by BEK | Jun 7, 2020 | News, Snap from the past
The Sudbury River and its associated wetlands provide a lush source of food that supported Native Americans, European settlers of the 1600’s through the farmers of the twentieth century. After the last ice age when the glaciers retreated, a river system with its...
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...
