The Marion Bylaw Codification Committee is a subcommittee of the Planning Board, but not all Codification Committee members are Planning Board members. As the Codification Committee has been grinding through an arduous updating and cleaning up of existing bylaws, some Planning Board members have in their own public meetings articulated frustration with their lack […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission Tuesday night approved a plan for the town to acquire 42.41 acres on Featherbed Lane, but not before discussing whether it was a good idea. The land is being donated to the town by property owners Bradford and Ruth Correia. The Select Board, which will make the ultimate decision as […] Read more »
Jay McGrail’s final Select Board public meeting as the Marion’s town administrator was dominated by three appointments, the first about the search for his replacement. Attending the meeting via Zoom, Bernie Lynch of Community Paradigm Associates provided an update and sought approval from the Select Board with regards to forming a volunteer screening […] Read more »
The Marion School Committee was not asked to vote on the Old Rochester Regional School District’s new OpenSciEd presentation, which was given at the committee’s October 26 public meeting for information purposes only. Dr. Shari Fedorowicz, ORR’s assistant superintendent of Teaching & Learning, discussed the program earmarked for students in Grades 6-8. OpenSciEd […] Read more »
On October 27, the Mattapoisett Select Board met in a joint session with the town’s Finance Committee to close the November 14 Special Town Meeting Warrant and decide to recommend or withhold recommendation of articles. There was little if any discussion that would lead to changes in the warrant as presented, but there […] Read more »
Rockland Trust and its customers will have to wait until at least mid-November to know if one of its ATM drive-up/walk-up kiosks will be built in the Plumb Corner mall parking lot. After hearing and voicing multiple objections to where it is being placed, the Rochester Planning Board continued its October 25 public […] Read more »
In the wake of comments made on Facebook by Old Rochester Regional District School Committee member Joe Pires, Rochester resident Rhonda Baptiste filed an Open Meeting Law complaint with the state. Their disagreement on the ramifications of censorship of sexual content in public-school libraries brought out dozens of Tri-Town citizens, both in person […] Read more »
Alvin Johnson’s first meeting in many years as a member of the Marion Board of Health coincided with long-awaited news of improvements at previously troublesome residences on Pitcher Street. In reporting to the board on behalf of absent acting Health Agent Bob Ethier, Public Health Director Lori Desmarais told the board that the […] Read more »
Behind the scenes, members of many permitting boards individually visit construction projects and other sites to gain firsthand knowledge of what they will be required to hear and act upon once public hearings are underway. That was the case on October 20 when the Mattapoisett ZBA opened its meeting. During the course of the proceedings, […] Read more »
The Marion Energy Management Committee met on Monday in part to review its October 18 audience with the Select Board. In a rare opportunity to be heard where it concerns the committee’s accomplishments on behalf of Marion and state its case for an influence on the energy decisions facing the town’s two major […] Read more »