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 »
The Marion Marine Resources Commission’s next project is to review the existing moratorium on new commercial moorings and started the process on March 16 after discussing the moratorium’s history, hearing from Marion marine businesses, and ultimately forming a three-member subcommittee to study the topic comprehensively and present its findings to the commission for a […] Read more »
In their meeting held on March 10, the Rochester Planning Board discussed a previously approved application for the Cranberry Highway Development. The reopening of the discussion was sparked by changes to sign location and orientation on the site. Phil Cordeiro of Allen and Major Inc. came before the Planning Board to explain the […] Read more »
Intermittent versus perennial is apparently not a simple matter of observation when it comes time to vet a construction project near a stream. In responding to applicant W. Dale Jones’ Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation (ANRAD) for the review and confirmation of the wetland resource area boundaries at the vacant lot on […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Finance Committee on March 11 was Fire Chief Andrew Murray to review and discuss his department’s FY22 budget. As he had when recently meeting with the Board of Selectmen and Capital Planning Committee, Murray pointed out that he wants to restore the full-time administration position that he said had been […] Read more »