Selectmen from Rochester, Marion, and Mattapoisett met Wednesday at Old Rochester Regional High School, and the main issue discussed was the proposed ORR District budget for fiscal year 2014. According to Superintendent Doug White, the district is awaiting the decision of state officials to see how much the district will receive before they implement their [...] Read more »
The revival of the property at the old Frigate Restaurant on Route 6 in Marion was discussed at the Marion Planning Board’s meeting on Monday evening. The property was acquired by Arnold Johnson of Johnson Family Investments of 806 Mill Street c/o Mill Street c/o GAF Engineering/Anthi Frangiadis Associates. Johnson addressed the Board and said [...] Read more »
Water is precious, and that fact was brought forward at Tuesday’s meeting of the Marion Board of Selectmen. Patrick O’Neil, of Tata & Howard, the town’s engineering firm, told the board that Marion’s state water permit of 20 years expired in 2011 and has been extended until November of 2014. At that time, the state [...] Read more »
Rochester is already making plans for its next Town Meeting, likely taking place in the fall, as the Conservation Commission voted on Tuesday to put forth an article asking residents to pass the Community Preservation Act. The CPA is a state law passed in 2000 that allows communities to establish a local fund to support [...] Read more »
Rochester Selectman Richard Nunes made clear Monday night his disappointment with the Old Rochester Regional School District’s 2014 budget, while calling the Rochester Memorial School’s recent decision to fund Full-Day K “disturbing and shocking.” Rochester Town Meeting approved the ORR School District’s $4,418,858 request last month. Voters in Marion and Mattapoisett did the same with [...] Read more »
The evening’s business for the Mattapoisett Planning Board was quick, but two important issues were discussed. Board Member John Mathieu shared a recent conversation he had with Grant King, principal planner for SRPEDD. Mathieu had requested specific information from King on the amount of acreage in town that is either fully protected or in a [...] Read more »
A $12,000 request to be used for fencing and treating invasive plant species at Sprague’s Cove adjacent to Silvershell Beach was approved by the Marion Conservation Commission at their meeting on Wednesday evening. The area is a storm water retention area that was overgrown for years, resulting in an impact to the integrity of the [...] Read more »
Signaling that it is one step closer to approval, the Rochester Planning Board closed the uneventful public hearing on Shawmut Associates LLC’s proposed expanded recycling facility at 50 Cranberry Highway, extending the vote date to June 28. Planning Board members traded notes with Green Seal engineer Gary James on the project’s existing order of conditions, [...] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Board of Selectmen met with two candidates who have come forward expressing their interest in serving as members of the Finance Committee. With two open slots and a third vacancy approaching when Judith Mooney ends her service to the town, longtime resident Paul Amoruso’s and new resident Kevin Geraghty’s interest in stepping forward to [...] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee navigated its lengthy last agenda for the 2012-13 school year on Monday night, making near-term decisions and long-term plans. The Committee gave the go-ahead to a limited school choice program, allowing three students to participate on the first-grade level. Superintendent Doug White noted that the district had already received two applications. [...] Read more »
