Wayland Police investigate vehicle submerged in Lake Cochituate
WAYLAND — Wayland Police and mutual aid partners spent part of the weekend working a report of a vehicle submerged in Lake Cochituate, the town confirmed Sunday afternoon. The investigation, now in cooperation with state authorities, headlines an otherwise quiet Sunday in town as local arts and history programming ramps up for June.
TOWN HALL Wayland Police are investigating a report of a vehicle submerged in Lake Cochituate, according to a News Flash posted Sunday afternoon. The department said it responded Saturday with mutual aid partners and is continuing to work with outside agencies. The town's release did not identify an owner or operator and offered no details about how the vehicle ended up in the water. (Full notice: https://www.wayland.ma.us/CivicAlerts.aspx?aid=70)
SCHOOLS The district's weekly All Schools News went out June 3, with announcements including Wayland Junior Broadway and routine end-of-year items. The next bulletin's submission deadline is Friday for the following Wednesday's distribution. The Class of 2026 commencement was held June 5 at Wayland High School, an event The Wayland Post covered separately.
COMMUNITY & ARTS The Wayland Museum & Historical Society hosts an in-person author talk Sunday, June 7, at 2 p.m. with Tilly Laskey, whose book "Precious & Adored: Love Letters of Rose Cleveland & Evangeline Simpson Whipple, 1890–1918" anchors this month's Tracing Liberty programming. The Tracing Liberty series, tied to the nation's 250th anniversary, also has a Walk, Wonder, and Discover nature walk set for June 28 at the Dudley Woods Trail.
Vokes Players and the Wayland 250 Committee, together with the Wayland High School theater department, will stage a concert version of "1776" at Wayland High School on June 12 and 13 at 7:30 p.m. The community theater's regular summer production, Joe DiPietro's "Over the River and Through the Woods," directed by David Berti, opens July 24 and runs through Aug. 8.
The Council on Aging's June newsletter is out, and the COA is promoting its one-year anniversary celebration at 8 Andrew Ave. along with the 15th annual Summer Concert Series.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Pickup truck found submerged in Lake Cochituate" — A pickup was pulled from the lake, with Wayland Police Acting Chief Hebert indicating the vehicle does not appear tied to anyone in Massachusetts and that state police are involved, per an NBC Boston report flagged in a Google Alert. A story the town's News Flash also covered Sunday afternoon. (read it at https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/pickup-truck-found-submerged-in-lake-cochituate/3961346/)
"5 Boston-Based Art Galleries Coming To Wayland Town Center" — A temporary pop-up bringing five contemporary Boston galleries into one shared Town Center space opened over the weekend, per Wayland Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/wayland)
"Hear from Natick, Wayland Meet of Champions champions" — Wayland's Ryan McCormack took the pole vault title at the state Meet of Champions, MetroWest Daily News reports in a video feature. (read it at https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/videos/sports/high-school/track-field/2026/06/06/hear-from-natick-wayland-meet-of-champions-champions/90442169007/)
COMING UP - Tuesday, June 9: Patch-listed Community Training on Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control. - Friday and Saturday, June 12–13, 7:30 p.m.: "1776 In Concert" at Wayland High School, presented by Vokes Players, the Wayland 250 Committee, and WHS theater. - Sunday, June 28, 9 a.m.: Wayland Museum Walk, Wonder, and Discover at Dudley Woods Trail (Pond Drive and Doran Road).