![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)
The Wayland Cultural Council (WCC) is a branch of the Massachusetts Cultural Council dedicated to enriching the community and introducing new cultures to the town. The Massachusetts Cultural Council was founded in 1990 and has set up branches in several towns, including Wayland. The WCC receives a set amount of money from the state government each year, and 80% percent of the funds are dedicated to grants which anyone in the town can apply for. The remaining 20% is used for a project of the council’s choosing, such as the utility box painting project that the WCC is currently working on. Join WSPN’s Maddie Zajac and Ryan Chase as they interview WCC Treasurer Naresh Mysore, WCC Chair Rachel Sideman-Kurtz and senior WCC liaison Annabelle Zhang about the importance of the WCC and the process of running the utility box project.
