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 »
Hobby Barn Proposed
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 »
Marion School Committee
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 Receives Negative Determination
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 »
Mattapoisett School Committee
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 »
Town Counsel Seeks More Information in Job Dispute
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 »
ORR School Committee
Editor’s note: The Old Rochester Regional School Committee will see races this month between incumbents and challengers in all three of the Tri-Towns. This week we present the candidates for one open seat in Marion and one open seat in Mattapoisett. The Rochester candidates will appear in the May 18 issue of The Wanderer. […] Read more »
CPA Funding Impact Disputed
While the FY24 Operating Budget and Water and Sewer Enterprise funds garnered relatively routine voter approval, projects recommended by the Community Preservation Committee drew the lion’s share of citizen commentary extending Marion’s Annual Town Meeting to nearly two hours. The spring-season meeting, held on Monday night at Sippican Elementary School, saw all 34 […] Read more »
Nips Stay, Dog Waste Goes
Before Town Meeting began on May 8, the Mattapoisett Select Board held a brief meeting which included recasting a vote taken on April 20. The vote was for the Select Board’s support of Article 1 Elected Officials’ Compensation, contained therein, a $7,500 raise for the Highway Surveyor Garrett Bauer. It was later determined […] Read more »
Zuker Prepared to Go It Alone
Developer Matt Zuker appeared before the Marion Planning Board on Monday night with an overview of his 48-unit, townhouse-style, residential development that he plans to construct off Route 6 near the Wareham town line. The Presubmission Conference was the opening act of an anticipated series of meetings that will feature vastly more-detailed presentations […] Read more »