Despite some upbeat comments on town improvements from seasonal homeowners , tempers flared over an accessory dwelling unit bylaw proposal that would limited to permanent residents.
Madison Czopek Apr 20, 2021
New Police Chief Walter Correia (left) and retired former Chief John Walcek (right). Photos courtesy: Wareham Police Department and Meghan Neely
Out with the old guard and in with the new: Wareham officially has its next chief of police.
The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved hiring Walter Correia who has served in the department for years, most recently as a lieutenant to replace former Chief John Walcek, who retired April 17.
During the April 20 Selectmen’s meeting, Town Administrator Derek Sullivan told the board that he’s known Correia for about a decade. He said it’s been an honor to serve Wareham alongside Correia.
STOCKBRIDGE â A guru of old-growth forests, Robert T. Leverett recalls first stepping into Ice Glen back in the early 1990s and thinking to himself, âOh, my God. This is the real deal.â
He declared it one of the most spectacular woodland stands in New England. But, today, he speaks with the funereal gloom of this misty-cloaked cleft just south of the village.
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âItâs sad when an icon of the Northeast forest is lost. Thatâs whatâs at stake here.â
â Robert T. Leverett, Florence-based co-founder of the Native Tree Society and co-author of âThe Sierra Club Guide to the Ancient Forests of the Northeastâ
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