Voters gathered for a previous Town Meeting at Spillane Field on April 10. Photo by: Madison Czopek
The Town Meeting scheduled for May 8 has been postponed to June 12 because there is a chance of rain on Saturday.
Town Moderator Claire Smith said that she agonized over the decision, but ultimately decided that, with the chance of rain, it was best to cancel. Because of the irrigation system under Spillane Field, it isn’t possible to put tents up on the field.
Smith, Town Counsel Richard Bowen, and Town Clerk Michele Bissonnette all have various commitments that made rescheduling the Town Meeting for another Saturday in May impossible, and the first Saturday in June will be graduation day for Wareham’s High School seniors.
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A drone photo of the new school, taken in early April. Photo courtesy: Dean Decas/Wareham Elementary School Building Project Facebook Page
Voters will decide the name for the new elementary school being built on Minot Avenue at Town Meeting on May 8.
A citizens petition article, led by School Committee member Mike Flaherty and School Building Committee member Rhonda Veugen, would name the building “The Wareham Elementary School” if the article passes.
According to the Board of Selectmen and Town Counsel Richard Bowen, the school already has a name: “The Decas School at Minot Forest.”
When Town Meeting voted to fund the new school in 2018, the article referred to the project as the “Decas School at Minot Forest.” The Selectmen asserted that that article simultaneously named the school, although that was not explicitly discussed at the time.
A map of the proposed district.
At their regular meeting on Monday night, the board decided to wait to decide about the necessary votes to pass the measure until Thursday in hopes the board’s query to the state would be answered.
The 756-acre Hospitality, Recreation and Entertainment district was created by the Notos Group, a Quincy-based developer, along with town officials. The district requires projects on at least 100-acre parcels and would require all proposals to go through a special permit process with the Planning Board, which gives the town a fair amount of say about what is built.
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