by webmaster | Sep 25, 2017 | Program
TALKING TRASH! GETTING RID OF WAYLAND’S REFUSE A History of Burning, Burying, Recycling, Pig Farms, Composting, Single Stream Recycling, 1-800-JUNK – Molly Faulkner, president of the Wayland Historical Society and early member of Wayland Public Schools Green Team,...
by BEK | Sep 19, 2017 | Program
Professor Robert Thorson, author of “The Boatman”, entertained and educated a full house at the Grout Heard House Museum. Dams, lawyers, farmers, saw mills, Thoreau, and the civil war all share the stage in the drama of the meandering Sudbury River and its...
by BEK | Sep 15, 2017 | Program
WHAT DO CERAMICS TELL US ABOUT WAYLAND’S ANCIENT INHABITANTS? Saturday, October 21 ~ 2:00 – 4:00 PM Wayland Town Building Large Hearing Room Massachusetts Archaeology Month Event, co-sponsored with the Wayland Historical Commission and presented by Dr. John Pretola....
by BEK | Sep 1, 2017 | Program
WAYLAND’S EMBATTLED MEADOWLAND FARMERS: THOREAU AND THE “FLOWAGE CONTROVERSY” (1858-1862) Thursday, September 14 ~ 7:00 PM Grout Heard House Museum University of Connecticut Professor Robert Thorson details a fascinating chapter in Wayland history – the...
