Wareham Launches Silver Alert Program for Missing Seniors
DATELINE — WAREHAM
Wareham this week rolled out a new Silver Alert Program, a collaborative initiative designed to help locate missing seniors across town. The launch comes as the town also pushes forward on accessibility upgrades at the Lillian Gregerman Bandshell and promotes a new free-ride partnership with Circuit ahead of the state primary.
TOWN HALL
The Wareham Silver Alert Program is a collaborative effort involving town officials and public safety partners aimed at speeding up the search when a senior resident goes missing. The town posted the initiative as a new safety measure on its official site this week, though further operational details, including how residents can register a loved one or report an alert, were not yet spelled out.
Separately, the town confirmed that ADA accessibility improvements are underway at the Lillian Gregerman Bandshell. Wareham is also promoting a free-ride program with Circuit, giving residents another transportation option around town, and has posted voting information ahead of the state primary election.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Wareham Free Library has installed a new Story Walk exhibit, "Ice Cream Summer" by Peter Sis, letting families read a picture book page by page as they walk a trail at the library grounds. The installation joins the library's rotating slate of hands-on programming for younger patrons.
COMING UP
The Select Board meets Tuesday, Aug. 18, the same day as a SRPEDD Metropolitan Planning meeting. The Board of Health and the Conservation Commission both meet Wednesday, Aug. 19.
At the library, the Mystery Book Club discusses Alafair Burke's "Find Me" Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 6 p.m., and Pre-Tween, Tween, and Teen Tech Time returns Friday, Aug. 21, at 12:30 p.m.
Elsewhere in town, the 18th Annual Onset Summer of Love Music Series continues Wednesday, Aug. 19, with another date set for Aug. 26. Art in Plein Air at Bryant Farm Preserve is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 20, and the 25th Anniversary Walk at Fearing Hill takes place Saturday, Aug. 22.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.