![Wayland High School Class of 2019 alum Devin Wong is the new assistant coach of Harvard University Nordic Ski Team. "I’m excited to be a part of a new team and coaching staff am motivated to learn from [head coach] Cate Brams and grow as a coach and wax tech," Wong said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/09-27-24-NSKI-Wong-Announcement-1920x1080-1-e1730466291327-1200x704.jpg)
Candidates Doug Leard and Ed Collins won the two open seats on the Board of Selectmen after the votes from the April 3 election were tallied.
Leard received 1048 votes and Collins received 931.
The other candidates, Susan Pope and Chris Brown, received 885 and 782 votes respectively. There were 248 blank votes and 2 write-ins.
Leard spent six years on the Board of Selectmen from 2003-2009. He and Collins were each elected for three-year terms.
Out of 9,008 eligible voters in Wayland, 1948 votes were cast.
To find out more about the candidates, read the summary of last week’s WSPN-hosted debate.
![On Thursday Oct. 10, football will face rival Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, aiming to improve their record to 4-1. “[LSRHS] has gotten the best of us over the last couple of years,” Parseghian said. “I feel that this team is willing to correct the last couple of years and, and get a [win]. I want to win a football game.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Screenshot-2024-10-08-at-12.53.35 PM-1200x801.png)
![A Wayland football player carries the football down the field. “We've cruised through the first three games,” head coach Scott Parseghian said. “[It’s a] combination of us being a good team and also the competition may not be as great as I had hoped.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_8114-1200x800.jpg)
anon • Apr 4, 2012 at 12:00 PM
oh no
ANGRY MAN • Apr 4, 2012 at 8:19 AM
crap! they're both anti-school helpful! this is terrible!
big federal gov • Apr 4, 2012 at 7:49 AM
proof that no one cares about these meaningless positions. we should sac them all and put an end to useless government spending, most of their jobs could be done by the state government and no one cares about these jobs.