Business

Wareham native, business mogul has big plans for Main Street

When Danny Warren first saw the old Greer Lumber site on Main Street between Besse Park and the British Landing Condominiums, it wasn’t much to look at — but that hadn’t stopped a Wareham family from appreciating it. Among the rubble and broken...

Wareham businesses receive covid relief

Eight Wareham businesses -- including seven owned by women -- received Covid-19 Small Business Grants this week. Cape Cod Cakes, A Touch of Grace Skin Care and Coastal Canine Daycare, all women-owned businesses, received $25,000 each. Penelope’s of...
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Jug Shop to move to Stop & Shop plaza

The Board of Selectmen approved a request from the Jug Shop’s owners on March 3 to relocate their liquor license to the Stop & Shop plaza on Cranberry Highway, after hearing two petitions and one witness against the move. Store owner Dipenkumar...

Home-delivery cannabis operation seeks to open in Wareham

Another cannabis business, referred to as The Emerald Turtle, is pursuing licensing to open in Wareham. With plans to operate out of a location at 10 Little Brook Road, Aaron and Janelle Goines would cultivate and manufacture a variety of cannabis...

Five Wareham businesses receive covid-relief grants

Senator Marc Pacheco has announced a new round of grant funding for small businesses impacted by covid-19. In Wareham, five businesses received grants: Kaleidoscope of Dance and Gymnastics received $70,000, E.L. Morse Lumber received $75,000, artist...

Restaurant to showcase Vietnamese cuisine

Golden Bamboo, an Asian fusion restaurant with a focus on Vietnamese cuisine, plans to open at 3103 Cranberry Highway in February. The restaurant received its license to operate at the Jan. 19 Board of Selectmen’s meeting. The menu, which will...

Two Wareham businesses will receive $75,000 covid-19 small business grants

Dorothy Cox's Candies Inc. in Wareham and the Creative Development Child Center — also known as Sandy’s School — in East Wareham will each receive grants of $75,000 through the Covid-19 Small Business Grant Program. Sandy Boucher, who owns Sandy’s...

Lindsey’s closes for winter after employee’s covid diagnosis

After one of her employees tested positive for coronavirus and fell sick, Cheri Lindsey decided to close Lindsey’s until March. Lindsey’s has never closed since the pandemic began, instead pivoting to take-out and implementing strict cleaning...

Kindling success with candle company

Christina Lee Tomkiewicz, the owner of the Cloverdilly Candle Company, was inspired to start making candles herself after wondering about the source of the black soot that accumulated on her store-bought candles. She found out that the soot was the...

Onset’s newest shop: The Onset Bay Trading Company and Gallery on East

When Deb Alfonso and Michelle Brodeur partnered to open a new brick and mortar store in Onset, they were driven by their passion for art and their love of the community. The result was a brightly-colored, inviting shop filled with a wide variety of...

Cannabis-based topical products manufacturer could head to Wareham

The Board of Selectmen gave Town Administrator Derek Sullivan, with the assistance of Town Planner Ken Buckland, permission to negotiate a host community agreement with BeachGrass Topicals, a business that will manufacture cannabis-based topical...

Marijuana growing, processing company hopes to open on Cranberry Highway

A duo of businessmen hope to open a new marijuana cultivation and processing company called Trava in Jordan Plaza at 3119 Cranberry Highway. The entrepreneurs, Vladimir Georgiev and Krzysztof Sadlowski, currently co-own the V and K Smoke Shop in...

Gateway Tavern temporarily closed following employee covid diagnosis

The Gateway Tavern, located at 371 Marion Rd., is temporarily closed following an employee’s positive covid test. “We are taking an abundance of caution to keep our staff and customers safe and are choosing to close until the entire staff has been...

Fortune teller’s license application approved by Selectmen

Fortune tellers can legally operate in Wareham now that the Board of Selectmen have created a license application for fortune tellers. The Selectmen unanimously agreed to approve Kristina Lisa Burbank’s application for a license to tell fortunes on...