After a long summer break, the Wareham Coffee Hour is back with new faces in new places.

The free social event held every Thursday morning fosters discussion from a small group of people, usually with a guest speaker, around a hot pot of coffee. After spending a few years meeting at the Multi-Service Center, then at the Wareham Library, the meetings will now take place at the Wareham Housing Authority.

The Wareham Housing Authority oversees housing for elderly and handicapped individuals at Agawam Village on Sandwich Road and Redwood Park on Church Avenue.

"The Housing Authority provides a clean, decent facility and an opportunity to include people who might not otherwise get a chance to leave the development," said Bob White who organizes the weekly meeting.

White said because of the library's recently reduced hours, he had to find a new location. White likes to start the Coffee Hour at 9 a.m., but the Library currently doesn't open until 10:30 a.m.

"I can't be making coffee all day," said White.

After drawing a blank on other spaces in town to hold a group meeting in, White said he remembered the Summer of Celebration committee held meetings in the community room at Agawam Village. He then spoke with Chairman of the Wareham Housing Authority Bob Powilatis and Housing Authority Director Jackie Hickey, who said the space was available.

"We want to make use of our facility and provide better service so [the residents] are not isolated," said Powilatis. "We're glad to cooperate [with Coffee Hour]. They're a part of the community, and we're a part of the community."

White said he had a great partnership with the library staff and there was more parking at the library than at the Housing Authority. However, he said the group didn't reach many people at the Library or the Multi-Service Center. White hopes the meetings will alternate between community rooms at Agawam Village and Redwood Park and attract more people to participate.

"With the reduction senior services in town, it's a great partnership," said White.

This fall White plans to discuss the big issues leading up to the Oct. 27 Town Meeting, and hopes to include some guest speakers with expert knowledge on the issues.

He also said he wants to include more creative thinkers at the meetings. That will begin with this week's guest speaker, Carol Andersen, a published novelist who lives in Wareham.

White said that there have been more than 100 Coffee Hour meetings and dozens of speakers, but some of the most interesting discussions have occurred when there were no guest speakers present, just a group coffee drinkers.

"Some of these older people have had fascinating lives," said White.