On December 15, the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals convened to hear two appeals and did so in nearly record time. Coming before the board on this night was David Andrews of Bay Club Real Estate with what was filed as a Variance and ultimately accepted as a Land Use Variance application for […] Read more »
The Marion Capital Improvements Planning Committee has much to digest after meeting recently with several town department heads to hear their capital requests for Fiscal Year 2024, along with 10-year needs-based projections. Most recently, the Department of Public Works went before the CIPC on December 8 and the Facilities Department on December 15. […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board Monday night scheduled the 2023 Annual Town Meeting for May 22 and learned what will be that meeting’s most consequential article. The Select Board meeting began with a request from Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School Superintendent Aaron Polansky to put a placeholder article on the warrant requesting funding for […] Read more »
December 20 found members of the Mattapoisett Select Board and the Marine Advisory Board sitting down to hash out next steps in the long-anticipated repairs and improvements for Long Wharf. But the process of making critical plans to a wharf located in the heart of the historic village is still in the early stages. […] Read more »
“I’m going to be honest, I think there’s a lot to be proud of, knowing what we have all gone through the last two and a half years. What we’re hearing from the state is that a lot of the trends we’re seeing are consistent from district to district. We saw some of that here. […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Community Preservation Act Committee met on December 13 to begin the vetting process for grant applications received for the FY23 budget cycle. Grants passing muster will then go on to the Spring Town Meeting to determine the will of the people. Five grants have been received, and preliminary discussion has begun to […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Health on December 7 reviewed a draft letter that will request “slowing down” the implementation of proposed new and potentially expensive state septic-system installation regulations. Town Health Director Karen Walega said the Department of Environmental Protection is proposing to require nitrogen-reduction systems for even existing septic systems. This new […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals opened a public hearing on December 8 into a plan to build an 80×204-foot steel building with 10 separate bays and 16,320 square feet of floor space at 19 Country Road. But the board could not even come close to rendering a decision. Neighbors who are so […] Read more »
Having seen the Town of Rochester push back on the state’s winter-2023 timeframe to implement a new regulation requiring septic owners in designated nitrogen-sensitive areas to install expensive denitrification systems, Mattapoisett Board of Health Chairman Carmelo Nicolosi was eager to follow suit when the board met on December 8. A debate is growing […] Read more »
The December 12 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission was one of those rare occasions when a municipal board gets to hear from the youth in the community. Coming before the commission on this night was Boy Scout Murray Copps to discuss his Eagle project. Copps has secured permission from various private-property owners, whose […] Read more »