![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: WHS sophomore Rachaell Redgate reported missing
Credit: WSPN Staff
Sophomore Rachaell Redgate (middle) is interviewed by WSPN reporter Josh Schreiber for “Meet the Semi Dates” along with sophomore Isabelle Ma (right). The Fall River Police Department recently reported that Redgate had went missing, perhaps as far back as Feb. 10.
WHS sophomore Rachaell Redgate has been reported as a missing person according to a Feb. 26 Fall River Police Department release via Facebook. Redgate was last seen in Wayland on Feb. 10.
The FRPD report states that Redgate has been missing for over two weeks. The report claims Redgate traveled to Fall River, which is about 60 miles to the south of Wayland.
The FRPD has asked the public to contact the following numbers with any tips:
FRPD: (508) 676-8511
Fall River Major Crimes Division Detectives: (508) 324-2796
Wayland PD: +1 (508) 358-4721
The Lost: +1 (800) 843-5678
TIPS: at (508) 672-8477 (anonymous)
This is a developing story.
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