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Longtime Rep. Susan Williams Gifford dies at 64

Rep. Susan Williams Gifford of Wareham died of cancer at age 64 on Tuesday, Oct. 22. Gifford passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, according to her office. First elected to represent the 2nd Plymouth District in 2002, the Republican and...

Veteran state senators talk policy, politics, polarization

LAKEVILLE — Education, immigration, how food servers are paid, and the current state of American politics were all on the menu at the Cranberry Country Chamber of Commerce’s Oct. 17 fall Legislative Luncheon. Retiring state Sen. Marc Pacheco and...

Trim trails and and prune paths with the Wareham Land Trust

Clip, trim and prune Fearing Hill trails with the Wareham Land Trust Saturday, Oct. 26 from 9 to 11 a.m. Tools will be provided by the Land Trust but volunteers can bring their own if they wish. Organizers recommend volunteers bring sunscreen, water...

A portrait of longevity: Five generations pose for photo

For the second time in her life, a Wareham resident posed for a family photo which spanned five generations. Carolyn Tintle, 83, first had five living generations in her family in 2000, when the family took a photo with her mother, then 94, and...

State proposes to replace dam

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is proposing a project to replace the Mill Pond Dam. According to the Department of Transportation, the dam, located near the Elks Lodge underneath Cranberry Highway, would be replaced to allow more...

Fall Town Meeting meets next Monday

Voters at the Monday, Oct. 28 Fall Town Meeting will meet at the Wareham High School auditorium at 7 p.m. to consider spending Community Preservation funds for five projects and conduct routine town business. A potentially controversial effort to...

From Wareham to Wareham: Town officials welcome mayor of Wareham, U.K.

Town officials from Wareham, Massachusetts welcomed the mayor of Wareham, United Kingdom to town with a reception to celebrate and build a strong relationship between the two towns. The reception, which was held at Warren's Harborview Restaurant and...

Wareham Land Trust receives grant to help fix seawall

In order to help repair a crumbling seawall, the Wareham Land Trust has received a grant from the state to conduct a feasibility study for the North Water Street Beach structure. The land trust has been concerned with the seawall's deteriorating...

Rowers partake in far from oar-dinary competition at Onset Rowing Challenge

ONSET — The head of the Charles River wasn’t the only place rowers gathered Saturday, Oct. 19 to cut through the waves and show their aptitude for turning over oars. Over 100 rowers came to Wareham to race in the annual Onset Rowing Challenge hosted...

Damien's Food Pantry partners with Marion Institute to fight food insecurity

In an effort to fight food insecurity and increase access to healthy, local food, Damien's Food Pantry has partnered with the Marion Insitute's Frogfoot Farm. On Wednesday, Oct. 16, over 90 pounds of locally grown turnips and radishes arrived at...

Land Trust puts finishing touches on first accessible trail

The Wareham Land Trust has put the finishing touches on Marks Cove Vista, the organization’s first accessible trail. Mark's Cove Vista, located at 120 Cromesett Road is a property that was purchased by the Land Trust near the end of 2023. It is a...

Rowing Club to host paddlers Oct. 19

Rowers and paddlers will hit Onset Beach Saturday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. for the annual Onset Rowing Challenge sponsored by the Buzzards Bay Rowing Club . The three-mile race will begin and end at Onset Beach. Registration will be held at 10 a.m. the...

Select Board votes to pass over seasonal community designation item

Due to a lack of guidance from the state and public confusion, the Select Board voted to reconsider their decision of favorable action regarding the seasonal community designation. The seasonal community designation will still be on the Town Meeting...

Longtime Select Board member Alan Slavin honored by community

On a clear fall afternoon, people from all around the community gathered at Warren's Harborview Restaurant and Marina to celebrate the "retirement" of long time Select Board member Alan Slavin. The event took place Tuesday, Oct. 15 and while it was...

Early voting begins Saturday, Oct. 19

Early voting for the General Election will begin on Saturday, Oct. 19 and will end on Thursday, Oct. 31. Voting will take place at the Wareham Town Hall, located at 54 Marion Road. On Oct. 19, voting will take place from 9:05 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Oct...

In a sea of red under a sky of pink, people gather to promote food security

Standing in a flooded cranberry bog under a bright pink night sky illuminated by the northern lights, local people gathered in support of the Marion Institute's Frogfoot Farm-Neighbors Feeding Neighbors program at the 2nd annual Boogie at the Bog...

See the town lit up by the northern lights!

In an effort to light up Wareham Week, we asked readers to look to the sky and capture the northern lights as they illuminated the night sky Thursday, Oct. 10. Readers answered the call and submitted the pictures they took of the northern lights...

Town to hear over $1.5 million in funding requests for community preservation projects

Restoration projects at the East Wareham School and Town Hall. Conservation along the Weweantic River Corridor. A rebuild of Lopes Playground. An expanded community garden at Damien's Food Pantry. Voters at the Oct. 28 Town Meeting, voters will be...

Wareham Public Schools to receive $250,000 for pre-K education

Wareham Public Schools have received a $250,000 grant from the state to partner with local early education programs. Preschool Department Chair Wendy Owens explained the school district is still in the planning phase of figuring out how to use the...

Songs, stories and smores: Halloween fun meets land conservation

Under the night sky, lit up in pink by the northern lights, people gathered around a campfire for songs, stories and smores during a Halloween bonfire hosted by the Wareham Land Trust and the Wareham Free Library. At the bonfire held Thursday, Oct...

We want to see your Halloween decorations!

Is your yard especially spooky this time of year? Do neighbors cower in fright? Or howl in good fun? We are looking to scare up a cool photo collection of Halloween decorated yards in Wareham to give our readers a fright. Send photos of your...

Town seeks new state designation to protect year-round housing

As the beaches get a little less busy and summer residents begin to head back to their hometowns, Wareham will see the population dwindle to half of what it is during the summer. Officials, concerned with how the high number of seasonal renters...

Through beaches and bogs: Buzzards Bay Coalition cycles through Wareham

As people cycled through coastal Massachusetts farmland and felt the ocean breeze in their face, riders raised money for the Buzzards Bay Coalition during the 18th annual Watershed Ride. This year, over 320 riders took on a 100, 75 or 35 mile route...

Friends from across the pond

Wareham residents welcome friends from Wareham, United Kingdom as a part of a cultural exchange program where Warehamites from across the pond visit and establish friendships. The cultural exchange program known as “twinning” is when two towns make...

Sen. Marc Pacheco honored before retirement

Members of the 3rd Bristol and Plymouth district communities came out to thank longtime state Sen. Marc Pacheco with a thank you and retirement party for his work as the senator prepares for retirement at the end of this term. The event held at the...

100+ crowd experiences Grace Morrison’s ‘Saltwater Country’

Grace Morrison wowed a near sold-out crowd in her hometown of Wareham on Saturday, October 5, singing songs from her upcoming album Saltwater Country with a full band. More than 100 people attended the event, which was hosted in partnership with...

Farm fresh food at the YMCA

The Gleason Family YMCA brought in Bootstrap Farm Club which runs a mobile farm stand to bring high quality produce, meats and other products to the community. Bootstrap Farm Club is an organization that works with local farmers in Massachusetts and...

Sip and Support raises money and builds community

The Gleason Family YMCA held their annual sip and support fundraiser filled with prizes, games and live music to help them not only raise money but continue to form relationships within the community. The fundraiser held Thursday, Oct. 3 at Stone...

Meet the new Wareham Land Trust executive director

The Wareham Land Trust recently welcomed a new executive director to help them continue to push their message of building community through environmental consciousness throughout town. The new executive director, Alexandra Zollo, brings years of...

Select Board votes for favorable action on town meeting warrant items

At the Oct. 1 Select Board meeting, the board voted to support a number of items on the Town Meeting agenda, including a vote to allocate funding for Lopes Playground renovations and 20 new raised beds for Damien's food pantry garden. The item for...

Maritime museum weighs anchor after six-year restoration project

The Wareham Historical Society recently celebrated the completion of a six-year journey to acquire, rehabilitate and restore the Captain John Kendrick Maritime Museum. Captain John Kendrick was in command of the United State’s first expedition to...

Opening for Warren's Harborview nears

The Harborview Restaurant and Marina received an occupancy permit from the town’s building department that will allow it to host a grand opening with a tentative opening date at the end of October. Once open Harborview owner Danny Warren is looking...

Town receives $100,000 to help renovate Lopes Playground

The town has received a $100,000 a state grant to construct a handicap-accessible path around the perimeter of Lopes Field in Onset. The money is a key piece of a larger project that includes replacing the aging playground equipment in the Lopes...

Wareham Media meets for annual meeting

At their annual meeting, Wareham Media, formerly known as Wareham Community Television, asked the town to examine the audio and visual capacities of the town hall auditorium and discussed their recent rebranding. The event, which was held Wednesday...

Cranberry harvest season in full swing

Local cranberry growers are watching the fruits of their labor float to the top of the bogs as harvest season comes into full swing. Many local bogs are owned and farmed by the Wareham based agricultural company A.D. Makepeace. The company is a part...

Deadlines set ahead of Nov. 5 election

In advance of the Nov. 5 election, residents are reminded of upcoming deadlines to prepare for voting. Saturday, Oct. 19 is the first day of in-person early voting for all precincts at Town Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Early voting continues Monday,...

Throwback fun coming to Main Street

Where there once sat an engine shop and a steakhouse on Main Street, will soon host a bar and restaurant that aims to take customers back in time to the ’80s and ’90s with a fully functioning arcade decked out with retro inspired decor called RWND...

Hospital workers rally for new contract

Chants for a fair contract and signs asking drivers to honk for a better wage filled Besse Park as Tobey Hospital employees rallied for their cause of securing a new contract. The rally held Wednesday, Sept. 25 was hosted by hospital employees who...

Electric vehicle chargers planned for Main Street

The town is looking to install two electric vehicle chargers in the Main Street parking lot at Pezzoli Square. According to Town Administrator Derek Sullivan, the two dual-head “Level 3 chargers will allow four cars to be charged at the same time,...

Harvest Moon Festival creates sense of community

As people from near and far gathered at Prospect Park and Onset Pier, live music rang out from the bandshell, local restaurants cooked up South Coast classics, over 100 different vendors set up shop and classic car owners showed off their cars at...

Bayview Park construction underway

Just outside of the Onset Bay Center, construction on Bayview Park has begun with the main goal of increasing the accessibility of the park. Town Administrator Derek Sullivan explained the work currently being done is to remove and replace the...

Saltwater Country: A love letter from Wareham native Grace Morrison

Grace Morrison’s upcoming album, Saltwater Country, is part love letter to her hometown, part portrait of a woman who has grown into herself and her music, and part affirmation that her songwriting deserves to be heard and celebrated. “The eternal...

Wareham shows growth in math and science in 2024 MCAS scores

The 2024 MCAS scores for all public schools in Massachusetts, including Wareham have been released by the state and Wareham shows growth in math and science but remains stagnant in English language arts. The MCAS test measures the performance of...

Wareham Firefighters honored for heroic actions at awards ceremony

Pride, family and honor were just a few of the topics brought up during the Wareham Fire Department awards ceremony. The ceremony held at the Main Street Fire Station on Tuesday, Sept. 24, saw many members of the department come together with...

Wareham receives two environmental grants from the state

Wareham has been awarded two environmental grants by the state to help protect and preserve the town’s natural ecosystems. The first grant is for $75,000 that will be put toward working with the Buzzards Bay Coalition to permanently protect 215...

Gaskey and Hewins get ready for 2nd Plymouth District race

Gaskey and Hewins get ready for 2nd Plymouth District race Republican nominee for state representative of the 2nd Plymouth District John Gaskey "accepts the challenge" presented by Democratic write in candidate Sarah Hewins. "She has every right to...

Booming success: Government agencies collaborate on oil spill drill

Off the waters of Onset pier, local, state and national agencies joined forces to conduct an oil spill drill. In the drill conducted Monday, Sept. 23, members of the Onset and Wareham Fire Departments, Department of Natural Resources and the United...

55 years later: Wareham High School class of 1969 reunites

Inside the Redmen Hall, old friends got together to reminisce about old stories and share new ones as the Wareham High School class of 1969 gathered for their 55-year high school reunion Saturday, Sept. 21. Kathleen Hunt and Jay Maloney have helped...

Wareham takes out the trash in town cleanup event

The Wareham community went all over town picking up trash and debris along its streets, parks and beaches to help keep the town clean as part of the biannual tradition known as Don't Trash Wareham. The event took place Saturday, Sept. 21 and Sunday...

Faithful fundraiser for Grace Lighthouse Church

Connection and construction was the motivation for the Grace Lighthouse Church's family festival fundraiser held Saturday, Sept 21. At the festival, guests congregated at the church's current 3065 Cranberry Highway location to connect and donate to...

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