The warrant articles for the Rochester Annual Town Meeting got the seal of approval from both the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee during the former’s hybrid meeting held on April 20. Town Meeting will be held Monday, May 24, at 7:00 pm at Rochester Memorial School. After the public hearing was […] Read more »
The April 20 meeting of the Marion Planning Board could have been a long night’s journey into day. It was, however, a rather short meeting with all cases except one continued. The case being opened and acted upon was the public hearing for the Proposed Bylaw Codification. The board members unanimously voted to […] Read more »
The residential development being vetted for Spring Street at Mill Street could result in stormwater runoff affecting bicyclists, according to Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell. “This project’s been going ahead, I guess full steam for a while, and I figured, well, we’d be notified about it when it was time […] Read more »
When the Mattapoisett Master Plan Committee reconvened on April 7, its members were challenged in trying to think of ways to improve the movement of people in and around the community. It came as no surprise that the elephant in the virtual room was state Route 6. Subcommittee member Carole Clifford opened the […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals is looking for a few good members. The March 28 departure of Chairperson Christina Frangos was dealt with stunning ease during the ZBA’s April 8 Zoom meeting, in which Cynthia Callow volunteered and was immediately thanked and voted into the lead position by attending members Margie Baldwin, […] Read more »
The Old Rochester School Committee held a special meeting on April 13 to vote for its approval of the regional agreement amendment proposal that its members hope will be on all three town meeting warrants. The committee took two votes, the first to approve the amended agreement and the second to establish a […] Read more »
Reporting on the status of pilot testing for Koch Separation Systems upgrade of the water treatment plant, Jon Gregory of Tata & Howard told the April 13 meeting of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission that he was surprised to learn that Koch has received new technology approval prior to the pilot test. […] Read more »
Robert Malm’s Notice of Intent for the construction of a three-bedroom, single-family home on Aucoot Road was met with fierce opposition during the April 12 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission via Zoom. The dispute centered around condition of the 6.3 acres of land. After the proposal was summarized for the commission […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Finance Committee on April 7 were Old Rochester Regional School District Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howie Barber and Superintendent Mike Nelson to discuss the FY22 budgets that have been unanimously approved by the school committees. Barber spoke expansively on the details of the budget and the bottom […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Selectman John DeCosta, speaking from prepared notes, addressed the residents of Mattapoisett before the Board of Selectmen’s April 13 meeting got underway. DeCosta told the public that he recently received a cancer diagnosis but believes he is fully capable of carrying out the duties of selectman. “I ask for your thoughts and […] Read more »