In her Health Director’s update during the September 7 Rochester Board of Health meeting, Karen Walega told the membership that the Town of Rochester would participate in a Capacity Assessment funded by a state Public Health Excellence Grant. The end game for this survey and assessment being orchestrated by the state Department of […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals and Town Counsel Jon Witten engaged developer Ken Steen and his attorney Mark Bobrowski on September 8 in a continued public hearing for the Heron Cove project. The discussion that ensued at the Police Station was dominated by questions of procedure and the application of conditioning to […] Read more »
The September 12 meeting agenda of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission included seven Requests for Determination of Applicability. This type of application, as described by Mass.gov, “is a process that helps an applicant find out if the Wetlands Protection Act applies to a site or proposed activity is in a wetland area.” A Negative determination by […] Read more »
Members of the Reservation Golf Club, a private club located along Mattapoisett Harbor, came before the Mattapoisett Select Board on Tuesday to air ongoing concerns with respect to cyclists using Reservation Road as an access point to the recently opened connector between Mattapoisett Neck Road and Reservation Road. The main spokesperson for the […] Read more »
They have met monthly for many months, discussing all aspects of the Town of Mattapoisett from speculation over potential future uses for the Town Hall building, including school consolidation that might free up sufficient space to relocate offices, to roadway improvements, climate resiliency, historic and cultural elements and economic development. A Master Plan […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee began its 2022-23 academic year on September 1 with a tour of Rochester Memorial School and then held its first scheduled committee meeting where Chairperson Sharon Hartley stressed the importance of planning and goals and beginnings and endings and shared her excitement at the sight of teachers and students on […] Read more »
Residents should cross out October 17 from their meeting calendars. The Fall Town Meeting scheduled for that date was cancelled on September 1 after the Rochester Select Board approved Town Administrator Glen Cannon’s recommendation to nix holding the October meeting after he noted only one warrant article had been proposed. Cannon said the Zoning […] Read more »
Marion Planning Board members Norm Hills, Eileen Marum, Jonathan Henry, Alanna Nelson, Tucker Burr and Andrew Daniel and administrative assistant Terri Santos gathered on Tuesday night at the Police Station and were joined remotely by Planning Board member Christopher Collings and Town Planner Doug Guey-Lee for a brief public meeting. On an unofficial […] Read more »
The recent disclosure that cost estimates for repairs to Long Wharf are nearly double the original figures was discussed at the August 25 public meeting of the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board. A week earlier, the Select Board reviewed the latest estimate provided by engineering consultants Childs Engineering Corporation expressing concern costs have soared […] Read more »
Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell called a special public meeting for August 17 to discuss progress on the Point Road Bike Path. Rockwell explained to the members in a short, historical sketch that several years ago, the commission received a grant allowing it to construct a bike path/trail along Point […] Read more »