The running public hearing for construction at Shawmut Associates LLC of Cranberry Highway in Rochester continued on Tuesday evening, with Planning Board members estimating that it would take upward of another three meetings to get everything approved by the town’s various boards. Green Seal engineers recently submitted a site plan review to the town, and [...] Read more »
The Conservation Commission’s schedule was extraordinarily limited, but one meeting carried great importance for the residents of Mattapoisett. Buzzard’s Bay Coalition’s Allen Decker once again was before the commission seeking its approval for a completed grant application and letter to the state for 16.5 acres the coalition is securing and, will ultimately be owned by [...] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectman and members of the Rochester School Committee held a brief joint meeting Monday and discussed the potential reallocation of extra funds from this year’s budget into a special education account in case of unexpected expenses for fiscal year 2014. Ultimately, the Board approved the three articles presented by the School [...] Read more »
After a complex hearing, Blue Wave LLC – whose large solar farm project proposed for Tinkham Hill Road brought out approximately 60 vested residents – was approved by the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals for a commercial special permit. The hearing was one of two that contributed to a sprawling four-hour meeting. Richard Charon of [...] Read more »
John DeVillars, principal of Blue Wave LLC, along with Trevor Hardy and Robert Erb of Solar Design, and Richard Charon of Charon Engineering hosted an informal presentation for interested residents and abutters of the proposed large-scale solar farm planned for Tinkham Hill Road in Mattapoisett. Approximately 50 citizens were in attendance at the meeting, held [...] Read more »
Although the two sides inched closer together during two nights of public hearings, the Planning Board and Energy Management Committee failed to reach consensus on Marion’s proposed Solar Bylaw. As has been the case since the Board of Selectmen signed off on its inclusion in the warrant, the bylaw – which formalizes the process for [...] Read more »
The identity of a body that was found on a beach in Mattapoisett on Saturday April 13 was found to be 39-year-old Scott Kilroe of Wareham. Mr. Kilroe was first reported missing on February 12 and at the time the police reported that there were no signs of foul play at his residence and that [...] Read more »
Representatives from Green Seal Environmental of Sagamore Beach presented the Rochester Conservation Commission on Tuesday night with plans for the proposed 7-acre recycling facility along Cranberry Highway on 60 acres of land owned by Shawmut Associates LLC. Green Seal’s Peter Flood said that the company will replace the existing 35,000-square-foot structure on the land with [...] Read more »
With Jennifer Francis sitting squarely between the Planning Board and dozens of Marion residents for the duration of the proceedings, Tuesday’s public hearing on Marion’s proposed solar bylaw crackled with an energy of its own. The bylaw – which formalizes the process for installing residential solar arrays in Marion, while also recommending a Municipal Solar [...] Read more »
A moment of silence for those injured in the Boston Marathon explosions opened the Marion Board of Selectmen’s meeting on Tuesday evening. Chairman Steve Cushing prompted the moment, where all stood. The Town House Advisory Committee, led by Chairman Jay Ryder, addressed the Board. Without a written proposal, Ryder and the Committee discussed their findings. [...] Read more »
