![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)
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Voluntary evacuation of Pelham Island Road
Residents of Pelham Island Road near Wayland’s Town Center were encouraged to evacuate their homes last night due to serious flooding. The evacuees have not been provided with a place to stay during the evacuation period and will have to make their own living arrangements.
According to the Wayland Police Department, Pelham Island Road is not closed to the public, but due to the weather and dangerous road conditions a shuttle bus has been provided to residents so they can get to and from their homes.
Overflow parking for homeowners’ vehicles will be available on Route 20. A return date for residents has not yet been projected.
“I just really wish it would stop raining,” sighed Pelham Island Road resident Rebecca Black, a WHS freshman.
A duck boat and national guard trucks were brought in earlier this month to deal with flooding around the Pelham Island area. The Wayland Town Library is also closed because of the rain, but no materials have been damaged.
Five inches of rain have already fallen during this latest storm, and three more inches are expected tonight. Forecasts call for the storm to continue into tomorrow, Wednesday.
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Middlesex County, and says that this month’s storms could break the March rainfall record set in 1953.
![Junior Benjamin Hammond solos "Twist and Shout" by The Beatles as part of the T-Tones performance. "[Twist and Shout] is one of my favorite songs, and with the amount of vocal harmony it has I figured it would be good for A Capella," Hammond said. "[Twist and Shout] has pretty simple rhythms and awesome energy, which fits the vibe of the T-Tones. I arranged the song basically identical to how it is written, because I think the guitar riff, bass riff and the harmonies are all excellent as well as easy to sing."](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/8E057B61-9507-4115-811F-93F1FB6F7EB4_1_105_c.jpg)
Swimmer Fan • Apr 19, 2010 at 8:46 PM
Jeez! That's A LOT of water! Flooding has never been this crazy in MY entire life and in 2 years!
guest • Mar 30, 2010 at 9:57 PM
wow, i have never seen this much flooding!
wayland resident • Mar 30, 2010 at 10:00 PM
Holy cow!!! that is amazing! i have never ever seen anything like that before!
i sure hope the water clears up!