The Planning Board on August 18 met for a two-item agenda that focused mostly on discussion of the proposed Municipal Separate Stormwater Systems Bylaw – also known as MS4, and whether it should be a general or zoning bylaw.             The board at a previous meeting were still mulling over whether the bylaw should be […] Read more »

            On August 18, the Mattapoisett Planning Board heard from Mat Leone of the engineering firm of Schneider, Davignon and Leone regarding an Approval Not Required (ANR) filed by Laddy Properties for land located at 4 Old Slough Road.             The applicant sought and received approval for a shared common driveway 356-feet in length and […] Read more »

            At the Rochester Board of Health’s last meeting on August 6, they went over various health updates in the community. The threat of mosquito-borne illness is still a cause of discussion, though health officials are not necessarily worried about the diseases. West Nile was detected in Tri-Town mosquitos last month by the state Department […] Read more »

            Japanese knotweeds continue to plague the town, and the invasive species were topics of two hearings at the August 13 Conservation Commission meeting at the Police Station, 550 Mill St.             Building Commissioner Bob Grillo, who presented it, received favorable comments on the town’s plan to demolish an existing, dilapidated home on 988 Point […] Read more »

            Rochester’s Select Board began its busy meeting Monday by hosting Plymouth County Treasurer Thomas O’Brien’s presentation of over $32,000 of ARPA funds to the town.             O’Brien explained before posing with the oversize facsimile of the check with Select Board members that the $32,382.71 the town is receiving actually combines two checks responding to […] Read more »

            The Marion Planning Board on August 4 could not decide on whether a potential municipal separate stormwater systems bylaw, also known as MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems), should be a general or zoning bylaw.             The board, however, went through a draft written by a subcommittee, and will decide on August 18 which […] Read more »

            The Marion Board of Health on August 7 met at the Marion Police Station and had a long discussion on whether new or updated homes should be mandated to use the more expensive denitrification septic systems.             Board Chairman Albin Johnson III was adamant that residential septic systems do not contribute much, if anything, […] Read more »

            The Old Rochester Regional High School’s athletic fields will finally be getting some much-needed repairs and improvements beginning with bids opening on August 20.             Representatives Megan Kearns and Josh Millonig from the engineering firm Weston & Sampson stated during the August 11 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission that the project is in […] Read more »

            The lot at 28 Marion Road, Rochester, that has been vacant since a fire destroyed the bakery and cafe there in 2011 may finally see a house built upon it. First, however, the plan must get approval from the town Historic District Commission.             Acushnet engineer Nelson Bernardo, who had already received a building […] Read more »

The Marion Planning Board met on Monday to discuss a subdivision on Front Street and to approve Field Engineering Co., Inc.’s amendment to their Engineering Service Agreement for 78 Wareham Road.             Following the approval of minutes with some minor grammatical and structural changes, the board then moved on to an Approval Not Required endorsement […] Read more »