![The Wayland Police Department have issued a warning on the rise of scammers during the holiday season. “Hang up [the phone]. if you get a text and you do not know who it's from, just delete it. Don't click on any links, nothing,” Wayland police chief Edward Burman said. “Every single one of them is a scam.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/img_0954_720-e1734676255647.jpg)
![WHS’s Connect Program ran its annual holiday gift drive to fulfill the wishlist of children enrolled in the Dorchester based non-profit daycare organization, the Yawkey Center. This drive brought the town together and impacted both the students in Connect, as well as the greater Wayland community. “You could see how helpful the town was and how our community came together and wanted to help out a community that wasn't our own [and] kids who were less fortunate than we were,” senior and Connect Program member Jordynn Lee said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/screenshot_2024-12-20_at_12.21.24___pm_720-e1734734228474.png)
![The Boy Scouts will be selling trees on Fridays from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays noon to 6 p.m. until they sell out.
“This event is one of the things that [the Boy Scouts] get to have a direct impact on the community,” freshman Alex Macleod said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-11-at-8.38.38 AM.png)
On Monday, Oct. 16, traffic on Route 27 was blocked along Cochituate Road, causing heavy traffic to Wayland High School.
Several emergency vehicles passed drivers on the street, particularly near WHS. A police officer got to the intersection at the entrance of the high school at approximately 8:10 a.m., and began directing traffic going in and out of WHS.
According to Wayland police, a vehicle crashed into a traffic pole along Route 27, leading to wires falling into the road.
With an accident occurring so close to School Street, some students and staff were late to school this morning because of traffic.
“Once we have more information about the impact of the road closures, we’ll get more information out to students and parents,” WHS principal Allyson Mizoguchi said. “We’ll certainly be flexible for any students who are late because of traffic today.”
