as having negligible financial impact. The 7-0 vote under Town Code Section 19-3 covered routine items and several Sherman's Bridge Road petitions, though members agreed to draft full write-ups on the long-

Wayland assessors approve $2.5 million motor vehicle excise commitment

WAYLAND — February 2, 2026 — Wayland assessors green-light $2.5 million excise commitment as ATB dismisses resident appeal. The Board of Assessors on Feb. 2 unanimously approved the fiscal 2026 first motor vehicle and trailer excise commitment of 11,680 bills totaling $2,491,164.45, plus a seventh prior-

Wayland HRDEI panel co-sponsors Frederick Douglass reading and Black golf history exhibit

WAYLAND — February 1, 2026 — Wayland's HRDEI Committee unanimously co-sponsors a Frederick Douglass reading and a Robert H. Hawkins exhibit. Chair Karen Blumenfeld rushed both 7-0 votes early in the Feb. 17 meeting to protect a thin vacation-week quorum, clearing the museum's Scarlet to

Recreation Commission approves new Schwartz Field sign, defers naming policy

WAYLAND — January 29, 2026 — Wayland Recreation Commission approves redesigned Schwartz Ball Field sign and shelves $37,000 restroom-opening plan. Commissioners voted 4-0 Thursday to approve a 60-by-30-inch replacement sign at the Eric Schwartz Ball Field on Riverview Avenue, paid for by the Schwartz family. Chair