The public hearing having been closed at its last meeting, the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals was eager on October 13 to vote accept Ken Steen’s application for a comprehensive permit as amended, corrected and encased in Town Counsel Jon Witten’s revised draft decision approving the site plan dated October 6 to build Heron […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission Tuesday night said no twice, but in a very positive way. In two public hearings, the commission issued determinations that projects to build an agricultural storage shed at 0 Pierce Street and replace a failing septic system at 213 Walnut Plain Road will not impact nearby wetlands. The […] Read more »
During Tuesday night’s public meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board, members heard from Town Administrator Mike Lorenco the stages that have taken or will take place from the UMass Boston Collins Center school-consolidation study. Present throughout the evening was Mattapoisett School Committee member Carly Lavin, who has stepped forward as an active team […] Read more »
The boating season has ended, and the Marion Harbormaster Department has cleared the outer harbor of 5 mile-per-hour markers, so all remaining markers are in the inner harbor, including red and green markers with a couple of rock markers left, it was announced at Monday night’s meeting of the Marion Marine Resources Commission at […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board Monday night unanimously approved the Host Agreement that will plant “Megan’s Organic Market,” a cannabis retail store, within the Rochester Crossroads mixed-use development at Routes 58 and 28. Before the approval vote, Town Administrator Glenn Cannon and Town Counsel Blair Bailey reported the agreement includes the state-required mandate that the […] Read more »
How to replace Jay McGrail, Marion’s town administrator of the past three years, was officially addressed by the Select Board for the first time during Monday night’s public meeting at the Police Station. McGrail won the job as Middleborough’s new town manager on October 11 with a unanimous vote of its Select Board. […] Read more »
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 »