Opinion

Letter-to-the-Editor: Thank you, Tobey Hospital

We are very fortunate to have a state-of-the-art emergency facility so close to our homes: The Baldwin Makepeace Emergency Center at Tobey Hospital - a remarkable asset to its surrounding communities. The care both in the ER and on the third floor...

Opinion: Taste of our Towns, a huge success!

To the editor: The Taste of Our Towns Event on September 16th, benefiting Turning Point, was a huge success! We want to thank all of the sponsors, donors, volunteers and food vendors who participated and made this a night to remember. Local...

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Opinion: Thank you for bringing back Relay for Life

To the editor: I want to thank Tricia and all the volunteers for their hard work in making the Relay for Life on September 13, 2024 a wonderful and memorable experience. I was so happy to have this event back in Wareham and being a cancer survivor...

Opinion: Honoring a special member of the community

The Chalkfest (aka Chalk-Full-O-Fun) annual summer event, recently held in Onset at the bandshell area on August 17, is a wonderful community family experience! Where can you entertain your family for $5 for a sidewalk square, get a box of chalk to...

Opinion: Thanks for scholarship fundraiser

To the editor, On Saturday, September 7 th , the Onset Cape Verdean Festival Association sponsored a Cape Cod Canal Cruise to raise funds for scholarships. The event attracted 146 friends of the organization from the Cape Cod communities, New...

Opinion: September is ovarian cancer awareness month

To the editor, September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and I kindly ask all residents of Wareham if possible to please wear the color teal to honor the women that survived and the women that died from this horrible disease. I hope someday there...

Opinion: Chalk-Full-O-Gratitude

To the editor, The 10th Chalk-Full-O-Fun Festival was a huge success and the Chalkfest team sincerely appreciates all the community support that helped to make it happen. Financial contributors included: the Wareham and Rochester Cultural Councils,...

Opinion: Mourning Bob White

To the editor, I am writing this letter to express my profound sadness on the recent passing of Bob White. He was my closest friend and meant the world to me. Bob helped me in so many ways just like he did for others here in the Wareham community. I...

Opinion: Beware of rutting deer

To the editor, Walking with my dog on leash this morning on dirt road off Green Gate lane, there was a buck deer standing around 20 feet away. He lowered his antlers. We stared at each other. He stomped his left front hoof. We decided to turn around...

Opinion: Sidewalk artists, a poem

This poem was inspired by the author’s experience at the Onset Bay Association’s sidewalk chalk festival , held Saturday, Aug. 17. Sidewalk artists from all around make their way to Onset, Mass, Knowing with chalk in hand and their...