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

Wayland FinCom backs operating budget, rejects $12.3M capital plan

WAYLAND -- March 9, 2026, Wayland Finance Committee backs $113M operating budget but rejects town manager's $12.3M capital plan. The committee voted 5-1 to recommend a $112,964,253 fiscal 2027 operating budget, a 4.63 percent increase tied to a projected 4.89 percent tax-bill

Wayland Recreation Commission drafts park-naming policy ahead of new field projects

WAYLAND -- March 4, 2026, Wayland Recreation Commission drafts park-naming policy ahead of new field projects. Chair Asa B. Foster led a March 4 working session that reached tentative consensus on barring naming after living persons, excluding commercial names, imposing a two-year wait after a person's death

Historical Commission backs Sherman's Bridge design endorsement letter

WAYLAND -- March 4, 2026, Wayland Historical Commission votes 7-0 to endorse three Sherman's Bridge design elements in writing. After public comment from Sherman's Bridge Road resident Doug Stotz, who reported that Wayland and Sudbury DPWs have secured a state dispensation to use a wood-enclosed

Wayland Finance Committee zeroes in on $5.5 million capital budget gap

WAYLAND -- March 4, 2026, Wayland Finance Committee zeroes in on $5.5 million gap in competing capital budget proposals. Capital Improvement Planning Committee Chair Kelly Lappin walked members through differences between her panel's recommended $8.3 million fiscal 2027 capital budget and Town Manager Michael McCall's

Wayland Conservation Commission continues Coptic church hearing to March 25

WAYLAND -- March 4, 2026, Wayland Conservation Commission continues Coptic church hearing as members call project too big for site. The commission voted 7-0 to continue the St. Philopater Mercurius & St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church's Rice Road notice of intent to March 25, citing unresolved stormwater issues,