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WAREHAM TAXPAYERS SUE TO PROTECT PARKLAND AND THEIR RIGHTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ONSET, MA October 28, 2018 Contact: Philip Schreffler, Esq. Eno, Martin, Donahue LLP, Lowell, MA 978-452-8902 dmartin@enomartin.com general mailbox TAXPAYERS SUE TO PROTECT PARKLAND AND THEIR RIGHTS Taxpayers in the Town of Wareham have filed a lawsuit in Plymouth County Superior Court to protect parkland in Onset decreed forever open and accessible to the public in a 1916 court decision and to stop the demolition of the coastal bluffs. The taxpayers seek an injunction as the Buzzards Bay Corporation imminent demolition of the building and the coastal bluffs. The lawsuit is over the town’s 99-year lease with the Buzzards Bay Coalition. The suit was filed against the town, the Coalition and David Warr, a Wareham resident who claimed an inherited right to assent to the lease. The plaintiffs support the proposed Onset Bay Center, to be located at the site of the current bathhouse sitting on Onset Beach. For the past few years, th...