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Was the Wareham Boys and Girls Club’s closing a ‘blessing in disguise?’ Wicked Local WAREHAM – Was the Wareham Boys and Girls Club’s recent closing by the New Bedford parent organization “a blessing in disguise?” Shayla Tavares, who is running the Club at the Bridge Church as the Onset Kidz Block at The Bridge, used the phrase in describing new plans to offer the services the Club offered in the past out of the Hammond School - and much more. Currently, the Bridge Church has offered its space to keep the club going. The church initially agreed to provide the space for six weeks ...

Chloe Shelford May 4, 2021 Community members logged on to the Board of Selectmen’s meeting to discuss future plans for kids' programming. Top, from left: Patrick Tropeano, Alan Slavin, Jim Munise and Peter Teitelbaum; Middle row: Judith Whiteside, Richard Bowen, Derek Sullivan, and Jowaun Gamble of CYE; Bottom row: Jared Chadwick, Dave Ferrari, and Shayla Tavares. The Boys and Girls Club operated out of the Hammond School in Onset. Photo by: Madison Czopek Various officials and community members are working hard to come up for a replacement for the programs offered by the Boys and...

Article to reinvigorate Wareham Village held off for further study Wicked Local WAREHAM – Those awaiting a chance to weigh in on a zoning proposal to reinvigorate downtown Wareham Village will have to wait a little longer. The Wareham Village 1: Reinvestment Subdistrict was on the warrant for the spring town meeting on May 8 as article 16 but the Wareham Redevelopment Authority voted Thursday to refer it to the Planning Board for further study, entailing another public hearing. The WRA first requested the article’s consideration. The vote effectively pushes off consideration of the articl...

Chloe Shelford May 3, 2021 The Wareham Redevelopment Authority voted at their April 29 meeting to ask that the rezoning of Wareham Village be directed to further study at the May 8 Town Meeting. The rezoning has been in the works since summer 2020, and was spearheaded by the Wareham Redevelopment Authority member Richard Swenson. The changes are meant to foster redevelopment of the village while preserving its character and encouraging small business uses through mixed-use zoning. Mixed use zoning allows a variety of uses, including retail, residential, office, entertainment, and cu...

Chloe Shelford May 3, 2021 The Slum and Blight Studies of Wareham Village and Onset have been approved by the state, reported Town Planner Ken Buckland at the April 39 Wareham Redevelopment Meeting. “Until you have a slum and blight study, you can’t start the redevelopment plan,” explained Town Administrator Derek Sullivan. “Without a redevelopment plan, you can’t start taking properties or any other actions.” Sullivan said the process of funding, executing, and waiting for state approval of the plan, the study has been in the works for about four years. The approval of ...