Whether you are new to town or have been around for a while, the Wayland Mom’s Group is the place to be! Join our group to post questions, find resources, or found out what’s going on around town.
In case you’ve somehow managed not to notice, there is a lot of road construction going on in time. To keep up to date on construction plans, follow the Wayland DPW on Facebook.
* Check summer outdoor concert series listed online here, including Classic Groove in Natick (Monday), Angry Bees in Sudbury (Tuesday), Tom Nutile Big Band in Wellesley (Wednesday), Knock on Wood in Weston (Wednesday), Dadda in Lincoln (Thursday), Unfinished Business in Framingham (Thursday)
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In the News…
News from the past week
* Wayland selects new Town Administrator. Selectmen chose a new town administrator, but a contract hasn’t been signed. The board Monday unanimously selected Louise Miller, current budget manager at the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, to fill the slot of outgoing Town Administrator Nan Balmer.
* Later school start time debate continues in Wayland. After years of discussion about a later start time at the middle and high school, the School Committee is focused on two possible schedules. However, they’re not “ideal”, according to committee Chairwoman Jeanne Downs. The committee narrowed four possible start-time schedules down to two at its Monday night meeting. Both call for an 8:30 a.m. start time at the middle and high school to begin in fall 2019. That’s an hour later than the current start time. The goal is to give students more sleep, which could translate into improved physical and emotional health.
Cameron Tredgett Foundation Golf Day, August 9. The Cameron Tredgett Foundation is pleased to announce the first USA Golf Day to be held on August 9th at Sandy Burr Country Club. The format for the tournament is a 4-player Texas Scramble with a shotgun start at 1:00pm. Contests on the day will include Nearest the Pin, Nearest the Pin in Two, Straightest Drive, Longest Drive and a 50/50 raffle in addition to prizes for the top two teams. More information about the tournament, including online registration and sponsorships can be found online here. If you can’t play in the tournament or are not a golfer, please consider sponsoring a tee sign ($250) to advertise your business or the donation of an auction/raffle item for the tournament. Following the tournament, there will be a buffet barbecue for participants and guests. During the barbecue there will be an auction and raffle. For complete details on the event, click here. The Cameron Tredgett Foundation is a non-profit charity dedicated to supporting young sporting students working to overcome personal and academic challenges. The foundation recognizes the amazing young men and women who are passionate about sports who don’t usually qualify for scholarships. Please help us to help them. For more information please visit www.camtredgett.org
Wayland, Let’s Do Lunch! Every weekday in Wayland a dedicated team of volunteers criss-crosses the town delivering hot meals to residents who find it hard to grocery shop or cook for themselves. The benefits go far beyond nutrition for both recipients and volunteers. Many relationships span years. Take a look (https://youtu.be/avk694Etx1Q). Get to know some Wayland residents you might not meet otherwise, and meet some important needs in your community. It takes about an hour. To volunteer to deliver Meals on Wheels – regularly, seasonally, or as an on-call substitute – contact Volunteer Coordinator Ann Gordon at the Wayland Council on Aging, 508-358-2990. Flyer online here
The Wayland Community Fund serves Wayland residents who need financial assistance. The WCF is a volunteer organization that provides assistance to Wayland residents in financial need, paying utility bills, rent, medical expenses and many other items. It pays bills, it does not provide cash. The organization was originally funded by a bequest from the late Suzanne Leavitt. Contributions from Wayland residents now provide sufficient funding. The WCF is staffed by five volunteers who cover all expenses. As a result, 100% of every contribution goes toward helping people in Wayland. Since its founding 20 years ago the WCF has provided more than $550,000 to Wayland residents in financial need. The Wayland Community Fund can be reached at 508-358-3624.More information on the fund, including who it serves, and how to donate, is available on the Wayland town website online here.
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 Calendarto confirm meeting times, locations and agenda. There can be updates from when we capture the schedule below.
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New announcements this week
The Wayland Police announced that they are collecting unwanted guns from residents. The Wayland Police Department would like to help Wayland residents remove unwanted guns from their homes. If you contact the Wayland Police we will advise you on how you can legally transfer your unwanted firearms to a firearms dealer, or we will come to your home and safely remove all unwanted firearms from your home. Many people have guns in their homes that they simply don’t want anymore. We would like to help residents remove all unwanted guns from homes so that they don’t end up in the wrong hands. Complete details are online here.
Latest News and Events from the Library includes:
Adult Programs
* English Conversation Groups. There will be three English conversation groups at the library this summer starting the week of July 9. A beginner’s group for those who do not speak English at home will meet 10:30-11:30am. on Friday mornings. The intermediate groups will meet on Monday nights 7-8:30 p.m. in the Raytheon Room, and Wednesday mornings 10-11 a.m. in the library balcony. These two groups are intended for speakers who know the basics of English and want to refine their conversational skills.
* Adult Summer Reading-Get in On the Fun. Summer Reading is not just for kids! From June 25 through August 29, grownups can earn summer reading raffle tickets if they:
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* peruse a library magazine or newspaper
* read to a child
* attend a library program
* read and recommend a book to a librarian
* and more-all just as easy! Following the theme of “Libraries Rock!” we’ll celebrate reading and libraries with music-themed programs, culminating with a Rock ‘n’ Roll Trivia evening and a raffle drawing for prizes. Sign up online or stop by the Reference Desk for details.
* Noon Book Group. Fulfill a summer reading requirement with the Noon group’s pick, The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. Set in an alternate America, the novel portrays the fate of a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey when America-firster Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election. The discussion will place on Friday, September 8.
Baby and Pre-School Programs
* Weekly Storytimes
* Mother Goose Time (Infants-2.5 years) Tuesdays, July 17, 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21 at 10:30 a.m.
* StoryVine (2.5 -5 years) Thursdays, July 19, Aug. 2, 9, and 16 at 10:30 a.m.
* Music and Movement. Get your wiggles out! Songs, dances, and stretches for walkers to age 5. Wednesday, July 18, 10:30 a.m.
* Story Walk. Enjoy time with your child, expand their literacy skills by reading and talking about pictures, and get some physical activity at this Story Walk of the picture book Pete the Cat led by Beverly Mobilia of Wayland Community Partnerships for Children and Families. We will meet on the lawn behind the Children’s Room. For ages 3 and 4, with parent/caregiver. Tues., July 24, 3:30 p.m.
* Brain Building Storytime. Storytime, parachute play, and brain-building activity. Program led by Beverly Mobilia of Wayland Community Partnerships for Children and Families. For ages 2 to 5, with parent/caregiver. Wednesday, July 25, 11a.m.-12p.m.
* Toe Jam Puppet Band. Mr. Vinny and Mr. Tom will entertain kids with music, puppets, dancing, bubbles and more! For ages 3 and up. Thursday, July 26, 10:30-11:15 a.m
School-Age Programs
* Beats On! A Musical Obstacle Race. Swerve, hop, dance and run through our musical obstacle race. Weather permitting, the program will be held on the grassy lawn behind the library. (If it rains we will run a scaled down version inside in the Raytheon Room). For ages 5 and up. Monday, July 16, 3:30-4:30 p.m
* Catch the Beat! Latin Drumming. Children will learn about Tito Puente and Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, listen to their music, and make a simple drum. Program led by librarian Elise Katz. For ages 5 and up. Wed., July 18, 3:30-4:30 p.m
* Drop-in Craft: Windchimes. Children will make their own windchimes using a variety of craft materials. For ages 4 and up. Tuesday, July 31, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
For Teens
* Snacks that Rock! Teens! You can make snacks that are delicious, easy to prepare, and healthy. Please join us to make snacks that rock! Online registration required. For teens in grades 6 and up. Thurs., July 26, 3:30-4:30 p.m
* Summer Reading! The Wayland Public Library’s Children’s Summer Reading Program Libraries Rock! is in full swing. It is not too late to sign up. This summer we are Reading to Bead. When you sign up you will get a goodie bag, a brag tag, a necklace chain, and a paper log to keep track of your reading. The more you read, the more beads you earn to add to your brag tag necklace. (You can also sign up online if you prefer, and get your brag tag and goodie bag when you come to the library.) We are offering lots of entertaining programs throughout the summer, including a music and storytelling performance called Tiger Dances to Turtle’s Tune, Toe Jam Puppets, an Australian music show by Didgeridoo Down Under, craft programs, and an Ice Cream Social.
* The Wayland Public Library’s Teen Summer Reading Program Libraries Rock! is ongoing. Teens who register online and write at least one original book review will win a prize, and be entered into a raffle for a free Kindle Fire. There will also be programs for teens this summer, including a comic book workshop, a cooking class, and a movie night. The Summer Reading Club is funded by the Friends of the Wayland Library, the Wayland Cultural Council, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, and the Boston Bruins.
Announcements from prior newsletters
Pops with Cops
Come out and join the Wayland Police Department in their new summer activity!! Popsicles will be provided for children of all ages. Come and enjoy “Pops with Cops”:
* Wayland Town Beach (26 Parkland Drive)
* July 12 [Raindate July 19]
* August 1 [Raindate August 8]
* Hannah Williams Park (Main St)
* July 17 [Raindate July 26]
* August 2 at Waylandn Town Beach [Raindate August 3]
English conversation groups at the Library. Good news for learners of English. The Wayland library is offering two weekly conversation groups this summer. A group for beginners will meet in the Raytheon Room from 10:30 to 11:30 on Friday mornings, starting on July 13. An intermediate group will meet in the upper level “classroom” from 10-11am on Wednesday mornings, starting on July 11. Both groups will be led by Jini Foster. Jini is new to the Wayland ESOL program, but has much experience in teaching English. There is no need to sign up; anyone can just come. Tell your friends if they would like extra practice speaking English this summer.
Vokes Players Announce Their Production of The Nance, directed by Donnie Baillargeon. Performances will be held at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre from July 19 through August 4, Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8pm with a 2pm matinee on Saturdays, July 28 and August 4. For tickets and information call 508-358-4034, or order online here. Ticket prices are $19 for Thursday evenings and Saturday matinees; $22 for Friday and Saturday evenings. Chauncey Miles is a burlesque show “nance” – a stock comedic character often played as a campy caricature of a gay man. Chauncey himself is a not-very-closeted gay man in 1937, who loves his work, loves his co-workers like family, loves his independence as an artist, and also loves Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and the other New York Republicans. But the Mayor decides that indecency must be rooted out, and clamps down on “deviance” in New York theaters, threatening the life that Chauncey has built around himself – and perhaps his chance at real love. Douglas Carter Beane’s play focuses on a man in the prime of his life, doing work he enjoys, living his life fully, harming nobody and yet condemned by a government and society that do not know or understand him. The Vokes Players is a non-profit theatrical organization. The Nance is the last production of our 2017-18 season. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. For more information about the Vokes Players, visit www.vokesplayers.org.
Wayland Summer Farmers’ Market, Wednesdays through October 10.
The Wayland Summer Farmer’s Market begins on Wednesday, June 27th from 12-5 PM and runs weekly through Oct. 10th. Located in the front parking lot of Russell’s Garden Center on Route 20, the market is a wonderful opportunity to meet and support local farmers and food producers. Twenty vendors will join us for Opening Day. Summer is a great time to introduce children to healthy eating and to prepare meals together as a family. Enjoy fresh, local vegetables, fruit, cheese, eggs, beef, chicken, pork, lamb, seafood, honey, ice cream, baked goods, jam, lemonade, hot sauce, maple products, mushrooms, flower bouquets, farm wine and cider, yarn and pet treats. We recommend that you sign up for our weekly email (in season only) so that you will know which vendors will attend that week. Go to russellsgardencenter.com to sign up online or email: pegm@russellsgardencenter.com.
Wayland School Community Programs: Community Education, World Languages, and Children’s Way News
* Enrichment Classes. Information about summer and fall classes is available on the WSCP Community Education page on the school district’s website. Registration links are also available for two World Languages programs: Chinese Language & Culture and Global Child French and Spanish classes. Information online here.
* The Children’s Way: For information about 2018-19 openings in the school district’s early childhood program, email Kathy Defina or call her at 508-358-7072. Applications/information about The Children’s Way is online at: http://tcw.wayland.k12.ma.us
Museum, Park and Parking Passes throughout Massachusetts from Recreation and the Friends of the Wayland Library
Recreation Passes to Start Parks: Did you know that Wayland Recreation offers a free day-parking pass to any of the 440 Massachusetts State Parks? These are offered through the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). Reserve or pick up the pass at 10am on a weekday and return it the next business day by 10am. Check
www.mass.gov/dcr for a list of state parks. Pick up pass at the Recreation Office (41 Cochituate Road) Call the Recreation office at 508-358-3660 to reserve the pass ahead of time.
Museum Passes from the Friends of the Wayland Library: The Friends of the Wayland Public Library support an extensive list of museum passes for use by Library patrons. Passes provide access to art museums, nature preserves, and zoos in the Greater Boston area. Reservations can be made online or by calling 508-358-2311. Details are online here:
Line-up Announced for 2018 Wailin’ Wednesdays Concert Series at the Wayland Town Center. Popular family-friendly concert series returns for its fourth year. The businesses of the Wayland Town Center along with National Development are proud to once again present Wailin’ Wednesdays, a family-friendly summer concert series with remaining events July 25 and August 29 from 5:30-7:30pm at the Wayland Town Center East Green. The events are all free and open to the public. The concert series will be held on the last Wednesday of the month throughout the summer and feature live music, a variety of activities including balloon and air brush tattoo artists, giveaways, and tasty food samplings including hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie sticks courtesy of the Wayland Town Center businesses.
Remaining concerts are:
* Wednesday, July 25 – Off Label. “Doc rock” band of mostly medical professionals who blow off steam by rocking out to classic rock and R&B.
* Wednesday, August 29 – Low Priority. Boston based rock cover band playing all of the rock songs you know and songs that make you want to dance.
Join the fun on the grass of the Wayland Town Center East Green just outside of Sperry’s. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and relax and enjoy an evening outside with your friends and family. Don’t miss this music filled summer night of fun!
MAPC and MWRC seek residents’ opinions on Town Meeting. Your town, along with other MetroWest communities, wants to know what you think about Town Meeting and how Town Meeting might be improved. This survey is confidential, and everyone is encouraged to take it. You are not required to answer everything or anything, but your help is very much appreciated. This 100% grant-funded project is being run in collaboration with Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Natick, Southborough, Wayland, Wellesley, and Weston through the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) and its local arm, the MetroWest Regional Collaborative (MWRC).
If you have any questions, please contact the project manager, Laurie Zivkovich, MAPC Municipal Services Specialist.
Dudley Pond Association to hold 50th Anniversary Celebration. Join in for a fun evening of food and friends celebrating 50 years of the Dudley Pond Association at Sandy Burr Country Club on October 13 (7-11pm). Italian Buffet Dinner, music, cash bar and memories. Tickets are $20 each until September 1 and $25 each after that date. Information on ticketing and articles in the Patch celebrating the Dudley Pond Association are available online here.
Join Sudbury Valley New Horizons Music
Love music? You know… it is never too late to go back to your instrument or start a new one! One of our members went back to his violin at age 87 after not playing for 70 years! He is 90 now and still playing! And, we have beginners in their 70s and 80s. Make a new year resolution and come play with us. We have a Concert Band (woodwinds, brass & percussion) and a String Ensemble (violin, viola, cello & bass) and range in age from 30-something to 90. Go to our website for more information, svnhm.org, or contact Diane Muffitt at muffitt@svnhm.org or 978-261-5065.
Raise your voice with Golden Tones chorus! If you love music and enjoy singing pop classics and show tunes for a variety of audiences, come to an open rehearsal, every Tuesday, 10am-12pm at the Wayland Senior Center. There are no auditions and no attendance requirements, only a friendly group of music-lovers from all over MetroWest. To learn more, visit goldentones.org, or call 508-318-6318. The chorus, now 29 years young, performs almost 50 concerts a year, many to disadvantaged audiences and also at community events and schools. You can help continue this outreach with a tax-deductible gift at goldentones.org.
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Cameron Tredgett Foundation Golf Day, August 9. 
Wayland, Let’s Do Lunch! 
English Conversation Groups. There will be three English conversation groups at the library this summer starting the week of July 9. A beginner’s group for those who do not speak English at home will meet 10:30-11:30am. on Friday mornings. The intermediate groups will meet on Monday nights 7-8:30 p.m. in the Raytheon Room, and Wednesday mornings 10-11 a.m. in the library balcony. These two groups are intended for speakers who know the basics of English and want to refine their conversational skills.
Adult Summer Reading-Get in On the Fun.
Brain Building Storytime. Storytime, parachute play, and brain-building activity. Program led by Beverly Mobilia of Wayland Community Partnerships for Children and Families. For ages 2 to 5, with parent/caregiver. Wednesday, July 25, 11a.m.-12p.m.
Vokes Players Announce Their Production of The Nance, 
Wayland Summer Farmers’ Market, Wednesdays through October 10.
Wayland School Community Programs: Community Education, World Languages, and Children’s Way News
Museum, Park and Parking Passes throughout Massachusetts from Recreation and the Friends of the Wayland Library
MAPC and MWRC seek residents’ opinions on Town Meeting. 
Dudley Pond Association to hold 50th Anniversary Celebration. Join in for a fun evening of food and friends celebrating 50 years of the Dudley Pond Association at Sandy Burr Country Club on October 13 (7-11pm). Italian Buffet Dinner, music, cash bar and memories. Tickets are $20 each until September 1 and $25 each after that date. Information on ticketing and articles in the
Join Sudbury Valley New Horizons Music
Raise your voice with Golden Tones chorus! 
