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Firefighters battle blaze at Wareham home

Firefighters quell a house fire at 191 Park Ave. in East Wareham. Photo by Erin Darling

Firefighters put out a house fire at 191 Park Ave. in East Wareham shortly before noon on Sunday, Nov. 1. The Wareham Fire Department received a 911 call at 11:43 a.m. on…

Police officer charged with rape, strangulation, threatening girlfriend with gun

Wareham Police Officer Ryan Gomes was arrested on Friday, Oct. 23 and charged with raping, strangling and threatening his girlfriend with a gun over a…

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Onset firefighters graduate from firefighting academy

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John Catrino, Sean Ellertson, Ryan Martell, Curtis Riley, William Shanahan and Logan Varley of the Onset Fire Department recently graduated from Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Program, State Fire...

Town acquires new emergency rescue vehicle

The high-water emergency rescue vehicle. Photo source: Emergency Management

The town's Emergency Management Department has a new high-water rescue vehicle to respond to flooding, severe storms, coastal emergencies, evacuations and other incidents unfit for normal emergency vehicles. The vehicle has an automated external...

Dangerousness hearing set for New Bedford man with four assault counts

Shawn Michael Ferguson, center, in Wareham District Court on Sept. 23. Photo by Tanvi Kulkarni

NOTE: The Oct.1 hearing was postponed until Nov. 5. A judge will hold a dangerousness hearing for a New Bedford man who attacked his girlfriend and chased people with an axe in Swifts Beach on Thursday, Oct. 1. Depending on the judge’s ruling,...

Axe-wielding New Bedford man arrested for attack on Swifts Beach

Shawn Michael Ferguson was arraigned in Wareham District Court on Monday, Sept. 21. Photo by Tanvi Kulkarni

A New Bedford man was arraigned in Wareham District Court on Monday, Sept. 21 after reports he repeatedly struck his girlfriend and ran after a bystander Saturday, Sept. 19, after chasing others with an axe earlier that morning. Wareham Police...

Man lifeflighted after being struck by vehicle

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A 52-year-old man operating an E-bike suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a motor vehicle Saturday, Sept. 5 in the area of 133 Onset Ave. Due to the severity of the bicyclist’s injuries, he was transported by Med-Flight to an area...

Driver taken to hospital after tree falls on car

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A driver was reportedly transported to the hospital after a tree fell on a vehicle Friday morning Aug. 21. The incident happened at about 10:21 a.m. on Routte 28 in the area of 2114 Cranberry Highway. A state Department of Transportation front-end...

One hospitalized after car slams into shed behind 7-Eleven

The front of a utility shed behind the 7-Eleven was caved in after a car slammed into it early morning on Monday, Aug. 3. Photos by Nick Mossman

A car was found rolled over after smashing into a utility shed behind the 7-Eleven on Cranberry Highway, sending one person to the hospital around 4:40 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 3, according to the Onset Fire Department. The vehicle caused "some...

Selectman Jared Chadwick faces refiled endangerment charges in Taunton court

Selectman Jared Chadwick stands in a courtroom on Thursday, July 9, before separate charges from earlier this year were dismissed. Photo by Nick Mossman

Wareham Selectman Jared Chadwick is facing two refiled charges in Taunton District Court — one of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a child under 14 and a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment of a child. The charges were...

One hospitalized after rollover crash on Route 25

A crashed into a guardrail and rolled over into the median near mile marker 2.7 on Monday, July 13. Photo by David Curran

A rollover car crash on Route 25 eastbound sent a driver to the hospital shortly after 8 a.m. on Monday, July 13. According to Wareham Fire Department Assistant Chief Christopher Smith, the vehicle had one occupant who was stable once removed and...

Final charge against Selectman Jared Chadwick dismissed

Selectman Jared Chadwick stands in the courtroom on Thursday, July 9. Photos by Nick Mossman

The last of three felony charges filed against Selectman Jared Chadwick was dismissed on Friday, July 10. Judge Edward Sharkansky dismissed the charge on a lack of prosecution. The case involved an accusation that Chadwick struck the buttocks of a...

Ribbon cut on second Wareham helipad

Ribbon cutting at helipad

Wareham emergency responders and Southcoast Health cut the ribbon on a helipad on Viking Drive near the Wareham Town Hall Friday, June 26. The helipad, known as the Wareham Viking Landing Zone, is set to improve Wareham's emergency response...

Wareham teacher rescues woman from burning car

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A Wareham teacher climbed onto a burning SUV and pulled a woman to safety after the car crashed in the woods and flipped on its side late afternoon on Wednesday, June 23 on Great Neck Road. Craig Berriault, a science teacher at Wareham High School...

Fire erupts inside dog treat bakery

Preppy puppy fire

A fire ignited at Wareham's dog treat specializing Preppy Puppy Bakery at 2380 Cranberry Highway on the evening of Tuesday, June 23. Firefighters were notified of the fire on Tuesday evening after a commercial alarm activated in the building,...

Wareham man sentenced to 8 years in federal prison in murder-for-hire witness plot

U.S Department of Justice. File photo

A Wareham man who admitted to participating in a murder-for-hire conspiracy that targeted a federal witness has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison Thursday, May 28. Kareem Pires, 27, was sentenced after pleading guilty in February to...

Early morning three-car accident sends one to hospital

The early morning accident on Sunday. Photo source: David Curran

One person was taken to a hospital after a vehicle caught fire following a three-car crash Friday morning on Route 195 Westbound in Wareham. The crash occurred at about 8:42 a.m. near mile marker 37. According to photographer David Curran, the...

Onset car fire spreads to home

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Photos source: Onset Fire Department

A vehicle fire spread to a two-story home early Friday, May 16 at 5 Woodside Ave., according to the Onset Fire Department. Crews responded at about 4:51 a.m. after receiving reports of a fully involved house fire. The first units arrived four...

One alarm outdoor fire damages Wareham home

Firefighters work to quell what is left of the fire. Photos by Brandy Muz

An outdoor fire at 13 Oakdale Heights Lane burned fencing and part of a home around noon Tuesday, May 12. According to Acting Fire Chief Mark Rogers, neighbors reported the fire. Smoke from the blaze could be seen across the Wareham River in the...