Developer Matt Zuker, who needs Marion voters to support a zoning change at the May 9 Town Meeting so he can build a 48-unit, residential development on a 30-acre parcel near the Wareham town line, hopes the Planning Board will consider his project eligible for a simple majority vote as opposed to the two-thirds […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Select Board on Tuesday night was Finance Committee Chairman Pat Donoghue to advise the board members of her intention to speak out about raising local school budgets and the research she has undertaken to more fully understand why the per-pupil costs between the high school and the town’s two elementary […] Read more »
Mark Rasmussen and Brendan Annett from Buzzards Bay Coalition attended the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee’s Tuesday afternoon Zoom meeting, where they proposed that the MRV member towns and Acushnet share in a $6,025,000 conservation restriction of the 240-acre Mahoney Lands. The property is situated mainly in Mattapoisett and also […] Read more »
Brian Wallace of J.C. Engineering came before the Rochester Planning Board on Tuesday night for two separate matters: a playground project at the Countryside Daycare Center and to hear peer-review consultant Ken Motta’s newest to-do list for the residential subdivision at Plumb Corner. Wallace said the existing playground and roadways would be updated […] Read more »
The April 6 meeting was a turning point for the Mattapoisett Master Plan Committee, as a draft of goals and strategies in various categories was unveiled. Guiding the local committee has been Lizeth Gonzalez, principal comprehensive planner with the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District. Goals and associated strategies for established categories […] Read more »
The Town of Marion might realize more benefit than a healthier harbor from its recent regulations requiring any new septic construction in town to include denitrification technology. “Nitrogen mitigation is something you should hang your hat on,” Kent Nichols of Weston & Sampson told the Marion Select Board and Town Administrator Jay McGrail […] Read more »
During the closing minutes of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission’s April 11 meeting, conservation contract agent Brandon Faneuf and associate Greg Lacroix brought up stormwater issues found at the new condominium project known as Stingray City, located on Marion Road. What initially was a simple request for a minor change to the Order of Conditions […] Read more »
Corinne Peterson of the Buzzards Bay Coalition appeared during the March 31 public meeting of the Marion Water & Sewer Commissioners to discuss a sewer-capacity proposal that the BBC has worked on as part of a larger, Upper Bay project. The feasibility study is looking at the potential of regional wastewater treatment for […] Read more »
Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail went back before the Finance Committee with articles that had not yet been approved for the May 9 Town Meeting warrant, this time finalized. Two key financial articles ask the voters for the next round of funding to support new headquarters for the Department of Public Works and the […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board on Tuesday night was Mattapoisett resident Hugh Rowlett of 32 Split Rock Lane. Rowlett said he was speaking not only for himself but for some 21 other homeowners living in the Preserve at the Bay Club neighborhood of Split Rock Lane, expressing deep concerns about roadway conditions. […] Read more »