Eric Las of Beals and Thomas Inc. came before the May 17 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board to bring the board up to date on the massive 78-acre, 20,000-panel, 7.7-megawatt solar array planned for a wooded area off Randall Lane.             Las complained that communications from the peer review consultant BETA Engineering was […] Read more »

            Not only will the Cushman Community Center get a new walking path this year, it will get a new pavilion provided the Council on Aging’s fundraising efforts are successful. Given the success the COA had raising the money to pay for a walking path, optimism is high.             In a scheduled appointment with the […] Read more »

            The news may have come at the end of the June 11 meetings of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission, but it was hailed as a great accomplishment when Mattapoisett Water and Sewer Superintendent Henri Renauld announced that the district had received a Massachusetts […] Read more »

            Vice Chairman Alan Harris decided not to run for re-election to the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission primarily because he believes new blood is needed to strengthen the group. Chairman John Rockwell said during MOSAC’s May 6 Zoom meeting that he hopes Harris will remain interested in what commission is doing.             “Mostly, Alan, […] Read more »

            The manner, method, and size of how William E. Weber Jr. and Elizabeth Weber would replace an existing float and bottom-anchored chain system with a pile-held, two-float system at their 21 East Avenue home was discussed by the Marion Conservation Commission in a continued public hearing on April 28.             Continued from April 14, […] Read more »

            Rochester Planning Board on May 11 held a public hearing for an Annual Town Meeting Warrant article pertaining to an amendment to the flood plain zoning bylaw, something Town Counsel Blair Bailey said the town must undergo every few years as the federal flood insurance regulations change every so often.             Bailey said most […] Read more »

At the meetings of the Old Rochester Regional/Superintendency Union #55 Joint School Committee and the Mattapoisett School Committee, it was time to recognize those members whose terms are expiring in concert with this academic year.             Region side Chairperson Cary Humphrey opened the May 5 JSC meeting by thanking outgoing member Tina Rood for her […] Read more »

            It became a bit more of a debate versus brainstorming when the Master Plan Committee reconvened on May 5 to discuss schools, municipal building needs, and what the future might look like for those critical community structures.             Coming out strongly on the side of “Our children should remain in Center School” was committee […] Read more »

            Three articles on Marion’s Annual Town Meeting Warrant drew substantial discussion from the floor. One of those articles carried, one carried with an amendment authored from the floor, and one was voted down on May 10 at Sippican Elementary School.             Developer Sherman Briggs, whose 28-unit housing project planned off Spring and Mill Streets […] Read more »

            The overwhelming sentiment of those attending Mattapoisett’s May 10 Town Meeting: Let’s get it done. While a few articles brought out some questions and concerns, none was so unpalatable as to be kicked to the street. All articles passed rather smoothly through the voting process, including Article Two, the $29,894,778 General Operating Budget.             […] Read more »