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The Wareham Veterans Council led its Memorial Day commemoration Monday, conducting 6 ceremonies around town, culminating at the Wareham War Memorial.

Wareham Veterans Council to conduct Memorial Day ceremonies Wicked Local WAREHAM - The Wareham Veterans Council will continue its annual Memorial Day commemoration by laying wreaths and conducting ceremonies at various monuments and cemeteries around Wareham this Monday, May 31. The sequence of events led by the Wareham Veterans Council: 8:30 a.m. - The Town Green (across from WCTV at 505 Main Street) 9:00 a.m. - Centre Cemetery 9:30 a.m. - St. Patrick’s Cemetery 10 a.m. - Agawam Cemetery 1...

The pulled pork was hot. The auction action was definitely hot. And Wareham High School DECA’s 41st annual fundraising auction Sunday on the school’s grounds was a hot success. The DECA crew switched things up this year, turning what had traditionally been an indoor event into an outdoor tailgating party in deference to COVID safety. The venerable event transitioned well to the open air, which was a credit to the preparation and hard student work. The organization was evident, with students...

Three students have received Dr. Thomas Gleason Scholarships. 

Madison Czopek May 11, 2021 Members of the Board of Selectmen. From left to right: Peter Teitelbaum, Alan Slavin, Judith Whiteside and Jim Munise. During a May 11 meeting, the Board of Selectmen unanimously authorized Wareham Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Kimberly Shaver-Hood to submit two statements of interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.  Submitting a statement of interest is “the critical first step” in applying to grants for school building repairs, ac...

May 11, 2021 Wareham High’s DECA club has planned its upcoming events with covid-19 safety in mind. Wareham’s DECA club aims to educate students who will become leaders or entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management by applying skills learned in the classroom to real-world business scenarios.  DECA will host an outdoor fashion show on Thursday, May 13 and a tailgate dinner and auction fundraiser on May 23.  Fashion show The fashion show — DECA’s second a...

May 3, 2021 Robert J. Krystofolski, Sr., 81, of West Wareham, died Thursday, April 29, 2021 at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was the husband of Rosemary (DeMar) Krystofolski. Born in Wareham-(Tihonet), he was the son of the late Alcina (Tosi) and John Krystofolski and graduated from Wareham High School. Bob was a career self-employed painter. He also worked as a caretaker for many homes and families in the area. Bob was welcomed as part of their own family and participa...

Wareham High Class of 2021’s prom will be at Plimoth Plantation Wicked Local WAREHAM – The Wareham High School Class of 2021 had its prom venue OK’d back in February 2020. Then things really changed, noted Principal Scott Palladino. The venue selected in those pre-COVID days wasn’t going to provide the safety needed under school protocols, which include students remaining 6 feet apart when they remove masks to eat lunch. So the students and their faculty advisors had to find a venue tha...

Looking back, Rossi said those memories became motivation. “Watching parents and community members rally around to try to make sure that everything was still going to happen for us kids — that really inspired me, young, to be able to want to do that as an adult,” Rossi said.  Now, Rossi has a son of her own. He’s been attending Wareham schools since first grade and is currently a sophomore at Wareham High School. According to Rossi, she and her son have been at “the forefront of all ...

Wareham Community Television hosts Candidates’ Night