The future of the Holy Ghost Grounds was a major discussion topic when the Mattapoisett Select Board met on Tuesday night. After hearing from voters at the Spring Special Town Meeting that planning was overdue on the 8-acre parcel located off Park Street, the board delved into which goes first: a plan or a […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester’s building commissioner for only eight months has resigned, but he has already been replaced. On Monday night, the Select Board announced that Carl Bizarro, who was appointed as building commissioner in March, handed in his letter of resignation on November 29, stating he will be resigning effective December 18. The […] Read more »
The Marion Energy Management Committee met on Monday and unanimously voted to approve a new mission statement meant to both encompass the traditional actions of the committee as a research-and-development department for the town’s cost cutters and identify with its more-recent focus as a think tank for a coastal community addressing the long-term ramifications […] Read more »
The Marion Affordable Housing Trust Tuesday night reviewed and approved its final draft of the town’s 2020 Housing Production Plan. The document’s goal is to update Marion’s 2015 Housing Production Plan. Its intent is to detail a proactive strategy for the town to plan and develop affordable housing, starting with summarizing, “the main housing […] Read more »
Pat DeCosta represented the Marion Board of Assessors for a continued public hearing before the Select Board on November 22, the hearing for tax classification. “Based on the town being 93% residential, it would be a big burden on the businesses to split the tax rate and (have) very little impact on the […] Read more »
During the November 28 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, a request for a Certificate of Compliance from one applicant, Farland Corporation, was tabled, given that another property owner was using the same Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection file number. Farland requested that a Certificate of Compliance be issued for 16 Nantucket Drive. However, […] Read more »
Marion Trust #1, Michael Craffey, is allowed to repair an existing seawall and remove invasive phragmites at 522 Point Road after the Marion Conservation Commission issued an Order of Conditions during its November 16 public meeting. “I appreciated all the description that Dave (Davignon) gave us, the methodology. Having seen the plans, I […] Read more »
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 »