Thursday, January 10, 2013
In a matter of months, residents will make budget decisions for Fiscal Year 2014 in Wayland.
It's budget season in Wayland, which means there are numbers galore flying around ... and just as many opinions about those numbers. On Monday night, selectmen voted to support three budget initiatives -- funds for a new police officer, funds for a new firefighter/paramedic, and funds to allow WaylandCares to continue when its grant funding runs out in September. The first two items, the new officer and new firefighter/paramedic, received unanimous support from selectmen. WaylandCares funding, however, generated sparks and, ultimately a 3-2 vote in its favor. WaylandCares is requesting that the town provide $102,000 to sustain the organization, which focuses on youth substance abuse prevention. The funds would support two, part-time …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Wayland selectmen voted on three budget initiatives under their purview -- funding a new police officer, funding a new firefighter and funding WaylandCares.
Wayland selectmen Monday night had no trouble coming to unanimous agreement on supporting funds for a new police officer and new firefighter/paramedic in the Fiscal Year 2014 budget, but supporting funds for WaylandCares was another story. Selectmen were asked to consider a $102,000 initiative in the FY14 budget to fund WaylandCares, a youth substance abuse prevention program that has been funded by grant money during its tenure in Wayland. In mid-2011, selectmen voted to create a WaylandCares Sustainability Advisory Committee tasked with examining the work of WaylandCares as well as ways to keep the organization going when its current grant funds run out in September 2013. The committee, member Deb Cohen said during the comment session …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
On Monday, the Board of Health joined WaylandCares in taking an official position against the medical marijuana initiative.
As the Nov. 6 election looms, voters are considering not only who they want to lead the government, but also how they will vote on several ballot questions. In particular, Ballot Question 3, "Medical Use of Marijuana," has created plenty of discussion and, in Wayland, that discussion has reached into some of the town's departments and organizations. The Committee for Compassionate Medicine argues in favor of the question, saying it will ease suffering for patients with a variety of diseases, while the group Vote No on Question 3 argues the loopholes in the law are too big too ignore. In Wayland, several groups have placed their support behind the opposition. On Monday, WaylandCares director Heidi Heilman spoke at the Board of Health's …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
WaylandCares will alternate start times for its meetings.
WaylandCares, a community coalition "dedicated to reducing youth substance use and abuse in Wayland," is inviting parents and community members to get involved in the coalitions efforts in the 2012-13 school year. The group offers several programs and committees that require a variety of skills and talents, and everyone is invited to the monthly meetings. Meetings take place on Wednesday mornings and will occur at Wayland High School, unless otherwise noted. This year, the group will alternate its meeting times between 7:45 a.m. and 9:20 a.m. in order to allow more individuals to get involved. The meeting schedule is as follows: Sept. 12, 2012, 7:45 a.m. Oct. 3, 2012, 9:20 a.m. Nov. 7, 2012, 7:45 a.m. Dec. 5, 2012, 9:20 a.m. Jan. 2, 2013, …
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Massachusetts Prevention Alliance filed the lawsuit on May 16.
The Massachusetts Prevention Alliance, of which WaylandCares is a member, has filed a petition with the Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk County seeking the clarification of language in a likely ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana. The lawsuit specifically calls into question the title, statement (a sentence addressing the effect of a "yes" or "no" vote) and summary of the ballot initiative, which together "form a fabric of voter information," according to the court petition. All three items of information appear in the voter's guide the state distributes and the statement and summary also appear on the ballot itself. Attorney General Martha Coakley's office has already certified the ballot initiative titled, "An Act for the …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The inaugural Wayland Wellness Summit took place Sunday at Wayland High School.
Steroid use, depression, online gaming, bullying and talking to kids about sex were just a few of the topics that drew parents and students alike to Wayland High School Sunday afternoon for the first Wayland Wellness Summit. The summit, co-sponsored by WaylandCares and the Friends of Wayland Youth and Family Services, was designed to address, in a single program, the wide range of issues that impact a diverse group of students and parents in Wayland, explained Betsy Meindl, program coordinator of WaylandCares. "We wanted to come together as a community to learn from a speaker and talk to each other," Meindl said. Psychologist Rob Evans, executive director of The Human Relations Service in Wellesley, told the audience during his …
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Massachusetts Prevention Alliance is focused on providing resources and advocating for "sound public health and safety policies to protect and promote the health and well-being of all Massachusetts youth."
Local organizations and representatives from throughout Massachusetts gathered in Needham last month with two specific efforts in mind: educating the public about reducing youth substance abuse and addressing "the immediate medicinal marijuana threat in Massachusetts." Representatives from WaylandCares, a coalition dedicated to reducing youth substance abuse in Wayland, attended that meeting at Needham Town Hall, which served as the kickoff gathering of MAPA, the Massachusetts Prevention Alliance. In fact, WaylandCares Director Heidi Heilman helped spearhead the formation of the alliance. “The Massachusetts Prevention Alliance is a statewide organization that provides educational resources and advocates for sound public health and safety …
Friday, February 10, 2012
The grant supports the upcoming Wellness Summit.
The Wayland Business Association is helping fund the upcoming Wellness Summit. The WaylandCares Wellness Summit will take place Sunday, March 18 from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. at Wayland High School. The summit is intended to provide information about a variety of health issues affecting teens. Topics include nutrition, anxiety and depression, alcohol and marijuana information, sexuality, preparing for life after high school, social host laws, concussion information, yoga for stress relief, social media and online safety, and more. The Wellness Summit is a conference-style event featuring concurrent sessions. Participating teenagers and their families can choose which sessions to attend. The WBA includes about 100 local businesses. "Aside from …
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Current grant dollars for WaylandCares will run out in 2013.
WaylandCares volunteer Jim Forti and Director Heidi Heilman along with Wayland Youth and Family Services Director Lynn Dowd asked selectmen Monday night to create a new advisory committee dedicated to studying the future of WaylandCares. WaylandCares is "a community coalition dedicated to reducing youth substance use and abuse in Wayland," according to its website. It has existed, under a few different names and incarnations, since 1981. Forti explained that WaylandCares has been operating since 2008 on a $625,000 federal grant. That grant, however, is only funded through 2013 and, after that, the future of WaylandCares is in question. “The grant money is dwindling and the number of grantees is rising," Forti said, adding that pursuing …
Richard P Turner
10:45 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013
I do not support the town funding this this should be funded under the School Dept annaul budget i have seen orread any thing about this program this is not the time spend money we don,t know what is going on the federal side just last night i read that the Defense department may have to furlough the entire civilian work force more ›