The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals started its October 13 meeting by honoring one of its veteran former members. Kirby Gilmore, 77, retired this year after 42 years of service on the zoning panel. Last Thursday, he was awarded a certificate of appreciation, “for many years of Community Service and Dedication to the […] Read more »
Issuing Enforcement Orders when property owners fail to abide by Orders of Conditions issued by a Conservation Commission or otherwise overstep established rules for the permit they received is one of the more difficult aspects of serving on such a municipal vetting board. Other times, complaints received by a commission will be investigated and, […] Read more »
The economic plates that have shifted under everyone’s feet these last few months are also posing big-picture complications but not stalling all possible preparation work on a filtration upgrade project for the Mattapoisett Water Treatment Plant. In reporting to Tuesday’s public meeting of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission, Jon Gregory of […] Read more »
A study by a group concerned about the drainage and water-level problems on the Nemasket River, which Rochester’s waterways connect to, is telling the town to enact a large, expensive action plan that no one in town had input on. The Planning Board Tuesday night said the town won’t go willingly in on […] Read more »
Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell called a special public meeting for October 6 to discuss progress on the Point Road Bike Path. In discussing progress with clearing along the designated area where the Point Road Bike Path will run alongside the road, MOSAC member Deb Ewing said, “It still looks […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission was finally ready to approve the restoration plan by owners of the Marion Golf Club during its September 28 public meeting, setting the table for the removal of the Enforcement Order under which the 10 South Lane club’s owners have been working. But a conclusion to the dispute came […] Read more »
Chairperson Cynthia Callow finds her eligible voting body on the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals dwindling to a critical level just as the Heron Cove LLC case comes to a head. The September 29 public meeting of the ZBA, it was hoped on all sides, would be a formality in which the public […] Read more »
While several governing groups including the Board of Health, Marine Resources Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals gained new members at Monday’s public meeting of the Marion Select Board, George T.J. Walker announced a terrible loss for the Board of Assessors. Walker, the chairman of the Assessors, reported the passing of Catherine A. […] Read more »
In May 2022 the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board met and spent considerable time reviewing four options presented by Childs Engineering Corporation for repairs and reconstruction of the town’s historic Long Wharf. The wharf, also known as the Freddie Brownell wharf, was originally built in the 1800s. Time and tides, storms and use have […] Read more »
Three residents attending the September 29 public meeting of the Old Rochester Regional Joint School Committee/Superintendents Union #55 in person at the Media Room of the Junior High School participated in the Open Comment session. Addressing the high school’s library, the residents aired concerns about books available with “graphic behavior” and “sexual content,” […] Read more »