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Coast Cannabis brings organic ingredients to marijuana-infused edibles

Coast Cannabis, a company manufacturing organic cannabis-infused chocolates, gummies, and vaporizer cartridges, launched in the early days of the pandemic, and brought its first products to market in May 2020. By the summer of 2021, the company had...

‘Everybody deserves good stuff’: Bakery to open on Route 6

Melissa Sepulveda of Forno Marion — a bakery soon to open on Route 6 — started baking in early 2020 as a way to cope with a really hard year. “I started to bake in January, after the holidays, and I couldn’t stop,” she said. Her mother had passed...
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Attorney Leonard Bello to retire after 43 years in town

After 43 years serving the legal community in Wareham, Attorney Leonard M. Bello plans to retire. Beginning Sept. 28, 2021, Bello will no longer hold full-time hours at his 184 Main St. office, according to a press release. He will remain on in an...

Hoping to give old furniture new life? Seakers says look no further

Having just returned home to Wareham, Diane Annen-Benson and her staff at Seakers — an upcycled furniture business that also sells antiques, art and gifts — are “looking forward to getting back into business.” Annen-Benson first opened Seakers in...

Lucky Goat Brewing granted pouring license

Lucky Goat Brewing, a brewery at 379 Main Street, was awarded a pouring license by the Select Board at an Aug. 10 meeting. Lucky Goat is still in the process of opening its taproom, but it began selling its first IPA on April 30. Owners Caitlin Hurd...

Wareham restaurants get boost from federal grants

Restaurants in Wareham were approved more than $1.7 million in federal grants meant to keep business afloat amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration. Here’s which restaurants received the...

Seasonal pouring license approved for Scarlet Rose

The Select Board unanimously approved a seasonal pouring license for Scarlet Rose, the wine bar planned for the old Irene’s Flowers building at 196 Main Street. Along with wine and beer, the restaurant will serve light food like paninis and...

‘Painting with a purpose’: Pottery studio focuses on connection, giving back

As the pandemic eased, Mary Nogueras was looking for a way to connect with people. And so, she and her husband decided to open a new business: The Onset Clay Room, located in the center of the village in Dudley Brown Square. The paint-your-own...

Family business: Third generation joins insurance brokerage

In 1985, Margaret J. Grassi quit her corporate job in Boston to open her own insurance brokerage firm in Wareham. In 1989, her daughter, Deb, joined. And now, Deb’s son Matt is part of the team — the third generation to be a part of the company...

Farmer’s market returns to Rosebrook

The Farmer’s Market at 35 Rosebrook is back, and open each Thursday from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Vendors braved the heat and humidity on July 15 with wares ranging from fresh veggies to homemade garden aprons, soaps and key chains. Colleen Keegan of “Home in...

Aspen Blue could bring manufacturing back to Tremont Nail next year

Aspen Blue Cultures — the cannabis company planning to open a manufacturing facility in the steel building at the Tremont Nail Factory — will be equipped with the Ferrari of odor mitigation systems, project engineer Frank Zaino said at a July 13...

The Jug Shop to change name upon move to Cranberry Highway

The Jug Shop, regarded as a downtown Wareham institution by many, will begin doing business under a new name — East Wareham Liquor — when it opens at its new location in the Stop and Shop Plaza on Cranberry Highway. The Select Board unanimously...

Cafe culture comes to Onset

Jean and Domenic Avellino launched their new restaurant, Italian Market Cafe, with a specific vision in mind: They wanted to bring a piece of Italian cafe culture home to Onset. Everything about the Italian Market Cafe is inspired by the Avellinos’...

Doobie owners hope to deliver cannabis products to Wareham residents

Another cannabis company — this time a delivery-focused operation — might soon set up shop in Wareham. Owners Ericca and Justin Kennedy, Joseph Rubin and Jessica Powell are working to open their business, Doobie, which would deliver its marijuana...

Beer and wine bar proposed for former Irene’s Flowers location

A pair of business owners hope to bring a wine bar with lighter fare food to the old Irene’s House of Flowers location at 196 Main Street. Michael and Connie Kjelgaard of Scarlet Rose LLC said they hope the business will be similar to 1620 Wine Bar...

Lucky Goat Brewing seeks ability to hand out free samples

Curious beer fans who want to try before they buy might one day have the chance to sample certain beers for free at Lucky Goat Brewing. But it’s not possible just yet. During their June 15 meeting, the Board of Selectmen discussed authorizing Lucky...

Personal injury law firm opens new office in Wareham

The Law Firm of d’Oliveira & Associates, specializing in personal injury, has opened a new location in Wareham — the firm’s 16th office. The Wareham office, located at 2510 Cranberry Highway, will be overseen by Attorney D. Robin Gouveia. A...

Trade Roots to begin cultivating, manufacturing cannabis

After nearly four years, the owners of Trade Roots will soon be able to begin cultivating and manufacturing marijuana products, and they hope to open the retail side of the business later this summer. The company, co-owned by Wareham native Jesse...

Property management company expands Onset holdings

Newman Properties, which purchased seven buildings in Onset back in October, has purchased two more Onset buildings, adding a total of ten new apartments to the company’s portfolio. The properties are located at 4-6 W Central Ave. and 17 Union Ave...

Salon Red: New business, same great stylists

Salon Red is a new name, but the same stylists are hard at work making locals look good in their newly redecorated space in the Shaw’s plaza on Marion Road. The location, which used to be a Supercuts, reopened under stylist Shawna Fitzpatrick’s...