Just as COVID-19 began to rear its ugly head in late 2019 out on the west coast, Kayla Davis was hired as the Mattapoisett Board of Health agent. Now she has taken a new position with the Town of Middleboro, according to a follow-up conversation with Board of Health Chairman Carmelo Nicolosi on May […] Read more »
The ZBA Marion Zoning Board of Appeals awarded special permits to two applicants for residential expansion during its May 13 meeting. In Case No. 784, the ZBA heard a special permit application from Nicole Gotthold, filed under Section 230-8.6 of the zoning bylaw to allow construction of a 900 square-foot apartment for her […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals picked up on May 13 where it left off at its last meeting, but this time with the experience of a site visit to 0 Mendell Road for its deliberation of Laurie Whitney-Lawrence’s Special Permit application. Whitney-Lawrence wants permission to host large-scale events such as weddings and large […] Read more »
During the May 12 meeting of the Mattapoisett Bike Path Study Committee, Chairman Steve Kelleher said that a 1997 Town Meeting article that was passed by the voters was never effectively acted upon by the then seated Board of Selectmen. Appraisal of the railroad easement along Fairhaven Road to North Street had never […] Read more »
Two lots on Brandt Island Road have been through their paces and may finally be moving towards the construction phase after receiving conditions at the May 12 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission. Two separate Notice of Intent filings, one by Ralph Cortellesso and one by Stephen Napolitano for adjoining properties located on […] Read more »
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 »