The UMass Boston Collins Center for Public Management sent representative Heather Michaud to present an introduction of the center’s facilities study to Monday night’s public meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee. A recent downward trend in student enrollment in the Tri-Towns, coupled together with Mattapoisett’s budgetary challenges, has sparked interest among town officials […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board got some bad news Monday night regarding the energy-bill-lowering Energy Aggregate Plan created at the approval of the 2019 Annual Town Meeting. The town’s energy consultant, John O’Rourke, told the board that three years after that vote the state has yet to fully approve the town’s money-saving plan. If approved, […] Read more »
The first informational meeting to dig into Marion’s Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan (CWMP) will be held on Monday, May 23, at 6:00 pm, at the Music Hall. Kent Nichols Jr. of Weston & Sampson, Inc. gave the Marion Select Board a preview of what is to come during Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting. […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s native son, Jordan Collyer, held his seat on the Select Board during the May 17 Town Election with a 750-196 landslide victory over challenger Donald LaMarr. “I love this job,” said Collyer. “I want my children to have what I had growing up here.” The Select Board member thanked LaMarr for running […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board accepted the inevitable notice on Tuesday night that Industrial Tower and Wireless LLC is withdrawing its site-plan review application for its proposed 190-feet monopole-style telecommunications tower facility on High Street. The Zoning Board of Appeals last week unanimously denied a special permit for the tower project’s request to reduce […] Read more »
A plan proposed by Todd Mello and Tara Menard for a barrier beach campsite on Cove Street met with neighbor ire when presented by David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon and Leone, Inc., during the May 10 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission. A letter submitted by Bob Warren, a resident in the beach neighborhood, […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously denied a special permit for a proposed 190-foot monopole-style telecommunications tower facility on High Street that close neighbors had crowded the hearing room for over a month of meetings to oppose. The High Street neighbors barely restrained themselves from applauding during the May 4 public meeting, as […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional Joint School Committee/Superintendency Union #55 carried out a lot of business during Tuesday night’s public meeting, the most significant of which was formal agreement with Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson on what union-side Chairperson Sharon Hartley indicated would be a long-term contract extension. Both sides voted unanimously. Hartley […] Read more »
It was an hour past the posted start time of 6:30 pm before Monday night’s Mattapoisett Spring Town Meeting got underway. Long lines at the registration desks, lines that circled around the rear of Old Rochester Regional High School kept moderator John Eklund from opening the meeting on time. But once everyone was seated […] Read more »
Three major construction projects in the Town of Marion will proceed with cautious optimism after key votes of citizen support at a well-attended Annual Town Meeting on Monday night at Sippican School. Articles 10 and 11 of the warrant addressed the proposed operations center for the Department of Public Works and the harbormaster’s […] Read more »