Wayland's Summer Concert Series Ends With Show Moved Indoors
Thursday, July 16, evening — The Wayland Council on Aging's Summer Thursday Concert, the final performance in the 15th Annual Outdoor Community Concert Series, was moved indoors after being scheduled for that evening. Wayland Patch also covered the change in "Final Show In Wayland's 15th Annual Summer Concert Series Moved Indoors," noting the show is the closing night of the COA's outdoor series; the full story is at patch.com.
Friday, July 17, beginning at 7 a.m. — The Wayland DPW closed Glezen Lane between Concord Road and Draper Road for the day, per a town notice issued Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26 — The Town of Wayland, the Wayland Museum & Historical Society, and Wayland250 will host acclaimed author Joseph McGill Jr. for a series of events as part of the "Tracing Liberty: History Talks and Nature Walks" series, which concludes this month. Wayland Patch previewed the finale in "Wayland Tracing Liberty Series To Conclude This Month," describing talks, walks and a panel featuring McGill; details at patch.com.
In other coverage, MetroWest Daily News reports that the discrimination lawsuit brought by former Wayland superintendent Omar Easy is now headed to trial after a judge ruled the case should be decided by a jury, according to "Wayland MA discrimination suit will go to trial. Here's when," with trial set for April 2027 (metrowestdailynews.com). MetroWest Daily News also reports in "Terrain Gardens plans event venue, cafe at former Wayland Whole Foods" that a new business plans to bring an event venue, cafe and store to the long-vacant Whole Foods plaza on Boston Post Road (Route 20) (metrowestdailynews.com). Separately, MetroWest Daily News profiled a Wayland entrepreneur in "How a Wayland MA woman's passion for cooking became a viable business," describing how Erin Harleman turned a cooking hobby into a personal-chef service, The Saucy Plate (metrowestdailynews.com). And Wayland Patch reports in "Wayland Home Prices Jumped In June As Sales Fell" that median home prices rose sharply last month even as the town recorded 15 closed sales, down from a year earlier (patch.com).
Looking ahead, Wayland Patch noted in "Wayland Working To Upgrade Hazard Mitigation Plan" that residents will get a chance early next week to weigh in on the town's effort to update its plan for reducing risks from natural hazards and climate change (patch.com).