Madison Czopek Feb 10, 2021
Two companies that hope to conduct cannabis testing at laboratory sites in Wareham are now one step closer to that goal.
At their Feb. 9 meeting, the Board of Selectmen voted to authorize the negotiation of marijuana host community agreements with both Smithers and Baystate Labs.
Once host community agreements are in place, the companies will be able to file applications for licenses from the Cannabis Control Commission.
Jesse Alderman, counsel for Smithers, noted that it typically takes many months for the state to grant licenses.
“So we would just be getting, basically, in the CCC pipeline,” Alderman said.
Madison Czopek Jan 21, 2021
It would not be feasible or economically advantageous to repurpose John W. Decas Elementary School as affordable housing for Wareham’s seniors, according to analysis conducted by Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District and the developer Pennrose.
During a Jan. 21 Wareham Redevelopment Authority meeting, board member Richard Swenson said Pennrose and SRPEDD had been consulted about whether or not the Decas School school would be a promising spot for senior housing.
Pennrose is the developer behind the Littleton Drive complex, which will include 44 affordable one-bedroom senior units.
“The answer came back unanimous from everyone we’ve talked to that it’s much more valuable as a commercial space than it is a housing space,” Swenson said. “While housing is definitely a valid and useful project to pursue, that’s not the optimum spot to do it.”
Madison Czopek Dec 17, 2020
Michael Russo, the school district’s food service department director, shares the food distribution report during the Dec. 17 School Committee meeting.
In 2020, Wareham Public Schools has distributed close to 400,000 free meals to children under the age of 18 in Wareham.
The free meal distribution program was launched by the school district in response to the covid-19 crisis and is available to any child in Wareham, not only Wareham Public Schools students.
Michael Russo, the school district’s food service department director, reported that the schools had distributed a total of 396,224 free meals between the start of the operation on March 16 and Dec. 4.