Acting Chair Heather Burke stood alone in objecting to the vote taken by the Old Rochester Regional School Committee on September 15 that will allow Old Rochester Youth Football two Sundays this fall to play its slate of games on ORR’s multi-purpose field. The high school football field has been the subject of […] Read more »
Rochester Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar told the Board of Selectmen during its September 20 meeting that she will not be renewing her contract when it expires on June 30, 2022. “This decision for me was extremely hard,” said Szyndlar, who said it has been an honor to serve the Town of Rochester in […] Read more »
Despite a vetting process lasting several months, applicant Robert Pereira told the September 9 meeting of the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals that he considers his case “cut and dried.” The ZBA, acting with just four members present, made sure to ask every question before attaching carefully crafted conditions to the amendment of […] Read more »
Fred Underhill’s visit to the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission was more than pleasant for the sake of a reunion with old friends, but less than pleasant for the sake of the subject at hand. Underhill, chairman of the Rochester Water Commission, attended the MRV’s Water District meeting to make members aware […] Read more »
Rochester School Committee Chairperson Sharon Hartley urged fellow members to attend the upcoming October 18 Special Town Meeting, at which time Rochester voters will be asked to consider long-coming revisions to the ORR District agreement as recommended by the Board of Selectmen. All three of the Tri-Towns will vote on the matter in […] Read more »
In emerging from an executive session held early in its September 8 meeting to discuss collective bargaining, the Marion School Committee voted to approve the Memorandum of Agreement with the Sippican Elementary School teachers and support staff. The committee agreed with Sippican’s teachers on a two-year contract through the 2022-23 academic year and […] Read more »
It’s not the norm for abutters to request two-week continuances for applications before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, but that is precisely what occurred on September 13 when the Notice of Intent continuance for 7 Nashawena Road was reopened. Representing client Alexander Bauer was N. Douglas Schneider of Schneider, Davignon, & Leone Inc., who […] Read more »
The Marion Affordable Housing Trust has seen recent turnover in membership, and longtime resident and developer Sherman Briggs took the opportunity to address the trust’s newer faces during the September 14 public meeting. Citing his long-standing opposition to the town’s inclusionary-zoning bylaw that he says has never been utilized, Briggs said it has […] Read more »
A proposal for a two-phase construction of a canal canopy solar array and a dual-use energy array that will be used for renewable energy and agricultural purposes was heard by the Rochester Planning Board on September 14 without conclusion. The new public hearing was opened solely to continue the application to the board’s […] Read more »
The September 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Select Board was a long day’s journey into night with a number of agenda items being handled. None, however, will be more visible than the planned reconstruction of Main, Water, and Beacon Streets, as well as Old Marion Road. Coming before the board were Eversource planners […] Read more »