Coming before the Rochester Conservation Commission on July 6 was Tess Paganelli of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority with a Request for Determination of Applicability for the installation of two tracks with bumping posts located in the back of an existing building to the edge of a fenced area located at 45 Kings Highway. […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board is unanimous in two beliefs – one belief that the board says does matter, and one that its members admit does not. The belief that mattered in a July 6 decision to grant applicant Shawn Lynch, 428 Wareham Road, a special permit to operate a food truck in a […] Read more »
In response to the Marion Planning Board’s request for comment on the case of Steve Lynch, 428 Wareham Street, who seeks a special permit to place a food truck on the location where a barber shop sits at the intersection of Spring Street and Route 6, the Zoning Board of Appeals gave a thumbs up […] Read more »
Effective July 1, Marion Public Health Nurse Lori Desmarais will also officially begin in an expanded role as the town’s public health director/nurse after a vote by the Marion Board of Health on June 23. During a brief Zoom meeting, the board also voted to approve an expanded job description that will allow […] Read more »
It could have been a long day’s journey into night on June 28 when the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission gathered for its first hybrid meeting, a combination of in-person and remote-access attendance. Instead, some 16 cases were quickly handled. Attending in-person in the Town Hall’s conference room were commissioners David Lawrence, John Jacobsen, Chapman […] Read more »
During the June 23 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Health, members Ken Dawicki, Russell Bailey, and Chairman Carmelo Nicolosi quickly approved what had previously been a contentious septic system design when representative David Davignon presented them with an amended plan. Property owner Robert Malm, Aucoot Road, had first asked for several waivers […] Read more »
In their quarterly meeting held June 24 at the Music Hall, the Marion Water and Sewer Commissioners heard from several key personnel on short and long-term developments as the town tries to address immediate problems and set the wheels in motion for long-term upgrades to aging facilities. Fred Underhill addressed the commissioners on […] Read more »
A continued public hearing of the Marion Planning Board on June 21 provided abutters an opportunity to respond to My Generation Solar’s application for a special permit subject to minor site plan review for the construction of a ground-mounted solar system at 8 Quails Crossing. Representing applicant Jed Hoffer, Josh Buck summarized the […] Read more »
Tabor Academy’s new Head of School, Anthony “Tony” Jaccaci, starts on Thursday, July 1, and one of the first pieces of community correspondence on his desk will be a letter from Marion Historical Commission Chair Meg Steinberg about the Percy Browne House. Weighing in on the decaying icon of shingle-style architecture that was […] Read more »
Marion’s dubious distinction as the only area town lacking a conservation agent is scheduled for demolition after Conservation Commission Chair Shaun Walsh told the June 23 meeting of the commission that the town is looking to hire an agent to work 19 hours per week. The news was met with approval by the […] Read more »