The Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission voted to accept a FY23 budget of $2,283,400 during its December 14 meeting. The meeting was the first since November 9 after a rash of meetings including emergency meetings on October 12 and 15 and the regular meeting on October 19. The FY23 budget is 0.6 […] Read more »
Dustan McGlinn admitted he made multiple mistakes in building a deck that blatantly violates property-line setbacks, but he dug in hard before the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals to dispute the emerging narrative that he operated on the theory that it’s better to apologize than it is to ask for permission. “I apologize […] Read more »
It’s official, well nearly official that Mattapoisett has become a two-precinct town – again. During its December 14 meeting, the Mattapoisett Select Board met with Town Clerk Catherine Heuberger to approve the precincts’ layout. The deadline for submitting the required paperwork to the state officials was December 15, causing Heuberger to say, “I’ll be […] Read more »
Of Marion Facilities Manager Shaun Cormier’s three requests for FY23 funding to the Capital Improvement Planning Committee on December 1, $124,000 for a Town House sprinkler system is the largest and the one that will unlock the door to completion of all inside renovation work. The project would include architectural engineering design bid […] Read more »
As chairman of the Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee for a number of years, Chuck McCullough has been at the forefront of reviewing and bringing to Town Meeting expenditures over $10,000 as requested by town departments. But more recently over the past year or so, McCullough, with the assistance of the committee members, has begun […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board opened discussion on Lockheed Martin’s property during its Monday night Zoom meeting. While the future of the land in Sippican Office Park may never fall under the board’s purview, the members’ discussion is the latest step in what is quickly becoming a comprehensive, town-wide effort to evaluate and/or influence […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee was thrilled to hear from three sixth-grade students during its December 2 meeting. The students, also inside Rochester Memorial School but connecting to the committee meeting via Zoom, attended to present on the NexTrex Summer Cycling Challenge, a project-based learning experience focused on plastics recycling. “We are doing […] Read more »
The Chapter 2 situation at 520 Front Street is resolved for now, according to Ana Wimmer’s report to the Marion Board of Health on Tuesday. Marion’s health agent spent her entire day occupied with the predicament of the people living at that address, albeit in a trailer not fully set up. Even the […] Read more »
With only loose ends remaining, the site-plan review of the Randall Lane Solar project is nearly complete. During the December 6 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board, the solar team headed up by Attorney Greg Sampson and including Eric Las, Caroline Booth and Joe Harrison once again addressed comments from the board related to […] Read more »
The message in Rochester was clear on Monday night. The town isn’t going to tell anyone what to do, but its public officials hope that by sharing information, it influences considerate and smart choices in the community. Society’s polarization over public policies related to the COVID-19 virus became evident at the local level […] Read more »