Marion stakeholders are determined to build the town’s new Department of Public Works operations center on the $4,500,000 budget approved by voters last year at Town Meeting, and they intend to do it by internally handling as many tasks as legal and possible and bypassing a general contractor. Some tasks, lead architect Will Saltonstall […] Read more »
The February 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board found the members not only filling empty seats on various boards and committees but also noting the number of seats that are up for reelection or to be filled with new faces come May 16. Mattapoisett’s 2023 Election Nomination papers have been available since January […] Read more »
During Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board, member Karen Field commented that the houses being built on Chapel Road seem too close to Route 6. She said the building inspector confirmed that the homes have proper setbacks. This prompted resident Paul Osenkowski to share his opinion of the project and the board. […] Read more »
The controversial subject of library resources was once again discussed during a school committee meeting, this time as an item on Monday night’s agenda of the Old Rochester Regional School Committee. Michelle Smith, committee chairperson, provided a draft statement for the committee’s consideration, highlighted by an existing policy that the selection of library […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee met on Monday night to continue their work in crafting an updated, 10-year plan, part of which now displays projects and any associated grants. Town Administrator Mike Lorenco shared details on a variety of grants the town has received or is pending approval. First on the list was […] Read more »
Casey Barros and Dick Giberti of the Capital Improvements Planning Committee presented Tuesday night to the Marion Select Board, working off of CIPC Chairman Paul Naiman’s letter on the committee’s FY24 project rankings and 10-year plan. As Giberti explained, the CIPC confines its interest to projects costing at least $10,000 with a useful […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission began its February 7 meeting by approving a Standard Order of Conditions for the plan at 119 Dexter Lane to thin out the undergrowth and overgrowth in the non-wetlands area of the parcel. Conservation Agent Merilee Kelly reported to the board that Natural Heritage has asked property owner Jon Roth to […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester has a temporary solution to its lack of an administrative assistant for the Zoning Board of Appeals. He’s veteran Zoning Board member Richard Cutler, whom the Select Board approved hiring as a temporary employee during Monday night’s Select Board meeting. Without the help of former Patrice Braz, who resigned […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee started its review of the proposed town budget for FY24 Monday and revealed a lot about some of the changes behind the accounting numbers. Committee Chairman Kris Stoltenberg began the meeting by asking Town Administrator Glenn Cannon for an overview of what to expect for the FY24 budget that […] Read more »
Bob Silva of Septic Preservation Services visited the Marion Board of Health on January 19 to talk about denitrification technology in septic systems. He told the board that his company services all “advanced-treatment” units and is a distributor of Singulair advanced-treatment units. Acknowledging the unmatched expertise of George Heufelder, Silva asked why the […] Read more »