Now that the preliminary meetings have concluded and with eight separate sections of the outdated 2000 Master Plan to review, study and update, Mattapoisett’s Master Plan Committee began the real work of identifying issues and making recommendations on Land Use, Housing, Economic Development, and Climate Resiliency during its February 3 meeting. The members […] Read more »
The news that cars were pulling into the recently improved parking area at Grassi Bog was inspiring to Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell, who shook off Vice Chairman Alan Harris’s report that the area “is getting a little muddy and dug up.” Harris told MOSAC members during their February 4 […] Read more »
On February 4, during the meeting of the Mattapoisett Finance Committee, Highway Surveyor Barry Denham announced he would not be running for reelection. Denham has been the go-to-person at the Highway Department for the last 15 years. Prior to his current position at the Highway Department, Denham was a selectman for six years […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission faces a $1 million decision on how to update its water-treatment facility, and the increasing sense is that its members have already decided it makes no sense to save that million knowing it will likely lead to much greater spending later. Koch Separation Systems can either […] Read more »
Two parcels located along the barrier beach at Cove Street adjacent to Pine Island Pond cleared at least one hurdle in the process of being approved for development when the application for an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation was accepted during the February 8 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission. Representing Pam […] Read more »
The much anticipated new Mattapoisett bike path Phase 1b with a bridge spanning from Reservation Road to Goodspeed Island will not open in time for the warmer seasons, it was announced at the February 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen. Town Administrator Mike Lorenco told the board that during a recent […] Read more »
Eric Las of Beals and Thomas acknowledged that the solar array proposed by Cushman Road Solar LLC along Cushman Road faces a lengthy vetting process with the Rochester Planning Board. Still, he feels he is nearing the finish line of the Conservation Commission’s jurisdictional involvement pending a site visit plan that revealed its own […] Read more »
In its fourth continuation, the public hearing for Carmine and Beth Martignetti’s Notice of Intent for shoreline improvements at 71 Moorings Road reached a positive conclusion during the January 27 meeting of the Marion Conservation Commission. Dave Davignon from Schneider, Davignon & Leone, who presented on behalf of the applicant, made further revisions […] Read more »
Jim Ryba presided as chair in the absence of Christina Frangos, as the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly on January 28 to address two cases with members Margie Baldwin, Cynthia Callow, and Will Tifft. The ZBA put a bow on Case No. 782, reopening the case to add correspondence received last week. […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on January 28 approved a Special Permit to convert the single-family house at 111 County Road into a multi-family, along with a Variance to allow the conversion on a non-conforming lot containing an area of 48,350 square feet. The board lauded property owners Jeremy and Kristin Saccone […] Read more »