Rochester Police were called to the scene of a serious head on crash on New Bedford Road in the area of Cushman Road at 6:50pm. Responding officers found two heavily damaged vehicles in the roadway. The operator of one vehicle was ejected and suffered serious injuries requiring him to be flown by helicopter to Rhode […] Read more »
Voters packed the Rochester Memorial School on Monday night to decide the fate of 12 articles, but a majority of those voters – a vast majority, in fact – made it clear that they were in attendance mainly to stop the Community Preservation Act from making it to the spring election ballot. They succeeded. Article […] Read more »
Once again, the members of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met with Shepard Johnson, an attorney representing Robert Ringuette of Leisure Shores Marina. This third meeting, which is a continuation from two previous meetings, produced little in the way of detailed information from the applicant. Instead, the board received a flow of questions, many of which […] Read more »
Rochester’s search for a new Town Planner is under way, three months after John Charbonneau left to take a position with Raynham. The search committee will include Planning Board Chairman Arnie Johnson and member Ben Bailey, in addition to Town Administrator Richard LaCamera and Selectman Bradford Morse. “We’ll meet the week after next to whittle […] Read more »
Rochester Police, Fire and EMS were called to a motor vehicle accident on North Road at just after 4pm today. They received multiple reports of a minivan, which struck a telephone pole. At the scene they found a single vehicle that had struck a pole, knocking it into the street. A portion of North Avenue […] Read more »
Calling all three projects before them good for the town, the members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, with Building Inspector Andy Bobola on hand providing his expert opinion, moved swiftly through the public hearings on Thursday night’s agenda. First up were Jordan and Jessica Collyer, of 5 Hillside Ave., coming before the board requesting […] Read more »
While Fall Town Meeting was under way down the street, the Mattapoisett School Committee conducted a brisk meeting highlighted by community improvements, a revamped kindergarten assessment program, and budget transfers. Among the four transfers presented by Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Doug White and approved by the Mattapoisett School Committee were $43,171 for an […] Read more »
Betsy Dunn and Albin Johnson of the Marion Board of Health came before the Marion Planning Board to discuss the issue of a medical marijuana zoning bylaw in Marion. The consensus was to let the state regulations prevail rather than fight the facilities, in the process saving the town hours of regulation and possible litigation, […] Read more »
A lively discussion was held regarding a Mattapoisett native who wants to hold concerts at the Marion Music Hall and have BYOB evenings. “Our aim is to have a local venue to come together, hear music and enjoy each other’s company in a community spirit,” said Mitchell Suzan, a police officer of 30 plus years […] Read more »
Four public hearings comprised the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals agenda last week, but one dominated the proceedings. James Steidler’s application for a special permit to allow construction of a mixed-use development at 28 Marion Rd., complete with oversized signage and a variance request on an undersized lot, was ultimately continued until the December 12 […] Read more »
