by webmaster | Sep 7, 2023 | Board, News
Neil Gordon, WHS Director and Grout-Heard House Museum Long Range Plan Committee member, was recently selected winner of the 2023 Nonprofit Excellence Award in Leadership for his work as CEO of the Discovery Museum in Acton. The award, presented in June, recognizes a...
by webmaster | Jan 17, 2023 | News, Program
Holiday Open House 2022 – Grout-Heard House Decorations and Treats. About 12 to 15 members of the Wayland Garden Club provided the lovely arrangements, organized and led by Patrice Barton and Susan Coppock. And once again the Girl Scout Tree was a hit with many Girl...
by webmaster | Dec 11, 2021 | News
Wayland’s Public Ceremonies Committee holds a Veterans Day Observance at the Town Building annually. Wayland’s history of residents responding to the call to serve goes back centuries. This year’s ceremony recognized 2021 Wayland High School graduate, Jason Haims, who...
by webmaster | Sep 4, 2021 | News
DOG LICENSES Jacob Signorovitch For at least two hundred years, dog licensing has been used as a way to keep track of the dogs of New England. It is hard to date when the first dog licenses were issued, but they have appeared in the Wayland town records since the...
by webmaster | Jun 17, 2021 | News, People
Memorial Day Address at Lakeview Cemetery On Monday May 31, 2021 residents of Wayland gathered at Lakeview Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day in a ceremony planned by Wayland’s Public Ceremonies Committee (PCC). The Ceremony, witnessed by hundreds of Wayland’s...
by webmaster | May 8, 2021 | News, People
WAYLAND HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY TEACHER KEVIN DELANEY TO RETIRE By Kate Jenney Kevin Delaney, history teacher extraordinaire, will be retiring this June after teaching in Wayland for 29 years. I came to know Kevin as liaison for the Wayland Historical Society and the high...