The Select Board met on October 6 at the Marion Police Conference Center to address routine water and sewer commission matters. The board agreed to lift a moratorium on road-opening work on Water Street to help a homeowner seeking to increase the gas line size for a new home there. Kenneth Michaels Jr. […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission began its deliberations Tuesday by approving a Certificate of Compliance for the 7 Forbes Road residential construction project, meaning the completed new home there substantially complies with the board’s earlier Order of Conditions. Conservation Agent Merilee Kelly clarified that this is one of the new house lots next to […] Read more »
Connecting curriculum, student support and school safety across the Tri-Town schools is the focus of work underway or planned for the fourth year of Vision 2028, the five-year strategic plan reviewed at the October 1 joint school committee meeting. Superintendent Mike Nelson explained how the plan guides the four school districts while allowing […] Read more »
Residents crowding into the Senior Center meeting room successfully lobbied the Rochester Select Board Monday to suspend the use of the Flock cameras scattered around town that video-record car license plates and, some say, spread townspeople’s private data. Flock cameras are AI-powered automated license plate readers used by law enforcement and private groups […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met on Monday, October 5, with Toll Brothers — a Pennsylvania-based builder of luxury homes — to discuss a housing development that will run adjacent to its Marion Pointe project at 78 Wareham Road. Marion Pointe, a 48-home luxury single-family development, is currently under construction; homes are priced starting at […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board met on September 30 to vote on closing the November 9 special Town Meeting warrant and approving the ballot for the November 3 election. The brief meeting featured endorsement votes from the Select Board on the three and only Town Meeting articles, two connected to the shared-use path that passes […] Read more »
The Conservation Commission on September 23 held public hearings on three properties within a wetlands buffer zone and approved all three. The first two on the agenda received the most scrutiny: Mary Ann Hubbard Trust is seeking to build a single-family home on Front Street and Benjamin Dion is proposing a four-bedroom home on […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission plans to open the public hearing on the proposed Mahoney’s Lane project Wednesday, October 28, at 6:30 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium. Whether residents will be able to participate by Zoom remains unresolved. At its September 28 meeting, the commission discussed how to accommodate the […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee began its September 24 meeting facing public comments from a room packed with residents still concerned about the recent complaint that a transgender student entered a girl’s bathroom stall at Rochester Memorial School. In May, a biologically male transgender student was accused of invading the privacy of a 9-year-old girl […] Read more »
A proposed Cottage Community Development bylaw is not ready for the November 9 Town Meeting, Planning Board Chair Thomas Tucker said Monday night. The board closed a brief public hearing after receiving comments about cottage and garage sizes and questions about affordability. Members will continue revising the proposal for possible consideration at the […] Read more »