Selectmen approve licenses for Wickets Inn & Pub
The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday approved four licenses that allow Wickets Inn & Pub to serve food and alcohol and offer live entertainment.
Wickets Inn co-owner David Wolfram said that the business struggled due to the nature of the economy and less-than-ideal weather last summer. But he was optimistic for the future. "We think we have everything back on track," he said.
Questions arose about whether the inn would reopen for the season after the licenses expired and were not renewed late last year and a legal notice advertised an auction of the property last month. The auction did not occur.
Wolfram told Wareham Week in March that financial disagreements between the inn and the bank had led to the auction posting, but he said that the two sides are working to resolve them.
Elsewhere in Onset, the Board approved a license that will allow sandwich shop Melina's in the Village to add seating and tables.
In other business:
- The Board approved a request by Wareham Little League to use town roads for its annual parade. The parade starts at 12 p.m. on April 18. It begins at Elm Street and goes to the Little League field on Charge Pond Road.
- The Board approved an application for a change of officer/director for Longhorn Steakhouse.
- Resident Ellen Begley informed the Board about a request she made to Wareham Public Schools Superintendent Barry Rabinovitch for school bus inspection records. Begley said she submitted the request in February, but she has still has not received the desired information.The Board agreed to assist her in getting the information.
- Town Administrator Mark Andrews presented an update on the fiscal year 2011 budget. He indicated that the town is now in a free cash position, meaning that it has unallocated money.
- Selectmen Chairman Bruce Sauvageau said that the disks from the town-wide computer audit, which were seized by the Plymouth County District Attorney's office, were picked up from the DA's office last Friday. Sauvageau said that Town Administrator Mark Andrews was told by special counsel, the Law Offices of Steven A. Torres, that the disks were returned, which Sauvageau announced at the March 23 Selectmen meeting. Sauvageau read from a letter from special counsel, which indicated that there was a delay because counsel wanted the disks to be given directly to Global Digital Forensics, the firm hired to conduct the audit, and the DA said the disks could only be returned to counsel. The DA's office has not indicated why it seized the disks.