Taking listed agenda items out of rotation during the September 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, Robert Sylvia of Cove Street addressed the matter of maintenance of the private roadway.             Currently on file with the Highway Department are two municipal agreements that provide for snow removal and twice-annual grading of Cove Street, but […] Read more »

Rochester’s Planning Board meeting on Tuesday night approved the request by Snipatuit Solar LLC to extend for one year the special permits for its proposed solar-energy installation on 128 acres at 529, 523 and 0 Snipatuit Road and Featherbed Lane within the Mattapoisett River Valley Watershed and groundwater protection district.             The vote came after […] Read more »

Marion’s Affordable Housing Trust held its monthly meeting on Tuesday night.             Chairperson Eileen Marum called the meeting to order and asked for comments on the minutes of the previous meeting. These were unanimously approved as written, and the group proceeded with the scheduled agenda items.             The first of these was an update and […] Read more »

Town properties in Marion could soon be home to several, revenue-generating charging stations for electric vehicles.             In his Town Administrator’s Report to the Marion Select Board on September 4, Geoff Gorman said that the town has the opportunity to install “fast” Level 3 DC chargers at various locations, providing electrical-vehicle charging and a new […] Read more »

Judy Mooney doesn’t mind helping out some in her retirement, and that makes members of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and Water District Commission very happy.             The recently retired Town of Marion finance director agreed on Tuesday to serve both arms of the MRV as treasurer, a part-time job that […] Read more »

George Powers was enjoying a springtime bike ride with a few hundred other cycling enthusiasts when he experienced a near-death heart attack. It’s a date he and his family aren’t likely to forget – May 19, 2024, on the Tour de Crème.             Several cyclists sprang into action performing CPR, while others called for the […] Read more »

Rochester’s new town administrator, Cameron Durant, grabbed the reins of his job quickly at his first Select Board meeting Monday.             The former Human Resources director for the Town of Fairhaven’s first motion as Rochester’s head administrator was to recommend disbanding the Town Administrator Search Committee, which the Select Board quickly did.             “We’ll do […] Read more »

Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved Eastover Farm’s plan to construct a 70×120 square-foot, outdoor, sand, riding arena for equestrian use at 131 Hiller Road.             Jennifer Dubois of the Trustees of Reservations state conservation group that holds the Conservation Restriction on the farm properties explained to the commission in a Zoom presentation that an additional […] Read more »

The Negative Boxes 2 and 3 Determination of Applicability issued the Town of Marion by its own Conservation Commission on August 28 for a seawall fix was rather brief compared to a more involved discussion the commissioners would hold with a waterfront homeowner whose hired hands were found to be mowing in a jurisdictional area. […] Read more »