December 13 will be the decision date for several projects the Rochester Planning Board reviewed during a busy meeting on November 16. First, however, the board endorsed the Approval Not Required application for minor changes to 31 Clapp Road, which is owned by Conservation Commission member William Clapp. Clapp wishes to revise […] Read more »
Plans for a Village-Style Smart Growth District in Marion were discussed by the Marion Planning Board during its public meeting on Monday night at the Police Station. While the primary purposes of the plan drafted by the Bylaw Codification Committee (a subcommittee of the Planning Board) include furthering the goals and policies of the […] Read more »
Andrew Fisher, 655 County Road, West Wareham, was granted a variance he doesn’t really want. Fisher’s case came up before the Rochester Board of Health during its November 16 public meeting, at which Health Director Karen Walega told the board that Fisher had bought the house and encountered an issue with a well under […] Read more »
The November 15 meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee started on a somber note, with Chairperson Carly Lavin making the announcement that the public-comment section would not be held during this meeting. “As a result of the threatening, disruptive and disorderly conduct of two members of the public that were held during the […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Planning Board spent the lion’s share of their rather short agenda approving the release of 53G funds for several completed roadway projects. The catch name 53G stands for special accounts set up by applicants to cover the costs of peer-review experts for such projects as subdivision roadways and other construction-related engineering oversight. […] Read more »
Engineer Rick Charon’s thorough presentation to the Marion Board of Health helped its members arrive at an understanding of the challenges faced by the owner at 31 Partridge Place, resulting in a vote to grant two variances from Title 5 of the state Environmental Code. As a result, the residential property will be […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester will be getting $595,250 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, but only if it knows what to spend it on. Plymouth County Treasurer Tom O’Brien and County Commissioner Jared Valanzola visited the Select Board during its Monday night public meeting to explain how to apply for the funds the […] Read more »
Jon Roth plans to clear the land he owns at 119 Dexter Lane so his horses and cattle can graze there. First, however, he needs his Notice of Intent to do so approved by the Rochester Conservation Commission because the action will mean thinning out the undergrowth and overgrowth of the nonwetlands area of […] Read more »
The November 15 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission included a rather innocuous Request for Determination of Applicability for 26R Pine Island Road filed by Craig and Elaine Bovaird. The agenda item read, “Applicant proposes to rebuild a stone wall and plant two trees together with an After the Fact authorization to cut three trees […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals reviewed a plan on November 10 that would place a seven-building, 47,568 square-foot, self-storage facility on 14.93 acres on Cranberry Highway. Petitioner JPF Development’s technical consultant, Bill Madden of G.A.F. Engineering, said the applicant was seeking a special permit for the plan because the proposed use does […] Read more »