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 »
Rochester Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar has learned in a meeting with representatives of the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District (SRPEDD) that the town’s legwork in accessing state aid via grant funding may get shorter. Reporting to the Board of Selectmen during its March 22 meeting, Szyndlar explained during her Town Administrator’s […] Read more »
Marion has received its delayed shipment of second doses of COVID-19 vaccine for its age 75+ residents who received their first dose through the town’s COVID-19 inoculation clinic back in February. On March 2, the Marion Board of Health learned that it would have to reschedule its COVID-19 vaccine clinic slated for that […] Read more »