![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)
In the weekly series, “In Case You Missed It,” News Editor Selena Liu summarizes stories from the past week with links to the corresponding WSPN article.
News:
Guest Writer Joey Fay wrote about WHS juniors implementing a new sidewalk in Wayland.
“On Wednesday, Dec. 6, a ribbon cutting ceremony took place for the new, mile-long sidewalk that extends from the intersection of State Route 27 and State Route 126 to Wayland’s Town Building and State Route 20,” Fay wrote.
Features:
Staff Reporters Jillian Mele and Elyssa Grillo produced an article on WayTutors. WSPN’s Jenny Shine and Staff Reporter Annika Martins wrote about the WHS JSU club.
Meanwhile, WSPN’s Bella Schreiber and Aimee Smith spotlighted Wayland Free Public Library’s Raytheon room. Staff Reporter Olivia Green wrote about Allison Webber, a local bird rehabilitator.
Sports:
Staff Reporter Edge Wheeler wrote about the Wayland-Watertown boys ice hockey team skating into their season. Staff Reporter Sofia Cicarelli produced an article on ESPN’s Fantasy Sports app. Meanwhile, WSPN’s Sasha Libenzon, Martins and Shine wrote about Bubba FC kicking off its season.
A&E:
WSPN’s Chloe Zilembo reviewed the Snowport holiday market.
“Snowport is Boston’s outdoor holiday market located in the Seaport,” Zilembo wrote. “It consists of over 120 vendors and their small businesses, which range from everywhere from food to jewelry.”
![Join WSPN’s Marissa Mendoza, Edge Wheeler, Ainsley Jay, Bowen Morrison and Sofia Ciciarelli as they cover seniors’ involvement in the election and the viewpoint from a WHS educator. “[The election is] a really toxic environment,” WHS history teacher Katherine Bassen said. “It would be disingenuous for me to say, ‘oh, everything's going great.’ Obviously it's not, right?”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_0282-1-1200x800.jpg)
