Below are the two articles up for a vote at the Marion Special Town Meeting, scheduled for Monday, March 23 at 6:40 pm in Sippican School, 16 Spring Street. This warrant was mailed to Marion residents.
Both articles are recommended by the Select Board.
Article S1. To see if the Town will vote to:
(1) transfer the care, custody, management and control of the portion of the Town-owned parcel of land identified as Assessor’s Parcel Plan 11, Lot 32C, described in a deed recorded with the Plymouth Registry of Deeds in Book 25219, Page 181, which portion contains 2,977 square feet, more or less, and is shown as “BP-8” on plans entitled “Massachusetts Department of Transportation Highway Division Plan and Profile of Shared Use Path – Phase 1 in the Town of Marion, Plymouth County, Preliminary Right of Way Plans” dated February 18, 2026, a copy of which is on file with the Town Clerk, from the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission for the purposes for which it is held, including, but not limited to, park, recreation and conservation purposes to the Select Board for purposes of a shared use path;
(2) as mitigation for the foregoing, to transfer the care, custody, management and control of the Town-owned parcel of land located at Old Indian Trail, containing 13.38 acres, more or less, identified as Assessor’s Parcel Plan 26, Lot 15, described in a deed recorded with the Plymouth Registry of Deeds in Book 20438, Page 114, and shown as Lot 4 on a plan entitled “Approval Not Required Plan of Land in Marion Prepared for Joseph and Lynn Goldovitz,” which plan is recorded with the Plymouth Registry of Deeds as Plan #341 of 2001, from the Select Board for the purpose for which it is held to the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission for passive recreation and conservation purposes under the provisions of G.L. c. 40, § 8C and subject to the terms of the Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity (LAND) Grant Program requirements and
301 CMR 5.00, and the protections of Article 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution;
(3) further, to authorize the Select Board to file a petition with the General Court for a special act authorizing the foregoing transfer and change in use under Article 97, such transfer and change to become effective upon the enactment of said Article 97 legislation;
(4) and to authorize the Select Board to enter into all agreements and take any and all actions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article, or do or take any other action in relation thereto.
or take any other action thereon.
Article S2: To see if the Town will vote to:
authorize the Select Board to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for special legislation in the form set forth below to allow, the granting of one additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on premises’ provided, however, that the General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Select Board approve amendments to the bill before enactment by the General Court; and, provided further that the Select Board is hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition;
An Act Authorizing the Town of Marion to Grant an Additional License for the Sale of All Alcoholic Beverages Not to be Drunk on the Premises.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of same as follows:
Section 1: Notwithstanding section 17 of chapter 138 of the General Laws, the licensing
authority of the Town of Marion may grant 1 additional license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on the premises pursuant to section 15 of said chapter 138, said license to be issued only to C & J Sull, LLC, doing business as J. Sull Wine, at 119 Wareham Road, Unit 105, Marion, Massachusetts. The license granted pursuant to this act shall be subject to all of chapter 138 except said section 17.
Section 2: Such license shall be subject to all conditions imposed by the Select Board and shall terminate and the town revert to the statutory license quota upon the cessation of business operations at said premises, unless otherwise authorized by law.
Section 3: This act shall take effect upon its passage or take any other action thereon.