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Candidate profile: Michele Bissonnette for Town Clerk

Incumbent Town Clerk Michele Bissonnette said she loves her job, and hopes to continue her outreach to Wareham’s young people if reelected. She’s running for a second three-year term. Bissonnette’s first experience with the role was in the...

Candidate profile: Jenna Deane for Town Clerk

Town Clerk candidate Jenna Deane has a laundry list of training, titles and work experiences she says she can bring to the table if elected on May 3. She’s trained in handling vital records, voter registration, Town Meetings, Town Census, dog...
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Candidate profile: Ronald Besse for Select Board

Ronald Besse stretches his time across several municipal committees, his soon-to-open printing business and his five children. Besse currently serves on the Conservation Commission, Open Space Committee, Solar Bylaw Committee and the board of the...

Candidate Profile: Jody Santagate for Select Board

What sets Jody Santagate apart from other Select Board candidates, she says, is something that makes her similar to the voter base: being a “regular, every day person who lives in the community” who’s experienced many hardships. “I am one of the...

Candidate Profile: Jim Munise for Select Board

As the sole incumbent Select Board member running for election this spring, Jim Munise said he brings experience and knowledge to the role. Munise said the biggest challenge currently facing the town is “the lack of resources to provide the...

Candidate profile: Jared Chadwick for Select Board

For Jared Chadwick, a career firefighter and paramedic, the town’s public services are the most important issue facing the town. “One of the biggest things that I’m seeing is the lack of public services: our EMS system is understaffed and...

Candidate profile: Tricia Wurts for Select Board

In her second campaign since winning a third of the vote in her write-in campaign last year, Tricia Wurts is listening to residents on what they want from their town government — and how they want to hear about it. Wurts has conducted surveys across...

Candidate profile: Brenda Eckstrom for Select Board

Everyone always says finances are one of the biggest challenges facing Wareham, but Select Board candidate Brenda Eckstrom pointed out, it's the use of those finances that can prove more the challenge. “We need to use that in responsible ways,” she...

‘You want the real deal, you gotta come to me’

For the “Italian Diva,” fresh pasta means mixing eggs and flour, rolling a soft ball of dough on the counter, passing it through a pasta roller and cooking the noodles at home. What it is not, Dedee Royale says, is buying pre-made refrigerated...