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Candidates night introduces town election contenders
As the Wareham town election on Tuesday, May 7 draws nearer, candidates across four different races gathered on Friday, April 26 to field questions and make their cases to voters. The candidates night opened with those vying for a seat as a Sewer...
Russell Kriehn retires from Select Board race
Select Board candidate Russell Kriehn has decided to withdraw from the Select Board race. Kriehn made the decision because “I feel like I wouldn’t be able to give 100%” to serving on the Select Board, he said. He and his wife own three businesses,...
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Michael G. Howes, 63
Double rainbow sighted in Wareham
Barbara Ann (Clark) Gomes, 63
Town Meeting passes budget, capital expenditures, more
Educators, staff recognized for decades of service
Alan Slavin honored at Town Meeting
Gerald L. “Jerry” Dupuis, 82
Building community, not just fences
Ribbon cutting inaugurates new food pantry location
Working like a dog: Gleason YMCA hosts kids fair
Youth baseball holds opening day
Wareham Youth Baseball will hold its opening day Saturday, April 27. The annual parade will begin at 10 a.m. Players will need to be dropped off at the old Tremont Nail Factory between 9 and 9:30 a.m., and roads will be blocked off about 10 to 15...
Weekly headlines on WCTV, April 25
Wareham Week has partnered with Wareham Community Television to create a short weekly show touching on some of the previous week’s top stories and introducing the public to the faces behind Wareham Week. In this week’s episode, editor Liam Mayo...
Things to do, Week of April 25
Thursday, April 25 Library to hold book sale The Friends of the Wareham Free Library will hold its annual book sale this coming weekend, from Thursday, April 25 to Saturday, April 27 at the Wareham Free Library, 59 Marion Road. It will take place on...
Ribbon cutting inaugurates new food pantry location
Volunteers, staff donors and supporters of Damien’s Food Pantry joined together on Tuesday, April 23 to cut the ribbon on a new $2.3 million dollar location. “What’s amazing is that all of this took just 22 months,” said Rhonda Veugen, the...
Draft of wastewater management plan to receive hearing
A draft of a comprehensive wastewater management plan for Wareham’s town sewer is nearing completion, one of a number of steps the town’s sewer department needs to take to address its issues with capacity. The public will get to weigh in on the...
Building community, not just fences
A Facebook post led to a cleaned-up beach walkway off Seventh Avenue after a Wareham resident took the town’s spring cleaning into his own hands. An anonymous Facebook user posted a picture of tree branches blocking a wooden stairway down to the...
Alan Slavin honored at Town Meeting
Members of the Select Board and Finance Committee and a wide array of town employees wore bow ties during Town Meeting on Monday, April 22. They wore them as an homage to the customary attire of Select Board Member Alan Slavin, who is retiring from...
Town Meeting passes budget, capital expenditures, more
The first Town Meeting held at Wareham High School in three years passed smoothly, as nearly all items on the agenda were approved by voters on Monday, April 22 including the town’s roughly $81.5 million dollar budget and $5.7 million in capital...
Double rainbow sighted in Wareham
The sky above Wareham was graced with a double rainbow the afternoon of Saturday, April 20. The rainbow could be seen from all across town, and people shared their views from different angles on social media. A Facebook post from the Wareham...
Turning Point thanks golf tournament sponsors
Turning Point is hosting its eighth annual golf tournament on Sunday, April 28 at the Bay Pointe Club in Buzzards Bay. All proceeds benefit Turning Point programs and services for homeless or near homeless individuals and families. Brendan Ahern,...
Working like a dog: Gleason YMCA hosts kids fair
A paws-on display from the working dogs of the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department took center stage at the Gleason Family YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day. Wareham School Resource Officer Karl Baptiste brought the department’s comfort dog, Lexi. Children...
Chapel Lane affordable housing project gets $445,500
A six-apartment affordable housing development on Chapel Lane has received $445,500 in state grant funding from MassHousing’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Developer Steve Beauchemin plans to construct two buildings at 6 Chapel Lane , off...
Weekly headlines on WCTV, April 18
Wareham Week has partnered with Wareham Community Television to create a short weekly show touching on some of the previous week’s top stories and introducing the public to the faces behind Wareham Week. In this week’s episode, editor Liam Mayo...
Library to hold book sale starting April 25
The Friends of the Wareham Free Library will hold its annual book sale next weekend, from Thursday to Saturday, at the Wareham Free Library, 59 Marion Road. It will take place on Thursday, April 25th 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday, April 26th 9:30 a...
Two candidates facing off for three-year Select Board seat
Two candidates are facing off for a three-year term on the Select Board. Brenda Eckstrom is running against Sherry Quirk for the seat. Wareham residents can cast their ballots on Tuesday, May 7. Precincts one and six will vote at Memorial Hall, 54...
Three candidates facing off for School Committee seats
Three candidates are facing off for two seats on the School Committee. Brenda Eckstrom is running against incumbents Apryl Rossi and Geoffrey Swett for two available seats. Wareham residents can cast their ballots on Tuesday, May 7. Precincts one...
The limits for cannabis retail
Should Wareham allow more than three cannabis retail establishments? That’s the question Town Meeting will answer on Monday, April 27. Wareham resident Jaakko Rinta submitted a citizens petition that asks the town to remove its current cap of three...
Oral rabies vaccine baits to be distributed in Wareham
Baits intended to mitigate the spread of rabies will soon be distributed in Wareham. According to a press release from the Cape Cod & Southeast Massachusetts Rabies Task Force, the first raccoon-variant rabies case on Cape Cod in over eight...
Things to do, Week of April 18
Saturday, April 20 ‘Plant-a-palooza’ Join the Buzzards Bay Coalition for a community effort to enhance the Onset Bay Center area from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Volunteers will tidy up, remove weeds, and plant new greenery. Volunteers will meet by the Onset...
Virtual seminars help you know your boating
A set of live, interactive, online seminars presented by the Buzzards Bay Sail and Power Squadron will teach a comprehensive range of boating topics designed to make their participants more confident and secure boaters. Most seminars are presented...
Meet Brenda Eckstrom for Select Board
Select Board Candidate Brenda Eckstrom grew up in Brockton and moved to Wareham in 1995, just after getting married. Eckstrom previously served on the Select Board from 2005 to 2011, as well as on the Board of Assessors, the Onset Board of Water...
Meet Sherry Quirk
Select Board Candidate Sherry Quirk found Wareham in 2001 as a part-time resident. She retired to the town in 2021 and got involved in government, beginning on the Planning Board and later becoming chair of the Alternative Energy Committee. On the...
Budgets and bylaws: A Town Meeting primer
When Wareham gathers for Town Meeting on Monday, April 22, residents will get to vote on the town’s $81.5 million budget, over $5 million of capital expenditures and a handful of changes to town bylaws. It will take place at the Wareham High School...
Three cheers for trees at Arbor Day event
The Wareham Garden Club took advantage of one of the season’s first sunny days to celebrate Arbor Day on Tuesday, April 17. The back courtyard of the Wareham Free Library hosted a talk about insects, a sapling giveaway, a bird-identification...
Good fashion takes teamwork
Senior citizens, Daisy Scouts, Wareham Police Officers, town officials and two dogs joined forces to put on a lively fashion show at the Council on Aging building on Tuesday, April 16. Participants ranged in age from five to 84, said Council on...
Meet the candidates at Multi-Service Center
Candidates for Town Election will gather on Friday, April 26 to answer questions, explain their platforms and participate in a candidates night. The event will be available to watch in person in Room 320 at the Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road...
Incumbents, Bacchiocchi win Fire District races
The Wareham Fire District annual elections on Saturday, April 13 ended with incumbent Richard England maintaining his seat on the Board of Water Commissioners and incumbent Brian Crocker joined by Joyce Bacchiocchi on the Fire Prudential Committee...
Wareham Fire District election today
The Wareham Fire District will hold its annual district elections today, Saturday, April 13. The district election will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 2550 Cranberry Highway, Wareham. Drive through voting is available. Two candidates are running...
Weekly headlines on WCTV, April 11
Wareham Week has partnered with Wareham Community Television to create a short weekly show touching on some of the previous week’s top stories and introducing the public to the faces behind Wareham Week. In this week’s episode, editor Liam Mayo...
Things to do: Strike a pose or burst into a springtime song
Saturday, April 13 A heated election The Wareham Fire District annual elections will take place from 10 a.m to 4 p.m. at 2550 Cranberry Highway. Off the bench Join the Wareham Land Trust to construct a bench for Marks Cove at Whitlock’s Landing...
Recycle your eclipse glasses
Not sure what to do with eclipse glasses after the big day has passed? The Wareham Recycling Center is accepting donations of used eclipse glasses at its location at the end of Plymouth Road, just off Maple Springs Road. Donations can also be made...
Projected start in 2025 for Charge Pond Road bridge repair
Latest plans for the repair of the Charge Pond Road bridge will keep it open throughout construction, which is scheduled to start in the summer of 2025, according to state officials. The bridge takes Charge Pond Road over Route 25, just past the...
Finding darkness in the eclipsed light
As the moon rolled over the sun the afternoon of Monday, April 8, Wareham residents donned their protective shades and headed outside to stare up at the sky. Onlookers across the town — and across the country — shared in the eclipse, the last to hit...
Portion of Wareham waters closed to shellfishing
Upon re-examining a portion of the Weweantic River in Wareham and Marion that had been conditionally approved to be open to shellfishing, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries closed the area to shellfishing effective April 1. The closure...
Meet Apryl Rossi
Apryl Rossi has made her career as a hairdresser. As a single mother, she first became involved with the school district when she joined the PTA while her son was in the first grade. Rossi continued her involvement, serving as a substitute...
Meet Brenda Eckstrom for School Committee
Brenda Eckstrom has a long history in Wareham town politics, having served on the Select Board between 2005 and 2011. “I got involved in the very beginning because of affordable housing — it’s a passion of mine,” Eckstrom said. This election cycle,...
Meet Geoffrey Swett
Geoffrey Swett had a career in senior management in the fields of healthcare and education before retiring at 51. Wanting to help his community, Swett sat on the Finance Committee for six years before joining the School Committee 15 years ago. “As...
Charter changes to appear on town ballot
Voters in May’s town election may find an unusual item on the ballot: Changes to the town charter. These changes were adopted at a June 2021 Town Meeting, and now require approval from the voters of Wareham at a town election.
What’s changed...
Emergency generators authorized at Wareham Fire District Meeting
The District Meeting of the Wareham Fire District passed quickly on the evening of Monday, April 8, with unanimous votes authorizing funds for items including emergency generators and several types of vehicles and equipment. The generators will go...
Recent recruits make Eagle Scouts
Three members of the Boy Scouts of America Troop 39, Wareham, have earned the highest scouting honor — despite a late start in the program. Haralambos “Labby” Sivvianakis, Daniel Hayes-Hillman and Galen Lauer all received their Eagle Scout Awards...
More than just enough food: Damien’s Pantry teaches nutrition
Damian’s Food Pantry has a track record of going above and beyond simple nutrition. The pantry’s new location, which opened its doors in February, was designed with clients’ dignity in mind, said pantry staff, with its shelves set up like the aisles...
Wareham Fire District hopefuls Make their cases at Candidates’ Night
With Wareham Water District elections just over a week away, candidates vying for spots on the Wareham Board of Water Commissioners and the Fire Prudential Committee made their pitches to residents this Friday, April 5. On the Board of Water...
Get ready for the solar eclipse in Wareham
Wareham residents will be turning their (safety-goggle-equipped) eyes to the sky on Monday, April 8 to see a partial eclipse. The South Coast will experience approximately 90% coverage, with the peak of the eclipse at approximately 3:30 p.m...
Weekly headlines on WCTV, April 4
Wareham Week has partnered with Wareham Community Television to create a short weekly show touching on some of the previous week’s top stories and introducing the public to the faces behind Wareham Week. In this week’s episode, editor Liam Mayo...
Middle School students secure March honors
Wareham Middle School has announced its students of the month for March. MaKenna Diede earned student of the month honors for the fifth grade. Teachers called her “a very kind and good hearted young lady,” “a conscientious student who is always...
Onset street sweeping brings parking bans, April 8 through 12
The Wareham Municipal Maintenance Department will be sweeping the streets in Onset beginning the week of Monday, April 8th thru Friday, April 12 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 pm. There will be parking bans in effect during this time. Sweeping will begin in...
Taunton City Councilor announces run for Pacheco’s seat
Barry Sanders, a dad, social worker and Taunton City Councilor, has announced that he will be a candidate for the Third Bristol and Plymouth State Senate seat, being vacated by longtime incumbent Marc Pacheco. The seat covers multiple communities...
Spinney stays shut for the summer
The Wareham Free Library currently has no plans to open its Spinney Memorial Branch this summer, according to library director Patrick Marshall. The Spinney Memorial Library is the Wareham Free Library’s Onset location. Marshall said with the...
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