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Garden Club to celebrate the Wareham Free Library’s birthday

The Wareham Garden Club’s “finest floral designers” will be on hand June 11 and 12 to help the Wareham Free Library celebrate its birthday. The event, titled, “ Remember Back When,” is the result of a partnership between the Garden Club, the Wareham...

Clean up the Hammond School

Join the Wareham Tigers, the Bridge Church, Community Youth Empowerment and Onset Kidz Block and help clean up the Ethel E. Hammond School in Onset at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 15.
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Tobey Hospital Guild is selling cookbooks

The Tobey Hospital Guild is selling a cookbook of 180 family recipes to support the Guild’s fundraising efforts. The recipes included are local favorites, some of which have been passed down for generations, according to the guild. Books cost $15...

Onset Bluffs clean-up

Volunteers are needed for the Onset Bluffs Clean-Up on Saturday, May 15, at 8 a.m. Volunteers will be removing brush and picking up litter. Grabbers, bags, gloves and water will be provided. Volunteers are asked to bring their own tools, and parking...

Wild Edibles Planting Day at Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary

Join the Wareham Land Trust and Mass Audubon for a Wild Edibles Planting Day on Saturday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mass Audubon’s Great Neck Wildlife Sanctuary. Russ Cohen, an edible plant educator and grower, will lead the event and help...

Redmen to host take-out ham and bean dinner

The Redman Cromesett Tribe #156 will host a Ham and Bean Supper on Sunday, June 13. The dinner will be take-out only, and will include Charlie’s famous homemade baked beans, baked ham, mac and cheese, cole slaw, a dinner roll, and dessert. Tickets...

Volunteer spring cleaning day at the Onset VFW

The Onset VFW is looking for volunteers to help clean up the pavilion and grounds before the summer season. On May 16, from 8 a.m. to noon, volunteers can help pitch in at 4 Gibbs Ball Park Rd. Lunch will be provided to all volunteers. Covid-19...

Onset Bay Association’s Mostly Annual Chili Contest

The Onset Bay Association’s Mostly Annual Chili Contest will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 8, at Stone Path Malt, 11 Kendrick Rd. This event is indoors and outdoors with a limited amount of tickets being sold. Previously purchased tickets...

Garden Club to host plant sale

The Wareham Garden Club will host their annual “Spring into Bloom” plant and yard sale on Saturday, May 15, at 9 a.m. The sale will be held at the Methodist Meeting House at 495 Main St., and will include goods like perennials, annuals, herbs,...

Wareham Viking Theatre Company to perform ‘She’s Dead!’

The Wareham Viking Theatre Company will perform “She’s Dead,” a murder mystery play written and directed by students James Fitzgerald and Colby Flanigan at 6:30 p.m. on May 8 at the Wareham High School softball field. Tickets are available to the...

May activities at the Council on Aging

Although the Council on Aging is still closed due to the pandemic, several outdoor events are planned for May, weather permitting. The Council on Aging hopes to reopen the Center soon. Coffee and Conversation takes place each Tuesday from 9 to 10 a...

Peace for Ponies Yard Sale

Peace for Ponies at 12 Great Neck Rd. in East Wareham will be hosting a yard sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 15 and 16, with rain dates on May 22 and 23. All proceeds go to the rescue and rehabilitation of animals, and helping them find forever...

Boatload of outdoor fun planned for April vacation week by nature groups

The Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Onset Bay Center, Mass Audubon, and the Wareham Land Trust are teaming up to offer a number of outdoor programs for the April school vacation. On Wednesday, April 21, search for natural wonders on Wickets Island after...

Hodge Podge to visit Wareham Free Library

Hodge Podge of the Toe Jam Puppet Band will be making an appearance at the Wareham Free Library from 1 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20. Families are encouraged to drive by and wave to both Hodge Podge and Children’s Librarian Marcia Hickey at the...

Wareham Land Trust Storywalk: ‘We are water protectors’

Wareham residents are encouraged to stop by the Wareham Land Trust’s Agawam River Trail, located at 20 Knowles Ave., to follow along with the children’s book “We are Water Protectors.” The Land Trust describes the book as “beautifully written and...

Dollar Days at Mission Thrift Shop

The Mission Thrift Shop will hold its bi-annual Dollar Day Sale from Thursday, March 25, through Saturday, March 27. All items will be reduced to $1. The thrift shop is located at Wesley United Methodist Church at 462 Main Street, and is open from 1...

Applications available for Dr. Thomas Gleason scholarship

Applications are now available for the 2021 Dr. Thomas Gleason Scholarships. Two scholarships -- one for $1,000 and one for $500 -- will be awarded to Wareham residents who are accepted or currently enrolled in a college, university, or professional...

$1 Weekend at the Next-to-New Thrift Shop

The Next-to-New Thrift Shop at the First Congregational Church of Wareham will be having a $1 Weekend sale on March 11, 12, and 13. All men’s and women’s clothing will cost $1, and kid’s clothes will be three pieces for $1. The thrift store, located...

Friends to accept donations for book sales

The Friends of the Wareham Free Library will be accepting book donations for their future used book sales during limited days and times. The book donation cart will be outside the entrance at the Main Library at 59 Marion Road. Donations will be...

Veterans Conversation Group

A Veterans Conversation Group for veterans and their families will resume meeting on Tuesday, April 27. The group brings together veterans and families to talk, and is always looking for new members. The group will meet at 10 a.m. at the track at...

Free family playgroup to meet on Onset Beach

A new free family beach playgroup program is set to begin on Onset Beach. The program is sponsored by the Onset Bay Center and the Wareham Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Council. Each meeting of the play group will feature sensory...

StoryWalks are coming to Onset Beach

Go for a walk on Onset Beach while reading a story at a series of StoryWalk events. The Onset Bay Center and the Wareham Coordinated Family and Community Engagement Council are hosting a series of four StoryWalks this spring. A StoryWalk is a guided...

‘Teachings from the Trail’: Land Trust to host educational walks

The Wareham Land Trust is hosting a variety of walks with volunteer naturalists focused on educating participants about the great outdoors. All the walks are free, but the number of participants is limited due to covid-19 so pre-registration is...

Garden Club to offer scholarships

The Wareham Garden Club will be awarding $1,000 scholarships for graduating high school seniors and college students. Applicants should have been legal residents of Wareham for at least a year and have a minimum B (or 3.0) average. Scholarships are...

Spring 2021 youth soccer registration is open

Registration is now open for boys and girls youth soccer. Children ages 4 to 13 are invited to register at www.warehamsoccer.com . Wareham Youth Soccer will continue to follow Massachusetts Youth Soccer’s covid guidelines. The fee schedule for youth...

Post-holiday covid surge appears to be slowing, official says

Town Administrator Derek Sullivan said Wareham seems to finally be emerging on the other side of the post-holiday spike in covid-19 cases. “The actual number of positive cases has declined,” Sullivan reported during the Jan. 26 Board of Selectmen...

February Virtual Book Club

The Wareham Free Library’s Virtual Book Club will be reading and discussing the non-fiction New York Times bestseller “Furious Hours” by Casey Cep at its upcoming February meeting. Copies of the book in regular print, large print and audio CD are...

Valentine’s Day sale at the Next-to-New Thrift Shop

The Next-To-New Thrift Shop at the First Congregational Church of Wareham will be celebrating Valentine’s Day all February. All red or pink colored clothing for women, men and kids will be half price. The thrift store, located at 11 Gibbs Ave., is...

Council on Aging’s January activities and programs

Although the Wareham Council on Aging remains closed because of covid-19, a variety of outreach programs and appointments are available, according to a Council on Aging press release. Meals on Wheels will continue to be delivered to homes of seniors...

Next to New Thrift Shops’s January sale

The Next to New Thrift Shop’s January sales event will begin on Friday, Jan. 1. For the month of January, all clothing with black tags in the men’s, women’s and children’s shop will be half price. The shop is open Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to...

Thrift shop at Wesley United Methodist Church to hold clearance sale

The Mission Thrift Shop at Wesley United Methodist Church will be open for its January clearance sale on the following days: Thursday, Jan. 7 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 8 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 9 from 10 a.m...

VFW Christmas Dinner for seniors, veterans, and those in need

The Onset VFW at 4 Gibbs Ball Park Rd. will be hosting its sixth annual Christmas Dinner for seniors, veterans, and people in need from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Due to the pandemic, the dinner will be take-out or delivery only. The VFW has...