The Rochester Board of Selectmen likes how it’s going as a member of the Duxbury-hosted Regional Old Colony Communications Center and anticipates a renewal of its inter-municipal agreement (IMA).             ROCCC provides 911 police, fire, and EMS emergency dispatch service for six towns, as Director Michael Mahoney told the selectmen during their March 1 […] Read more »

            The Marion Board of Health learned on March 2 that a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine in Massachusetts has resulted in the town having to cancel its March 5 vaccination clinic to administer a second dose to residents that received their first dose last month.             Marion was authorized back on January 30 to receive […] Read more »

            With active COVID-19 cases standing at 15 and the town’s infection status in the green zone, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen discussed the reopening of at least two town buildings, the library and Town Hall.             Coming before the board during its March 2 meeting was Library Director Jennifer Jones, who offered a phased […] Read more »

            The Marion Board of Selectmen voted unanimously during its March 2 meeting to turn down Diane Bondi Pickles’ proposal of a memorial bench in honor of her late husband Raymond Pickles that she would donate and set near the Harbormaster’s office at her own expense.             Ray Pickles, former Marion town administrator, town clerk, […] Read more »

            Walter Hartley will not be building a house on the 15-acre Pine Street parcel that was once in the family and recently acquired after all.             Representing his daughter, applicant Katherine Hartley of 16 Walnut Plain Road, to the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals in a February 25 public hearing, Walter Hartley could not […] Read more »

            The proposed campus center at Tabor Academy was closing in on a motion by the Marion Planning Board to vote to approve until Town Planner Gil Hilario told the board during its March 1 meeting that he had just confirmed by phone with Town Counsel Barbara Carbone that the board’s 4-1 vote just minutes […] Read more »

            The Marion Marine Resources Commission wants some explanation after hearing that the federal government plans to cut down on the spaces allowed for shellfishing along the eastern seaboard, including specific application to the town’s inner harbor.             Aquaculture has already been a challenge for licensed shellfishermen, between delays relating to the coronavirus pandemic and […] Read more »

            The house on the hill is at a crossroads, and it will apparently take a groundswell of public support to influence its salvation. The Percy Browne House was at the center of discussion when the Marion Historical Commission met on February 18 via Zoom.             The commission wants to save the house at 192 […] Read more »

            On February 23, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen met with Liz DiCarlo of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path to discuss possible amenities for Phase 1b and the Industrial Drive section that will one day link Mattapoisett to Marion via a continuous bike path.             DiCarlo said the group had been working alongside […] Read more »

            William Saunders’ good intentions at 50 County Road have not panned out as planned over the past quarter-century of operation, and to that end, a Notice of Intent was filed with the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission proposing the replacement of the Saunders-Dwyer Mattapoisett Funeral Home’s parking lot and a significant upgrade to the stormwater management […] Read more »