Legal Advertisements - Week of January 15, 2026
TOWN OF WAREHAM
LEGAL NOTICE / INVITATION FOR BIDS
SPILLANE FIELD ATHLETIC LIGHTING REPLACEMENT PROJECT
WAREHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
The Town of Wareham invites sealed bids for the Spillane Field Athletic Lighting Replacement Project, located adjacent to the Wareham Middle School in Wareham, MA. The project consists of upgrading the existing football and baseball field lighting to an energy-efficient LED athletic lighting system, including (but not limited to) removal and disposal of seven (7) existing wooden light poles, installation of six (6) new poles with LED luminaires, and retrofitting one (1) existing metal pole with upgraded LED luminaires, resulting in a seven (7) pole system. Work also includes associated electrical upgrades including new/updated conduits, wiring, and appurtenances, complete, tested, and commissioned in accordance with the Contract Documents and specified lighting performance criteria, including meeting NCAA lighting standards.
The bid will be advertised in the Central Register on January 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM.
A Pre-Bid Meeting / Site Walk will be held on January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM at Spillane Field, near home plate.
Bidder questions must be submitted no later than January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM via email to kflynn@wareham.k12.ma.us.
Sealed bids will be received until January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM at WAREHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS 4 Viking Drive, Door 22, Wareham, MA 02571, at which time bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked: “Spillane Field Athletic Lighting Replacement Project”.
Bid documents will be available beginning January 14, 2026 by contacting Kristin Flynn, Director of Finance, kflynn@wareham.k12.ma.us.
The Awarding Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive informalities, and award in the best interest of the Town.
Town of Wareham
WAREHAM CONSERVATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Pursuant to the provisions of the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act, General Laws Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wareham Wetland Protective By-Law, Division VI, a public hearing will be held in Room 520, Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA on:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 6:00 P.M
On the Request for Notice of Intent for:
SUSAN & DAVID BRODERICK
569 RODANTE WAY
SACRAMENTO, MA CA 02127
RECONSTRUCTION OF EXISTING DECK
Map 22 Lot D8, 16 WIDOW’S COVE LANE, WAREHAM, MA.
WAREHAM CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Sandy Slavin, Chairman
PLANNING BOARD
54 MARION ROAD
WAREHAM, MA 02571
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Wareham Planning Board will hold a public hearing on February 9, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571 to consider Petition #26-2 for a Site Plan Review / Special Permit from the requirements of Table 320, Article 5, Section 590 and Article 15 of the Wareham Zoning By-Laws, to Frederick C. Mannix, Trustee c/o Peter W. Teitelbaum, Esq. of 30 Oak Street, Wareham, MA 02571 proposing parking in excess of 10 spaces associated with the construction of two (2) commercial buildings with 8 and 7 bays, respectively, located at 238 & 240 Sandwich Road, Wareham, MA (Assessors Map 133, Lot(s) 1100A & 1101A) in the CS - zoning district.
Wareham Planning Board
Jane Gleason, Chair
First Notice: January 15, 2026
Second Notice: January 22, 2026
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
54 MARION ROAD
WAREHAM, MA 02571
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on February 11, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571 to consider Petition # 26-1 for Variance(s) from the requirements of Article 6, Table 620, 622, and 628 under the Wareham Zoning By-Laws, to David Andrade c/o Brian Grady of G.A.F. Engineering, Inc. of 266 Main Street, Wareham, MA proposing to construct a new duplex on a pre-existing, non-conforming lot located at, 307 Onset Ave., Wareham, MA (Assessors Map 1, Lot 770, 771) in the OV-2 zoning district.
Nazih Elkallassi, Chairman
First Notice: January 15, 2026
Second Notice: January 22, 2026
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
54 MARION ROAD
WAREHAM, MA 02571
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on February 11, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571 to consider Petition # 26-2 for a Special Permit and/or Variance(s) from the requirements of Article 3, Tables 320, Article 6, Table 623, and Article 15, Section 15 under the Wareham Zoning By-Laws, to Ronald Catone c/o Dennis J. Conry, Esq., of 245 Main Street, Wareham, MA applying for a building permit for the ability to park registered vehicles, Trailers, heavy equipment used in the applicants business on the site located at, 2838 Cranberry Hwy., Wareham, MA (Assessors Map 129, Lot 1069A) in the SC zoning district.
Nazih Elkallassi, Chairman
First Notice: January 15, 2026
Second Notice: January 22, 2026
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
54 MARION ROAD
WAREHAM, MA 02571
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on February 11, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571 to consider Petition # 26-3 for a Special Permit and/or Variance from the requirements of Article 6, Table 621, and 628, Article 13, Sections 1350, 1351, 1352, and 1353 under the Wareham Zoning By-Laws, to Jeanne Y. Downey of 10 Ash Street, Wareham, MA with a renovation proposal for a 25’ x 25’ two-car garage with an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) above, along with a single-level 14’ x 12’ screened porch providing exterior access at the rear, to be supported by sono tubes at the property located at, 10 Ash Street, Wareham, MA (Assessors Map 38, Lot 72 & 73) in the R-30 zoning district.
Nazih Elkallassi, Chairman
First Notice: January 15, 2026
Second Notice: January 22, 2026
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
54 MARION ROAD
WAREHAM, MA 02571
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on January 28, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571 to consider Petition # 50-25 for a Special Permit from the principal use regulation requirements of Article 3, Table 330 under the Wareham Zoning By-Laws, to Robert Sylvester of 51 Standish Avenue, Wareham, MA seeking to operate a home occupation and a home office located at 51 Standish Avenue, Wareham, MA (Assessors Map 121 Lot 1594) in the R-130 zoning district.
Nazih Elkallassi, Chairman
First Notice: January 8, 2026
Second Notice: January 15, 2026
WAREHAM CONSERVATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Pursuant to the provisions of the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act, General Laws Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wareham Wetland Protective By-Law, Division VI, a public hearing will be held in Room 520, Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA on:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 6:00 P.M.
On the Request for Notice of Intent for:
David Menard
95 Charge Pond Road
Wareham, MA
Sidewalk installation along West Boulevard; accessibility upgrades; minor site restoration and improvements.
Map 1 Lot 1048, 186 Onset Avenue/0 West Boulevard, Wareham, MA.
WAREHAM CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Sandy Slavin, Chairman
WAREHAM CONSERVATION COMMISSION
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Pursuant to the provisions of the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act, General Laws Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Wareham Wetland Protective By-Law, Division VI, a public hearing will be held in Room 520, Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA on:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 6:00 P.M.
On the Request for Determination of Applicability for:
David Andrade
PO Box 255
Onset, MA 02558
The applicant is proposing to construct a new single family dwelling. The property is located within Land Subject to Coastal Storm Flowage Zone VE18. There are no other wetland resource areas within 100-feet of the property.
Map 1 Lot 770, 771, 307 Onset Ave, Wareham, MA.
WAREHAM CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Sandy Slavin, Chairman
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Premises: 28 Great Neck Road, East Wareham (Wareham), MA 02538
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Michael J. Sullivan to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as mortgagee, as nominee for Leader Bank, N.A., and now held by U.S. Bank National Association, said mortgage dated July 27, 2022 and recorded in the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 57069, Page 29, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as mortgagee, as nominee for Leader Bank, N.A. to U.S. Bank, National Association by assignment dated December 18, 2023 and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 58542, Page 70; for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on January 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:
The land, with any buildings thereon, in Wareham, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the southwest corner of the land herein described at a point in the easterly line of Great Neck Road, and at the northwest corner of land, now or formerly, of Robert W. Savary, et ux;
Thence North 14° 00’ East in line of said Great Neck Road. Seventy-Three and 54/100 (73.54) feet to a point; thence Northeasterly, Easterly and Southeasterly in the arc of a curve having a radius of Twenty-Five (25) feet, a distance of Forty and 69/100 (40.69) feet to a point in the southerly line of a “Proposed 50’ Way”, now known as Savary Road; thence South 72° 45’ East in line of said Savary Road, Sixty-One and 04/100 (61.04) feet to Lot #2 as shown on plan of land hereinafter mentioned; thence South 14° 00’ West in line of last-named lot, Ninety-Seven and 28/100 (97.28) feet to said land of Savary; and thence North 74° 32’ West in line of last-named land, Eighty-Seven and 43/100 (87.43) feet to the said line of Great Neck Road and the point of BEGINNING.
Containing 8,465 square feet, more or less.
Being shown as Lot #1 on “Plan of Land in East Wareham as Sub-Divided for Robert W. Savary, October 19, 1954, Charles G. Ellis, C.E., Millis, Mass.”, and filed in Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 10, Page 180. See, also, Plan of Savary Terrace Subdivision, Plan No. 2, dated December 18, 1958 and filed in said Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 11, Page 575.
For title reference, see deed recorded with the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds herewith.
The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.
For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated July 18, 2022 and recorded in the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 57069, Page 27.
TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.
FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.
Other terms to be announced at the sale.
Brock & Scott, PLLC
23 Messenger Street
2nd Floor
Plainville, MA 02762
Attorney for U.S. Bank National Association
Present Holder of the Mortgage
(401) 217-8701
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
54 MARION ROAD
WAREHAM, MA 02571
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on January 28, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571 to consider Petition # 51-25 for Variance from the requirements of Article 6, Table 625 under the Wareham Zoning By-Laws, to Lauren Mahoney of 62 Barlow Avenue, Wareham, MA seeking relief of an already installed 120 square foot shed on the principle dwelling located at, 62 Barlow Avenue, Wareham, MA (Assessors Map 78-1, Lot 168) in the R-30 zoning district.
Nazih Elkallassi, Chairman
First Notice: January 8, 2026
Second Notice: January 15, 2026
CITATION ON PETITION
FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery St. Suite 1130
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508) 747-6204
Docket No. PL25P2866EA
Estate of: Alan R Newton
Also known as: Alan Robert Newton
Date of Death: 03/03/2023
To all interested persons:
A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Alicia Newton of East Wareham MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition
The Petitioner requests that Alicia Newton of East Wareham MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 02/05/2026.
This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.
UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)
A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
Witness, Hon. Patrick W. Stanton,
First Justice of this Court.
Date: January 06, 2026
Matthew J. McDonough, Register of Probate
INFORMAL PROBATE
PUBLICATION NOTICE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court
Plymouth Division
Docket No. PL25P2660EA
Estate of: Richard Wayne Vita
Also Known As: Richard Nicholas Vita
Date of Death: August 27, 2025
To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of
Petitioner Beverly Vita of Wareham MA
Beverly Vita of Wareham MA
has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.
The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.
