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 »
Rochester’s three Select Board members overrode the wishes of the two-member Board of Assessors and appointed Finance Director Suzanne Szyndlar as a new member of the Assessors’ panel on Monday. Board of Assessors Chairperson Jana Cavanaugh and member Diana Knapp had wanted recently retired assessor Debra Lalli to return to the position as an […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee took care of some housecleaning items for Fiscal Year 2022 with Finance Director Suzanne Szyndlar during its public meeting on Monday night. Two year-end transfers were unanimously approved by vote, one for $96,872.80 and another for $30,632. The latter was handled first and was relatively simple, as $30,632 was […] Read more »
Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board featured a light agenda that was breezily handled in approximately 25 minutes. Town Clerk Catherine Heuberger met with the board seeking approval that would grant the police chief authority to select which patrol officers would be deployed for poll duty during the State Primary to be […] Read more »