Now that the members of the Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee have met with each of the town’s department heads, they are nearly ready to vote. Chuck McCullough stated that with the completion of the ‘wish list’ meetings, where department heads revisited 2014 capital spending and lobbied for their must have items for 2015 and beyond, […] Read more »
Goodbye, Good Friday as a day off. Starting with the 2014-2015 school year, the joint School Committees voted March 27 to do away with giving students as a day off the Friday before Easter. The committees also voted to make the Wednesday before Thanksgiving a full day-off, rather than a half-day, to counterbalance the added […] Read more »
After months of speculation, a public hearing was held on Tuesday evening at the Marion Board of Selectmen’s meeting on the ‘alteration of premises’ of the local Wave Restaurant. The popular Marion watering hole has been closed for several months and is adjacent to both the new 40B project and the proposed Marion bike path. […] Read more »
Shawmut Associates was back before the Rochester Conservation Committee on April 1 with a request to amend the Order of Conditions, which the commission unanimously approved after Project Manager Peter Flood of Green Seal Environmental explained the latest changes to the plan. Changes to the 50 Cranberry Highway trash and recycling facility plan involve enclosing […] Read more »
What appeared to be a clarification of the Table of Principal Uses (similar to a Table of Contents) in the Solar By-Law opened a lengthy and spirited discussion on possible additional amendments to the by-law. Members of the Marion Planning Board and two from the Marion Energy Management Committee commented on the proposed amendment at […] Read more »
As Mattapoisett’s Capital Planning Committee continues its work of meeting with various town departments to review their 2016 needs and the five-year plan, Chairman Chuck McCullough explained the task of the committee. He said that after the committee completes all departmental financial reviews, the members will then debate the prioritization of each line item request. […] Read more »
On March 25 at 11:25pm, the Mattapoisett Police Department received a call from an alarm monitoring company reporting a called in burglar alarm at 27 North Street. The first arriving Officer could smell smoke shortly after arriving on scene and requested that the Fire Department be dispatched. Upon further investigation by the Police Officer, he […] Read more »
A couple of last-minute candidates returned nomination papers before the deadline passed on March 24, and voters can anticipate three contested races: Board of Selectmen, Planning Board and Marion School Committee. W. Dale Jones is running against incumbent Selectman Stephen Cushing in the race for Board of Selectmen. Jones ran for Selectman in 2013, but […] Read more »
The American Legion and the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen honored Evelyn Pursley and Donald Fleming whose decades of service to the town and its residents span a total of 110 years. They were lauded for dedicating their lives to serving others through participation on various town boards and organizations as well as in their professional […] Read more »
Selectmen called for a Special Town Meeting for May 19 at 6:45 pm, just before Rochester’s Annual Town Meeting that same evening at 7:00 pm. Article submission deadline was set for Friday, April 10 so selectmen can review the articles at their April 14 meeting. Town Administrator Richard LaCamera said only a few reserve fund […] Read more »
