Mattapoisett’s Special Town Meeting began on Monday night with a tongue-in-cheek comment from longtime moderator Jack Eklund. “We have a slogan this year … land of the brave, home of the free cash.” However, the amount of free cash the town is enjoying presently is no joke, approximately $2,000,000. That sum has come […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health is confident that the financial teeth in Health Agent Ana Wimmer’s proposal for new dumpster regulations will deter recent problems from recurring. In her update to the board during Tuesday’s scheduled Zoom meeting, Wimmer outlined the results of research she conducted of other towns’ codes and practices and […] Read more »
Once again coming before the Rochester Conservation Commission were members of Renewable Energy Development Partners, LLC and their engineering consultants, Beals and Thomas, Inc. The goal of Tuesday night’s meeting was to provide the commission with an update on any actions or comments brought forward by the Rochester Planning Board, and any new information […] Read more »
When the Marion Planning Board wrapped up Monday night’s rather-brief Zoom meeting with a community-outreach segment, no one from the public spoke up, so the board’s members played catch-up on lingering matters that had taken substantial time out of their lives but had recently gone dormant. Alanna Nelson addressed the failed litter bylaw […] Read more »
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 »