The Rochester Planning Board Tuesday held a public hearing at the COA packed with very vocal residents on a proposal to rezone lots on Mary’s Pond Road and County Road from Residential to Limited Commercial.             The board was poised to approve passing the amendment to rezone four lots at 0 Mary’s Pond Road, […] Read more »

            The Marion Finance Committee met on Thursday, March 5 to discuss ongoing preparations for the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. This time, they mainly focused on the Department of Public Works and the Facilities Department budgets.             Following the approval of minutes from the committee’s prior three meetings, Chair Sean Healy moved to discuss the […] Read more »

The long-awaited Wareham Road housing development reached its final stages at Monday’s Marion Planning Board meeting.             The meeting itself – held in the Police Station conference room – lasted for 10 minutes, but the project, which has been in the works for five years and changed developers, was approved, requiring some bond-language changes.             […] Read more »

Rochester’s Conservation Commission on Tuesday leaned heavily into two Notices of Intent for High Street Solar 1 and 2 at 0 High Street., which proposes work within the 100-foot wetlands buffer zone for a ground-mounted solar array to include a battery storage system, associated site work and utility construction. One notice is for lots four […] Read more »

            Below are the two articles up for a vote at the Marion Special Town Meeting, scheduled for Monday, March 23 at 6:40 pm in Sippican School, 16 Spring Street. This warrant was mailed to Marion residents.             Both articles are recommended by the Select Board.             Article S1. To see if the Town will […] Read more »

            The Mattapoisett Planning board once again took up the matter of drafting new bylaws governing accessory dwelling units and cottage communities.             The purpose of including ADU regulations as a new bylaw comes after the state of Massachusetts allowed this new type of residential building ostensively to increase housing stock in the Commonwealth.             […] Read more »

Rochester’s Select Board and the Rochester Memorial School Committee on Monday reviewed a budget proposal that includes a plan to cut four instructional staff positions in the next fiscal year.             That part of the $8.5 million proposal for the Rochester Public Schools’ FY27 packed the meeting room with concerned residents as Director of Finance […] Read more »

Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals is allowing the dog kennel at 246 New Bedford Street to expand. The board on February 26 granted a Special Permit to allow up to 15 adult dogs for a kennel license that currently permits a maximum of six.             Applicant Jacqueline Orlando explained she breeds Australian Shepherds. She now […] Read more »

            As rain fell, whilst whittling away the mountains of snow left by last week’s blizzard, the Marion Select Board was accompanied by the Planning Board for a Joint-Meeting for the interview of applicants to fill the remainder of the vacant seat on the Planning Board.             First though, they began with a Public Hearing […] Read more »

            The Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission held a short, special meeting on Thursday, February 19 for two grant approvals. One approval was for Sippican Lands Trust and another for the Point Road Bike Path and engineering services in its surfacing and further development.             The virtual Special Meeting began with Chair John Rockwell discussing […] Read more »