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Select Board candidate Rick Coletti fired from Wareham Police, had private detective’s license revoked for misconduct

Select Board candidate Rick Coletti was fired from the Wareham Police Department in 1998 for misconduct as a police officer and had a private detective’s license revoked in 2002 for the same reasons. According to a 1998 Standard-Times report and a...

Meet the candidates: Three run for one, two year seat on Select Board

As the May 6 town election approaches three Select Board candidates are vying for one, two-year unexpired term left vacant by the resignation of current board member Sherry Quirk. This year there is a second Select Board race with three other...
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Meet Select Board candidate Marcus S. Gomes

Marcus S. Gomes is a lifelong Wareham resident who grew up playing sports and cooking at the now closed Lindsey's Restaurant. Now he wants to help better the community he has called home his whole life. Gomes, 32, son of Alan Gomes and Cindy Logan...

Meet Select Board candidate Jared Chadwick

“A thorough thought-out process takes time, there's stuff I still want to complete and I believe this town needs it,” said Jared Chadwick who is running for reelection to the Select Board this spring. Chadwick recently succeeded in bringing an EMT...

Meet the candidates: Three run for two seats on Select Board

Three candidates are vying for two available three-year terms on the Wareham Select Board as the Tuesday, May 6 town election approaches. This year there is a second Select Board race with three other candidates competing for one two-year unexpired...

Meet Select Board candidate Joseph Still

Joseph Still said he wanted to run for a seat on the Select Board when he graduated from high school at 18-years-old. Now, at 23, his name is on the ballot. “I believe the town needs a young fresh perspective from someone who is experienced in town...

Meet Select Board candidate Mark Swan

Mark Swan, who is running for Select Board for the first time this spring, described himself as an “America first and Wareham first candidate.” Swan has never held a position in town government. He ran for Republican State Committee in 2024 but was...

Planning Board recommends voters pass solar, housing zoning bylaws

At the Jan. 13 Special Town Meeting voters decided two proposed zoning bylaw changes needed more study. On March 24 the Planning Board recommended voters approve new versions of the bylaws at the April 28 Town Meeting. Both bylaws propose extensive...

Candidates for town election finalized

The ballot for the May 6 town election is set after two candidates dropped out and a new one joined before the March 18 nomination deadline. Six candidates are competing for two Select Board races, one candidate is running unopposed for the School...

Race is on: Many election hopefuls take out nomination papers

As of March 10, twelve people have taken out nomination papers for Wareham’s May 6 town election, which is the first step for candidates to get their name on the ballot. With the March 18 deadline to return papers still ahead, more residents may...

Annual town election approaches

Wareham voters will elect eight candidates to various town committees and positions on May 6 in the annual town election. Open seats include two three-year terms on the Select Board, a three-year term on the School Committee and a three-year term...