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Recycling reimagined: Group makes mats for homeless people from plastic bags

Every Wednesday a group of people gather in the Multi-Service Center to engage in a revolutionary approach to recycling: weaving sleeping mats out of plastic bags. The group donates the mats to various organizations who distribute them to homeless...

‘Not afraid to have fun’: How a Wareham resident became the life of the party

A lot of kids say they want to be famous. Some kids want to sing and dance, others want to play professional sports or make the world's next big discovery. Brett Outchcunis takes a different approach. Outchcunis has made a name for himself as DJ...

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A culinary career comes full circle

As a boy washing dishes in a Wareham restaurant, Jack Texiera dreamed of becoming a great chef, a desire that took him on a culinary journey across the country before returning home to the position of head chef at Warren's Harborview. While growing...

A fence built to last

At 19-years-old, Wareham resident John Simmons followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather and started his own fence installing business called ABS Fence. For the last 15 years, ABS Fence has been digging holes, putting up fences and...

Connections through the camera

By looking through the viewfinder on her camera a Wareham resident has found a new way to strengthen her relationships with the world she lives in, and those she lives in it with. Linda Harbour is a Wareham resident and amateur photographer who...

‘Raised to give back:’ Family barbeque feeds all

Whether on the side of the road looking for people in need, or at a number of different festivals and fairs along the South Coast, a big blue food truck sporting the letters G.L.O., dishing out freshly cooked barbecue is not an uncommon site in...

104-year-old woman walks through history with Boston Post Cane

When Laura Camello graduated from Wareham High School in 1939, the United States had not yet entered World War II. When the U.S. joined the war, Camello took a job at a factory in New Bedford, making parts for the military. While working there, she...

Two residents named to college President’s List

Wareham natives Hannah McCann and Alyssa Morse have been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Summer 2024 President’s List. To make the President’s List, students must earn 12 credits and have a minimum GPA of 3.7.