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 »
The Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday, September 17, at 6:00 pm in Town Hall to hear one case: a request for a special permit. John and Nasira Ewing of 25 North Street sought a special permit for the demolition of the lot’s existing garage and the construction of a new […] Read more »
At its Tuesday, September 22 meeting, the Rochester Planning Board delayed judging a special permit application to divide an existing parcel into two separate housing lots at 72 Marion Road after learning the land is in a groundwater protection district. Project representative Matthew Leone explained the plan is for land on the south side […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met Monday night in the police station conference room and remotely via Microsoft Teams. The meeting included various action items and a continued public hearing. Chair Sean Sweeney began with action items and, after approving the minutes from the August 17 meeting, moved to approve payments. These payments included […] Read more »
The Center School clock stopped for part of the summer because the floor beneath its bell has sagged enough to interfere with the clock’s drive shaft, longtime clock keeper Ray Andrews told the Select Board on September 22. Andrews got the clock running again in late July, but said his adjustment was temporary. […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board met briefly on September 21 with some good news for town taxpayers. The board approved the Board of Assessors’ recommendation to set a property tax rate for FY2027 of $10.62 per thousand dollars of value, which is only three cents higher than the current rate. The select board also […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission on Tuesday, September 15, approved a Positive Order of Conditions for the Notice of Intent application of High Street Solar, Site B, which proposes work within the 100-foot wetlands buffer zone for a massive ground-mounted solar array within the parcel’s northern lots near Mayflower Lane. The move means the […] Read more »