Gail Joseph recently accepted the challenge of becoming the new Board of Health agent – not in just any town, but her own town, Mattapoisett. Joseph is a 1975 graduate of Old Rochester Regional High School and grew up attending local elementary schools. You may know her as your neighbor or the […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional Psychologist Philip Allessi addressed the ORR School Committee during its October 20 meeting to talk about social-emotional learning, a familiar staple of ORR curriculum but one that for many feels largely untapped. With a private practice and work at reputable colleges and schools, Allessi discussed social-emotional learning and the responsive classroom, […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen held a public hearing during the November 1 meeting in which it heard from Board of Assessors representative Karen Trudeau on Tax Rate Classification for Fiscal Year 2022. In accordance with the Board of Assessors’ recommendation that the Board of Selectmen vote against a split tax rate, against […] Read more »
A local attorney and a Planning Board member came to loggerheads during the November 1 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board when the issue of surety in the form of subdivision lots being held was raised for consideration. Attorney John Mathieu, representing Christian Farland, the new owner of Brandt Point Village, spoke to […] Read more »
The Town of Marion will host a succession of Open House events on Saturday, November 6, beginning at 10:00 am with the dedication of the restored Town House, followed at 11:00 am by a visit to the site of the new Marine Center at Island Wharf to showcase and answer questions and, at noon, […] Read more »
The October 26 meeting of the Rochester Planning Board included a short reopening of the public hearing for a solar facility planned by Renewable Energy Development Partners, LLC, at 109 Neck Road. The project will feature a ground-mounted array as well as a newer solar construction concept, the placement of panels over cranberry bog […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee voted during Tuesday night’s meeting to approve the two-year School Improvement Plan, making it four out of four districts. The next step will be to looking at data including MCAS testing results, but the emphasis on the October 26 meeting was on the synergy established between the Old Rochester […] Read more »
On October 21, the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals heard two cases for special permits, but it was the second of those two which found not only the applicant Wallace Duncan, 3 Pine Road, answering questions but also the contractor hired to work on his family home. Duncan applied for an amendment to […] Read more »
Continued from October 5, three separate public hearings for nearly identical, bordering residential construction projects reached conclusion with the Rochester Conservation Commission on October 19. Three Notices of Intent were filed by Lee Castignetti of Long-Built Homes for contiguous lots on Neck Road for the purpose of constructing single-family houses with septic systems and […] Read more »
The Marion Energy Management Committee is looking to establish an updated identity in accordance with its current focuses and efforts. For several months, a sense of need to make such a change has been brewing, and the membership agreed during Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting on a name change to propose to the Select […] Read more »