This Week in Wayland: May 25 - May 31
9 stories from Wayland News this week.
Dave Watkins
Warriors Girls Lacrosse, Tennis Roll Through Tournament Openers
Wayland High School girls lacrosse outscored two opponents 39-10 at home this week, beating Essex North Shore Agricultural 21-2 on Wednesday and Falmouth 18-8 on Friday to power into the postseason. Both varsity tennis teams added 5-0 shutouts, boys over Amherst-Pelham Regional and girls over
Obituary notices, week of May 25 through May 31, 2026
One Wayland-connected obituary was published this week: Paquette, Clement D., 74, of Center Conway, NH and formerly of Natick and Wayland, who died May 18, 2026. A visitation and funeral service were held Tuesday, May 26, at John Everett & Sons Funeral Home in Natick, with interment at …
Warriors Girls Lacrosse Pounds Two Opponents by Combined 39-10
Wayland High School girls lacrosse outscored two opponents 39-10 at home this week, beating Essex North Shore Agricultural 21-2 on Wednesday and Falmouth 18-8 on Friday to power into the postseason. Both varsity tennis teams added 5-0 shutouts, boys over Amherst-Pelham Regional and girl…
Wayland Museum leads holiday-weekend slate with Lake Cochituate nature walk
A slow Sunday in Wayland leans on community calendars, with the Wayland Museum & Historical Society's "Walk, Wonder, and Discover" outing stepping off at 9 a.m. at the Lake Cochituate town beach as part of its yearlong Tracing Liberty series. The town News Flash carried no fresh items o…
Wayland School Committee approves ropes course funding and device leases
WAYLAND — May 27, 2026 — Wayland School Committee accepts $52,850 state earmark for new high school ropes course. The unanimous vote backs a $91,360 Project Adventure replacement for a 1979-era course, with $38,500 coming from Wellness and Athletic balances and donations; Superintendent David Fleishman credited Reps. David
Wayland Planning Board reelects officers, braces for state-driven zoning overhaul
WAYLAND — May 27, 2026 — Wayland Planning Board reelects its slate and warns of a state-driven zoning crunch. Members voted 4-0 to keep Anette S. Lewis as chair, Robin Borgstedt as vice chair and Jesse Newberry as clerk, with Lewis saying she would "relinquish" the gavel midyear
Conservation Commission rejects arsenic preservative for Sherman's Bridge
WAYLAND — May 27, 2026 — Wayland Conservation Commission bars arsenic preservative on Sherman's Bridge rehab. The commission voted 7-0 Tuesday to direct TEC and the Wayland DPW not to use chromated copper arsenate on the glulam deck panels replacing the failing timber bridge over the Sudbury River, leaving
Wayland capital committee reschedules June meeting after town officials cancel
WAYLAND — May 27, 2026 — Wayland's Capital Improvement Planning Committee rescheduled its June meeting and previewed a leadership change at a short May 27 session. Chair Kelly Lappin moved the next meeting to June 3 after the town manager and planning director could not attend Tuesday, and canceled the
Wayland water committee approves algae testing, signs Heard Pond harvesting contract
WAYLAND — May 26, 2026 — Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee approved algae testing on Dudley Pond and cleared a $1,027 lab invoice that zeroes its fiscal 2026 budget. Chair Thomas Klem reported that a three-year, under-$50,000 hand-harvesting contract with Solitude Lake Management for Heard