Town Administrator Jay McGrail and Finance Director Judy Mooney appeared before the Finance Committee at its March 31 Zoom meeting to explain changes to two articles for the Spring Town Meeting warrant. The committee members voted to approve the changes to Articles 2 and 20, part of their meeting including votes to approve warrant […] Read more »
In a Zoom meeting held on April 6, the Rochester Conservation Commission continued a discussion related to extending a previously issued Order of Conditions for the construction of a bituminous concrete (asphalt) processing facility along King’s Highway. Stephen Meltzer of Edgewood Development Company, LLC, representing the project, explained that he conducted a successful […] Read more »
The April 6 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen may have been a brief 25 minutes, but the two items on the agenda represented opportunities to improve lives, both everyday life and, for some, the quality of a life being lived in the shadow of medical issues. One day motorists may be […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester will lose two key employees at the end of Fiscal Year 2021, Conservation Agent Laurell Farinon and Town Planner Steven Starrett. Both employees’ resignation letters were officially accepted by the Board of Selectmen during its April 5 meeting. Farinon was recognized for her 27 years of service to the […] Read more »
Evidence was unearthed supporting the belief that Cross Neck Road is at least partly a public way, but arguments and data presented at the April 6 meeting of the Marion Board of Selectmen fell short of concluding that the entire road is public. Marion resident David Gulley appeared before the selectmen seeking an […] Read more »
Just before 1:30 pm on April 6, the Mattapoisett Fire Department was called out to 18 Ned’s Point Road for a reported fire in the attic. Before even arriving on scene, the police dispatchers reported multiple calls about the fire. Chief Andrew Murray was the first on the scene and reported heavy fire […] Read more »
The Marion Affordable Housing Trust voted on March 30 to recommend Barrett Planning Group, LLC to assist the town with a feasibility study on options for older adult housing. Members of the Affordable Housing Trust enthusiastically accepted Barrett’s bid, the lone response to Marion’s request for quotes. “I attended [a webinar] and […] Read more »
In its only March 24 decision, the Marion Conservation Commission voted unanimously to approve an order of Resource Area Delineation, approving as accurate the resource areas as revised on March 22 in W. Dale Jones’ application. The Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation (ANRAD) that ConCom Chairman Shaun Walsh described as a rarely […] Read more »
During the March 25 meeting of the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board, Harbormaster Jamie McIntosh explained the importance of a certifiable harbor management plan. McIntosh said that the plan posted on the town’s website, mattapoisett.net, while helpful to a degree at the time it was written in 2011, falls short of current needs. Not […] Read more »
As the clock ticks down to the May 10 Annual Town Meeting for Mattapoisett voters, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco and his finance team at Town Hall continue to prepare spreadsheets and supporting documents. These pieces of information then are shared with both Capital Planning and Finance Committee members, as those volunteers continue to ask […] Read more »