Old Rochester Regional Junior High and High students, the caboose on the train back to full-time school attendance, will have played catch-up by the end of April, according to Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson during his March 24 update to the Old Rochester Regional School Committee. While grades 3-6 in the Tri-Town are […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee started making its article recommendations for the Annual Town Meeting Warrant on March 30, stopping near the halfway point to await a copy of the draft warrant for its next meeting. Finance Director Judy Mooney started by presenting a couple of small deductions in the budget: The town’s school […] Read more »
Once the zoning ramifications of the Cranberry Highway Smart Growth Overlay District were settled, the road was paved for Steen Realty and Development Corporation seeking special permits from the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals for two monument signs sought on behalf of Rochester Crossroads LLC at 22 Cranberry Highway. In a continued public […] Read more »
Any perception that Marion’s wastewater treatment facility is failing is mistaken, according to Kent Nichols Jr., vice president and wastewater practice leader at Reading-based Weston & Sampson, Inc. Speaking to the Marion Water & Sewer Commissioners meeting on March 25, Nichols indicated belief that the expensive lagoon cleanup has given the wastewater treatment […] Read more »
On March 24, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen opened the Spring 2021 Annual Town Meeting Warrant, which will remain open until April 5 at 4:00 pm. The Annual Town Meeting is scheduled to be held on Monday, May 10; more details to follow. After finalizing that piece of business, the board moved on […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board was greeted at its March 23 meeting with a request from applicant Snipatuit Road Solar, LLC to continue its public hearing to further formulate a response to the town’s peer review. A brief discussion by board members referenced the town’s request that the access road be widen to 16 feet […] Read more »
In seeking to better equip the users of the town harbor, the Marion Marine Resources Commission is using a subcommittee-type approach that has posed a complication, and the result will be more public meetings. In March 22’s brief, single-agenda meeting reviewing aquaculture and commercial mooring work groups, MRC Chairman Vincent Malkoski referenced a […] Read more »
The Marion Energy Management Committee didn’t have to take any formal votes during its March 22 meeting, but the agenda had the committee covering some of the green hot topics happening now and eventually in Marion’s future, beginning with renewable energy. Marion and the other 23 member municipalities of the state’s largest collective […] Read more »
A two-lot subdivision proposed for Windward Way at the junction of Shore View Avenue and Mattapoisett Neck Road in a low-lying beach neighborhood has generated considerable interest on the part of community members and abutters. As it had when coming before the Mattapoisett ZBA on March 18, where the two lots received special permits […] Read more »
Twin requests for special permits to build single-family waterfront homes on adjoining lots on Mattapoisett Neck became the subject of a contentious debate before the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals voted to award both permits during its March 18 meeting. At the recommendation of long-time Town Planner Andy Bobola, Cases 1464 and 1465 […] Read more »