Legal Advertisements - Week of August 20, 2026
CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery St. Suite 113
Plymouth, MA 02360
Docket No. PL26P1615PM
In the matter of: William Metcalf
Of: E Wareham, MA
RESPONDENT (Person to be Protected/Minor)
To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Southcoast Health Systems, Inc. of New Bedford, MA in the above captioned matter, alleging that William Metcalf is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Vicki Cookson of Becket MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond.
The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is disabled, that a protective order or appointment of Conservator is necessary, and that the proposed Conservator is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court.
You have a right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you, or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/02/2026. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.
Witness: Hon. Patrick W. Stanton,
First Justice of this Court
Date: August 03, 2026
Matthew J. McDonough, Register of Probate
WAREHAM FIRE DISTRICT
WATER DEPARTMENT
GENERATOR CONSTRUCTION AT MAPLE SPRINGS WATER PURIFICATION PLANT AND WELLS #1,2,3,4 & 9
PROCUREMENT PER M.G.L. CHAPTER 30, 39M
INVITATION TO BID
The Wareham Fire District will be accepting bids for generator construction at the Maple Springs Water Purification Plant (WPP) and Wells No. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9. The work includes, but is not limited to, providing propane fueled backup generators on a concrete pads; providing propane storage tanks on concrete pads; providing liquid propane vaporizers; providing associated fuel piping, wiring, conduit, and duct banks; electrical work; bollards; excavation and backfill; trench restoration; loam and seed; SCADA integration utility coordination; coordination of MassDEP certification; and ancillary work.
All proposals shall be submitted electronically online at www.Projectdoc.com no later than August 25, 2026, at 2:00 PM. Hard copy bids will not be accepted by the Awarding Authority. For assistance, call Projectdoc, Inc. at 978-499-9014. Bid forms and contract documents will be available at www.Projectdoc.com or for viewing at Projectdoc Inc., 18 Graf Road, Suite 8, Newburyport, MA, on August 5, 2026. Go to www.Projectdoc.com and click Sign Up for free, or login with your existing account. Enter Project Code 261318. The work will be awarded to the lowest responsive and eligible bidder, who will enter into an agreement with the Wareham Fire District.
A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at the Wareham Fire District Office, 2550 Cranberry Hwy, Wareham, MA on August 17, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. Bidders are strongly encouraged to attend the pre-bid meeting. Contractor shall be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in Prime Electrical.
The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals if it is deemed to be in the public interest to do so.
CITATION ON PETITION
FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery St. Suite 1130
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508) 747-6204
Docket No. PL26P1609EA
Estate of: Mary M. Nyman
Date of Death: 06/03/2026
To all interested persons:
A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Helen E. Bakeman of Carver MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.
The Petitioner requests that Helen E. Bakeman of Carver MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/08/2026.
This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.
UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)
A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
Witness, Hon. Patrick W. Stanton,
First Justice of this Court.
Date: August 07, 2026
Matthew J. McDonough, Register of Probate
TOWN OF WAREHAM
Zoning Board of Appeals
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on September 9, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571. The hearing will address Petition 1123, in which Peter Koulouras is requesting an extension of a decision to approve a plan for constructing a 30 × 40 commercial building.
Applicant: Peter Koulouras, PO Box 691 Falmouth MA 02556
Project Location: 3127 Cranberry Hwy, Assessors Map 8, Lot B in the CS (Commercial) zoning district.
Project ID: ZONE-26-56
Nazih Elkallassi, Chairman
First Notice: August 20, 2026
Second Notice: August 27, 2026
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
LAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
26 SM 002561
ORDER OF NOTICE
TO:
Carl Phillips a/k/a Carl B. Phillips
and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: 50 U.S.C. c. 50 § 3901 (et seq):
The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2005-61, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-61
claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Wareham, numbered 2511 Cranberry Highway, given by Carl Phillips to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for First National Bank of Arizona, dated June 27, 2005, and recorded at Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 30849, Page 29, and now held by the plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.
If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before September 21, 2026 or you may lose the opportunity to challenge the foreclosure on the grounds of noncompliance with the Act.
Witness, GORDON H. PIPER, Chief Justice of said Court on August 10, 2026.
Attest:
Deborah J. Patterson
Recorder
CITATION ON PETITION
FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Plymouth Probate and Family Court
52 Obery St. Suite 1130
Plymouth, MA 02360
(508) 747-6204
Docket No. PL26P1626EA
Estate of: Lloyd B Robbins
Also known as: Lloyd Barnard Robbins
Date of Death: 05/05/2007
To all interested persons:
A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Pamela M Ciccanti of Bellevue WA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.
The Petitioner requests that Pamela M Ciccanti of Bellevue WA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/10/2026.
This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.
UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)
A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
Witness, Hon. Patrick W. Stanton,
First Justice of this Court.
Date: August 11, 2026
Matthew J. McDonough, Register of Probate
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
LAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT
Docket No. 26 SM 002594
ORDER OF NOTICE
TO: Robert W. Besse; Bellamarie Miller
and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. c. 50 §3901 (et seq):
Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2022-3, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association as Indenture Trustee
claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Wareham, numbered 32 Chestnut Street, given by Robert W. Besse to Champion Mortgage, a Division of Key Bank, USA, National Association, dated October 2, 2002, and recorded in Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 23068, Page 18, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.
If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before 9/28/2026 or you may lose the opportunity to challenge the foreclosure on the ground of noncompliance with the Act.
Witness, GORDON H. PIPER Chief Justice of this Court on 8/12/2026.
Attest: Deborah J. Patterson, Recorder
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PLYMOUTH SS PROBATE COURT
Docket No. PL26E0020P
To:Jessie Lee Hennrikus of West Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, and to all other persons interested.
A petition has been presented to said Court by Jacob A. Kuklinski of West Wareham, in the County of Plymouth, representing that he holds as joint tenant an undivided part or share of certain land lying in West Wareham, in said County and briefly described as follows
Land located at: 42 Blackmore Pond Road, W. Wareham MA
Beginning at a point in the easterly sideline of Blackmore Pond Road, so called, at the northerly corner of land conveyed to John and Julia Silva:
Thence easterly one hundred fifty and no/100 (150.00) feet by last named land to the northeasterly corner thereof;
Thence easterly ninety and no/100 (90.00) feet, more or less, continuing by the same course by remaining land of Louis W. Stoller to a wood road
Thence northwesterly sixty and no/100 (60.00) feet, more or less, by said wood road to an angle;
Thence northeasterly one hundred ten and no/100 (110.00) by said wood road to said Blackmore Pond Road;
Thence northeasterly sixty-five and no/100 (65.00), more or less, by said Blackmore Pond Road to the point of the beginning;
Thence southerly two hundred fifty and no/100 (250.00) feet, more or less by said Blackmore Pond Road to the point of the beginning.
setting forth that he desires that all of said land be sold at private sale for not less than $363,000.00 dollars and praying that partition may be made of all the land aforesaid according to law, and to that end that a commissioner be appointed to make such partition and be ordered to make sale and conveyance of all, or any part of said land which the Court finds cannot be advantageously divided either at private sale or public auction, and be ordered to distribute the net proceeds thereof.
If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Plymouth, before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the third day of September, 2026, the return day of this citation.
Witness: Patrick W. Stanton,
First Judge of said court,
this twentieth day of July, 2026
Matthew J. McDonough, Register
MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Matthew A. LaPine aka Matthew LaPine to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated January 4, 2007 and registered with the Plymouth County Registry District of the Land Court as Document Number 616566 noted on Certificate of Title Number 104821, subsequently assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-3 by Sand Canyon Corporation fka Option One Mortgage Corporation by assignment registered with Plymouth County Registry District of the Land Court as Document Number 761040 noted on Certificate of Title Number 104821 for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on August 27, 2026 at 142 Plymouth Avenue, Wareham (East Wareham), MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:
A certain parcel of land situated in Wareham in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, described as follows; Being Lots 178 and 179 on Sheet 3 of Subdivision Plan # 8702B, drawn by Frederic O. Smith, Surveyor, dated June 15, 1926, filed with Certificate of Title No. 2383. Said lots are subject to the easements set forth in a deed from Hannah F. Rogers et al to the Marison Gas Company, dated May 26, 1914, duly recorded in Book 1186, Page 569. So much of said lots as is included within the limits of the roads shown on said Plan #8702B is also subject to the rights of persons lawfully entitled thereto in and over the same.
For grantor(s) title, see Certificate of Title No. 557842
The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, encroachments, building and zoning laws, liens, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession, and attorney’s fees and costs.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.
FinCEN reporting will be required of all successful purchasers, absent a lawful exemption.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-3, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-3
Present Holder of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS LAW GROUP PLLC
PO Box 540540
Waltham, MA 02454
Phone: (781) 790-7800
25-004089
TOWN OF WAREHAM
Zoning Board of Appeals
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing on September 9, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. in Room 520 of the Wareham Multi-Service Center, 48 Marion Road, Wareham, MA 02571 to hear Robert J. & Sharon E. Ayotte requesting: Special Permit or a Variance, Article 6: 621 Residential Districts; Building Coverage; Article 6: 628 Existing Small Lots; Floor Area Ratio (FAR) under the Wareham Zoning By-Laws.
Applicant: Robert J. & Sharon E. Ayotte at P.O. Box 1513, Onset, MA 02558
Project Location: 4 Twentieth Street, Assessors Map 11, Lot 250 in the R30 (Residential) zoning district.
Project ID: ZONE-26-55
Nazih Elkallassi, Chairman
First Notice: August 20, 2026
Second Notice: August 27, 2026
