The ancient way known as Old Slough Road has long been looked at as a possible emergency exit roadway for residents living in the Angelica Point area. This train of thought came about over time as the town has sought to find ways to improve egress from flood-prone areas, especially those along coastal locations. The […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson delivered an update to the Mattapoisett School Committee on the UMass Boston Collins Center school-consolidation study during Monday night’s committee meeting. In summarizing the study’s progress, Nelson told the School Committee that he and Committee Chairperson Carly Lavin took part in facilities tours that also […] Read more »
A community outreach meeting held on January 4 to discuss a marijuana retail store moving to Rochester drew no one from the public, but details were updated on the plan for Megan’s Organic Market at the Rochester Crossroads’ mixed-use development at Routes 58 and 28. The design of the market seeks to normalize the […] Read more »
The Town of Marion is willing to train Evan Lehrer on the job as its new town administrator, so its citizens can realize his enormous potential as the municipality engages pivotal private and public projects, beginning with the former Lockheed Martin property. Lehrer, selected in a 2-1 vote over fellow finalists Geoff Gorman […] Read more »
The Town of Marion is back to the drawing board in its search for a new town administrator after announcing on January 13 that contract negotiations with candidate Evan Lehrer were unsuccessful. The announcement also stated that the Select Board is exploring options with Community Paradigm Associates consultant Bernie Lynch. Primarily because of his planning […] Read more »
On January 10, the Mattapoisett Select Board along with Dave and Ned Kaiser of the Mattapoisett Boat Yard and the public, heard a presentation given by Kevin Kuros of the Massachusetts Office of Business Development. The MBY in cooperation with the town is seeking to learn more about state level programs that recognize the […] Read more »
Local developer Sherman Briggs’ concerns that Creek Road may have been paved over tainted landfill dug out and moved to outlying towns from Boston’s “big dig” of the 1990s was refuted during the Marion Select Board’s January 4 public meeting. “There is a 2017 report that it met all the state standards,” said […] Read more »
“I guess it’s time to go home again,” Planning Board Chair Arnold Johnson said. With that recommendation on Tuesday, the board approved moving its regular meetings back to town hall starting in February. The panel had been meeting in the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School library since the COVID pandemic began […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission Tuesday night approved the Certificate of Compliance for a 33-year-old, earth-removal project at Plumb Corner. Project engineer Michael Pimental explained this approval would close out the plan that in 1989 removed 77,000 cubic yards of earth from what is now the Plumb Corner development. The developer has finally restored […] Read more »
Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell hopes to keep any of the commission’s work done in house if possible. In his Point Road Bike Path update to MOSAC’s December 7 public meeting, Rockwell told fellow members that he realized the town’s Department of Public Works has been performing some excavation-type work […] Read more »