On March 15, dog owner Thomas Hibbert, 26 Joanne Drive, came before the Marion Select Board to defend his position that “Finley,” an 80-pound, 9.5-year-old Rottweiler, should not be deemed a “dangerous” dog. An incident between Hibbert’s dog and neighbor Debra Cohen’s 20-pound “Archie” took place on December 12, 2021. Archie was attacked […] Read more »
On December 9, 2020, the Mattapoisett Master Plan Committee met for the first time to begin the two-year process of building a 10-year Master Plan. The short-range goal is to consider a variety of subject matter from school consolidation to sea-level rise, cultural enrichment and many other topics and then come up with […] Read more »
Bob Espindola, president of the South Coast Bikeway Alliance and the Southeastern Regional Economic Development District, appeared before the Marion Select Board on March 2 looking to establish the most-feasible route for the shared-use path through Marion. “If other towns endorse the same route, we’ll be in a much better position to secure […] Read more »
The complicated task of preparing the annual school budget is something that for years has frustrated the Marion Finance Committee in part due to a process the committee considers alien to a transparent presentation of facts on the part of the Old Rochester Regional School District. While the mechanics of the school budget […] Read more »
Several weeks of work that Marion Health Agent Ana Wimmer put into formulating dumpster regulations were put through the shredder in but an hour during the March 3 public meeting of the town’s Board of Health. Alarmed by a set of proposed regulations that they strongly feel do not apply to their businesses […] Read more »
In his regular report to the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission on Tuesday afternoon, Tata & Howard engineer Jon Gregory was disappointed to announce that the State Revolving Fund did not approve the MRV’s filter replacement project, ranking it significantly lower in its points scale (413-331) below the last project funded. “Not […] Read more »
Its vetting complete, the Marion Community Preservation Committee met on March 4 to vote to recommend the distribution of $595,761 in Fiscal Year 2023 Community Preservation Act funds to 10 community-based projects. Seven of those projects are Town of Marion sponsored: $124,000 for a sprinkler system and ADA compliance design and bid specification at […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Community Preservation Committee oversees the grant application process for monies dedicated under the state’s Community Preservation Act to special projects not covered by the town’s general operating budget or other financial instrument. The committee studies the applications to ensure they qualify under the state guidelines for grants in one of several categories […] Read more »
Once a decision was made, the Town of Rochester wasted no time in getting its future ducks in a row. On Monday night, the Select Board voted to approve an interim arrangement that will enable Glenn Cannon to take office as new town administrator on Monday, March 28. Cannon was scheduled to replace […] Read more »
When Travis Andrade appeared before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals during the latter’s February 24 public meeting, he knew what he was doing. That’s because he grew up with both parents heavily involved in municipal government. In seeking a variance under Chapter 20.40, Section D.1 of the town’s Zoning Bylaws for the approval […] Read more »