The Marion Conservation Commission meeting on August 11 was brief, with one public hearing continued until the next meeting as requested by the applicant. Still, the commission quickly dispensed with one Notice of Intent to install a propane tank filed by a fellow ConCom member Jeff Doubrava. The NOI for Jeffrey Doubrava Revocable Trust […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission on August 17 again reviewed a Notice of Intent filed by Planning Board member and now new Conservation Commission member Bendrix Bailey to construct a 20-foot wide, 700-foot long roadway to access a single-family house lot at 0 Gerrish Road. Bailey’s application for a Form C Definitive Subdivision with […] Read more »
On August 12, the Mattapoisett Finance Committee met to discuss and approve end-of-year transfers that would finally draw a line under a year of fiscal challenges and revenue uncertainties. “We are balancing budgets with the actuals,” said Town Administrator Mike Lorenco. He said that, while the current revenue status is strong, there remains […] Read more »
In his Harbormaster’s report to the Marion Marine Resources Commission during the latter’s August 16 public meeting, Isaac Perry said that the town’s Capital Improvement Planning Committee plans to participate in a walk-through of the Island Wharf marine headquarters on Friday, August 20, at 2:00 pm. “The CIPC wants to stay on top […] Read more »
Trees are expected to be obstacles to the Point Road Path — but not yard waste. To that end, the August 5 meeting of the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission discussed ways to get that message across to the pathway’s abutters on Joanne Drive. Having asked new MOSAC member Deb Ewing to write […] Read more »
As the Rochester Finance Committee took care of old business on Monday night, August 9, and talked out its anticipation of the town’s October 18 Special Town Meeting, its members also voted to appoint Richard Munroe as FinCom’s new representative to the Capital Planning Committee. Munroe is familiar to the Finance Committee as […] Read more »
On August 10, Mattapoisett’s Highway Surveyor Garrett Bauer met with the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission to discuss an emergency repair. Recent heavy rains and the need for maintenance to a drainage outfall system that discharges into the harbor at the end of Ship Street had been reported as failing by residents in the area. “The […] Read more »
On August 10, Mattapoisett’s Select Board and the public heard from Town Administrator Mike Lorenco on the current state of improvement projects, many of which have been wending their way through state and federal review processes and grant applications for years. None on Lorenco’s list has been more omnipresent than the Mattapoisett Bike […] Read more »
Acknowledging the frustration of the half dozen abutters present for the August 10 continued public hearing to argue against Ben Bailey’s proposed 720-foot road extension at 0 Gerrish Road, Rochester Planning Board Chairman Arnie Johnson empathized with their concerns but maintained that the Planning Board is bound by the town’s rules and regulations. […] Read more »
Mattapoisett has joined Marion and Rochester in the market for a new town planner. A recommended candidate declined the Rochester job vacated last month by Steven Starrett, and Gil Hilario is leaving Marion this month to become town planner in his hometown of North Attleboro. When Mary Crain stepped aside as Mattapoisett’s part-time […] Read more »