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Make your voice heard with transportation survey

The wheels of progress are about to move forward, with the public’s help. The Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District has opened an online survey where residents of southeastern Massachusetts can sound off about the changes...

Brockton man arrested in Wareham for Quincy murder

A Brockton man was arrested at a Wareham hotel for the August 2022 murder of a Quincy man. According to NBC Boston, Dante Clark, arrested on Monday, Jan. 23, was one of three fugitive suspects in the fatal shooting of Jordan Wiggins outside of his...
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Track not a solo sport, High School runners say

Snowy weather did not stop the Wareham High School boys and girls indoor track teams from practicing on Monday, Jan 23. Instead of a track, the teams opted to practice in the High School hallways. The teams warmed up by running laps and sprinting...

Solar companies still can’t shine light on decommissioning costs

After months of tough scrutiny from the Planning Board, representatives of Borrego Solar and New Leaf Energy still cannot confirm the exact cost of decommissioning the solar panels which would populate proposed solar fields at 27 Charge Pond Road...

Opinion: Paraprofessionals deserve a raise

Jan. 23, 2023 To the Editor: I have been employed with the Wareham Public Schools since 2007. I began my journey volunteering in my sons' classroom. I stayed to help not only his teacher, but any teacher in any way that I could. Lots of times, it...

Students track down bird prints on Onset Bay

There was still snow on the sand of Onset Beach on Tuesday, Jan. 17, when a group of intrepid young explorers searched the beach for the animals who call it home during the winter months. The scavenger hunt was one of the Onset Bay Center’s...

‘Stand up to corporate:’ Cannabis dispensary employees vote to form union

For Thomas Hooper, the grass wasn’t always greener. In April 2022, Hooper went to work for Nature’s Medicines, a cannabis dispensary with shops in Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan and New Mexico, at its newly-opened location at 3119...

Local college students receive academic awards

The academic accolades keep coming for Wareham natives attending college outside of Massachusetts. On Monday, Jan. 23, the University of New Hampshire announced that students Olivia Condon and Alexander Diogenes received Highest Honors and were...

Local students can win $2,000 in eco-art contest

Bow Seat, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit which uses art to raise awareness of ocean conservation, is accepting entries in its “Climate Heroes in Action” student art contest. From now until June 13, students between the ages of 11 and 18 worldwide...

Make a change with United Way grants

The United Way of Greater New Bedford will hold two virtual information sessions about its Changemaker Grants, which are available for any all-volunteer community projects in the Greater New Bedford area. The Zoom meetings will be held on Wednesday...

Upper Cape Tech students become Ocean Ambassadors

“Ocean Guardian Youth Ambassadors” sounds like the name of a comic book superhero team, but it is a real honor that four Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School freshmen, two of them from Wareham, received on Friday, Jan. 20. Lilia Lopez Del Moral...

Opinion: Ending mail-ins will not suppress vote

Jan. 22, 2023 To the Editor: In response to the opinion “ Select Board must not stop mail-in voting :” Massachusetts state law provides: “A registered voter who will be unable to vote at the polls on Election Day due to absence from the voter's city...

Community Events Committee accepting funding applications

The Wareham Community Events Committee is once again accepting funding applications for upcoming local events. All funding requests received by Wednesday, April 19 will be reviewed at the Committee’s meeting that month. Applicants are asked to...

Opinion: Wesley UMC wants to focus on ministry, not arguing

Jan. 23, 2023 To the Editor: We, Wesley United Methodist Church, feel as if the true nature of our possible disaffiliation was not represented well. Wesley UMC feels that the tradition of the church has been/is compromised at this time. Those who...

Get a piece of the (shepherd’s) pie at Wesley UMC

It’s not such a pie in the sky idea. Wesley United Methodist Church, 462 Main St., will host a shepherd’s pie dinner on Friday, Jan. 27 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Guests will also be served salad, rolls, desserts and beverages. The cost to attend the...

Middle School musicians take stage at Winter Fest Concert

For some of Wareham Middle School’s young musicians, the Winter Fest Concert held on Thursday, Jan. 17 was their first time playing in front of an audience. The concert, directed by music teacher Caitlin Francese, began with “Reading the Notes,” a...

Middle Schoolers express talents at Art Show

Pencil shading, water color, and handmade stamp prints were only a few of the techniques on display during Wareham Middle School’s Winter Fest Art Show on Thursday, Jan.19. “We wanted a chance for the community to see the amazing artwork that our...

School Committee approves writing programs to boost MCAS scores

Students at Wareham Elementary School and Middle School will soon be learning writing programs intended to improve their MCAS scores. At its meeting on Thursday, Jan. 19, the School Committee unanimously approved the writing programs as part of a...

Solar court rulings challenge Conservation Commission

The Conservation Commission is facing the heat on solar, as recent decisions handed down by the Plymouth County Superior Court challenge the Commission’s approval and denial of two different solar projects. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, Judge Elaine...

Go on the trail of a killer at the Library

The Wareham Free Library’s Mystery Book Club will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 6 p.m. to discuss the novel “Mallory’s Oracle” by Carol O’Connell. The novel, which later spawned a series starring its title character, follows an amoral policewoman on...

25 High Schoolers awarded at entrepreneur event

25 Wareham High School students who are members of the DECA Club for aspiring entrepreneurs won awards at the DECA District 8 Competition in Barnstable on Jan. 5 and 6. The awards were for the students’ high scores in testing and roleplay, in which...

Youth soccer registration has kicked off

Registration for the Wareham Youth Soccer Club’s spring 2023 season is now open at www.warehamsoccer.com . Registration closes March 24. Games start in early April. All activities are at the soccer fields at 98 Charlotte Furnace Road, West Wareham...

Select Board could ‘opt out’ of mail-in voting for Town Election

Wareham could “opt out” of mail-in-voting for May’s Town Election, a possibility discussed during the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Town Clerk Michele Bissonnette argued that getting rid of voting by mail would not deprive anyone...

Former Gatemen president will head Cape Cod Baseball League

New Bedford attorney Andrew Lang, who served as president of the Wareham Gatemen in 2022, was named 12th president of the Cape Cod Baseball League on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Lang got his start in Wareham as assistant general manager of the Gatemen in...

Breakfast, chowder on agenda for Wesley UMC

Wesley United Methodist Church, 462 Main St., will hold its monthly Free Community Breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. This month, the Church will serve scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit, assorted juices and coffee...

Not-so-special delivery

It absolutely, positively won’t be there overnight. Freelance photographer David Curran snapped this dramatic photo of a Fed-Ex truck receiving a different kind of shipping after a rollover crash on Route 25 on Monday, Jan. 16. No injuries were...

Historical Society program cancelled

The Wareham Historical Society’s program about life in Wareham during the 1950s, which was to be held Monday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m., has been cancelled due to inclement weather.

Ancient music, drink mark winter ceremony

It sounds like the perfect way to spend a cold winter’s night. A warm, dark, cozy room, soothing music and a warm cup of cacao — wait, cacao? Not cocoa? Yes, you read that correctly. In Mesoamerica, drinks made of cacao, the unroasted seed of the...

YMCA takes over JBA youth basketball league

When Adam Pitts was 8 years old, he made a decision that changed his life. He joined the Wareham Junior Basketball Association. “It was huge,” Pitts said. “Sports were huge for me.” From playing in the Junior Basketball Association, he learned...

Service dog provides physical, emotional support to boy with cerebral palsy

On Sunday, Jan. 15, 3-year-old Reese Sutton pressed his hands and face to the window of his apartment and watched the snow fly. “It’s really snowing,” he said. Reese, or “Reesie” as his mother Molly Baragwanath calls him, enjoys throwing the snow...

Wesley UMC to disaffiliate over ‘contentious’ climate, LGBTQ issues

Wesley United Methodist Church has moved one step closer to disaffiliating from the New England Conference of the United Methodist Church, citing a “contentious” climate and disagreement with the Conference’s acceptance of same-sex marriage and...

Visit the Holy Land with Onset Foursquare Church

Join Onset Foursquare Church Pastors Jerry Fernandes, Kathryn Kelly and Lynn Lapka, along with Lapka’s wife Holly, on a life-changing trip to Israel from May 7 to May 18, 2023. The Lapkas are seasoned Israel and Bible lands tour guides. Visiting the...

Vikings leave Cardinals seeing red in blowout game

Quick tight passes on offense and determined defense resulted in a win for the Wareham Vikings against the Swansea Case Cardinals during a South Coast Conference game on Friday, Jan. 13. The Vikings won the game against the Cardinals with a score of...

Leaf it all to Chance: Arborist leads tour of local forest

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Ask New Bedford conservation agent Chance Perks, and he’ll answer with a terse, immediate “yes.” “In fact,” he said, “it makes more of a sound when no one’s around...

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...

Stop, Shop and help the Library all this month

The Wareham Free Library has been selected as a beneficiary of the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program for the month of January 2023. All month, the Library will receive a $1 donation with every purchase of the $2.50 reusable community bag at the...

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...

Help write the future of the Library

The Wareham Free Library is beginning to work on its next five-year plan for the direction and focus of Library services. Library staff and trustees invite Wareham residents and Library stakeholders to one of two upcoming community planning meetings...

MSPCC to oversee Healthy Families program on much of South Coast

The Children’s Trust , the state’s child abuse prevention agency, has given the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) a contract to oversee the Healthy Families Massachusetts program for Acushnet, Fairhaven,...

Look into ‘The Soul of an Octopus’ at the Library

The newly-revived Wareham Free Library Non-Fiction Book Club will discuss Sy Montgomery’s “The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness” on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6:30 p.m. to 7: 45 p.m. Montgomery, a naturalist...

Become a computer whiz at the Library

Budding computer whizzes can learn how to use a keyboard and mouse, access the internet, set up an email account and be safe while surfing the web during a four-week computer class at the Wareham Free Library. During weeks one and two, participants...

Fast footwork at the Council on Aging

“I’ll dance all the way until they close the lid,” said dance instructor Dedee Royale to her students during her first class at the Council on Aging on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Council on Aging members joined Royale’s dance class for fun and exercise...

Walk toward better health at Gleason YMCA

The Gleason Family YMCA, 33 Charge Pond Road, is holding its monthly Wellness Walk on Saturday, Jan. 14 starting at 8:30 a.m. Participants will go for a walk with cardiologist Dr. Matthew Costa, D.O., then do chair yoga from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. with...

Chowder down at Redmen Hall festival

The Improved Order of Redmen, Cromesett Tribe #156, will hold its Chowder Festival on Saturday, Jan. 28 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Redmen Hall, 745 Main St. During the festival, the best chowder cooks from across Wareham will show off their culinary...

Yoga instructor aims for ‘world peace through laughter’

Doug Savage’s favorite form of exercise is a rib-tickler — literally. When he taps his ribs, along with his head, neck and shoulders, he bursts into spontaneous laughter. Every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Savage and a few others roam around the...

Various town offices up for grabs in May elections

May’s Town Election may result in a few new faces across Wareham’s town offices. This spring, there will be opportunities to run for positions on the Select Board, School Committee and more. Election Day is Tuesday, May 2, with submission for...

Town to study possible transportation improvements

The town of Wareham has received $37,900 in state grant money, which it will use to study ways that it can spend money from other grants. The town received the grant last month, courtesy of the MassDOT Complete Streets Plan. The Complete Streets...

Local veteran is finalist in roof giveaway

A Wareham veteran is a finalist in the eighth annual New Year, New Roof Giveaway. The giveaway is sponsored by Care Free Homes, a Fairhaven-based home improvement company. Communities from Cape Cod, Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts...

High School names December award winners

Wareham High School has named its award recipients for December 2022. Senior Winifred Gakidis is Student of the Month. Junior Emma Andrews won the Scotty Monteiro Jr. Foundation Award. The “Scotty Award,” as it is called, is given monthly by the...

See black and save green at FCC thrift shop

Throughout the month of January, all black clothing at the First Congregational Church of Wareham’s Next to New Thrift Shop is 50% off. The thrift shop, located at 11 Gibbs Ave., is open Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and Saturday from...

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