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The following Wayland residents were named to their college’s fall 2025 dean’s list. University of Rhode IslandAbby Bennett, Gabby Fletcher, Nate Pletta, Brady Spencer University at AlbanyKaitlyn Mab Presbyterian CollegeAnthony Brown Worcester

Firefighter and paramedic James Sykes graduated from the Recruit Training Program of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy on Jan. 9. Sykes was part of Career Recruit Training Class 335, a class of 28

Wayland resident Adam Gutbezahl was elevated to shareholder at Boston’s Ruberto, Israel & Weiner. He has been a member of the firm’s Litigation Department for five years, practicing in its commercial real

Ravi Simon, longtime aide to Democratic State Rep. Carmine Gentile and chair of the Lincoln-Sudbury School Committee, announced on Feb.11 that he is running for state representative in the 13th Middlesex District,

Wayland resident James Costigan, a sophomore at the New England Innovation Academy in Marlborough, earned statewide recognition in the 2025–26 Massachusetts Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running recognition program for creative teens.