The Marion Finance Committee met on September 15 to vote its recommendations on financially impactful Warrant articles for the October 19 Special Town Meeting at Sippican School. The Finance Committee, which is down a full member and an alternate, also reorganized. Town Administrator Jay McGrail said it is likely an alternate member will […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly on September 23 to continue the case of Heron Cove, LLC’s Comprehensive Permit application for the construction of a residential development on Wareham Road (Route 6). The continuance, considered at the applicant’s request, was voted onto the agenda for the ZBA’s meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 18, […] Read more »
Two public hearings on solar projects that were continued from September 14 were heard by the Rochester Planning Board on September 28 at the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School library. Both projects were represented by Beals and Thomas, Inc., which found a measure of closure on one public hearing and has […] Read more »
Deep into what became a rather long meeting, the Mattapoisett Select Board members met with two candidates vying for the newly created position of Project Manager, a staff member to assist Town Administrator Mike Lorenco. The position will not only require skill sets in leadership, use of technology, multi-tasking, municipal finance, grant applications, and […] Read more »
During many previous Conservation Commission meetings, abutters have taken the commission and an engineer to task, requesting more in-depth study of drainage issues on a lot located at 7 Nashawena Road owned by Alexander Bauer. The latest iteration of Bauer’s plans, presented on September 27, calls for the reconstruction of an existing structure. […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester’s reliance on revenue generated by the SEMASS recycling facility has long been considered risky, and while Article 13 of the Warrant for the October 18 Special Town Meeting recommending the transfer of $300,000 to the town’s Stabilization Fund may seem like a drop in the bucket, it is a statement […] Read more »
Despite Marion Planning Board Chairman Will Saltonstall’s statement insisting that he supports Sherman Briggs’ proposal for a 28-unit townhouse-style development off of Spring and Mill Streets, progress was at a standstill during the September 20 continued public hearing. “I am pretty frustrated. I am an advocate for this project … but there’s ton […] Read more »
As engineer David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon, & Leone, Inc. ended his commentary on why the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals should grant his client a variance, emotions bubbled up and over. Coming before the ZBA on September 16 was David and Lois Monteiro, 35 Mattapoisett Neck Road, with a request for a […] Read more »
Ultimately met with approval in the September 9 meeting of the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals, Ken and Darla Parsons’ application for a special permit to tear down and replace an existing, one-story cottage and garage at 27 Dexter Road with a new, two-story house and garage along the Weweantic River in compliance with […] Read more »
In her September 21 report to the Marion Board of Health, Public Health Director/Nurse Lori Desmarais announced that Marion had 29 COVID-19 cases in August, and so far in September there have been 24. Of the 24 September cases, 12 cases were active as of Tuesday’s BOH meeting. Of those 24, six positive […] Read more »