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Coverage of Wayland's boards, committees, and town government.

Wayland HRDEI committee approves Arab American, Jewish American heritage statements

WAYLAND -- April 21, 2026, Wayland HRDEI committee approves rewritten Arab and Jewish heritage statements, then debates ending the practice. The committee passed both the April Arab American Heritage Month and May Jewish American Heritage Month statements after extensive line edits, including removing language that paired enslavement with "resilience"

Wayland Public Works board calls transfer station unsustainable as enterprise fund

WAYLAND -- April 21, 2026, Wayland Public Works votes 5-0 to tell Select Board the transfer station no longer works as an enterprise fund. The board, in departing chair George Wegmeyer's final meeting, raised the annual sticker fee from $200 to $225 and the medium bag fee from

Recreation Commission declines to endorse $400,000 playground fund shift

WAYLAND -- April 16, 2026, Wayland Recreation Commission withholds endorsement of $400,000 CPA fund shift tied to preschool move. Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize Recreation Director Leslie Rebecchi to deliver their concerns, but not an endorsement, to the Community Preservation Committee, which is weighing whether to amend 2025 Town

Wayland CPC votes to let $400,000 playground money follow Children's Way preschool

WAYLAND -- April 16, 2026, Wayland CPC broadens $400,000 playground appropriation and eyes 17 Gleazen Lane for conservation. The Community Preservation Committee voted 7-0 Wednesday to amend a 2025 Annual Town Meeting article so that $400,000 originally earmarked for the Town Building playground can instead fund construction or

Planning Board approves Carroll School site plan in unanimous vote

WAYLAND -- April 15, 2026, Wayland Planning Board unanimously approves Carroll School site plan after line-by-line edits. The 5-0 vote at the April 15 meeting authorizes Chair Anette Lewis and Town Planner Robert Hummel to finalize the decision by Friday's deadline for The Carroll School'