Wareham posts State Primary Election voting information
WAREHAM — Town officials on Tuesday posted information on the upcoming State Primary Election, giving voters an early look at the process ahead of the fall ballot, while the library and downtown summer schedule kept residents busy heading into the last days of July.
TOWN HALL
The town's News Flash feed on Tuesday afternoon published State Primary Election information, directing residents to details on voting procedures for the upcoming state primary. The Wareham town website also continues to highlight the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day scheduled for August 1 at Municipal Maintenance on Charge Pond Road, running from 9 a.m. to noon and requiring a Wareham or Carver Transfer Station sticker.
The town's homepage also continues to note ADA improvements underway at the Lillian Gregerman Bandshell, part of ongoing accessibility upgrades to town facilities.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Wareham Free Library hosted "Wareham In 1776," a talk with the Wareham Historical Society, Wednesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m., part of the library's slate of local history programming tied to the nation's semiquincentennial. The library's Concerts on the Lawn series featured the Unlikely Strummers on Monday, July 27 at 7 p.m.
Looking ahead, the library has scheduled "Joys of Nature: Amazing Animals – Surviving Life in the Wild" for Wednesday, August 5, with sessions at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m., and "Wicked Good Henna and Spa Fun" for teens and tweens on Friday, August 7 at 9:30 a.m.
Downtown, the town's calendar lists the Wareham Gatemen hosting home games this week, including a matchup against Cotuit, alongside the 18th Annual Onset Summer of Love Music Series and a Wareham Celebrates the Nation's 250th event, both slated for Wednesday, July 29.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS
"Bioblitz at River Walk Wareham" was noted in a Google Alerts item pointing to theweektoday.com, describing a community nature-survey event at River Walk along Cromesett Road, according to Google Alerts (wareham.theweektoday.com) (read it at https://wareham.theweektoday.com/article/bioblitz-river-walk-wareham/158715).
"Kyle Christopher Weaver Obituary (2026) - Wareham, MA - Chapman Funerals & Cremations" was published via Legacy.com, memorializing a 27-year-old Wareham resident, formerly of Franklin, who died July 17, according to Google Alerts (www.legacy.com) (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/kyle-weaver-obituary?id=62060712).
COMING UP
The Wareham Gatemen play a home game Wednesday, July 29, and again Friday, July 31. The 18th Annual Onset Summer of Love Music Series and Wareham's 250th anniversary celebration both take place Wednesday, July 29. The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day is set for Saturday, August 1, from 9 a.m. to noon at Municipal Maintenance on Charge Pond Road. The library's "Joys of Nature" program runs Wednesday, August 5, and "Wicked Good Henna and Spa Fun" for teens is set for Friday, August 7 at 9:30 a.m.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.