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The town saw 17 new cases of covid-19 in the past week and has been moved to the “green” covid-19 risk category, according to data from the state’s May 20 Weekly Public Health Report. Wareham’s average daily incidence rate decreased to 9.5 cases per 100,000 people in the past 14 days. Given Wareham’s population, this means there were about 2.19 new cases each day over the past two weeks. Wareham has also seen a percent positivity rate — or the percentage of covid-19 tests performed that come back positive — of 2.1 percent over the last 14 days.  A week ago, the state’s public...

Wareham officials consider new police station on its own Wicked Local WAREHAM – With funding a question, officials are looking at a new police station’s construction on its own, without EMS and Wareham Dept. of Natural Resources’ offices. The Public Safety Complex Study Committee has been considering the multiple public safety agency approach in part because that was viewed as more likely to win state grant funding. A request for proposals is ready to go out on a feasibility study on that project. The committee voted Thursday to add an alternative to the RPF proposal for a new police st...

This month, Romancelandia delivers three delightful new romances about staying true to your passions — whether they're old cars, wedding dresses or a grade school crush. The couples in these stories also remind us to cast aside faded dreams and other people's ambitions and to fearlessly pursue a new future with the one you love, for that is the way to happy ever after. G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan is a queer YA novel that pairs the beauty queen with the sporty new girl for a smart, heartfelt teen romance. Even though Ruby Thompson spends most of...

George Ripley, director of the Wareham Free Library, has accepted a new position in Westport. Town Administrator Derek Sullivan announced that the town was going to have to search for a new library director at the May 11 Board of Selectmen meeting. Sullivan said Ripley will be “taking over in Westport,” but did not specify when his last day as director of the Wareham Free Library would be. “George has been a great asset for the last two years,” Sullivan said, before wishing Ripley “the best of luck.” Most Popular

Madison Czopek May 13, 2021 Wareham Redevelopment Authority members discuss what to do with the building at 4 Recovery Rd. From left to right: Ken Buckland, Judith Whiteside and Richard Swenson. To renovate or not to renovate — that is the question. After receiving no responses to a request for proposals, members of the Wareham Redevelopment authority are wrestling with what to do with the town-owned building at 4 Recovery Rd. During the Wareham Redevelopment Authority’s May 13 meeting, Director of Planning Ken Buckland reported that the town “did not receive any responses” ...