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Open House 2022

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...

Veterans Day Observance

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...

King Philips War

The Public History of King Philips War The October program, “Public History of King Philip’s War: A Panel Discussion” was offered jointly by the Wayland Free Public Library, the First Parish in Wayland and the Historical Society. If you missed this fascinating...

So Much To Learn In a Cemetery

Recap of September Program — So Much To Learn In a Cemetery The September program, “Afternoon Picnic in North Cemetery”, drew a large crowd from Wayland and surrounding communities. The weather was perfect—warm and sunny—and our speaker Susan Tyler, a former...

Dog Licenses

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...

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