Wareham News

Acting on the recommendation of Chairman Peter Teitelbaum, selectmen voiced differing opinions Tuesday night on adopting a policy that would permit members of town committees, boards and commissions to attend and participate in meetings through remote devices.

The Bourne-Wareham Kiwanis Club will host a forum at 6 p.m. May 30 on the town's emergency readiness plan.

BROWN, Daniel M., 41, 255 Old Town House Road, West Yarmouth; violating abuse prevention order, Jan.

Anyone concerned about putting a plug in the Cape's youth drain - what this paper called "Generation Exit" in a special series four years ago - should be celebrating today.

Cesarean delivery rates have been rising across the country for a decade. But state public health specialists are trying to understand why the rates are higher at some Massachusetts hospitals than others.

U.S. Rep. Bill Keating will be the guest speaker at the Wareham Democratic Town Committee's annual Spring Breakfast on Sunday.

An accomplished musician, martial arts enthusiast and teacher, Daniel was a loving son, brother, nephew and friend.

Selectmen and the School Committee reconciled their fiscal differences at a joint meeting Thursday night and will present a balanced budget to Town Meeting in June.

A demolition firm began tearing down this week three buildings that have been eyesores near Riverside Square for years.

Fashion/Art Show Fundraiser: Presented by Mercy Meals and More, 7-9 p.m. May 10.

Most people won't recognize her name, but you'll certainly recognize her music, chart-topping songs like "Leader of the Pack," "Be My Baby," "Chapel of Love," "Da Doo Ron Ron," "River Deep Mountain High," "Then He Kissed Me" and so many others, that literally defined the musical pulse of the '60s. She was Ellie Greenwich , one of the most prolific ... (more)

When it comes to restaurants, the phrase "hidden gem" is often thrown around. Yet Cafe Soleil truly is one, nestled amongst the storefronts on Main Street in Wareham and discernable only by its sunny logo hanging on a signpost .

Albert "Buck" Pye, age 85, of Buzzards Bay, MA died peacefully at home surrounded by his family on May 4, 2013.

The School Committee has selected three finalists from a field of five semifinalists as it narrows its search for the next superintendent.

Jane Sylvia used to mark milestones with festive dinners, but after losing 100 pounds within a year of weight-loss surgery, she celebrated with a walk instead.

Charlton Memorial Hospital, part of Southcoast Health System, will host a free community seminar on new innovations in sinus surgery May 14.

Families tested by loss and disability took comfort in giving Saturday, as they delivered a brand-new home to a Wareham woman and her two grandsons, one of whom suffers from cerebral palsy.

Selectmen unanimously voted Tuesday to schedule a special Town Meeting for June 18 at Wareham High School in conjunction with the resumed annual Town Meeting.

Last week was National Volunteers' Week... a time set aside to not only thank those who help others, but to recognize that those who do such good work also help themselves.

The Barnstable Police Department provided the following. It does not indicate a conviction.