On Friday August 19 the Mattapoisett Police arrested Joseph Herrera Rodriguez and Jorman Aybar both of Dorchester, MA. During the week of August 19, the Mattapoisett Police received multiple reports of stolen and altered checks from Mattapoisett residents that mailed the checks at the Mattapoisett Post office outside mailboxes. Amounts of the reported […] Read more »
Plumb Library Director Jennifer Woodward has resigned after only one month in the position. The Rochester Select Board on Monday night announced that Woodward quit the town job effective August 5. Reading from the letter of resignation, Select Board Chairman Woody Hartley quoted her as saying “the transition has been rocky,” and she thought […] Read more »
To set the stage for what transpired at the August 15 meeting of Mattapoisett’s Complete Streets Committee, let us first take a look back at the town’s policy regarding the implementation, expectations and goals or the program’s deliverables. On the state website Mass.gov, the Town of Mattapoisett’s Complete Streets Policy reads, “…will focus on […] Read more »
Monday night’s public meeting of the Marion Planning Board was going nowhere fast after the Department of Public Works requested another continuance on the “Hybrid-Y” public hearing. But, with Public Outreach on the August 15 agenda, Chris Collings was able to switch out his Planning Board member’s hat for a concerned citizen’s hat and […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board’s appointment Monday night with Department of Public Works engineer Meghan Davis and Police Lieutenant Jeff Habicht was not meant to culminate in a vote, but the follow-up on the Pedestrian Safety Advisory Working Group’s recommendations indicates a groundswell of support for a new townwide speed limit of 25 miles per […] Read more »
Jon Gregory of engineering firm Tata & Howard is helping the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission get its ducks in a row for the meaty next steps of the long-planned upgrade of the water-treatment plant. In his report to the commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, Gregory said that Tata & Howard has completed its […] Read more »
The first meeting of the Mattapoisett Master Plan Committee was held on December 9, 2020, with a team of “local champions” willing to take on the monumental task of researching and sharing their views on a variety of diverse topics held in the document known as the Master Plan. With the guidance of the […] Read more »
Having rendered an Order of Conditions during its July 27 public meeting, the Marion Conservation Commission finally put to rest the contentious matter of John and Pamela Lees’ plans to replace the old house and boathouse at 49 Water Street with a new residence and swimming pool. The public hearing having been closed […] Read more »
Town Planner Nancy Durfee asked the Rochester Planning Board during Tuesday night’s public meeting to consider proposing a solar-farm moratorium for the October 17 Special Town Meeting. Board members mulled whether doing so is worth the effort. Durfee noted Wareham, Carver and Acushnet all have enacted moratoriums for up to a year that have […] Read more »
An Order of Conditions issued to William and Kathleen Sylvia for work involving a barrier beach at their 41 Cove Street home was reviewed and debated to determine whether the Sylvias had violated the accepted plan of record and Order of Conditions. The case was heard for more than an hour. After receiving complaints […] Read more »