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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.

A 19-year-old man was killed after being struck by car following a crash early Sunday morning in Wareham, Massachusetts.

One person was hospitalized via MedFlight Monday after an incident in Wareham, Massachusetts.

A potbellied pig who’d escaped from his owner’s house and was running through Wareham, Massachusetts, Wednesday night was caught, thanks to a bit of ingenuity, officials said. The pig, dubbed a “ham on the lam” in a Wareham Department of Natural Resources Facebook post outlining its excursion, was spotted running down Fearing Road, and Wareham police officers responded about 7:45...

A third person has a confirmed case of eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, in Massachusetts this summer, health authorities said Friday. A man over 60 years old in northern Franklin County has the rare but potentially deadly virus, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said in a statement. The risk level is now critical in two Franklin County communities.

More Massachusetts communities were sprayed for mosquitoes Wednesday, with further treatment planned across the Bay State. Health officials have been spraying as a preventative measure to decrease the chances of EEE and West Nile virus from spreading. The mosquito-borne viruses are rare, but can be potentially fatal.

If former major league pitcher Curt Schilling runs for Congress in Arizona, he said it might be for Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom O’Halleran’s seat. Schilling announced last week that he’s thinking about a bid for a U.S. House seat, and he has reached out to the Arizona Republican Party, the Arizona Republic reported Wednesday.

A group led by a high-profile developer on Tuesday announced a proposal to build a horse track, hotel and casino in Wareham, Massachusetts. If given the green light, the $300 million project would the bring southeastern Massachusetts its first casino and thoroughbred racing back to Massachusetts after the closing of Suffolk Downs in 2014.

More Massachusetts towns and neighborhoods will be sprayed for mosquitos Tuesday after two men were diagnosed with the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus. East Boston, Worcester and Andover were set to be sprayed as preventative measures to decrease the chances of EEE and West Nile virus from spreading. The mosquito-borne viruses are rare, but can be potentially fatal.