With so much to consider from every corner of the community, the Mattapoisett Master Plan Committee, a body of some 20 volunteers, has discussed a wide variety of topics since the beginning of the year. From the needs of senior citizens to the needs of school-age children, from street improvement projects to climate resiliency […] Read more »
Although he spoke respectfully of abutters’ concerns over stormwater flooding on two undeveloped adjoining lots on Starboard Way near Molly’s Cove, Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King was also very clear: “You should engage an engineer to help you with drainage issues on your property,” he told the abutters, invoking that comment five times […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission voted at its July 13 meeting to move forward with the preliminary design agreement for the Koch Separation filter upgrade to its water treatment plant. After Jon Gregory of Tata & Howard told the commission that the preliminary design engineering agreements were set last month for filter […] Read more »
Mentorship played a key role in keeping first-year Old Rochester Regional School Superintendent Mike Nelson and his Central Office staff on an even keel through the tumultuous 2020-21 academic year that saw ORR District students begin the year mainly in a hybrid learning format and eventually return to school on a full-time, in-person basis. […] Read more »
Rochester Planning Board members were once again accused of favoritism regarding their review of a Definitive Subdivision Plan known as Longbow Lane filed by Planning Board member Ben Bailey, who had recused himself from the proceedings. Represented by Bill Madden of G.A.F. Engineering Inc., the Gerrish Road project would feature a single residential […] Read more »
It will take at least one more meeting of the Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester Select Boards together with representatives from both Old Rochester Regional School District and ORCTV before they will vote to support contractual agreements and take them to their respective town meetings. Based on an agreed-upon arrangement initiated by Marion Town […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee met on July 1 by Zoom, went into executive session, and emerged to vote to accept a memorandum of agreement with the Mattapoisett Educators Association. The one-year agreement includes a 2.25-percent pay increase. Mattapoisett Town Administrator Mike Lorenco also attended the meeting and voted in the affirmative, along with […] Read more »
In the July 1 meeting of the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission at the Police Station, Chair John Rockwell characterized progress on various projects as “slow,” but said, “The wheels are turning.” MOSAC is involved in several areas around Marion, and the nature of that involvement seems to change with every location. […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health on July 6 considered adding some dumpster regulations to the town’s Health Code to combat an increasing issue with pests, particularly raccoons, causing problems at the dumpsters of area establishments. Health Agent Anna Wimmer told the board that she and Public Health Nurse Lori Desmarais researched the regulations […] Read more »
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 »