by BEK | Apr 11, 2020 | News
From the now-ill-fated Zaandam cruise ship back to Boston, just missing the worst of it The morgue would hold three people. As a passenger last month aboard the cruise ship Zaandam, and as a retired engineer and lifelong boater, I leaped at the opportunity to get a...
by BEK | Apr 11, 2020 | News
History Repeats Itself Or Why we have a TP shortage 1973 was marred by shortages – gasoline, or electricity or onions, so Americans cultivated a “shortage psychology.” Like most scares, it started with an unsubstantiated rumor. In November 1973 news reported a...
by BEK | Mar 19, 2020 | News
Although our doors are closed to the public to slow the spread of COVID-19, we at the Grout-Heard House Museum will be available at the regularly posted hours to respond to emails and phone calls. info@waylandmuseum.org or 508-358-7959. We look forward to answering...
by BEK | Jan 18, 2020 | News, Program
We joined the Library, First Parish in Wayland, the Wayland Depot and the W Gallery for our annual Wayland Center Open House. The Grout-Heard House was at the center of activities that included music, activities for kids, caroling, refreshments, and inventive seasonal...
by BEK | Feb 24, 2019 | News, Snap from the past
SKATING AT THE MILL POND Molly FaulknerWith thanks to Gary Chase, Bob Dorey, Mike Lindemann, Mike Lowery, Mark Shepard.This winter, 2018-19, has so far yielded some great pond skating in Wayland after conditions haven’t been good for years. The days before...
by BEK | Feb 21, 2019 | News, Program
Musicians of the Old Post Road: Mozart’s Viennese Circle Friday March 15 ~ 7:30 PMFirst Parish (Church) Wayland To attend an Old Post Road concert is to be transported back in time while seated in the pews of the beautiful First Parish (church) in Wayland. Come...
