Terrence and Laura Hartford can now step off their deck and onto their own property after the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals voted to grant them a variance immediately following a June 22 public hearing. The Hartfords applied for a variance from Section 230-5.1 of the Marion Zoning Bylaws to allow the conveyance […] Read more »
Rochester’s selectmen on June 21 approved a plan to give town employee retirees a one-time 5% Cost of Living Adjustment raise for 2023 that will cost the town budget $25,000 for the next five years. Town Treasurer Kory Lyon presented the plan to the board on behalf of the Plymouth County Retirement Board, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Water Commission hosted a further airing of the dispute with the Buzzards Bay Coalition that’s kept the town’s Conservation Commission from signing on to a multitown Conservation Restriction that includes Rochester land without a clear resolution. The CR discussed during the commission’s June 14 public meeting would protect 241 acres of aquifer […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday agreed to the much-debated proposed Conservation Restriction on 13 acres at Red Brick Farm East, contingent on the Mattapoisett Water Department abiding by the town’s requested conditions. The commission motioned that it would sign the CR upon receipt of a Letter of Intent stating that Mattapoisett will never develop […] Read more »
Marion Animal Control Officer Susan Connor appeared before the Board of Health during its June 15 public meeting to discuss a complaint she brought forward about a dog defecating at a retention-pond area near Silvershell Beach. As summarized by board Chairman Dr. Ed Hoffer, the location in the complaint was right next to […] Read more »
It was with a unanimous vote and an enthusiastic round of applause that the Mattapoisett School Committee received a report from Old Rochester Regional Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Dr. Shari Fedorowicz on ORR’s literacy program curriculum for the 2023-24 academic year. Noting he has spent almost 30 years at Old Hammondtown […] Read more »
The other shoe in Jamie McIntosh’s recent resignation as Mattapoisett’s harbormaster has dropped on Marion with the news that its 19-year harbormaster, Isaac Perry, will replace McIntosh effective Monday, June 26. Perry was presented with his badges framed by Assistant Harbormaster Dave Wilson to a standing ovation from the Marion Resources Commission and attendees […] Read more »
Rochester Memorial School Principal Derek Medeiros introduced a presentation on the recently concluded, two-year School Improvement Plan to the June 6 meeting of the Rochester School Committee. The plan covered the latest focal points of the ORR District’s three primary areas of education: 21st Century Learning, Social/Emotional Learning and Global Citizenship. Under […] Read more »
According to Marion Energy Management Committee member Alanna Nelson, Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative (CVEC) spoke to the developer of the Benson Brook capped landfill solar project, and “things are beginning to unlock.” After procurement issues extended renegotiation of the agreement, it appears they are moving ahead with the project, said Nelson during […] Read more »
In its final public meeting of the 2022-23 academic year, the Marion School Committee heard an update on the two-year School Improvement Plan. Principal Marla Sirois said seeing students make “such strides during the pandemic and seeing the outcomes at the end” was a thrill. Thanking stakeholders, Sirois highlighted 21st century and project-based […] Read more »