Thomas Bowler was voted an Order of Conditions to conduct maintenance repairs to his 165-foot existing timber dock at 17 Moorings Road. Meeting on January 11, the Marion Conservation Commission heard from Ben Foley of Foth, who represented Bowler with a presentation indicating plans to replace the “structural elements” supporting the residential, licensed […] Read more »
The Town of Marion’s plan to reduce overall driving speed limits on all local roads from 30 miles per hour to 25 (unless otherwise posted) will take time to implement, Department of Public Works engineer Meghan Davis reported during the Marion Select Board’s January 18 public meeting. The plan, the product of meetings […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board Tuesday permitted the construction of an in-ground swimming pool behind a multi-unit home at 7 Marion Road. Building owner Kerri Souza received approval to install an 18×36-foot, 6-inch-deep pool with a steel-wall vinyl liner that she alone will use behind her four-unit building. The project’s installer, Gary Medeiros, promised […] Read more »
The Marion Affordable Housing Trust discussed a potential Accessory Dwelling Bylaw for the Town of Marion during its January 10 public meeting at the Music Hall. “If you look at how this is written, it’s written so as not to promote accessory dwelling,” said Chairperson Terri Santos, who told the members that the […] Read more »
It’s that time of the fiscal year when town departments draft new budgets and review their capital needs. For Mattapoisett’s Capital Planning Committee, it’s also a time to continue casting a wide net that captures all capital expenses in an effort to shed light on all proposed expenditures. The process now includes data on […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board reviewed what Chairman Norm Hills described as “another batch of bylaw changes” when it met remotely via Zoom on Monday night. Board member Andrew Daniel anticipates problems enforcing Section 230-6.2 on Signs, which on election days would authorize town employees to remove political signs inside of the required 150-foot […] Read more »
The committee charged with studying the feasibility of replacing or rehabbing the town’s public-safety buildings met with study consultant Ted Galante on Tuesday afternoon to exchange ideas on viable options. Galante began the meeting by handing out copies of the wish-list books that have compiled what both Fire Chief Scott Weigel and Police […] Read more »
Don and Barbara Easterday’s January 12 proposal for a two-car garage on their pie-shaped lot at 52 Cove Circle was found lacking by the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals, which voted to continue the case to February 9. The Easterdays sought a variance from Section 230-5.1 of the Marion Zoning Bylaws for the […] Read more »
Rochester Health Director Karen Walega urges residents to register to attend one of the two remaining public hearings on the state Department of Environmental Protection’s proposed changes to Title 5 septic regulations and to contact Representative William Straus and Senator Michael Rodrigues. “The deadline for letters to DEP has been pushed back to […] Read more »
In listening to consultant Kent Nichols Jr. of Weston & Sampson, Inc. review Marion’s 20-year Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan during the town’s final informational workshop on the CWMP held January 12, Select Board Chairman Randy Parker asked, “How are we going to do all this and increase our outfall permit?” The permit piece, […] Read more »