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Blessing of the Fleet returns to Onset after pandemic, weather delays

After years of pandemic cancelations and a single-day delay due to Saturday’s inclement weather, the annual Blessing of the Fleet cruised through Onset Bay Sunday morning as part of the weekend’s holiday festivities. Boats adorned with all things...

Onset Village bandshell structural renovations are complete

The town’s structural renovations of the Lillian Gregerman Bandshell Bandshell in Onset are now complete, the Onset Bay Association announced on Friday, July 1. “A HUGE, HEARTFELT THANK YOU goes out to Dave Menard and the Crew from Wareham Municipal...

Onset Blessing of the Fleet, Bonfire moved to Sunday

Onset’s celebrations of Independence Day are being postponed to Sunday due to forecasted thunderstorms, high winds and hail on and off on Saturday and Saturday night. First up this weekend is the Onset Blessing of the Fleet, where boats will course...

Volunteers refresh fences along Onset Beach

Beachgoers walking along South Boulevard might spot a few volunteers sprucing up the beachfront fences throughout the rest of this month. The volunteers come from Road to Responsibility , a Marshfield-based organization that works with people with...

Select Board OKs food, alcohol licenses

The Select Board approved two businesses’ requests to move forward with food and alcohol sales during the board’s Tuesday night meeting. First up was Kevin Osgood, owner of Sterling Golf Management, which now runs the Little Harbor Country Club. The...

Planning Board votes on part of Main Street project modification

Danny Warren and the engineering firm working on his 59 Main St. project presented changes to that plan on Monday night to the Planning Board, which voted on a few items as Warren warned of an imminent deadline. Bill Madden of GAF Engineering...

Health care workers rally for higher wages ‘across the board’

Tobey Hospital workers donned ponchos Monday afternoon to rally in the rain for higher wages. Holding up signs and soliciting honks from passing cars, the workers spent their lunch breaks and time off protesting at Besse Park, across the street from...

Protesters for abortion rights buoyed by public support

Roughly 70 people gathered outside Town Hall on Sunday in protest of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. That decision removed the federal right to abortion. Some states have old laws on the books or newer abortion bans written to...

Covid cases down as vaccine newly available to very young children

Covid cases in Wareham were down to 18 last week per the state, and now, covid vaccines are now available for everyone ages 6 months and up, as the federal government has approved both Pfizer and Moderna’s pediatric vaccines. In recent weeks, weekly...

Reading Partners classes to tackle learning English, U.S. citizenship test

The Reading Partners program at the Wareham Free Library will host two classes this July: One to help English language-learners improve their conversational skills and one to help people prepare for their citizenship test. Both are free of charge...

Select Board to return to in-person meetings

The Wareham Select Board is now on its summer schedule, meeting every other week. On June 28, the board will meet virtually via Zoom. Starting on July 12, meetings will once again be held in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room in the Multiservice Center.

Sterling Golf takes over at Little Harbor

The Sterling Golf Management Company officially took over the operation of the Little Harbor Golf Course on June 1. Jay Miller, the company’s director of golf course operations, has managed courses for decades — including the Hidden Valley Golf Club...

Select Board talks tweaks to appointments

At its Tuesday, June 14 meeting, the Select Board discussed some possible tweaks to their procedure for appointing people to boards. One change could require appointed members to show proof that they’ve completed the state-mandated online trainings...

Alan Slavin honored at regional planning meeting

Select Board member Alan Slavin was unanimously re-elected as the Chair of the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD) at the group’s annual meeting on May 25. He was also given the 2022 Distinguished Service Award...

Bandshell to be renovated, ready to host events later this summer

The Lillian Gregerman Bandshell Bandshell in Onset Village is finally being renovated — and it should be ready to host events in a few weeks, Town Administrator Derek Sullivan reported at the June 14 Select Board meeting. Town Meeting approved...

What we know about Saturday’s shooting in Onset

The victim in Saturday’s shooting in Onset is in stable condition as of Tuesday. But police haven’t made any arrests in the case, Police Chief Walter Correia said via a press release. “The victim is not cooperating with the investigation,” Correia...

Fearing Hill solar project inches forward

The proposed solar project on Fearing Hill was discussed in a Planning Board meeting again Monday night, as board members heard more details from the applicant and more concerns from abutting residents. The proposed 20-acre solar array, to be...

Gatemen open season with a win over Hyannis

Fans filled the stands at Spillane Field on Sunday night for the Wareham Gatemen’s home opening game against the Hyannis Harbor Hawks, which the home team won 2-1. The game was the first of the 2022 season, which will be the first full-length season...

One shot in Onset, police say victim ‘not saying anything’

An early afternoon shooting in Onset on Saturday resulted in one person being airlifted to a trauma center with multiple gunshot wounds and prompted an intense police search for the shooter or shooters. “We have nobody in custody,” Police Chief...

Garden Club awards scholarships

The Wareham Garden Club has awarded two $1,000 scholarships to Wareham students who are strong academically, have dedicated time to community service and who share common goals with the Garden Club. Haley Anne Peltier, a student at Upper Cape...

March for Our Lives: Protesters call for gun control

Nearly two hundred people lined Route 6 in front of Town Hall on Saturday, joining tens of thousands across the country in the March for Our Lives. The march, organized by survivors of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, shooting, is a student-led movement...

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