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St. Patrick’s to reopen in time for Easter

St. Patrick’s Church will re-open to the public this weekend, having been fully repaired following a fire in late September...

Storage, housing, funding up for votes at Town Meeting on April 22

Using marijuana revenue to fund a new police station, limits on front yard storage, tax agreements with four new solar farms...

Stop & Shop donates unsold food to local pantries

Stop & Shop workers, including those of Wareham Local 328, are still on strike and have no intention of letting down...

Wareham’s summer schedule comes together

Wareham’s summer schedule is coming together as the Board of Selectmen approved several requests for the use of town...

Board of Selectmen approves shellfish hatchery

The Board of Selectmen approved Daniel Ward of Ward Aquafarms’ application for a Shellfish Grant, which enables him to...

Wareham Emblem Club helps disabled veterans

A check for $3000.00 was presented to the veterans at the Brockton VA Hospital Spinal Unit and will assist them in their...

Former Waste District director Pickles indicted

Former executive director of the Carver Marion Wareham Regional Waste District Ray Pickles pled not guilty to six charges of...

VFW Fish Fry cancelled

The Dudley L. Brown Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Onset has cancelled its Good Friday Fish Fry, which was scheduled for...

Swimming into spring

Although Sunday was an unexpectedly warm day for April, it was far from what most people consider beach weather. Two brave...

Easter egg dash kicks off spring

Hundreds of children collected 8,000 eggs in about one minute on Sunday at the Onset Bay Association’s Annual Easter Egg...

Reading the unseen: Holistic Psychic Faire

Amid the tarot cards, spirit mediums and aura readers, more than 300 people sought to reconnect with their deceased loved...

Rabies clinic set for April 30

If you live in Wareham and your pet hasn’t been microchipped or rabies vaccinated, here is your chance. The Wareham...

Correction: Redmen Hall clam boil set for April 28

Redmen Hall will host its annual spring clam boil on Sunday, April 28. Wareham Week previously published the incorrect date...

Easter Egg Hunt postponed to Sunday.

The Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Onset Bay Association is postponed to Sunday. The Onset Bay Association is hosting a Easter...

Turn the tide on trash

Tired of seeing trash and waste around your neighborhood and want to be part of the solution? Don’t Trash Wareham, a citizen...

Wareham will remain a school choice district

The school committee unanimously voted to be a School Choice District for the 2019-20 school year. School choice was first...

Parking lot for pot shop causes controversy

Officials from Verilife, a marijuana retailer located on Main Street, are hoping to operate a 60 spot gravel parking lot at...

Supermarket Strike: Stop & Shop workers protest over contract dispute

More than 50 workers stood outside the Stop & Shop in Wareham after 1 p.m. on Thursday, holding signs reading “On Strike...

WCTV plans for uncertain future

The Board of Selectmen signed a yearly contract with WCTV at its April 9 meeting, but the station’s future is still in...

Selectmen elect new chair, clerk

Board of Selectmen voted unanimously at their April 9 meeting to elect Patrick Tropeano as the Chairman of the Board and...

Minot Forest Elementary to open in 2021

The official opening of the Minot Forest Elementary School is scheduled to take place on December of 2021, Selectman Patrick...

Two arrests on Monday, April 8

On Main Street, Wareham Police asked driver Jose Rego, 47, of New Bedford, to perform a field sobriety test after he...

Wareham man wins million dollar lottery prize

Nicholas Labelle, of Wareham, got the surprise of a lifetime when he became the fourteenth $1 million prize winner in the...

No troubled waters at Wareham Fire, Water District annual meeting

The Wareham Fire District Annual Meeting flew by on April 8 as all motions were passed with near-unanimous votes. Safety...

Echo: offering gifts and positive vibes

Elizabeth Sellon hopes to connect people to the past, the community, and each other at her new store, named Echo. Although...

Board of Health discusses sale of CBD products

A planned April 4 Board of Health discussion about regulating the sale of CBD oil was dropped after Health Agent Robert...

Don’t Trash Wareham 5th Annual Townwide Cleanup

Pitch in to clean up the town during Don’t Trash Wareham’s fifth annual Townwide Cleanup on April 27 and 28. Volunteers are...

Local efforts to save sea turtles

The Wareham Land Trust and Wareham Boys and Girls Club partnered to screen a free documentary, “Saving Sea Turtles:...

Board of Health: ‘Count your chickens’

The Board of Health and Department of Public Health has asked the residents of Wareham to register their backyard flocks by...

10th Annual Greater Wareham Walk for Hunger

The tenth annual Greater Wareham Walk for Hunger will take place on Sunday, May 5, at 1 p.m., with registration from noon to...

Friends of the Wareham Free Libraries makes donation to Wareham Free Library

On Tuesday the Board of Selectmen accepted a donation to the Wareham Free Library from the Friends of the Wareham Free...

Election results are in

Wareham voters favored new faces in Tuesday’s Town Election and elected newcomers to the Board of Selectmen and the School...

Board of Selectmen authorized the $10 million dollar bond for upcoming school

The Minot Forest Elementary School got a financial start Tuesday night as Board of Selectmen voted to authorize a $10...

Construction begins at Onset Bathhouse

Workers are transforming the historic Onset Bathhouse into the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s new Onset Bay Discovery Center. The...

‘Sold!’ - Wareham Firemen’s Association hosts scholarship fundraiser

Enjoying a half of the baked barbeque chicken, indulging in homemade desserts, and getting an unexpected gift — all for a...

Rochester, Wareham Cub Scouts earn Boy Scout rank

ROCHESTER — Rochester Pack 30 Arrow of Light Cub Scouts and Wareham Pack 39 Cub Scouts became Boy Scouts last Friday, March...

Monument to honor longtime Harbor Master

The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously on April 2 to approve the permanent placement of a small monument and plaque...

David Heard launches write-in campaign for assessor

David Heard, a current member of the Finance Committee, Capital Planning Committee, and the School Building Committee, is...

Painting the way to a dog park

Nearly 50 dog, cat, and pig owners went home with a portrait of their beloved animal after the Paint Your Pet fundraiser on...

April 8 Wareham Fire District meeting to focus on safety

The Wareham Fire District will host its annual meeting on Monday, April 8, at 7 p.m. in the High School Auditorium on Viking...

Vietnam Veterans Day Brunch

VFW Post 2846 in Onset is hosting a memorial brunch for Vietnam Veterans Day in honor of PFC. Carlos James Rose at 10 a.m...

Wareham residents to go to the polls on April 2

Voters head to the polls Tuesday to make their choices for two seats on the Board of Selectmen, two School Committee seats,...

A tale as old as time at Wareham Middle School

Enchanting voices, lively dances, and vibrant costumes drew guests to two sold out shows at the Wareham Middle School...

Selectmen approve marijuana testing facility

The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to approve a host agreement for National Laboratories & Consulting, a marijuana...

Slavin proposes banning sale of nips

Selectman Alan Slavin suggested banning sales of nip bottles of alcohol at liquor stores in Wareham to cut down on litter...

Literature lovers book it to sale

More than thirty people packed the meeting room at the library on Monday for the Friends of the Wareham Free Library’s first...

Students help Elks Lodge rebuild website

The Wareham-New Bedford Lodge #73 is partnering with Upper Cape Regional Technical High School information technology...

Absentee ballots available for Wareham Fire District’s April 13 Election

Please be advised that Absentee Ballots for the Wareham Fire District’s upcoming April 13 th election are now available at...

Three candidates compete for two seats on Board of Selectmen

Three candidates are running for two open seats on the Board of Selectmen. The top two vote-getters serve three year terms...

Spinning wheels for a good cause at The Gleason Family YMCA

The legs of 50 participants and 5 trainers turned the bike spokes into a blur at the Gleason Family YMCA during the 4th...

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