Reconfiguration of a driveway’s connection to Route 6 is in the works, and that invariably draws an extra dimension of scrutiny from municipal vetting boards because anything Route 6 related, especially residential, must be examined in the dynamic context of an old highway that itself is the subject of plans for a massive overhaul […] Read more »
The emphasis of the update provided by Kent Nichols of Weston & Sampson to the Marion Select Board on the Front Street Pumping Station is seeking solutions within the confines of available funding programs. As the town pours over its expensive infrastructural challenges, Tuesday night’s Select Board meeting became an occasion to hear […] Read more »
Department of Public Works Director Nathaniel Munafo completed his list of capital requests, laying out the needs of Marion’s Sewer Division before the Capital Improvements Planning Committee on January 5. Sewer is far and away the town’s weightiest infrastructure, as large residential developments in the works depend on its expansion and modernization and […] Read more »
Trash company ABC Disposal Service, Inc. notified the Rochester Board of Health during the latter’s January 5 meeting that it has filed an application with the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Board of Health to increase the capacity of its facility. ABC seeks approval of a modification from a maximum daily […] Read more »
According to Marion Affordable Housing Trust member Nancy McFadden, the focus group recently held by the Barrett Planning Group for Housing Community Engagement Services lacked focus for lack of a meeting leader. McFadden and fellow AHT member Norm Hills nonetheless worked with AHT Chairperson Terri Santos, who could not attend the focus group, […] Read more »
Jon Gregory of Tata & Howard updated the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Protection Supply Advisory Committee and Water District Commission in its respective meetings on the engineering firm’s annual report, then fielded questions and comments. Even though their memberships overlap nearly 90 percent, the purviews of the committee and the commission vary so Gregory […] Read more »
The January 10 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission found two local business owners in polite disagreement over a proposal for the construction of a storage garage. Grace Knox, owner of DG Service Company came before the commission with a Notice of Intent filing for the construction of a storage garage at her place […] Read more »
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 »