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Waste discussions continue
Schools, union release statement, ask parents to choose remote or hybrid
Polling place to move from Decas School to Redmen Hall
Dates set for Fall Town Meeting, location still unknown
Selectmen approve agreement with cannabis manufacturer
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Cranberry Highway conditions are unacceptable, say Selectmen
Schools to start remote before going hybrid
Mortarboards, masks, and sunflowers at Wareham High’s 2020 graduation ceremony
Gas leak smelled from Cranberry Highway to Onset Pier
Superintendent files discrimination complaint against School Committee
News
Planning Board to host public hearing about possible zoning changes
Correction: The “Hospitality, Recreation, and Entertainment” zoning proposal that could allow for the casino was originally...
Cranberry Highway conditions are unacceptable, say Selectmen
The Board of Selectmen voted at their Tuesday night meeting to send an emergency letter to MassDOT and the Onset Fire and...
Widespread gas smell in Wareham, Onset still a mystery
The source of a rotten odor indicating a gas leak smelled from Cranberry Highway through to Onset Pier on Friday, August 7,...
Mayflower II passes through Wareham Waters
The Mayflower II, a replica of the original Mayflower on which the pilgrims sailed to America, passed through Wareham waters...
Wareham Fire District improves rating, will save homeowners on insurance
The Wareham Fire Department and Water Department has improved its rating from the Insurance Services Office, which means...
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Schools
Upper Cape Tech plans hybrid reopening
The Upper Cape Regional Technical High School has announced its plans for reopening school in the fall with a hybrid...
Superintendent files discrimination complaint against School Committee
Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood has filed a complaint against the Wareham School Committee through the Massachusetts...
Mortarboards, masks, and sunflowers at Wareham High’s 2020 graduation ceremony
The Wareham High School Class of 2020 celebrated their graduation on Saturday afternoon, socially distanced but with all the...
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Opinion
Opinion: Town was right to remove hoops
To the Editor: The removal of basketball hoops was the correct response to hundreds of maskless people not social...
Opinion: Thanks to ‘a kind young man’
To the Editor: Firstly, let me tell you that my dad related this story to me with tears in his eyes. On a recent afternoon...
Opinion: Curbside pick-up prompts cost concerns
To the Editor: First, I'd like to say that I totally agree with Fred Reynolds in the July 9 Wareham Week opinion on the...
Opinion: The Swifts Beach Playground should be updated
Olivia Eckman, 9, has concerns about the safety of the Swifts Beach Playground. She wrote to the paper in hopes that her...
Guest opinion: Don’t let your guard down, keep containing covid
Massachusetts remains among a handful of states that have contained the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak sickening more than...
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Obituaries
David W. Fenton, 61
David W. Fenton, 61, of Wareham, passed away on Tuesday, August 11, 2020, at Tobey Hospital in Wareham after a long illness...
Marjorie V. (Jeffers) Johnson
Marjorie V. (Jeffers) Johnson passed away on Wednesday August 5, 2020 in Venice, Florida. Born in Boston, she was a...
Kristi A. Garner, 56
Kristi A. Garner, 56, of Wareham and formerly of Falmouth, died on July 30, 2020, at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston...
Robert (Rob) Stendzis, 52
Robert (Rob) Stendzis, 52, of West Wareham passed away at Boston Medical Center on July 29, 2020. Survived by the love of...
Ida Rita (Pina) St. Germaine, 90
Ida Rita (Pina) St. Germaine, 90, of West Wareham, died July 30, 2020 at home. She was the wife of James L. St. Germaine and...
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Planning Board to host public hearing about possible zoning changes
Cranberry Highway conditions are unacceptable, say Selectmen
Mayflower II passes through Wareham Waters
Upper Cape Tech plans hybrid reopening
State to begin aerial mosquito spraying on August 10
Mortarboards, masks, and sunflowers at Wareham High’s 2020 graduation ceremony
Gas leak smelled from Cranberry Highway to Onset Pier
Schools to start remote before going hybrid
Three arrested for impaired driving, including man who drove into building
Smithers Lab seeks to add cannabis testing to services
Sports
Tryouts approaching for Gateway Babe Ruth Baseball
Team Gateway AAU tryouts for elite level baseball teams will begin on Aug. 11 at Dexter Lane Ballfield in Rochester. The...
Town’s removal of basketball hoops causes controversy
For the past several weeks, hundreds have gathered in Onset each Sunday to play basketball and watch as professionals and...
Pick-up basketball put to a halt, hoops taken down
For the past few weeks dozens of people of all ages have gathered at the basketball courts near the Hammond School in Onset...
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Police, Fire & Courts
Onset Fire receives FEMA grant
The Onset Fire Department recently received a $69,856 grant to replace aging equipment vital to making sure firefighters...
Three arrested for impaired driving, including man who drove into building
The driver who drove his car inside a building on Main Street on Tuesday has been arrested for operating under the influence...
Woman summonsed for leaving child unattended in car
Wareham Police have summoned a Maine woman to court following an incident in which a child and dog were left unattended in a...
Recent arrests: OUI, shoplifting
Wareham Police made several arrests on Tuesday and Wednesday for offenses like operating under the influence and shoplifting...
Dirt bike rider charged for role in Glen Charlie Rd. accident
A dirt bike rider has now been charged for his role in an accident on July 21. Nicholas Cranmer, 27, of East Wareham, was...
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Happenings
Free drive-in movie: Space Jam
Community Youth Empowerment (CYE) is hosting a free drive-in movie night on Thursday, August 27 at 8 p.m. at the Onset VFW,...
Belated Flag Day ceremony planned for Sep. 11
The Wareham-New Bedford Elks Lodge #73 will be holding a belated Flag Day event on Friday, September 11, at 6 p.m. Because...
Wareham Library Foundation to host webinar with novelist
The Wareham Library Foundation will host a virtual webinar with novelist Hallie Ephron on August 13 from 6:30 to 8 p.m....
Friends of the Library to host outdoor book sales
The Friends of the Wareham Free Library will continue to hold outdoor book sales every other Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m....
St. Patrick’s food pantry now open on Wednesdays
The St. Patrick’s Food Pantry is open on Wednesday’s from 3 to 7 p.m. The food pantry had previously closed due to...
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Business
‘Spider Apparel’ brings custom clothes, Cape Verdean culture to Onset
Wareham natives Larry Senna and Shannon Sylvia have teamed up to create a new business, bringing creative, custom clothing...
Bike shops cycle from surge in sales to shortage of bikes
There were about 40 bicycles at the Bike Den on July 13, but only one of them was for sale, thanks to an industry-wide bike...
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From Our Members
Bassetts Island - No roads, No Cars
Upper Cape Realty
Aug 13
Fiddler crabs, seabirds, fish - kids will love the tide pools and try to catch the creatures … You’...
Predators In Command During Pandemic Plover Season (Shorebird Wrap-up 2020) by Jamie Bogart, Lloyd Center Research Associate
Lloyd Center for the Environment
Aug 13
As of the June update, we reported that the “parking lot pair” of Bakers Beach had its nest...
Boys & Girls Club Survey
Boys & Girls Club of Wareham
Aug 12
The Boys & Girls Club of Wareham is looking for your input in developing our fall plans. We...
Naturalist’s Corner: Peaches
Wareham Land Trust
Aug 12
Posted August 12, 2020 Written by Kyla Isakson Peaches (
Prunus persica
) are edible...
Tri-Town Against Racism
Tri-town Against Racism
Aug 11
Chill Your Bills
Bernadette Kelly Realty Group
Aug 10
Here are a few ways to “Chill your Summer Bills
Good People Opens Saturday 8/15!
Marion Art Center
Aug 08
MAC Theater Presents an OUTDOOR Theater Experience Good People By David Lindsay-Abaire | Directed...
Cape Cod Lighthouses ~ featuring Wings Neck
Upper Cape Realty
Aug 07
Digi-Kn?w:
August 7 is National Lighthouse Day
and Cape
...
NBSO Brings Music to New Bedford Parks
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
Aug 06
Enjoy beautiful music in beautiful outdoor settings this August as NBSO musicians perform in...
THANK YOU! - to all Lloyd Center Clambake XXXV Supporters
Lloyd Center for the Environment
Aug 03
Clambake XXXV, “35 Years of Celebrating Science and Education!” We thank our volunteers, patrons,...
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Upcoming Events
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Marketplace
Summer Spectacular Raffle
Amgee Domain: Publish Date:
Aug 05
ONSET: Voted the 2nd best harbor in the country
Amgee Domain: Publish Date:
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Classifieds
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Real Estate
Opportunity Awaits in Halifax
Hometown
419,000.00
Use your vision to make this dream home a reality. In ground pool, new windows, lots of flowering...
LaForce Realty
Waterfront Estate with Dock
Bourne
1,899,000.00
Welcome to paradise - On Buttermilk Bay. A true retreat complete with in ground pool, cabana &...
Upper Cape Realty
Walk-thru Video 12 Sias Point Rd, Onset
Wareham
1,179,000.00
Gorgeous waterfront home on Sias Point. See below for property details and Click Here to view !
Bernadette Kelly Realty Group
SOLD! New Construction on Village Green Dr.
Bourne
589,900.00
BRAND NEW HOME - TAKE THE TOUR ! - Stroll the Beach, enjoy a dip in Cape Cod Bay and return to your...
Upper Cape Realty
SOLD! Charming Ranch Bungalow
Wareham
295,000.00
Onset Waterview. Just steps away from quiet sandy Riverside Beach, this charming ranch bungalow is...
Upper Cape Realty
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Bernadette Kelly Realty Group
Sold! Ready To Put Up A Sold Sign At Your Place Too!
Wareham
170,000.00
Congratulations to the new homeowners - may you make wonderful memories here! SOLD ! by Realtor®...
Upper Cape Realty
Under Agreement! Briarwood Beach Waterfront
Wareham
249,900.00
UPPER CAPE REALTY MLS # 72651860 Don't miss the boat on this seaside charmer! JUST IN TIME FOR...
Upper Cape Realty
Prime General Commerical/Industrial Acreage
Wareham
750,000.00
2.92 acres with 407 + feet of frontage on busy Route 28, near the intersection of County Rd and...
LaForce Realty
SOLD! Wareham Ranch
Wareham
440,000.00
Congratulations to the new homeowners - may you make wonderful memories here! SOLD ! by Realtor®...
Upper Cape Realty
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