Four weeks of work is scheduled at 28 Pitcher Street, a failing property that the Marion Board of Health has discussed in many meetings and took up again during its August 18 public meeting. The owner visited the Town House earlier this month and then produced a list of recommendations put together by […] Read more »
The Joseph H. Plumb Library Board of Trustees met on August 18 to update members on the search for a new library director. After the sudden resignation of former Library Director Jennifer Woodward on August 5 after only a month on the job, trustees were mum on explaining why Woodward exited so soon. […] Read more »
During Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc. confirmed to the commissioners that a Chapter 91 waterways permit application has been filed on behalf of property located in Rochester. During the previous meeting, Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King had expressed the need to further […] Read more »
Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board began with Chairman Tyler Macallister praising the response not only from Mattapoisett’s first responders but for all the first responders who worked to extinguish the Mattapoisett Boatyard blaze on August 19. “Police, fire, EMS all came together as one community,” he said. “Our hearts go out […] Read more »
The fire that destroyed buildings, cars, and boats at the Mattapoisett Boatyard on Friday was most likely caused by the ignition of gasoline vapors during the replacement of a boat’s gas tank, said Mattapoisett Fire Chief Andrew Murray and State Fire Marshal Peter Ostroskey. “Our hearts go out to the worker who was […] Read more »
Member Shaun Walsh reported to the Marion Conservation Commission during its August 10 public meeting on the flooding problem at 112-114 Point Road, where he and Conservation Agent Doug Guey-Lee had met on August 8 with the property owner and Department of Public Works Director Nathaniel Munafo. The group observed that a swale on […] Read more »
The August 15 meeting agenda of the Mattapoisett Planning Board was deftly handled with nothing in the way of public matters being heard. However, the board did discuss weighty matters that are pending resolution. One such matter was the long anticipated Solar Bylaw. Acting Chairman Nathan Ketchel said that meetings with selected interested parties […] Read more »
The Marion Village Estates and Heron Cove continued public hearings have been again continued to August 25, but the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals made significant progress toward bringing both matters closer to conclusion during its August 11 public meeting. In the Marion Village Estates case, developer Ken Steen seeks the release of […] Read more »
The chairman of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, Mike King, attended Tuesday night’s Rochester Conservation Commission public meeting to launch a complaint that Rochester commissioners said will take time to address the right way. King complained to the Rochester ConCom that there is an unpermitted structure, a dam, in the Rochester portion of the Mattapoisett […] Read more »
So far it’s been a long, hard day in Mattapoisett for emergency services workers. Currently the Mattapoisett Fire Department is fighting a large fire at the Mattapoisett Boatyard on Ned’s Point Road alongside several area departments. At approximately 1:30 pm today, the Mattapoisett Fire Department was called to a possible explosion and fire on […] Read more »