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🌱 How one coach helped shape Wareham High basketball for decades

Wareham, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Wareham! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How one coach helped shape Wareham High basketball for decades
  • Wareham remembers business owner and community volunteer Margaret Johanna Grassi

Also on today's calendar: Ballet Magnificat! Performs Anchored: The Pilgrim Story and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between black eyed peas and chick peas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 73 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy and humid, temps: high: 78, low: 68.
  • Friday: Increasing amounts of sun, with a high of 79 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• ‘Integrity': Jim Brogioli, coach, teacher, mentor, community pillar (theweektoday.com) — Wareham residents are remembering longtime teacher and legendary basketball coach Jim Brogioli, who died Sept. 7 at 95 after decades shaping Wareham High School sports and academics. Former players, colleagues, and town officials describe how his demanding but caring style, community service, and deep faith helped build Wareham’s basketball tradition and mentored generations on and off the court.
   

• Margaret Johanna (Maki) Grassi, 90 (theweektoday.com) — Wareham is mourning Margaret Johanna (Maki) Grassi of West Wareham, a pioneering local insurance agency owner who died Sept. 12 at age 90. A former small-business leader and community volunteer in Wareham, Carver, and Rochester, she leaves a large local family, with visiting hours and a funeral service scheduled Sept. 20 at Chapman Funerals & Cremations in Wareham.
   

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  • Town-by-town reports: Here's how much rain fell in New England during Sunday's ‘extreme event' (boston25news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Black eyed peas can sing us a song but chick peas can only hummus one. (Thank you Bev H. for sending it in!)
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