Wareham Enforces Watering Restrictions Amid Beach Closures
WAREHAM — Summer programming is in full swing across Wareham this week, with the town enforcing outdoor watering restrictions amid beach closures while the library and community groups roll out a packed slate of concerts, talks and family events.
TOWN HALL
The town has posted outdoor watering restrictions alongside beach closures, according to a notice on the town's official website, though specific details on the scope and duration of the restrictions were not spelled out in the posting. Residents can find updates through the town's Alert Wareham notification system.
Separately, the town's Onset Fireworks Committee is circulating a survey asking residents for feedback on the future of fireworks displays as Onset approaches its 150th anniversary in 2027. The town is also promoting a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day scheduled for August 1 from 9 a.m. to noon at Municipal Maintenance on Charge Pond Road, requiring a Wareham or Carver transfer station sticker.
The town additionally launched a new Wareham Silver Alert Program, described as a collaborative effort to help locate missing seniors, and continues work on ADA improvements to the Lillian Gregerman Bandshell.
COMMUNITY & ARTS
The Wareham Free Library has shifted to summer hours, closing Saturdays through Labor Day, but its events calendar remains busy. On Wednesday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m., the library hosts "Stories of Fenway Park" with Nancy Franks. Laser Tag in the Library follows on Friday, July 10, at 6 p.m., and Mr. Vinny the Bubble Guy performs Thursday, July 16, at 1 p.m. The library's outdoor Concerts on the Lawn series continues Monday, July 13, at 7 p.m. with a performance by Sarah Martin.
Elsewhere in town, the 18th Annual Onset Summer of Love Music Series kicks off Wednesday, July 8, and the Wareham Gatemen have a home game the same evening, with an Autograph Night home game set for Saturday, July 11.
COMING UP
The Community Preservation Committee meets Wednesday, July 8, with an amended Zoning Board of Appeals meeting the same day. The Board of Sewer Commissioners holds both a regular meeting and a workshop on Thursday, July 9, alongside meetings of the Onset Fire District and Wareham Fire District Prudential Committees. The library's "Stories of Fenway Park" talk is Wednesday, July 8, at 6:30 p.m.; Laser Tag in the Library is Friday, July 10, at 6 p.m.; the Gatemen play home games Wednesday, July 8, and Saturday, July 11 (Autograph Night); and the Onset Summer of Love Music Series begins Wednesday, July 8.