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 »
The Rochester Conservation Commission Tuesday night permitted signage to be placed at 52 Wolf Island Road to allow boaters access to the watery part of that property. The commission ruled that a plan to install the two state Department of Environmental Protection Chapter 91 signs near the dam at that address will not impact […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board has chosen Cambridge-based The Galante Architecture Studio to study whether to renovate or replace the Police and/or Fire stations, and Monday night’s public meeting also delivered the appointment of a full, eight-member Feasibility Study Committee to oversee the process. The Select Board picked the firm, the members called “TGAS” […] Read more »
During Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board, Bay Club representative David Andrews said that more than 20 years ago when the residential subdivision was first being planned and permitted, it was decided that the Planning Board would oversee site plans and any and all associated covenants and sureties. After announcing that the […] Read more »