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What's on the Special Town Meeting warrant
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Cranberry Highway improvement project pushed ...
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Wareham Area Committee for the Homeless yard ...
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Friend of Wareham Elderly semi-annual ...
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Bourne-Wareham Kiwanis Club upcoming events
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Wareham town wide clean-up May 18 to 21
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Gateway Youth hockey annual golf tournament
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Reception to honor veterans on May 24 at the ...
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Obituary
Anna Hall (Smith) Ackerman, 84
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News
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Marion towboat captain dies after boat takes on water in Wareham
By Jaime Rebhan - May 16A missing towboat captain who had reported that his boat was taking on water at approximately 1 a.m. on Wednesday was found dead inside the ...
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What's on the Special Town Meeting warrant
By Rishi Sidhu - May 16Special Town Meeting is coming up on May 21 at 8 p.m. in the Wareham High School auditorium. There are 17 articles on the warrant, many of them ...
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Cranberry Highway improvement project pushed to 2015, public hearing on July 12
By Rishi Sidhu - May 16An improvement project aimed at making a section of Cranberry Highway in East Wareham safer will not start until 2015. Representatives from the ...
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Appointment of new Town Accountant ratified by Selectmen
By Rishi Sidhu - May 16Contingent upon completing a few more standard hiring procedures, such as a medical exam, Wareham will have a permanent town accountant on the ...
Photos from the Pirates of Penzance
May 15Music and comedy were the highlight of the Viking Theater Group's performance of the Victorian-era play Pirates of Penzance on Thursday, May 10 ...
Decas Elementary 4th grader donates hair to help kids
May 15The courage of a Decas Elementary School 4th grader to ignore the taunts of his peers came to a head recently as 10-year-old Avery Gilbert donated ...
Planning Board gives thumbs up to Quahog Republic
By Rishi Sidhu - May 15Approximately 40 people came out to support the Quahog Republic at a Planning Board public hearing on May 14 concerning the company's proposed ...
Minot Forest students win awards in anti-bullying contest
May 13Minot Forest Elementary School 5th graders received first- and second-place awards and honorable mentions at a ceremony for the winners of the ...
Community
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Wareham Area Committee for the Homeless yard sale
May 15The Wareham Area Committee for the Homeless will be holding their 4th Annual Yard Sale on Saturday, May 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a rain date ...
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Friend of Wareham Elderly semi-annual celebration
May 15The Friends of the Wareham Elderly will be holding their semi-annual celebration and fundraiser to benefit seniors in need on Wednesday, June 6 at ...
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Bourne-Wareham Kiwanis Club upcoming events
May 15The Bourne-Wareham Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a Business Networking event from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29 at Piper's Restaurant on 207 ...
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Wareham town wide clean-up May 18 to 21
May 15A Wareham town wide clean-up is scheduled on from May 18 to 21. The municipal maintenance lot dumpsters will be available for litter drop-off on ...
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Gateway Youth hockey annual golf tournament
May 15Gateway Youth Hockey will be holding their First Annual Gateway Golf Classic at the Bay Pointe Club in Onset on June 23 at 1 p.m. Gateway is ...
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Wareham Garden Club's Plant and Bake Sale Saturday
By Wareham Garden Club - May 16The Wareham Garden Club’s annual Spring Plant and Bake Sale will be held Saturday, May 19th, 9 A.M. to Noon at the Olde Methodist Meeting House, ...
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"Onset of Summer" Chowder & Stuffies Contest- Contestants and vendors wanted!
By Onset Bay Association - May 15Our "first ever" Chowder and Stuffies Contest is scheduled for Sunday, June 24th at The Onset Bandshell! Let the people decide if you have the ...
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Is Your Cottage Getting Smaller?
By Bachant Builders - May 15Spring is here, the birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming and EVERYBODY wants to use the cottage now that the weather is nice. Has your ...
Mayflower Bank Major Supporter of the Rochester Country Fair
By Mayflower Bank - May 14Mayflower Bank recently made a major donation to the Rochester Fair Committee in support of their efforts to prepare their new fairground on Pine ...
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May is National Teen Self-Esteem Month
By Coastal Orthodontics - May 14Here at Coastal Orthodontics, we know that for today's teens, image is very important, and the thought of braces may shake an already-delicate ...
This is Sunnynook Farm
By Sunnynook Farms - May 10Landscape materials
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Conservation Tips from Wareham Garden Club
By Wareham Garden Club - May 09CONSERVATION TOP 9 REASONS TO PLANT NATIVE PLANTS 1. they are hardy – frost and drought tolerant. 2. they are easy to grow in an environmentally ...
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Horticulture Tips from Wareham Garden Club
By Wareham Garden Club - May 09PRUNING RHODYS AND FORSYTHIA This is perfect timing for pruning those early flowering azaleas, rhododendrons and forsythia. Water your shrubs ...
Member Stories
Greater Wareham Walk for Hunger This Sunday
By Diane L Badger - May 01The third annual Greater Wareham Walk for Hunger is coming up fast! Don't forget to join us Sunday, May 6th at 1 pm! We step off from the Church ...
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Multiple Openings on the Wareham Free Library Board of Trustees
By Board of Trustees of ... - Apr 23There will be multiple openings on the Library Board of Trustees after this June. Two members are not seeking reappointment for their expiring ...
Discussions
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Town Hall painting vs other Town owned properties
By OutsideTheBox - May 11 - 29 CommentsWould like to point out to residents that although the painting of Town Hall is appreciated, for beautification purposes, our town has refused to ...
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Onset Fire District Annual Meeting
By Melissa - May 10 - 0 CommentsI just wanted to voice my concern over the conflict between the Onset Fire District Meeting and the Special Town Meeting both scheduled for May ...
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WCTV’s Impartiality Questioned
By justin Beiber - May 04 - 21 CommentsDirector Jay Heard’s recent announcement that WCTV may cease live streaming Board of Selectmen meetings raises questions about the station’s ...
Opinion
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Friends of Wareham Free Library offer thanks
May 08To the Editor: The Friends of the Wareham Free Library would like to thank the citizens at Town Meeting who voted to accept the Spinney Memorial ...
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Thanks to volunteers, businesses for help with Decas playground
Apr 23To the Editor and all Wareham community members: The John W. Decas Playground Committee and Decas PTA would like to thank everyone who participated...
Blogs
Sound Tower Gig Diary XI: What Once Was Old, Is New Again
By George Dionne - May 03Lots of changes have occurred with Sound Tower over the last couple of months (read my last blog HERE). We’ve changed bass players, played new ...
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Support Quahog Republic!
By Just Fishin' - May 01Quahog Republic, an established restaurant business, wants to open a location in Onset Village. Please support this business at two upcoming ...
Comments
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Re: What's on the Special Town Meeting warrant
By toottoot - May 16Special Town Meeting Article 16 the gift of 8,000 square feet by Bayside Agricultural Inc., the Beaton family, will greatly improve Tobey and Tow ...
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Re: Cranberry Highway improvement project pushed to 2015, public hearing on July 12
By Bozo8556@aol.com - May 16Anyone that thinks Rte. 28 is a "local road" should try crossing it on foot.
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Re: Town Hall painting vs other Town owned properties
By Cara A Winslow - May 16Since I know I am not the author of the above email I am wondering if the poster will identify which selectman did in fact write it? This discussio...
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Re: Appointment of new Town Accountant ratified by Selectmen
By WarehamThinker - May 16A tale of two selectboards - The old select board gave us a town accountant without a Master's Degree in Accounting. The new select board gives us ...
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Re: Outdoor flea market to be held at Outside the Box
By OutsideTheBox - May 15In this case "awareness" is truly ignorance for without the halfway houses, treatment, and "awareness" centers the "undesirables" and "crime" ...
Education
iPads get students excited about learning
By Jaime Rebhan - May 10The older students wrote scripts, recorded video, designed a movie, and edited it. The younger students interacted with their math problems, ...
Sold! Student artwork auction raises hundreds for Minot Forest Elementary
By Jaime Rebhan - May 03The selection of auctioned artwork included self-portraits, marker drawings on the backs of old CDs, and colorful, abstract pieces made from ...
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All kindergarten students to attend full-day program next year
By Jaime Rebhan - May 09Wareham's kindergarten students will attend school for a full day rather than a half day beginning next year at no cost to parents. The School ...
Cleaning up the canal on Earth Day weekend
Apr 30National Honor Society and JROTC students from Wareham High School spent their Saturday, April 21 — on the weekend of Earth Day — cleaning up the ...
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Obituaries
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Anna Hall (Smith) Ackerman, 84
May 15Anna Hall (Smith) Ackerman, 84, of East Wareham, passed away May 10 at the New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital after a brief illness. Anna was ...
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Raymond H. Tiernan, 88, forklift operator for Ocean Spray
May 11Raymond H. Tiernan, 88, died May 10 at Sippican Healthcare Center in Marion after a long illness. He was the husband of Barbara E. (Pierce) ...
Maurice Harlow, 83
May 08Maurice Harlow, 83, of Wareham died May 5 at his home. He was the husband of Dolores F. (LaChappelle) Harlow. They would have celebrated their ...
Anthony L. Enos, Jr., 62, postal clerk, M.V. Viking crew member
May 14Anthony L. “Sonny” Enos, Jr., 62, died Sunday, May 13 at his home in Wareham after a long illness. He was the husband of Robin A. (Stone) Enos. Bor...
Richard J. Shruhan, 83
May 09Richard J. Shruhan, 83, of Wareham died May 8. He was the husband of Virginia (Cox) Shruhan and the son of the late Thomas and Mary J. (McBrien) ...
David F. Barry, 86, H.P. Hood milkman, WWII Navy veteran
May 07David F. Barry, 86, of Wareham, died May 5 at Tobey Hospital. He was the husband of the late Alice M. (Federici) Barry and the son of the late ...
Sports
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Wareham Girls Tennis loses by 1 point to New Bedford on May 14
May 15The Wareham girls varsity tennis team lost 3-2 in an away game to New Bedford High School on May 14. The team's record is now 1-13 for the ...
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Old Rochester beats Wareham Girls Tennis on May 10
May 11The Wareham girls varsity tennis team lost an away game to Old Rochester Regional 5-0 on Thursday, May 10. The team's record is now 1-11 for the ...
Wareham High School girls basketball coach steps down after 31 years
By Jaime Rebhan - May 14After 31 years of coaching the Wareham High School varsity girls basketball team and 307 wins, Coach Robert Rojik is passing the ball to the next ...
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Seekonk beats Wareham Girls Tennis
May 08The Wareham girls varsity tennis team lost an away game to Seekonk 5-0 on Monday, May 7. The team's record is now 1-10 for the season. The tennis ...
