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Library celebrates establishment of Millennium Fund

Joanne Lee · September 25, 2026

The Wayland Free Public Library Board of Trustees is celebrating the recent enactment of Bill H.4137, which officially establishes the Millennium Fund of the Wayland Free Public Library. Gov. Maura…

Left to right: Emily Weintraub, Anna Blazier, Win Treese, Carmine Gentile, Aida Gennis, Jamie Eldridge, Leah Hart, Bill Whitney. (Photo submitted by Joanne Lee)
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Bigger and better Wayland Festival ready to tee up

Brad Spiegel · September 25, 2026

Bigger isn’t always better. But in the case of the Wayland Festival, its organizers sure hope so. The annual event on Oct. 3 — where Town Center at Andrew and…

Touch a Truck was a hit at Wayland Fest in 2025 and will be back this year. (Photo by Celina D’Amico)
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School Committee discusses changes for 2026-27

Leslie Castillo · September 25, 2026

The Sept. 9 School Committee meeting highlighted a revisitation of the upcoming Wayland Public Schools District Goals for 2026-27, the music pilot, and state requirement changes. Superintendent of Schools David…

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We’re nearly one-third of the way there in fundraising

Dave Watkins · September 25, 2026

Wayland Post readers have contributed $11,115 toward our $35,000 fundraising goal. We are deeply grateful, and we still need your help. Asking people for money is not the part of…

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New tree evokes Revolution principles

WP Admin · September 25, 2026

What started as a simple meeting place — an old elm tree at the corner of what is now Essex and Washington streets in Boston — branched into a tradition…

Wayland Rev250 Chair Mary Antes, Juliette Fay, and Select Board Chair Carol Martin plant a white oak during the Liberty Tree ceremony on Constitution Day on Sept. 17 as part of the 250th anniversary celebration of the American Revolution. (Photo by Carole Plumb)
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Smith travels path from fund-raising to the pulpit

Barbara Heffner · September 25, 2026

Rev. Lauren Smith, who joined First Parish in Wayland in August, said she didn’t consider becoming a minister until her late 20s. As an undergraduate, she studied theater arts at…

Rev. Lauren Smith. (Photo courtesy Barbara Heffner)
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Trail hikers have plenty of options in Wayland

Olivia Green · September 25, 2026

Cruising along the winding roads of Wayland, you’ll notice paths branching off into the woods where dog walkers seem to disappear for hours on end. These are no ordinary animal…

A view of the Lower Field, part of the Greenways conservation area. (Photo by Olivia Green)
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Coffee, conversation, and community with Wayland cops

Leslie Castillo · September 25, 2026

It’s not often that you have the opportunity to sit down with a police officer and discuss issues that concern you, and the police rarely have time for casual conversation…

The Sharper Edge Ice Theatre team medaled for the first time, bringing in the bronze at the 2026 Theatre on Ice Competition in Irvine, Calif., in June. Wayland residents Natalie Garibaldi (back row, sixth from the left) and Penny Fishburn (not pictured) were on the team. (Courtesy photo)
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Thoreau is focus of upcoming field trip for sixth-graders

Leslie Castillo · September 25, 2026

On Oct. 5 and 6, sixth-graders will travel to Walden Pond on a field trip to learn more about Henry David Thoreau, the man for whom their Wayland Middle School…

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Corrections

WP Admin · September 25, 2026

• In the Capital Improvement Planning Committee segment of the Municipal Meeting Recap in the Sept. 11, 2026 issue of the Wayland Post, it was Brian O’Herlihy, not John Kliem,…