Police, Fire & Courts

Driver taken to hospital after fiery crash on Route 25

This story has been updated with new information from State Police. An SUV rolled over and burst into flames after colliding with a pickup truck on Route 25 on Tuesday, March 21. In an email to Wareham Week, State Police said that...

Car flips, two hospitalized in Route 6 crash

Two people were rushed to the hospital after a two-car crash at the intersection of Route 6 and Cromesett Road on Sunday, March 19. One of the drivers, Natasha Whitford of Carver, broke her femur and suffered facial injuries after her car flipped...
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Police Association gives $1,000 to Boston Children’s Hospital

On Friday, March 17, the Wareham Police Association held a Saint Patrick’s Day blood drive and fundraiser for Boston Children’s Hospital. Over 40 people, including representatives of the Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Natural...

Two hospitalized after Megansett Drive fire

Two people were hospitalized for minor injuries following a fire at 11 Megansett Drive on Friday, March 17. The fire started in an outbuilding next to the main house, the Wareham Fire Department said in a Facebook post . 17 Wareham firefighters...

Former Onset pizzeria owner arrested on forced labor charges

The owner of a pizzeria chain that once had a location in Onset was arrested on Thursday, March 16 and charged with forced labor, according to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts . Stavros “Steve”...

Select Board balks at price of moving Police Department to Town Hall

A price estimate of over $44 million for converting Town Hall into a new police station has derailed Town Administrator Derek Sullivan’s plan for a three-way shuffling of town buildings . According to Select Board Chair Judith Whiteside, “no formal...

Three displaced in Standish Avenue fire

A fire at 34 Standish Ave. gutted a house and displaced three adults on Tuesday, March 7. The Wareham and Onset Fire Departments, the Wareham Police Department and Wareham EMS arrived on the scene at around 10:55 a.m., according to a Fire Department...

Take this class and save a life

The Wareham Police Department will offer an instructional class on how to use Narcan and identify the signs of a drug overdose at the Onset Bay Center, 186 Onset Ave., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 23. The class will teach life-saving...

Give blood and raise a glass to help kids on Saint Patrick’s Day

When most people invite one another to have a pint on Saint Patrick’s Day, they’re thinking of beer, not blood. To Boston Children’s Hospital, however, there’s no such thing as a holiday. 365 days a year, hospital staff help young patients in...

Man jumps to his death from Bourne Bridge

A 32-year-old Wareham man jumped to his death from the Bourne Bridge on Saturday, Feb. 11, Bourne Police Chief Brandon M. Esip announced in a Facebook post . On Saturday night, Bourne and State Police were notified of a man climbing the bridge. When...

Retired police K-9 dies

Rolf, a retired Wareham Police K-9, has died, the Department announced in a Thursday, Feb. 9 Facebook post . According to the post, Rolf was “guided to the Rainbow Bridge” by his owner and work partner, K-9 Officer Michael Phinney. To Phinney, Rolf...

Family loses home in Plymouth Avenue blaze

A family of four, including two dogs, lost their home at 147 Plymouth Ave. to fire on Sunday, Feb. 5. The Wareham Fire Department responded to a call about a structure fire at 5:35 a.m. According to a Fire Department press release, no one was...

Firefighters battle flames, cold on Knowles Avenue

Thirty-two Wareham firefighters battled a fire that gutted a home at 11 Knowles Ave. on Saturday, Feb. 4. Saturday’s extremely cold temperatures, which caused the water from the firefighters’ hoses to freeze, made it take two and a half hours to...

Fire Department rescues dog that fell through ice

The Wareham Fire Department, aided by the Police Department and Department of Natural Resources, rescued a dog who fell through an icy pond on Barker Road around 7 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. With temperatures reaching as low as-3 degrees, rescuers...

Police Association gives $1,000 to Council on Aging in ‘No-Shave’ fundraiser

The Wareham Police Association donated $1,000 to the Wareham Council on Aging as part of its “No Shave” fundraiser. The Police Association presented the donation on Thursday, Feb. 2. The “No Shave” fundraiser was started by Police Association Vice...

Fire Department reaches out to Duxbury colleagues

The Wareham Fire Department reached out to provide moral and physical support to their colleagues in the Duxbury Fire Department after they responded to the deaths of three children on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Wareham Fire Department representatives...

Brockton man arrested in Wareham for Quincy murder

A Brockton fugitive was arrested at a Wareham residence for the August 2022 murder of a Quincy man. 23-year-old Dante Clarke, arrested by state and local police on Monday, Jan. 23, is one of seven men suspected in the fatal shooting of Jordan...

Wareham, Onset Fire Districts receive $32,000 in state grants

The Wareham Fire District has received $14,042.62 in state safety equipment grants, and the Onset Fire District has received $18,386. The grants, announced in December 2022, were part of $5 million in grant money given to 308 fire departments across...

Woman injured in Glen Charlie Road crash

A woman was rushed to St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford on Thursday, Jan. 12 after crashing into a tree near the entrance of the Wareham Lake Shores neighborhood on Glen Charlie Road. Police Chief Walter Correia said that a medical issue may have...

Fire Department receives $5,000 in grants

The Wareham Fire Department has received $5,316 in fire safety education grants from the Student and Senior Awareness of Fire Education programs. The state-funded programs are designed to help local fire departments give students and seniors the...

Plymouth County Outreach issues alert after 13 overdoses in 19 days

Thirteen fatal overdoses have been reported in Plymouth County in the first 19 days of December, prompting an alert from Plymouth County Outreach. The 13 fatal overdoses are more than any other month this year. Plymouth County Outreach and its...

25 firefighters tackle basement blaze

Twenty five Wareham firefighters responded to a fast-moving fire which started in the basement of a Plymouth Avenue home on the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 18. The basement fire spread rapidly to the first floor of the home. Wareham Fire Engine 1...

Police Association gives $1,000 to Kendrick House in ‘No-Shave’ fundraiser

The Wareham Police Association donated $1,000 to the Kendrick House for disabled veterans as part of its “No Shave” fundraiser. The “No Shave” fundraiser was started by Police Association Vice President Lorenzo Grosso last year, when the Association...

Shop with a Cop returns to Wareham

The Wareham Police Association continued its annual Shop With A Cop program on Monday, Dec. 12. Officers shared pizza from BB’s Restaurant with 10 kids before taking them on a shopping spree at Walmart to bring some holiday cheer before Christmas...

Fire Department holds food drive for local families

From cake mix to canned beans to peanut butter, soup and granola bars, the Wareham Fire Department collected 3,000 nonperishable food items on Sunday, Dec. 11. The Wareham Fire Department held its third annual food drive at Shaw’s and Stop and Shop...

Police Association stuffs cruisers with almost 1,000 gifts

The Wareham Police Association collected almost 1,000 toys and gifts donated by local residents during this year’s Stuff-a-Cruiser event on Saturday, Dec. 3. “I think the turnout was better [than last year],” said Police Association President Calib...

“Careless disposal of smoking materials” likely caused Main Street fire

“Careless disposal of smoking materials” most likely caused the devastating fire at 426 Main St. on Saturday, Nov. 19, a Fire Department representative said in a phone call with Wareham Week. Eight people lost their home when the multi-family...

UPDATE: Three-alarm fire displaces eight, hospitalizes two

A three-alarm fire gutted a multi-family house at 426 Main St. on Saturday, Nov. 19, displacing eight people and sending one civilian and one firefighter to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Reports of the fire first came in at 11:19 a...

One hurt, two homes damaged in fire at Onset Trailer Park

One person suffered minor injuries and two mobile homes were damaged in a fire at Onset Trailer Park on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 8. The fire started towards the back end of trailer 17 between trailers 17 and 18 at 3036 Cranberry Highway...

Wareham Police Association hosts blood drive for Rochester child

The Wareham Police Association hosted a blood drive on Wednesday, Oct. 26 in honor of a local child’s battle with a chronic illness. Rylie Dion is a Rochester resident and patient of Wareham Pediatrics who is struggling with Chronic Cervicofacial...

Police Department adds two electric vehicles to fleet

Wareham Police Chief Walter Correia remembers when, shortly after his Police Department purchased two 2022 Ford Mustang Mach E electric cars in January and May of this year, one skeptical resident asked him: “That’s what my tax dollars are going for...

Raynham teen killed in Wareham crash

A 16-year-old Raynham girl died in a single-vehicle crash on Route 495 in Wareham on Monday, Oct. 17, state police reported. According to police, the girl’s 2008 Toyota Sienna was driving southbound when it veered off the road, into the grass median...

Wareham native found dead in apparent murder-suicide

A Wareham native and his wife were found dead on Sunday, Oct. 9, in what the Kingston Police Department believe to be a murder-suicide. The couple were identified as Colin Canham, 45, and Sara Emerick, 45. Canham is a Wareham native and a graduate...