![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)
BREAKING NEWS: Town approves renovation of athletic facilities
Article 13 passes by 1,030-228 vote
Credit: Madeline Maurer
The Wayland town meeting voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve renovations to WHS’ athletic facilities.
May 1, 2019
After 35 minutes of public debate, the article in Wayland’s 2019 Annual Warrant to renovate WHS’ athletic facilities passed at 7:39 p.m. on April 30. The motion, Article 13, passed by a margin of 1,030 votes in favor to 228 opposed, exceeding the 2/3 margin required by the town’s bylaws.
Proponents of the article argued that the track has deteriorated to the point that it can’t be used for home track meets, and opponents proposed that the project would cost too much and could damage the environment.
Upon the passing of the article, construction of WHS’ new athletic facilities will begin over the summer and extend into Wayland’s fall athletic season. A large portion of the project’s funds and effort will go towards completely replacing the turf fields.
“It’ll set up the school well for a large number of years,” WHS Athletic Director Heath Rollins said in a previous WSPN interview. “If we build it right, it will hold up well long-term.”
