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Wayland News
News in the past week
* Wayland trombonist joins ‘the best of the best’ at national festival. Wayland High School 11th-grader Joshua Zhang was accepted into the NAFME (National Association of Music Educators) All-National Honors Band. The top players from across the country were chosen for this honor in a year that saw the most applicants in the history of the festival.
* Wayland Council on Aging hosts first open-invitation event since March 2020. A few dozen senior Wayland residents gathered outside the Town Building recently to “Celebrate Our Strength” at an outdoor open house hosted by the Wayland Council on Aging. May is Older Americans Month, and this year’s theme recognized the strength and resilience of older adults. This was the first in-person, open-invitation event the Council on Aging hosted since March 2020. [article available via Town Crier paywall]
Chloe’s Sunshine Squad holding fundraiser selling signs. Chloe’s Sunshine Squad has joined forces with Rustic Marlin to create two signs you can purchase for your home (or as a gift). We will be taking orders through the end of June. If you are interested in submitting your order, please fill our the form online here. $22 per sign (local pick-up or shipping available) All proceeds will support the Chloe Sunshine Squad members, Tony Marzilli, Amanda Rose Moran and Mike Grant who will be running this year’s 125th Boston Marathon. Fundraising efforts benefit The Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber in honor of the strongest 7-year old we know, Chloe Marzilli. To read about Chloe, who was diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric cancer earlier this year, visit her GoFundMe Page. All questions regarding signs can be directed to Annie Matthews at Anniematthews20@yahoo.com [Note: a gofundme page for Chloe is available online here]
Donations sought for Eagle Scout project to build garden bed at Bent Park. Michael is a Life Scout in Troop 1 seeking to build a raised garden bed for residents at Bent Park for his Eagle Scout project. Currently, there are only four garden beds, which forces the center to turn away some senior citizens wishing to tend to them. Your donation will help purchase the materials to build another raised garden bed, allowing access for even more residents. More details are online at his GoFundMe listing.
Helping Danielle & Her Family. A Wayland mother was seriously injured when struck by a car on May 21. This GoFundMe campaign is raising funds to support her and her family.
WHS Boys’ Soccer offering free Day of Service, June 19. The WHS Boys’ Soccer program is providing free yardwork at no cost to Wayland senior citizens. Families, friends, alumni, and businesses are encouraged to make donations for the volunteer work. Donate today at WaylandSoccer.net. Pay via check (tax deductible) made out to TEAM WAYLAND, with Boys Soccer Fundraiser in the memo line. Mail to: Wayland High School Athletic Department, 264 Old Connecticut Path, Wayland MA 01778. Or pay via Venmo: @Gretchen-Dresens (last four digits 4430), with Boys Soccer Fundraiser in comments.
Want to Serve on a Town Board or Committee? Available appointments online here. Town of Wayland Board/Committee Appointments Status as of May 27, 2021 Most volunteer positions have a term that ends on June 30. All positions with openings as of July 1, 2021 are listed below. Incumbents may reapply, and all interested volunteers will be considered. The Board of Selectmen will interview, as needed, and appoint during June and July. Volunteers interested in serving on one of the committees or boards listed below, please send an email explaining your interest and qualifications and a resume/CV to the Board of Selectmen c/o Teri Hegarty. All positions are appointed by the Board of Selectmen unless otherwise noted.
Friends of the Parmenter Foundation Golf Tournament. Don’t miss the fourth annual Friends of The Parmenter Foundation Golf Tournament, June 21, starting at 7:30am at Wayland Country Club (121 Old Sudbury Rd, Wayland). All proceeds support summer camp opportunities for grieving children. Registration is available online here. Contact Ron Rokes with any questions
Wayland Community Fund serving Wayland residents temporarily in need of financial assistance. Please call us if you need help!
The Wayland Community Fund (WCF) provides short-term emergency financial assistance to Wayland residents who have lived in Wayland for at least one year. WCF provides funding for basic needs such as utilities, rent, food, medical bills, and other living expenses. Please call us if you need help with your bills, 508-358-3624 or go to the town website for an application.
Join the MRC! New Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers are always needed! We have a great group of volunteers, however, we would love to recruit new members. If you are interested in helping out your community and would like to volunteer please contact the Health Department at Health@wayland.ma.us.
Upcoming Meetings
Meeting Schedule for The Week: See the Town Website’s Calendar online here. Please check the online calendar for the latest updates, as meetings noted below could have been updated (change in date, time or location) since we captured them. Also, some meetings could have been added since we collected the calendar information.
Please check the Town Calendar to confirm meeting times, locations and agenda. There can be updates from when we capture the schedule below.
Links to join the meetings via zoom are posted on each agenda. The call-in number for public comment during board and committee teleconference meetings is 508-358-6812.
Monday, June 7
* Board of Selectmen, 7pm. Agenda includes: Public Hearing for Used Car Dealership Class II license (Wayland Auto Repair and Sales, 356 Boston Post Rd), Girls Scouts rail trail survey, roles and committee assignments, Town Administrator update, Executive Session
Tuesday, June 8
* Energy & Climate Committee, 9am. Agenda includes: Town Meeting Articles next steps (Loker solar project, community choice aggregation, Climate Emergency Resolution and climate plan), Energize Wayland updates
* Board of Public Works, 5pm. Agenda includes: Public Hearing (Shade Trees and Scenic Trees), PFAS remediation. Trees for tree hearings listed here
* Planning Board, 5:40pm. Agenda includes: Joint meeting with BPW Scenic Tree Hearing
* Zoning Board of Appeals, 7pm. Agenda includes: 119 Dudley Road, 20 Dean Rd, 6 Winter St., 23 Lake Rd, 265 Concord Rd, 16 Maguire Rd, 63 Moore Rd
* Surface Water Quality Committee, 7pm. Agenda includes: Dudley Pond (weed harvesting contract, PFAS, April 2021 water quality report), Heard Pond (weed harvesting contract), Mill Pond, Lake Cochituate, discussion of best practices related to use of herbicides to manage quality of surface water in town
Thursday, June 10
* No meetings currently scheduled
Friday, June 11
* Economic Development Committee, 8:30am. Agenda includes: Bike path update, Cochituate (70-74 Main St CPA Town Meeting article, Main Street/West Plan intersection), River’s Edge (update), Wayland Businesses (restaurants outdoor seating, grants updates, food trucks and beer gardens permitting, Route 20 (Wayland Village plaza outreach, Route 20 Wayland Center (MA DOT paving plan, planning overall), Route 20 South Landfill visioning committee update, branding/Wayfinding committee update
The latest from the Wayland Library (full newsletter online here)
Adult Programs:
* In-Library Browsing Hours. You no longer need an appointment to visit us! Just come on in Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday from 1-8 p.m., and Friday from 1-5 p.m. (Wednesday afternoons are for the parking lot pop-up library!) Tuesday-Friday 9-10 a.m. is reserved for seniors. You can browse most of the stacks as well as the Round Room. The Children’s Room remains closed but we’ll have plenty of children’s items upstairs. Please limit your visit to 45 minutes. You’ll still need to wear a mask, and you’ll still need to make an appointment for computer use. We’re continuing to offer curbside pickup.
* Dystopian/Sci-Fi Book Group (June 17)
* Mini Macrame Plant Hanger (June 24)
* Your Stories: COVID-19 in Wayland. Click here to share your pandemic
* Be Who You Are: Outdoor Storytime with Ms. Elise (Wed, June 9)
* Father’s Day Outdoor Story Time and Craft with Ms. Elise (June 18)
* Meet a Red Panda! Virtual Zookeeper Chat (June 22)
* Birds: Outdoor Storytime with Ms. Elise (June 30)
For Teens:
* Social Justice Book Club (June 15)
* Comics Making Workshop with Jarrett Lerner (June 24)
For Families:
* Pop-Up Parking Lot Library. Stop by the library on Wednesday afternoons between 1-4 p.m. for in-person browsing of popular and new materials, plus fresh air! Maintain 6 feet if there is a line. Wear a mask & hand sanitizer will be provided prior to browsing. Remember to bring your library card! Weather permitting.
* Curated Collections for Kids. Would you like a handpicked selection of books just right for your children? Call the Children’s Room at 508-358-2308 and we’ll pull together a bundle for you to pick up at your convenience. We’d love to hear from you!
* Summer Reading Program for children in grades pre-K to Grade 5: Starts June 14! The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program for children in grades pre-K to Grade 5 is Tails & Tales. We will be bringing you a blend of virtual and in-person (outside) activities featuring animals, real and imaginary. Highlights include virtual zookeeper chats with Buttonwood Park Zoo and Roger Williams Park Zoo, and a virtual bug show with Joy Marzolf of The Joys of Nature. We will also offer in-person outdoor STEM and craft programs, scavenger hunts, and weekly take and make crafts. Children will keep track of their reading online or on paper logs and will earn virtual badges for time reading, for attending programs, and for completing fun craft and STEM challenges. Every child who registers can pick up a goody bag at the library. Participants will also earn raffle tickets for prizes!
* Summer Reading Program for Teens: Starts June 14! Teens will keep track of their reading online and will earn badges for books read, for writing reviews, for attending programs, and for completing take and make crafts. Teens will also earn raffle tickets for prizes! Programming highlights include a Comics Making Workshop with Jarrett Lerner, Teens Cooking Green, and an Ocean Tides Wall Hanging Craft, all offered through zoom. In addition, there will be weekly take and make crafts to pick up at the library.
Office hours with Select Board member Adam Gutbezahl. Select Board Member Adam Gutbezahl invites you to attend his weekly remote, virtual office hours. Please feel free to sign up to ask questions, discuss topics of interest, or simply say hello. Office hours are held on Wednesday evenings from 7:30-9pm and Thursday afternoons from 12-2pm. You can reserve an appointment online through Calendly.
Listings from Prior Newsletters
Summer Concert Series begins Thursday, June 19. The 10th annual Wayland Community Summer Concert Series begins Thursday evening June 17 from 7 to 8pm in the Courtyard behind the Wayland Town Building. It runs for five Thursdays, through July 15. Brought to you by the Council on Aging, these are community events for all ages! Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Concerts will be cancelled in inclement weather; check the COA website for updates. Joining us this summer:
* June 17: Club Soda Band: Top 40s
* June 24: The Daddios: Rock & Roll (Wayland’s own!)
* July 1: Sudbury Valley New Horizons Band, under the direction of Diane Muffitt
* July 8: Black Velvet Band: Irish/American
* July 15: The Standards: Oldies
Summer concerts are available via this link, and will be updated to include nearby towns as their concert series listings are announced.
TerraCorps/AmericCorps Job Opportunities at SVT. Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT), a regional conservation organization, is seeking to fill two TerraCorps/AmeriCorps positions for the 2021-2022 service year. These full-time, 11-month positions provide wonderful experience for anyone interested in a career in land conservation or community engagement. TerraCorps is a Massachusetts-based organization that prepares emerging leaders to help conserve land for people and wildlife. It is affiliated with the national AmeriCorps program that annually engages more than 75,000 Americans in service at nonprofit organizations, schools, and public agencies. TerraCorps Members receive a living allowance, an education award, and additional benefits. As a participant in the TerraCorps program, SVT has openings for a Land Stewardship Coordinator and a Community Engagement Coordinator. These positions will run from August 30, 2021, to July 29, 2022, and will be based out of SVT’s office in Sudbury. Details online here, or for complete job descriptions, requirements, and application instructions, go here.
“Can You Hear Me Now?” Survivors’ Artistic Expressions of Intimate Partner Violence, June 8.Join the Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable for an emotionally powerful program as we sit witness to survivors’ expressions of intimate partner violence through art, music, poetry and spoken word. The program is titled “Can You Hear Me Now? Survivors’ Journey Through the Healing Process Using Expressive Arts. The program will take place on June 8, 3-4:30pm via Zoom. The expressive arts are a profound, therapeutic outlet for those who are processing their experiences of trauma and abuse. In addition, they provide a deeper, more powerful experience for all of us who are working to better understand this insidious dynamic. Registration is required for this program and can be completed hereor at www.domesticviolenceroundtable.org. Please note, this program will NOT be recorded due to privacy considerations for those in attendance.
The Wayland Depot is open Wednesday-Sunday, 12-4pm. Stop in while you enjoy the Mass Central Rail Trail. You’ll discover unique gifts, beautiful cards, fresh potholders, and wonderful, locally crafted treasures to celebrate spring and summer occasions. The Wayland Depot, One Cochituate Road (Rte. 27),
Office Hours with Senator Rausch: Senator Rausch has shifted her monthly in-person office hours to remote, virtual office hours held on Fridays. Conversations with the Senator and her staff will take place via phone call or video conference. During these virtual office hours, residents from any part of the Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District are welcome to share their questions and opinions on state issues with Senator Rausch and her staff. Any constituent may reserve a 15-minute appointment. Click here to sign up for a slot.
Transportation for Wayland Seniors. Under a new, grant-funded program, the Wayland Council on Aging (COA) can now arrange for free taxi rides for seniors who have no other way to get to non-emergency medical appointments or other essential errands such as grocery shopping, visits to food pantries, or to pharmacies to pick up prescriptions. The program is funded by a Metropolitan Area Planning Council/ MassDevelopment grant designed to offer short-term support to communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wayland residents age 60 and over who find themselves without transportation options may contact the COA to request a ride. COA staff will review requests for compliance with the grant’s guidelines. For those who qualify, staff will make arrangements with either Tommy’s Taxi and JFK Transportation, who are partnering with the COA under the terms of the grant. Ride requests must be made at least one full business day in advance. The program runs through December 31, 2020, or until the funds are depleted. If you have questions or would like to ask about a ride, call the COA at 508-358-2990 or email coa@wayland.ma.us
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