The Marion School Committee on Wednesday approved funding a tuition-free Full Day Kindergarten program for the 2013-2014 school year, despite the Finance Committee’s recommendation to hold back. With Vice Chair Christine Winters and member Jay Pateakos dissenting, the School Committee voted 3-2 in favor of the measure. “I’ve received e-mails from a significant number of [...] Read more »
Beacon Street’s shady canopy will not be further compromised, as the Mattapoisett Planning Board denied a request for a permit to have one of its ash trees cut down. The petition included notes from landscaper Charles Dupont that the tree was diseased and a danger not only to the applicants navigating in and out of [...] Read more »
An appeal for a water and sewer abatement was made by Josepha Staton, the sister of Jacklyn Roderiques of 221-A Wareham Road, at the Marion Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday evening. Staton addressed the Board, saying that her sister is legally blind and that she and her family help Roderiques, who is seeking an [...] Read more »
The Conservation Commission approved a Notice of Intent regarding the construction of an enclosed recycling facility by Shawmut Associates LLC for property at 50 Cranberry Hwy. in Rochester, ending the ongoing public hearing for the site changes. Several changes were approved, including storm water control upgrades, a new driveway from Cranberry Hwy., the installation of [...] Read more »
Monday’s meeting of the Marion Planning Board had a short agenda, but much discussion regarding the “fender benders” and the “incoming and outgoing” of vehicles at Cumberland Farms at the corner of Route 105/Front Street and Route 6. “We want public input on the issues at this site,” said Board member Jay Ryder, “and we [...] Read more »
A group of representatives from the Open Space Action Committee were on hand Monday evening at the Board of Selectmen meeting to express their desire to get a Community Preservation Act approved for the town of Rochester. According to members of the Open Space Action Committee, the last vote for a CPA was 26 votes [...] Read more »
Just before 1:30 Pilgrim Bank on Front Street, Marion reported an Armed Robbery. One suspect fled on foot towards the Spring Street Extension area and the Marion Police Department assisted by the Mattapoisett Police Department are searching along Route 6 for the suspect. The suspect was reported as a white male with brown eyes who [...] Read more »
It was long into the night with much work completed when hot buttons were pushed over the touching of a “no touch zone” on Goodspeed Island. The request for an amended order of conditions filed by Daniel and Laurie DaRosa, 3 Goodspeed Island Lot #28, was denied after the board learned that the a previously [...] Read more »
The most time-consuming issue of Tuesday night’s meeting came during the Town Administrator’s report, when Michael Gagne – with the assistance of Highway Supervisor Barry Denham – reported on their recent meeting with the state. From that meeting, they were encouraged that financial assistance would continue to flow into town for the maintenance and repair [...] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board met Tuesday night and discussed an issue at the Little Quittacas solar project on North Avenue in Rochester. According to Board members, a berm that was scheduled to be put in at the beginning of spring has not been completed, leaving officials worried that the dry season ahead will cause dust [...] Read more »
