![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)
News Brief: Wayland fire department receives grant for new gear
Credit: Air Force photographer Kelly White
The Wayland Fire Department will receive a grant for new gear and washer-extractor equipment intended to prevent cancer-causing chemicals.
January 7, 2020
The Wayland fire department recently received a state grant intended to prevent firefighters from the risk of cancer-causing chemicals on the job. The department will receive a grant of $2,860 for new gear such as gloves and hoods that will help reduce the danger of these chemicals on high-risk areas such as the hands and head.
Another $5,400 will be allocated towards washer-extractor equipment. Since firefighters often work long hours in smoke-filled areas, the new extractor equipment is designed to wash their gear of any toxic chemicals that could potentially cause cancer. In total, around $420,000 was distributed to 75 departments across the state to purchase the new washer equipment.
