Mattapoisett School Committee members Carly Lavin and Tiffini Reedy pushed back on the proposed inclusion of Wednesday, November 23, as part of the Thanksgiving Day break when the 2022-23 draft school calendar was discussed during Monday night’s committee meeting. “I think it’s just a little choppy … might be a fan of being […] Read more »
In sizing up the current state of COVID-19, the two practicing physicians on the Marion Board of Health, Chairman Dr. Ed Hoffer and Dr. John Howard, agreed on January 6 that it makes sense to get vaccinated. Hoffer estimated the current situation as “enormous growth in cases primarily due to the Omicron variant” with […] Read more »
The Massachusetts Superior Court has ruled in favor of codefendants Nils Johnson/Vintage 13 LLC and the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals in a two-action civil suit brought by plaintiffs George and Maureen Butler. The Butlers had taken two civil actions against Vintage 13 LLC, aka The Inn on Shipyard Park, after the ZBA ruled […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Select Board spent the better part of its January 11 meeting discussing vacancies that have remained open for many months – a conservation agent and a town planner. Coming before the board were Janice Robbins and Nathan Ketchel of the Planning Board and Mike King and David Lawrence of the Conservation Commission. […] Read more »
It took months of preparation and hours of meetings and negotiations, but on January 4, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) received an Order of Conditions from the Rochester Conservation Commission for the construction of a secondary access roadway, a retaining wall and various utility upgrades for property located at 45 Kings Highway. At […] Read more »
The Marion Pathways Committee met on December 22 via Zoom to provide members an update of the bike path that in collaboration with the South Coast Bikeway Alliance will continue from the paved portion at the Mattapoisett town line and continue east to Point Road. In 2020, Marion submitted a 75-percent plan of […] Read more »
Eileen Marum came away from a state-sponsored, Citizen Planner Training Collaborative session eager to share the concept of design review as the work of a potential committee in Marion. The mission of a design-review board would be to engage in “a process that municipalities can implement to improve the quality of structures,” Marum […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Planning Board has been struggling to keep business flowing in the absence of a town planner or administrator. Former Town Administrator Mike Gagne had been filling in for months after the departure of Mary Crain. Gagne, however, recently advised the town he would need to terminate his assistance having taken a […] Read more »
Fieldstone Lane residents who complained during the Zoning Board of Appeals’ December 23 public meeting about their predicament in the wake of developer Ken Steen’s requirement that they establish a homeowners’ association by January 1, 2022 in order to avoid a breach of contract were heard on Tuesday night by the Marion Select Board. […] Read more »
Rochester Select Board member Woody Hartley reported during Monday night’s Select Board meeting that the Rochester Senior Center will be closed until January 18 due to the spike in COVID-19 cases. “A lot of cases in Rochester right now. Most seniors have been vaccinated, but this spreads so quickly and easily,” said Hartley, […] Read more »