Capital panel shifts $700,000 to cybersecurity amid cost blowout

From Wayland News

• Assessors approve $1.24 million CPA surcharge report. Wayland's Board of Assessors unanimously accepted a fiscal 2026 Community Preservation Act surcharge report totaling $1.24 million, reviewed a $22,368 average assessment increase on affordable housing parcels, and pushed back on an economic panel's split tax rate idea.Wayland News
• Finance Committee sees narrower path from 2028 override. Wayland's Finance Committee said an updated forecast narrows a possible fiscal 2028 budget gap to under $500,000 and now leans toward a debt exclusion, not an override, for a $2 million school feasibility study.Wayland News
• HRDEI Committee votes to co-sponsor four community programs. Wayland's HRDEI Committee voted to co-sponsor four community programs, including an October 29 Museum of Fine Arts tour and a September 28 domestic violence program, and heard a resident's concerns about a pastor tied to a proposed youth center.Wayland News
• Housing trust approves $11,500 in bills for Hammond Road. Wayland's Municipal Affordable Housing Trust approved $11,500 in bills for its Hammond Road project, still stuck more than a year in land court, and now targets a spring 2027 groundbreaking with Habitat for Humanity.Wayland News
• Recreation Commission reappoints Foster as chair. Wayland's Recreation Commission reorganized, keeping Asa Foster as chair, and heard that a town center dog park remains stalled while Alpine Field's turf restoration pushes its reopening to spring 2027.Wayland News
• Capital panel shifts $700,000 from roof to cybersecurity. Wayland's Capital Improvement Planning Committee shifted $700,000 from a delayed Town Hall roof repair to a cybersecurity request that has grown to $1.8 million over five years, and again shelved a $2.7 million baseball field renovation.Wayland News
• Preservation panel re-elects officers, sets 2027 deadline. Wayland's Community Preservation Committee re-elected its officers and set a Friday, November 13 deadline for 2027 Town Meeting funding applications, while reporting a possible land swap could open a long-sought walking path near 25 York Road.Wayland News
• Housing partnership presses town on delayed Cochituate RFP. Wayland's Housing Partnership approved its annual report and pressed the town on a long-delayed request for proposals for 212 Cochituate Road, which now seeks just two to four affordable units on the four-acre parcel.Wayland News
• Water panel completes $9,900 Herd Pond harvest contract. Wayland's Surface Water Quality Committee approved a final $9,900 payment for Herd Pond invasive plant harvesting and is pursuing a MassDEP grant for a nutrient study, while Dudley Pond crews pulled more than 200,000 pounds of invasive plants this summer.Wayland News

Today in Wayland

• Wayland football routs Ashland 35-14. Wayland's varsity football team beat Ashland 35-14 Friday night for its fourth straight win, according to MaxPreps score reports.MaxPreps
• Wayland field hockey drops two straight games. Wayland's varsity field hockey team lost 3-1 to Bedford on Thursday and 4-1 to Malden Catholic on Friday, according to MaxPreps score reports.MaxPreps
• Garden center hosts fall planting workshop today. Russell's Garden Center in Wayland hosts a Fall Container Planting Workshop today at 11 a.m., according to the Wayland Patch events calendar.Wayland Patch

Coming up

• Tomorrow, 12:00 p.m.: Wayland Museum opens Home Team exhibit Sunday. The Wayland Museum & Historical Society opens its year-long exhibit, The Home Team, with a reception Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. at 12 Cochituate Road.Wayland Museum & Historical Society
• Mon, Sep 21, 6:30 p.m.: Board of Health meets Monday. The Wayland Board of Health meets Monday at 6:30 p.m. at 41 Cochituate Road.Town of Wayland
• Tue, Sep 22, 2:00 p.m.: Library hosts Medicare planning talk Tuesday. The Wayland Free Public Library hosts a Planning for Medicare presentation Tuesday at 2 p.m., according to the Wayland Patch events calendar.Wayland Patch
• Tue, Sep 22, 6:00 p.m.: Select Board meets Tuesday. The Wayland Select Board meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. at 41 Cochituate Road.Town of Wayland
• Tue, Sep 22, 6:00 p.m.: Board of Public Works meets Tuesday. The Wayland Board of Public Works meets Tuesday at 6 p.m.Town of Wayland
• Tue, Sep 22: Wayland volleyball hosts Natick Tuesday. Wayland's girls varsity volleyball team hosts Natick in a nonconference match Tuesday, September 22, according to MaxPreps.MaxPreps
• Wed, Sep 23, 6:00 p.m.: School Committee meets Wednesday. The Wayland School Committee meets Wednesday at 6 p.m. at 41 Cochituate Road.Town of Wayland
• Wed, Sep 23, 6:30 p.m.: Capital planning committee meets again Wednesday. Wayland's Capital Improvement Planning Committee, which shifted funds toward cybersecurity this week, meets again Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.Town of Wayland
• Wed, Sep 23, 7:00 p.m.: Planning Board meets Wednesday. The Wayland Planning Board meets Wednesday at 7 p.m.Town of Wayland
• Fri, Sep 25, 4:30 p.m.: WCPA hosts all-ages pizza playdate Sept. 25. The Wayland Children and Parent Association hosts an all-ages pizza playdate Friday, September 25, at 4:30 p.m. at Hannah Williams Playground.Wayland Children and Parent Association
• Fri, Sep 25, 7:00 p.m.: Arts Wayland hosts Massachusetts Gothic reading Sept. 25. Arts Wayland and the MetroWest Writers' Guild host a reception and reading of new Massachusetts-themed fiction and poetry Friday, September 25, at 7 p.m. at the gallery.Arts Wayland
• Sat, Sep 26, 11:00 a.m.: Library marks Good Neighbor Day Sept. 26. The Wayland Free Public Library hosts a Good Neighbor Day event Saturday, September 26, at 11 a.m., according to the Wayland Patch events calendar.Wayland Patch

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.