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Madison Czopek Feb 3, 2021 Facing an onslaught of calls, backlash online and several members of the public who voiced frustrations at the Feb. 2 Board of Selectmen’s Meeting, the town will reevaluate its new trash plan to see if the cost can be reduced for some individuals. In the coming days, Town Administrator Derek Sullivan will look at ways the trash plan can be reconfigured to allow some groups — namely seniors, seasonal residents or those with other means of trash disposal — to receive discounts or special arrangements.  Sullivan explained that during negotiations with ...

Wareham saw 70 new cases of covid-19 in the past week, according to the state’s Jan. 28 Weekly Public Health Report. The weekly total is down from last week’s 86 new cases, indicating that the post-holiday surge in cases is finally slowing.  Wareham’s average daily incidence rate decreased to 44.3 cases per 100,000 people in the past 14 days. Given Wareham’s population, this means there were about 10.19 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 6.62 perce...

Wareham to lower the flag in honor of Dennis Damata, David Wahlstrom Wicked Local WAREHAM – Wareham Selectmen voted unanimously to lower town flags for three days – the maximum allowed – to honor former police officer and selectman Dennis Damata and firefighter David Wahlstrom who both passed away last week. Selectman Patrick Tropeano made the motion, which was quickly seconded and passed. Selectman Alan Slavin said their deaths were a tremendous loss for the town. “They were two really good people,” adding that they had died too young. Selectmen Chairman Peter Teitelbaum said they ...

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Town Administrator Derek Sullivan said Wareham seems to finally be emerging on the other si