Freshly out of a special meeting held in concert with the Select Board to hear the UMass Boston Collins Center’s conclusion that the economic benefit of school consolidation would be offset by the resultant expansion of Center or Old Hammondtown Elementary School, the Mattapoisett School Committee focused Monday night’s regular meeting on causes for […] Read more »
There were two races heading into the May 12 town election and incumbents on the Old Rochester Regional School Committee and the local town school committee were successful. Margaret McSweeny took 469 votes to defeat challenger Jennifer Marie-Zora Stewart, who netted 190 votes. “I am grateful that Marion reelected me so that […] Read more »
Up until now, Rochester Memorial School has not been a School Choice destination, and it will remain that way for the 2023-24 academic year after the Rochester School Committee voted against joining the program after its May 4 public hearing. When the committee deliberated, Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson explained […] Read more »
Three (3) candidates are on the Mattapoisett Town Election ballot for one (1) open seat on the Select Board. Tyler Macallister, Incumbent What is my vision for Mattapoisett over the next three years? Next 10 years? I write this on the day of my 10th annual Town Meeting as a member of the […] Read more »
Editor’s note: Three (3) candidates are on the Mattapoisett Town Election ballot for two (2) open seats on the Trustees of the Public Library. Ruth Oliver Jolliffe, Incumbent I am Ruth Oliver Jolliffe, and I am running for reelection for trustee of the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. Books and libraries have been my […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday informally reviewed a plan to construct a 20,000-square-foot building on New Bedford Road to restore, detail and store collectible cars. Project engineer Bill Madden explained Briggs Hobby Barn is being built by Mark and Ashley Briggs for personal and not commercial use on a 10.9-acre parcel that was once […] Read more »
Editor’s note: Three (3) candidates are on the ballot for two (2) open seats on the Marion School Committee. Mary Beauregard, Incumbent My name is Mary Beauregard. I’m running for reelection to the Marion School Committee. I am currently on the Policy and Equity subcommittees, the Joint School Committee, and I represent Marion […] Read more »
Stone Rooster Realty Corporation LLC received a Negative Box 2 and 3 Determination of Applicability for construction of a retaining wall and front-entrance stoop with an ADA-accessible ramp at 27 Wareham Street, as voted by the Marion Conservation Commission during its April 26 public meeting. After Representative Sam Iamele of JC Engineering, Inc., […] Read more »
Editor’s note: Two (2) candidates are on the ballot for one (1) open seat on the Mattapoisett School Committee. Carly Lavin, Incumbent My name is Carly Lavin, and I am seeking reelection to the Mattapoisett School Committee to ensure that all students get the best education this town can responsibly afford to offer. […] Read more »
Does the Rochester Select Board have the right to eliminate one of the new, better-paying job classifications that the Personnel Board was formed to create? A week after the Select Board did just that regarding an Executive Assistant position that was proposed for the FY24 budget, Rochester Personnel Board Chairman Adam Murphy on […] Read more »