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Building homes together

As part of a network of more than 2,000 lodges in communities all over the country, the Wareham Elks Lodge works to be a gift that keeps on giving. The charitable foundation presented Homes for Our Troops with a donation of $2,322 on Thursday night...

Hazardous Waste Day to be held Nov. 16

The Carver Marion Wareham Waste District will be hosting a Hazardous Waste Day on Saturday, November 16, from 9 a.m. until noon at the Carver DPW Building, 51R Pond Street, Carver, and the Benson Brook Transfer Station on Benson Brook Road in Marion...

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Gardening for good

The Wareham Garden Club brought their tools and green thumbs to the Onset bluff on Tuesday to help preserve and beautify the slope. “It instills civic pride,” Garden Club President Peter LaBouliere said. Alongside the Buzzards Bay Coalition, the...

Roving archivist comes to Wareham Free Library

The Wareham Free Library’s archive will soon be even better, as the library has received a grant from the Massachusetts State Historic Records Advisory Board. As part of the grant, the library will receive help from Roving Archivist Sarah-Jane...

Waste District talks future funding

MARION — The Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District Committee thought that increasing sticker fees might be a way to increase revenues as it looks to start operating without the backing of its primary funding source, Covanta SEMASS...

Bridging the generation gap

Wareham’s oldest resident spoke with some of the youngest on Tuesday. Accompanied by her daughter, 104-year-old Mary Rose came back to the school she once attended: Oak Grove School on Onset Avenue. Although now it operates as a Head Start childcare...

Tobey Hospital breaks ground on emergency room expansion

Tobey Hospital held a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday, October 11, to kick off the expansion of the hospital’s emergency room. The renovations will increase the emergency room to 25,000 square feet, including 27 treatment rooms — six of which...

Electronic voting to come to Town Meeting

Electronic voting will be coming to Wareham for the first time at the upcoming Fall Town Meeting, scheduled for October 28. Town Moderator Claire Smith said that while officials have been discussing electronic voting for several years, the town didn...

Grammar workshop at the library

On Saturday, October 19, the Wareham Free Library will be holding a free grammar workshop from 10 to 11:30 a.m. The workshop is free, fast-paced, and will cover the basics of punctuation. The workshop will be led by Susan Rooks, a punctuation expert...

'Making Halloween affordable' at the YMCA

It’s almost Halloween season, meaning kids and adults are once more faced with the decision of what to wear. Between budgeting, narrowing down options, and trying to piece something together quickly, the task of finding the perfect Halloween costume...

Making school less stressful with feng shui

The school guidance office should be a place where students feel free to express their personal problems, seek support, and ask for advice. A palpable feeling of safe and calm in a moment of distress can be vital to the students’ well-being and...

Local color: Garden Club talks native plants

When designing a garden, more and more people are looking beyond aesthetics to the environmental impact of their creation. As Master Gardener Michele Fronk Schuckel explained to the Wareham Garden Club at their Oct. 10 meeting, native plants provide...

Grace Lighthouse Fellowship to celebrate new location

Grace Lighthouse Fellowship, currently based at 3065 Cranberry Highway, will be hosting a celebration on Sunday at the site of what will be the church’s future home. The church recently bought land at 2703 Cranberry Highway (right across from Perry’...

Growers predict bountiful cranberry harvest

It’s October, and the cranberry harvest is in full swing. Industry estimates predict a large, healthy crop. Marketers are finding new ways to sell local produce in the Bay State and an array of cranberry products around the world. Meanwhile,...

Town seeks $10 million to fix sewer

The town could vote to appropriate up to $10 million for the design and construction of three process improvements at the Water Pollution Control Facility at the Fall Town Meeting. The project would target the issue of extended peak inflow and...

Complaining for a good cause

Town officials and community leaders will take a turn as performers in a one-act comedy titled “Complaint Department and Lemonade” on Friday, October 18, at 7 p.m. at the Redman Hall. Directed by Wareham Library Foundation members Priscilla Porter...

Public hearing scheduled for Gifford’s gaming bill

The Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies is now accepting comments from the public about State Rep. Susan Williams Gifford’s bill regarding the Gaming Commission. The bill, House Bill 4070, is titled “An Act relative to...

Tax bills due November 1

Fiscal Year 2020 second quarter real estate and personal property tax bills have been issued. These bills are available for payment at Town Hall, 54 Marion Rd., in the Collector’s Office or over the phone at 508-291-3150. Both tax bills are due on...

Historical Society to celebrate 200th anniversary of Tremont Nail Company

The Wareham Historical Society will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Tremont Nail Company with a documentary screening and exhibit at 7 p.m. on Monday, October 21. A 45 minute documentary on the history of the company, produced by WCTV,...

Group of friends donate chair in honor of Dick Wheeler

The Spinney Branch Library in Onset is now home to a unique and useful memorial to Dick Wheeler: A Harvard chair in his honor. The chair was donated by Mary Nyman, John Nyman, Bob Brousseau, Sherbie Worthen, and Tom Worthen. They were inspired by...

Food Truck Festival serves up treats, music, fun

An estimated 2,000 people streamed into Wareham Village on Saturday to sample food and drinks from local vendors, shop, and enjoy a perfect fall day for the first annual Fall Food Truck Festival. The festival was sponsored by the Wareham Village and...

Mass Audubon given permission to demolish buildings at Sacred Hearts

The Historic Commission approved Mass Audubon’s request to demolish most of the buildings that made up the former Sacred Hearts Retreat Center at its Wednesday night meeting. Mass Audubon will be keeping the chapel, the corridor that connects the...

Cupola controversy comes to close at Onset Bathhouse

The new Onset Bathhouse will not have a cupola — following an outpouring of outrage from Onset residents. The two-story bathhouse, which is being rebuilt and expanded by the Buzzards Bay Coalition, currently sports a mock-up of a cupola. When they...

Town Administrator to continue to have hiring authority

The Board of Selectmen voted to continue to delegate hiring authority for everything other than department heads on Tuesday night. Department heads, including the Chief of Police or the Superintendent of the Wareham Public Schools are brought before...

Charter Review Committee seeks two more members

Editor's Note: While Lisa Morales had applied for a spot on the Charter Review Committee, Selectman Jim Munise moved to approve her. Because none of the other Selectman seconded the motion, there was no vote. The Charter Review Committee is...

New shows shine at WCTV annual meeting

A new morning show. Wareham High School students filming their own programs. State-of-the-art production equipment. There’s been a lot going on at WCTV in the past year – even as lingering legal issues delay the public access station’s purchase of...

Atlantic Boats celebrates 30 years of staying afloat

From fanny packs and chunky sneakers to dad jeans and windbreakers, dozens of people dressed up for an ‘80s themed party to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Atlantic Boats Inc. on Saturday, Sept. 28. “Better Boating, Better Life” has been the...

Lopes Park: First improvement day

Nothing says “teamwork” like a Lopes Park renovation. A group of Wareham CORE volunteers gathered in the park on Saturday, Sept. 28, to start sanding, shoveling and sweeping. The group hopes to complete improvements by Spring 2020. In just one day,...

Fundraiser benefits Wareham YMCA

MARION — The Toast of the Coast fundraiser may have been held in Marion, but the Sept. 27 fundraiser was all to benefit the Gleason Family YMCA Taking place at the Marion Music Hall, the event offered the chance to eat food from local restaurants,...

As sea levels rise, Wareham is at higher flood risk

Warming seas and melting sea ice are causing sea levels to rise, and putting Wareham coastal homes and infrastructure at increasing risk of chronic flooding. Elise Leduc, a coastal scientist from the Woods Hole Group, presented a first look at what...

Police lasso a 300-pound pig in West Wareham

Wareham police apprehended an unusual perp on Wednesday night: A potbellied pig who had absconded from the backyard of the Saccone family and was on the run. The pig was identified as Brady, a 300 pound heavyweight who was exploring the town. With...

Controversial development moves forward

The Planning Board somewhat reluctantly approved the most recent request of Cedar Village Estates, a development company owned by Zoning Board Chair Nazih Elkallassi, at its meeting on Monday night. Elkallassi and his attorney, Sheila Tierney, were...

Selectmen suggest changes to Master Plan

The Board of Selectmen made some suggestions at their Tuesday night meeting to tweak the town’s master plan, which has been revised but not approved for about a year and a half. The expansive document lays out twenty goals for the town in eight...

Wareham student showcases her photography talent

The small town of Wareham is home to a plethora of talents, and 14-year-old Samantha Girard is living proof. An aspiring interior designer, Girard has been a photographer for ten years now, which means she first picked up a camera and pressed the...

Rochester weighs in on Waste District moves

CARVER — Rochester isn’t in the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, but it’s still concerned with traffic around the District’s transfer station and rising sticker fees. In a meeting with the District’s Executive Director...

After director’s departure, waste district works on accountability

CARVER — When it comes to accountability they’ve come a long way, said members of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District committee. But there’s still a lot to be done to match how the district says it runs with how it actually...

Six people saved from sinking vessel

The Wareham Department of Natural Resources helped rescue six people from a vessel that was sinking near the Cape Cod Canal at about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 22. The boat, a 24-foot bow rider type, had taken on water after a large wave had...

'Saving lives one family at a time'

Now in its sixth year, the Brent Hastings Memorial Golf Tournament continues to grow, attracting more golfers and raising thousands of dollars for those recovering from opioid addiction. Held on Saturday at the Bay Pointe Club, the event featured 97...

Scoops for a renovated playground

Every year, Nana’s Ice Cream and Wareham CORE, a non-profit group dedicated to outdoor recreation in town, work together to turn frozen treats into outdoor fun for Wareham residents and visitors. “I think residents are appreciating those fundraisers...

Stop & Shop to get alternative energy source

The East Wareham Stop & Shop will soon be powered in part by a new energy source. On Wednesday, the Conservation Commission approved an application by Bloom Energy to locate a 250 kilowatt fuel cell generator on the preexisting paved area...

Prioritizing play at Town Meeting

Those at Town Meeting will be able to support new places for kids to play this fall, as a new playground for Shangri La and new fields for the Wareham Youth Soccer Club have requested Community Preservation Funds. The soccer club is hoping to create...

Book sale at the Wareham Free Library

The Friends of the Wareham Free Library is hosting a book sale next week. The sale will include gently used books for all ages and across genres and will be held in the meeting room at the Wareham Free Library at 59 Marion Rd. The sale will be open...

Museum passes available at the Wareham Free Library

The Wareham Free Library will once again be offering museum passes for reduced admission at six museums in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The museums on the list include the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Cape Cod Children’s Museum in Mashpee, the...

Two liquor stores cited for selling to minors

Two liquor stores were cited for selling alcohol to minors at Tuesday night’s Board of Selectmen meeting. This was the first time that Wareham Liquors and Liquor Locker were cited under current ownership. The first incident took place at about 3 p.m...

Meet with Susan Gifford on September 26

State Representative Susan Williams Gifford and a legislative aide will be hosting office hours in each town in her district on September 26. She will be available in her Wareham office, 191 Main St., Suite 213F, from noon to 1 p.m. Those unable to...

Book sale at the Wareham Free Library

The Friends of the Wareham Free Library is hosting a book sale next week. The sale will include gently used books for all ages and across genres and will be held in the meeting room at the Wareham Free Library at 59 Marion Rd. The sale will be open...

State begins third round of aerial spraying

Update: There was no aerial or truck spraying on the night of September 17 because it was too cold. Spraying is now set to begin the night of September 18. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will begin a third round of...

Stalled negotiations may force residents to travel for healthcare

Residents may be caught in the crossfire between one of the largest healthcare providers in the area and the leading health insurer in Massachusetts after a dispute over reimbursement rates has stalled negotiations. Southcoast Health is threatening...

Walk for Marie collects 764 boxes of cereal

The Walk for Marie, an annual tradition honoring Marie Auld, collected 764 boxes of cereal this year, all of which will be donated to Damien’s Place. The walk itself is held at Buttonwood Park in New Bedford. Auld’s children, Megan Greene, Ken...

Woodie Club celebrates vintage cars

Sunlight gleamed off impeccable cars on Saturday at the A.D. Makepeace property on Tihonet Road. The crowd hadn’t gathered for just any vintage car show, however. All the cars on display were Woodies: cars manufactured with wood bodies. The event...

Motorcyclists honor friends, support charity

The 17th Annual Rick Graham Memorial Ride roared into the Onset VFW on Sunday as nearly 300 bikers finished the route that began at a Boston firehouse. The event was started to honor Rick Graham, a Boston firefighter who died from a diabetes attack...

Selectmen consider suing over opioid epidemic

At Tuesday’s meeting, Selectman Peter Teitelbaum brought up the many lawsuits currently being filed against the manufacturers of opioids. “It’s all predicated on the notion that these drug manufacturers misled people, created addiction problems,”...

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