wareham

Something fishy has people calling the police in a coastal Massachusetts town. And environmental officers are telling them to stop already. The Wareham Department of Natural Resources said Monday that it’s aware of the sunfish residing in Buzzard Bay’s Broad Cove, and there’s no need to call the cops about it. In a Facebook post, officials said they have...

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a car on a highway near Cape Cod, according to Massachusetts State Police. Around 9 p.m. Friday, state troopers responded to reports of a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on Route 25 eastbound in Wareham, in the area of Exit 2. Upon arrival, police found a 58-year-old woman, from Sandwich, suffering from serious…

A 58-year-old Sandwich woman died after she was struck by a Toyota Prius.

A woman is facing a number of charges after police say she was arrested for various incidents over the course of three straight days in Wareham, Massachusetts. Brooke Burns-Hill, a 29-year-old from Wareham, was first arrested Monday at 1:30 a.m. after police said an officer monitoring flooding near Cranberry Plaza noted a vehicle operating “erratically and at a high rate…

A Massachusetts woman is facing charges for a serious crash involving two vehicles and a fire engine Wednesday night in Wareham, Massachusetts, police said. Officers responded to the crash on Cranberry Highway, near the Route 195 overpass, at 9:47 p.m. Three firefighters on the Wareham Fire Department engine were taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police…

Crews responded to a serious crash involving a fire truck on Route 28 in Wareham.

A Wareham, Massachusetts man is facing charges after allegedly firing at police officers with a rifle during an incident Friday. Wareham police said officers were dispatched to County Road Recycling on County Road following a report of a trespasser Friday afternoon. The officers were unable to locate him after searching the area, but while conducting an investigation, heard three gun…

The body of a missing man from Wareham, Massachusetts, was located Friday in a wooded area, according to police. Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Smith was last seen on June 8 and had been reported missing. Following a search by Wareham police and the Southeastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (SEMLEC) Search and Rescue Unit, Smith’s body was located on Friday. An initial investigation…

An off-duty police officer and neighbors helped save a dog from a burning mobile home in Wareham late Friday afternoon, authorities said. Officer Christopher Corner, who had left the police station around 4 p.m., saw smoke billowing in the sky from the Silver Lake Mobile Home Park as he drove down Cranberry Highway. When he arrived, he saw that a…

A woman was found dead in her Wareham, Massachusetts, home on Friday and a man found with minor injuries in a canoe was arrested on a murder charge, prosecutors said. Danny Sherman was arrested hours several hours later, charged with fatally stabbing the woman, the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office said. Sherman, 54, lived with the 57-year- woman, who has…

The Elks Lodge in Wareham, Massachusetts, is working to protect seniors while also maintaining a sense of normalcy amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

The bingo hall at the Elks Lodge in Wareham, Massachusetts, was packed Tuesday night. Many of the regulars are seniors, and right now, older adults and those with underlying health issues are being told to avoid large crowds, as coronavirus continues to spread. “I am concerned about it, but it’s not going to handicap me. I am still going...

For years, the town of Wareham, Massachusetts, called itself the “Gateway to Cape Cod.” As you roll into town, there is a giant gateway with that title carved into wood. The word “gateway” has become a part of the town’s culture. But a new advertising campaign is seeking to boost Wareham’s image with the slogan, “It’s Better Before the...

The town long known as the “gateway to the Cape” is hoping to attract tourists of its own with a new campaign.

A man wanted on two active warrants was arrested Thursday afternoon when police allegedly found him hiding in a clothes dryer at a home in Wareham, Massachusetts. After learning that two people wanted for arrest might have been staying at a home on Charge Pond Road, police arrived at 2:25 p.m. with the intent to take them into custody, Wareham…

A woman was hospitalized overnight following a rollover crash in Wareham, Massachusetts that caused the vehicle to land in a ravine.   Firefighters said they responded to the single-vehicle crash sometime before 10:30 p.m. on Barker Road, where the driver was still in the overturned car. Crews removed the windshield to free the driver from the car. She was taken…

A man was killed Sunday morning in a car crash in Raynham, Massachusetts.

Prosecutors say the stabbing death of a Massachusetts man was prompted by road rage. Authorities say 65-year-old David Robbins stabbed 33-year-old Yves Roux Jr. in the arm during a road rage dispute in Wareham at about 4:45 a.m. Nov. 6. Both men were driving to work.

Human remains in a wooded area near a shopping plaza in Wareham, Massachusetts, were discovered Monday afternoon, according to state police assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office. Wareham police responded to an area near Cranberry Plaza Monday around noon after they said possible human remains were discovered by a person looking for a lost item.