Category: LWV Wayland events

Town Meeting Issues Forum for Wayland 2026 ATM

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The League of Women Voters of Wayland hosted its annual Town Meeting Issues Forum on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, to help voters learn about the items to be discussed and voted on at Wayland’s Annual Town Meeting (ATM). Below, you can choose to link to the video, the audio only, and/or the written transcript of the forum.

Special thanks to Miranda Jones for hosting the meeting on Zoom for us!

Annual Town Meeting Issues Forum on Zoom, April 29th, 7 pm

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The League of Women Voters of Wayland will hold its annual Town Meeting Issues Forum on Wednesday, April 29th.  We are grateful to Miranda Jones, our Town Moderator, for hosting us on Zoom.  She will talk about the use of the Consent Calendar and Abbreviated Presentation Procedures; she has made some changes to the Consent Calendar for this meeting.  This will be followed by presentations of articles 15 and 16, Wayland’s Long-Term Water Supply and 25 Holiday Road Study, and several other articles.  Please join us and bring your questions.

The Zoom program will begin at 7pm.  The link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4601807143?pwd=Z1B4a1VueC9TMk5SN0RjbkppTmFvZz09&omn=88192449500

Run For It: The Town Office Experience

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The League of Women Voters and the Wayland Free Public Library hosted Run For It: The Town Office Experience in October, 2025. We talked with three elected officials on running for office–why they chose to do this and what their experiences have been. Watch the video and decide for yourself! Here is the link: Run For It: The Town Office Experience

Special thanks to our guests Erin Gibbons (Wayland School Committee), Doug Levine (Wayland Select Board), and Anette Lewis (Wayland Planning Board)!

Join the reading of “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July,” by Frederick Douglas, July 1st, Wayland Public Library

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The League of Women Voters of Wayland is a co-sponsor of the reading of Frederick Douglass’s 4th of July speech, “What to a Slave Is the Fourth of July?”  It will be held at the Wayland Free Public Library on July 1st at 7pm. 

Reading Frederick DouglasDownload

If you would like to read a line or two of the speech, please email Courtney Michael at the library, cmichael@minlib.net.  Otherwise please register (07/01/2025 | Reading Frederick Douglass Together | Wayland Free Public Library) and plan to attend the reading.

Get ready for 2025 Town Elections and Town Meeting!

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UPDATED LINK: Town Meeting Issues Forum: Wednesday, March 26, 7pm

The League of Women Voters of Wayland will hold a public forum on some of the major issues to be discussed and voted on at Annual Town Meeting.  The hybrid forum will be held in the Wayland Public Library on Wednesday, March 26th at 7pm.  Articles included are the Accessory Dwelling Unit Bylaw, the pre-order food pick-up window bylaw, the transfer of 212 Cochituate Road, green burial, creation of a capital improvement committee, the sports center and feasibility study at 195 Main Street, the energy revolving fund, banning second generation rodenticide, creation of a finance department, and the library millennium fund.  Iryna Priester will moderate the discussion. 

To join the meeting virtually, please use this Zoom link: Zoom Link: https://wayland-ma-us.zoom.us/j/82622238840?pwd=bCqgebRsFrbdhMbWLPsVSs7a8bs2pV.1

Meet the Candidates: March 30, 2025 from 3:00-4:30 Wayland Public Library

There are no contested races for the 2nd year in a row. In lieu of our traditional Candidates’ Night, the League of Women Voters will be co-hosting with the Wayland Public Library a “Meet the Candidates Event.”  The event will be held on Sunday, March 30th from 3:00 to 4:30 PM in the round room of the Wayland Public Library.  It will be an informal gathering, with no speeches or presentations.  The public is invited and encouraged to drop-in and meet the future office holders of the Town of Wayland.  This is your opportunity to share any ideas and/or concerns with them.

Democracy – What Does It Mean in People’s Everyday Lives?

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The League of Women Voters of Wayland co-sponsored a panel discussion by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts called Democracy – What Does It Mean in People’s Everyday Lives?

The 60-minute program is moderated by Heather Hamilton, and features panelists Dr. Rachael Cobb, Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, and Tim Matthews.  For more information and a link to the recoding, click here: Democracy – What Does It Mean in People’s Everyday Lives?

Thanks to the candidates at LWVW’s Meet the Candidates event!

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Many thanks to the candidates for Wayland Town office who joined League members and other Wayland residents for refreshments at the Wayland Public Library on Sunday! The candidates who came were Doug Levine (Select Board), Carol Martin (Select Board), Emily Weintraub (Board of Library Trustees), Robin Borgestedt (Planning Board), Kate Sambuco (School Committee), Elizabeth Cullen (School Committee), and Robert Fox (Trust Fund Commission).

Our heartfelt appreciation to the Wayland Public Library for their hospitality and the use of their space. Many thanks as well to League volunteer Karen Kavet for organizing this new event!