Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Our latest installment of You Ask, Patch Answers takes a look at one of the town's latest architectural projects.
Every week we set out to answer a question submitted by one of our readers as part of our You Ask...Patch Answers feature. This week, we're turning our attention to a question focused one of Wayland's newest construction projects: What's the story behind the Pelham Island Bridge plaques? The new two-lane bridge opened to vehicle and pedestrian traffic in December 2012. When it did, it featured three slate plaques. One, installed on the north railing of the bridge, features the name Lewis S. Russell Jr. Town Planner Sarkis Sarkisian said that Russell helped move the bridge project forward by giving the town the land it needed for the construction. Sarkisian explained that a piece of private property, owned by Russell, was necessary space …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Orange Leaf at Wayland Town Center offered to donate 100 percent of its sales Thursday evening, April 18, to The One Fund for Boston Marathon bombing victims.
For five hours on Thursday evening, frozen yogurt represented more than an opportunity for an after-dinner snack. Friends and neighbors flocked to Orange Leaf frozen yogurt at Wayland Town Center Thursday from 5 p.m.-10 p.m., where owner Berkeley O'Keefe, a Sudbury resident, had pledged to donate 100 percent of sales to The One Fund in support of Boston Marathon bombing victims. "Monday was a huge event," O'Keefe said as customers filled their yogurt cups behind him. "And I just felt that this was an opportunity for us to help." Throughout the store, customers young and old sampled various flavors of froyo before making their choices and then topping them off with everything from fresh fruit to decadent brownie bites. Some of the youngest …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
It's another edition of You Ask, Patch Answers.
With You Ask, Patch Answers, we take readers' questions, no matter how strange, and do our best to track down the answers. No question is too small, so we were thrilled when we got this light-hearted question recently. "My friends and I have been wondering where the cows from Hamlen Farm have been during the winter... Surely not big news but my 2-year-old keeps asking." We took "Hamlen Farm" to actually be Mainstone Farm and went right to the source for the answer. Pauline Henderson, owner of those cows at Mainstone Farm, assured Patch that the cows are safe. "In the late fall, early winter, we put them on winter pasture," Henderson said. "It's closer to the houses. It's easier for us to care for them." Henderson said the winter pasture …
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Monday, January 14, 2013
This edition of You Ask, Patch Answers looks at the open burning season.
The Massachusetts open burning season begins Jan. 15 and continues until May 1, and the Wayland Fire Department is currently offering permits online. There is no cost to obtain an open burning permit, but residents must obtain one annually in order to legally burn. According to a press release from the fire department, residents are encouraged to apply for their permits online via the Town of Wayland website. Traditional walk-in registration will remain available at the Public Safety Building for individuals who do not have computer access. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection regulates open burning and it is enforced by local fire departments. Burning is regulated through a two-step process that involves residents …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Wayland's residential tax rate decreased in 2013 from the 2012 rate, but so did the average assessment. See how that will impact you and what it looks like compared to some other communities.
As 2013 begins, property tax rates are generally increasing for residents across Massachusetts, but not in Wayland. Wayland's rate is decreasing by $1.12, but how does that compare to surrounding communities? Even with that fairly signficant decrease, out of 19 communities in the area, Wayland's 2013 residential tax rate lands it near the top of the list, with only Sudbury having a higher rate, according to rates compiled by Patch through the state Department of Revenue's Division of Local Services. The Wayland Board of Selectmen voted on the 2013 rate at a tax classification hearing last month, a change that resulted in a $746 decrease in taxes for the average single-family property (valued at $588,500). Wayland may have one of the …
Cynthia Hill
7:50 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Good going, Sarki...very thoughtful. more ›