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 »
The proposed Randall Lane solar array had not one, not two, but three public hearing moving parts scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm. After handling several agenda items, others were moved up to fill in available time before the advertised public hearing began. The resultant delay in the public hearing was 30 minutes, and […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board voted at its September 21 meeting to close the October 19 Special Town Meeting warrant that will put 13 articles before voters, including proposals to rezone property along Route 6 where Matt Zuker plans a multi-family residential development, a new agreement with the Old Rochester Regional School District, a stabilization […] Read more »
The September 21 meeting of the Rochester Conservation Commission mainly dealt with an Enforcement Order filed in December 2020 against A.D. Makepeace. The property in question is known as Old Swamp Reservoir located on County Road. The Enforcement Order is for 1,458 linear feet of reservoir bank, 17,001 square feet of bordering vegetated wetlands, […] Read more »