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Weston Schools Project $383,000 Surplus, Approve Immigration Enforcement Response Policy

WESTON -- May 18, 2026, Weston School Committee approved a new immigration enforcement response policy and projects a $383,000 year-end budget surplus. The five-member committee voted unanimously Monday to ratify a consent agenda that also included an extension of the Weston School Bus Drivers Association collective bargaining agreement

Select Board hears deCordova reopening plan, advances cannabis delivery moratorium

LINCOLN -- May 18, 2026, Lincoln Select Board hears deCordova 2028 reopening plan and advances cannabis delivery moratorium. Trustees of Reservations representatives Sarah Montrose and a colleague identified as Ashley walked the board through schematic designs for the Wangren, Linde and Dewey galleries, with construction targeted for winter 2026, fundraising launching

Park and Rec backs $250,000 accessibility grant bid, names Atkeson Vice Chair

SUDBURY -- May 18, 2026, Sudbury Park and Recreation backs $250,000 state accessibility grant bid for Haskell and Fairbank. The commission voted 5-0 May 18 to support a Massachusetts Office on Disability grant application due June 12, with Chair Mara Huston and Vice Chair Laurie Eliason drafting the letter

Wayland Select Board defers Dudley Chateau outdoor dining vote amid neighbor objections

WAYLAND -- May 18, 2026, Wayland Select Board punts on Dudley Chateau outdoor dining license after neighbor pushback. The three-member quorum of Chair Carol B. Martin, Vice-Chair Doug Levine and William Whitney voted 3-0 to continue the hearing to June 1 over questions about Planning Board jurisdiction and

Wayland Board of Health to press DPW over recycled-gravel dust on Hazelbrook Lane

WAYLAND -- May 18, 2026, Wayland Board of Health to press DPW after residents call road dust a public health hazard. Five Hazelbrook Lane and Lincoln Road residents told the board Monday that recycled sub-base gravel containing up to 50 percent crushed concrete and 5 percent recycled asphalt is releasing

Wayland sets Memorial Day parade and remembrance ceremony for May 25

Wayland will mark Memorial Day with a parade and Ceremony of Remembrance on Monday, May 25, the Public Ceremonies Committee announced in a News Flash posting Monday. Town offices also corrected the Zoom link for the upcoming Dudley Chateau outdoor dining public hearing after a website u…

Obituary notices, week of 2026-05-11 through 2026-05-17

One Wayland-connected obituary appears this week: DiBona, Doreen A. (1961–2026), formerly of Wayland, MA and most recently of Boynton Beach, FL, who died May 12, 2026. Arrangements are under the care of Cartwright-Venuti Funeral Home in Braintree, with the notice also indexed on Legacy.…

Warriors boys volleyball sweeps three in 3-1 wins to headline Wayland week

Wayland boys volleyball ran the table while baseball and boys lacrosse went winless in a sharply split week. The Warriors volleyball team beat Cambridge Rindge & Latin, Agawam and Natick by identical 3-1 set scores, capped Friday at the Field House. Girls tennis went 3-0 with 3-2 wins o…

Loker School Hosts World's Fair Sunday Afternoon

A student World's Fair on Loker School's back field anchors a quiet Wayland Sunday. The district's All Schools News pegs the event from 2 to 4 p.m. on May 17, drawing families across the elementary grades. On the civic side, "Wayland Finance Committee Expands Search For Handful Of New M…

Submitted Select Board recording contains no Melrose business, shows Malden interview instead

MELROSE -- May 16, 2026, A recording filed as the Melrose Select Board meeting of May 16, 2026 contains no Melrose municipal business. The 16-minute segment is an episode of "Conversations with Kate," hosted by state Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian of the 32nd Middlesex District, in which she

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