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Town Center strategizes to increase foot traffic
june.valliere@waylandpost.orgNew Town Center owner Graffito SP is hosting its first event as part of its strategy to increase foot traffic at the complex.Residents and store proprietors previously complained that Town…
Coming town retirement wave poses a challenge
dave.watkins@waylandpost.orgData shows a large cohort of Wayland town and school employees nearing retirement eligibility, increasing pressure on succession planning and knowledge transfer.Wayland’s workforce data point to a growing operational challenge…
Municipal Meeting Recap
Capital Improvement Planning CommitteeThe Capital Improvement Planning Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to issue an addendum to its fiscal 2027-31 report documenting a 2-2 vote on Article 16. The deadlock left…
Nine-year-old doll-maker has entrepreneurial bent
leslie.castillo@waylandpost.orgAfter spending an afternoon with her mother creating their own dolls, Nina Garcia-Rivera was inspired and thought doll-making would be a great idea for a business — so she designed…
Could Sudbury dustup have implications for Wayland?
A governance fight unfolding in neighboring Sudbury has raised a question that resonates well beyond one town line: could a similar no-confidence movement emerge in Wayland if tensions over school…
Regional emergency dispatch still a work in progress
Framingham Regional Dispatch Center Continues Development as Wayland Advances ParticipationBy Wayland Post StaffFramingham’s long-developing regional emergency dispatch center remains under construction more than a year after state officials awarded millions…
Wayland Postmaster Mark Stone retires
june.valliere@waylandpost.orgRecently retired Wayland Postmaster Mark Stone was called a revolutionary in the 1990s by his U.S. Postal Service contemporaries. As a member of the team called the Revolutionaries, he mapped…
Players enjoy fun, food, and prizes at WayPo bingo benefit
leslie.castillo@waylandpost.orgApproximately 65 people showed up to support the Wayland Post at its fundraiser at the Community Center on Andrew Avenue on Sunday, May 3. Players of all ages yelled “Bingo!”…
Short, Tang honored at Town Meeting
Michael Short received the C. Peter R. Gossels Good Government Award and Yauwu Tang got the Lydia Maria Child Award at Wayland’s Annual Town Meeting earlier this month.Short's decades of…
Harleman wins Chopped for Charity competition
Open Table, the MetroWest charity dedicated to fighting hunger and building healthy communities, announced that Chef Erin Harleman owner of The Saucy Plate, a Wayland-based personal chef service, was the winner…
