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 »
A vote of approval by the Marion Conservation Commission on April 27 was a hollow victory for Omegon Nominee Trust in a Negative Determination of Applicability to upgrade two, existing, failed cesspools to Title 5 compliance with the installation of a 1,500-gallon concrete septic tank and chamber leaching area at 28 Landing Road. […] Read more »
Monday night’s brief Mattapoisett Planning Board meeting found the members looking at a 1987 subdivision roadway covenant for a project that never took place. Outgoing member Janice Robbins said that while combing through files in the Planning Board office, she happened upon an unreleased roadway covenant for Brookside Estates, a subdivision that would later […] Read more »
A technical glitch that prematurely knocked the April 21 remote-access, public meeting of the Marion Board of Health offline was resolved with a special meeting called for April 27. In that subsequent meeting, the board officially closed unfinished business from April 21 and further developed its discussion on a strategy to replace Health Agent […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission approved an underground connection to solar power on Old Middleboro Road and gained two new members on Tuesday night. Middleboro Road solar-farm developer Solar MA Project Management, LLC’s original plan was to install utility poles down the length of Old Middleboro Road to a homeowner there. Tuesday night, company representatives […] Read more »
Monday night’s final public meeting for Chairman Will Saltonstall and member Joe Rocha as members of the Marion Planning Board was a marathon lasting nearly three hours and addressed a key vote to be taken at the May 9 Town Meeting. The discussion on a Request for Determination of Eligibility pursuant to House […] Read more »
Representative William Straus kept a 6:15 pm appointment with the Marion Select Board on Tuesday night at the Music Hall, offering encouraging overtures of more financial support from the state, but at the same time cautioning against being overly optimistic. The Mattapoisett resident’s advocacy of Marion’s infrastructural upgrades, particularly the recently completed lagoon […] Read more »
During the April 28 meeting of the Mattapoisett Finance Committee, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco shared that one of his many objectives is to provide fiscal planning for large improvement projects facing the community in the now and into the coming years. Lorenco’s comments came as Capital Planning Chairman Chuck McCullough reviewed with the Fincom […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals’ decision regarding granting a special permit for a 190-foot, monopole-style telecommunications tower facility on High Street will have to wait a little while longer. Industrial Tower and Wireless LLC seeks a special permit to reduce the required setback distance of 200 feet from other property lines by 50 […] Read more »
The Rochester Select Board met on Monday night, approved the final draft of the warrant for the May 23 Annual Town Meeting and reviewed what might become its most problematic article. A citizen’s petition article would authorize the town to enter into a 99-year lease agreement with a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization to build affordable […] Read more »