Business

Twenty turkeys, more than 650 pounds of vegetables and more cooking at Cyd’s

Cooking just one turkey on Thanksgiving can feel overwhelming. Cyd Ryle, with help, is cooking 20 turkeys. And that’s not to mention the sides and desserts she’s got in the works for the holiday at Cyd’s Grab & Go. She was busy in the kitchen...

Stevie B’s owners will have opportunity to sell business, transfer liquor license

On Tuesday, Stephen Beranger, the owner of Stevie B’s Sports Bar in Onset, appeared before the Select Board to share his plans for the business, which will be closing its doors on Saturday, Nov. 6. Beranger confirmed that he was retiring, though he...
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‘Please shop at our local businesses,’ official says as pandemic takes its toll

Wareham businesses are feeling the long-lasting impacts of the pandemic, and many business owners are being forced to make difficult decisions. With that in mind, one Select Board member called on the public to step up and support local restaurants...

Lucky Goat pouring, brewing and fully open for business

After months of work on a business several years in the making, Lucky Goat Brewing is fully open — with the ability to pour alcohol and hand out samples — at its 379 Main St. location. During the Select Board’s Sept. 21 meeting, Lucky Goat was also...

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...

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...