Selectman Joey Still talks first year on the board, goals for the future

When Joey Still became the youngest person elected to the Select Board, he wanted to be a voice, and an example for the town’s younger population on how the youth can make a difference in town.

From representing the needs of Wareham residents on Beacon Hill to getting his hands dirty picking up trash, Still described his first year as the “opportunity of a lifetime.”

“I did some phenomenal things during the year and 2026 is looking like it’s going to be an event better year,” Still said.

At 24-years-old, Still, a real estate agent, was elected to the Select Board during the spring 2025 election for a three-year seat. He described his first year as a mix of listening and getting out in the community.

“Ever since I was 18 I was focused on making it very big in business but being a Select Board member has allowed me to take a step back and think,” he said.

During his campaign, Still founded the non-profit Wareham Clean and Green to pick up trash around town which he has continued as a Selectman.

Still and his group helped organize four cleanups this past year including the town-wide Don’t Trash Wareham event which got 150 people over two days in October cleaning the town— and there are no plans of stopping in the future.

Prioritizing what Wareham can do for the youth was one of Still’s biggest reasons for running during his campaign. Once elected he began giving talks in the schools and aims to work with the School Committee on how the town can better support the schools.

“The reception I got from the students was amazing,” he said. “I think the best way to go about helping the students is being in front of them and telling them it’s possible.”

Over the next two years, Still said he wants to start conversations around how the town can supply high quality programs to keep kids in Wareham schools. One idea he is pursuing is bringing a youth center into town.

“A youth center would influence not only Wareham but other towns to come here and participate,” he said. “I can’t say it’s going to be here in the next two years but programs like this could do some good things for the town.”

Moving forward, Still said another area of focus for him will be finding ways to make the town more money and as a real estate agent, he is looking to the many empty storefronts on Main Street.
Still said finding ways to get vacant storefronts and buildings filled by working with property owners to sell buildings sitting vacant for the town to use and finding plans for town-owned sites like the Tremont Nail Factory.

He said some progress is being made but the conversations about how to get these projects done needs to become a higher priority.

“In the next two years if I could do anything I would love to fix up those buildings on Main Street,” he said.