The 2020-21 school year was just ending when the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, in concert with the state Department of Public Health, essentially told public school districts to scrap prior guidelines that had been advising superintendents to plan for a more normal 2021-22. While the Delta variant of COVID-19 hasn’t […] Read more »
Two lengthy applications met with positive judgments from the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals, which met on August 26 at Town Hall. The public hearings, both continued, involved scrutinized presentations of revised plans. Mark Woodward Jr. appeared before the ZBA to better establish the hardship that would qualify him for consideration of the […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen needed only seven minutes of executive session at the beginning of their Monday night meeting to discuss non-union personnel negotiations. Once open session began, it quickly became open season in town, as a sleepy summer gives way to a busy slate of activities. In her Town Administrator’s […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chair Mike King announced on August 23 that the state Department of Environmental Protection has issued a superseding Order of Conditions for Notice of Intent applicant Robert Malm, affirming the commission’s decision to approve the project and issue it an Order of Conditions. Malm first came before the commission on […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee met on Monday night for the sole purpose of filling a vacancy on the Superintendency Union #55 side of the Old Rochester Regional Joint School Committee and wasted no time in voting Karin Barrows as its representative to the JSC. “Thank you very much for stepping forward,” said Mattapoisett School […] Read more »
The August 18 meeting of the Rochester Board of Health found Glenn Lawrence and Chairman David Souza on one side of updating masking requirements in the community, and member Sarah Eby, Public Health Nurse Connie Dolan, and Health Director Karen Walega urging stronger language. The discussion became more of a debate on the […] Read more »
Abutters of two undeveloped lots along Starboard Way, located off Mattapoisett Neck Road in the Molly’s Cove neighborhood, voiced their concerns over potentially increased drainage problems based on a development plan presented during the August 19 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals. Coming before the ZBA for special permits to build […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen granted Old Rochester Youth Baseball a Special Permit for a one-day liquor license so the 501(c)(3), non-profit organization can hold its annual Parents Night Out fundraising event on Saturday, August 28, from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm at Arch at the Meadow located at 332 Mendell Road in Rochester. […] Read more »
The officials on the field have asked for a measurement, and the Town of Marion isn’t looking just for a first down, it’s looking for a touchdown. After chasing down records of deliveries of gas, propane, and oil to the town so he could manually enter that information into the MassEnergyInsight program’s online […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Select Board and Mattapoisett School Committee held a joint meeting on August 24 to vet candidates for the unexpired School Committee term created by the abrupt departure of Shannon Finning. The four candidates vying for the seat were Erin Custadio, Holly Weeden, Eric Beauregard, and Carole Clifford. When all was said […] Read more »