![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)
The Good News: Week of Jan. 4
Credit: Elizabeth Zhong
In these days, we are all in desperate need of some good news. So, join WSPN’s Alyssa Dickstein as she shines light on one piece of cheerful news every week.
These days, it may seem like all news is bad news. Despite it finally being 2021, this is still true. The end of 2020 has come as an enormous relief to all of us. However, the lack of good news making headlines has not yet come to an end, and in a world where stories like these are the epicenter of our lives, maintaining a positive outlook on life can be hard. So, in order to combat this issue, brighten up your day and possibly renew some of your faith in the world, here is a current event that, indisputably, qualifies as good news.
Somerset, Massachusetts – On Dec. 20, a police officer was called to a Stop & Shop to charge a woman with shoplifting but ended up paying for the groceries for her. He arrived on the scene after a store security guard reported that a woman was not scanning much of the food she was putting into her grocery bags at a self checkout stand. When the officer arrived on the scene, he realized that the woman was with two small children and the stolen groceries appeared to be ingredients for a Christmas dinner.
“Obviously, this family was in need, and I can’t imagine having to make the decision to go to Stop & Shop and just only pay for what I can afford—or do I go there and try to take things for Christmas dinner for the kids?” the officer said.
Not only did the officer refrain from pressing shoplifting charges against her, he gave her the money to pay for the groceries.
Good deeds = Good news
To read more about this instance of good news, click here.
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Alyssa Dickstein, Class of 2021, is a third year reporter and second year editor for WSPN. She writes for the publication’s columns “The Good News”...
Elizabeth Zhong, Class of 2021, is this year’s graphic designer for WSPN. She is the president of Student Council, co-President of the Tri-M Music Honor...