The Marion Marine Resources Commission met on Thursday, March 11 in the Maritime Center and touched upon the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, the harbor management plan, various capital improvement projects, and the development of more kayak racks in town.             The main talking point was a meeting with UMASS Boston representatives about the importance […] Read more »

            The Marion Finance Committee, in their mission to square away the Fiscal Year 2027 budget, met with Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson and Assistant Superintendent Howie Barber on March 12 to go over school budgets across the Tri-Town: specifically, ORR and Sippican.             They began by highlighting big changes going forward […] Read more »

            The Rochester Select Board heard from Town Administrator Cameron Durant on the status of the FY27 school budget during its meeting on Monday night.             Durant reported Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School’s overall FY27 budget to its five member towns will be a 4.8% increase, yet Rochester’s share will be a $260,000 reduction […] Read more »

            The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met on March 12 for their first meeting following last month’s blizzard. The board kicked off with Chair Cindy Callow reading the application by Sarah Martin Banse of 90 Main Street and beginning the Public Hearing for a Special Permit for an addition to a current non-conforming garage […] Read more »

            The March 10 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board was an opportunity for the board to thank all first responders and town departments that aided the community before, during and after the Blizzard of 2026. Member Tyler Macallister said that other nearby towns had not fared as well as Mattapoisett had when it came […] Read more »

            The March 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission had an agenda featuring cases where action was taken, though most cases were continued to future meetings.             In the continued category, the commission, at the request of the applicant, continued the Notice of Intent filed by Mattapoisett Offshore IV Ltd for the construction of […] Read more »

            The Rochester Planning Board Tuesday held a public hearing at the COA packed with very vocal residents on a proposal to rezone lots on Mary’s Pond Road and County Road from Residential to Limited Commercial.             The board was poised to approve passing the amendment to rezone four lots at 0 Mary’s Pond Road, […] Read more »

            The Marion Finance Committee met on Thursday, March 5 to discuss ongoing preparations for the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. This time, they mainly focused on the Department of Public Works and the Facilities Department budgets.             Following the approval of minutes from the committee’s prior three meetings, Chair Sean Healy moved to discuss the […] Read more »

The long-awaited Wareham Road housing development reached its final stages at Monday’s Marion Planning Board meeting.             The meeting itself – held in the Police Station conference room – lasted for 10 minutes, but the project, which has been in the works for five years and changed developers, was approved, requiring some bond-language changes.             […] Read more »

Rochester’s Conservation Commission on Tuesday leaned heavily into two Notices of Intent for High Street Solar 1 and 2 at 0 High Street., which proposes work within the 100-foot wetlands buffer zone for a ground-mounted solar array to include a battery storage system, associated site work and utility construction. One notice is for lots four […] Read more »