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Pretrial filing details Easy’s discrimination claims, Wayland’s defense, dozens of potential witnesses
A newly filed pretrial memorandum in former Wayland Superintendent Omar Easy’s lawsuit against the town lays out detailed and sharply conflicting accounts of what happened during his tenure, identifying specific…
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Prepping for the Election
To most people, Election Day is one day on the calendar. For a Massachusetts town clerk and chief election officer, it is the culmination of months of preparation, planning and…
Police commended after arrest of alleged murderer
(This is a follow-up to a story that appeared on waylandpost.org on Aug. 12, 2026.) Wayland Acting Police Chief Mark Hebert said that in his numerous years on patrol, he…
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Municipal Meeting Recaps
The town has begun setting a calendar to decide whether to ask voters for a Proposition 2½ operating override, the first such request in 17 years, to close a projected…
Select Board
No public comment was offered before the Select Board entered executive session at its Aug. 13 meeting for a periodic review of executive session minutes spanning eight categories under MGL…
Surface Water Quality Committee
On Aug. 11, the Surface Water Quality Committee approved $9,323 in invoices and eyed state grants for Dudley Pond study. The committee approved $5,550 for the first ClearCast herbicide treatment…
Audit Committee
On Aug. 11, the Audit Committee voted to approve its annual report to the Select Board and a companion report for town publication, both flagging the conservation and building departments…
Board of Assessors
The Board of Assessors reorganized and opened its FY27 exemption cycle in a 10-minute August session. The assessing office director reported a continuing “hard push out in the field, collecting…
