In order for the Marion Planning Board to authorize the division of a parcel of land on Oakdale Avenue into separate lots, the Zoning Board of Appeals will need to allow a lot line to be drawn without the equal frontage required by the town’s bylaws.             “You can’t do that here because the […] Read more »

            The Marion Board of Health says it still supports the hybrid model of learning part-time in-school and part-time remotely in the Tri-Town despite a statewide surge in COVID-19. On December 15, the board voted to send a letter supporting the continuation of hybrid learning at Old Rochester Regional.            At the request of the superintendent […] Read more »

            The Budget Subcommittee for the Mattapoisett School District met on December 10 to discuss the fiscal year 2022 budget.             Mattapoisett School Committee Chairman Jim Muse and committee member Shannon Finning attended the meeting, along with Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson, ORR Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howie Barber, Mattapoisett […] Read more »

            On December 14, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission heard the details for septic system upgrades for one of the commissioners. An abutter, Ken Rocha, asked to be heard.             The Request for Determination of Applicability filed by Chapman Dickerson and Melanie Dixson, 6 River Road, was represented by Rick Charon of Charon Associates, a civil […] Read more »

            It’s been a long time in the making, but at last, Mattapoisett’s Master Plan will get an overhaul and update now that the committee of volunteers has been sworn in. Their first meeting was held on December 9.             This meeting and the entire Master Plan process will be navigated through completion by Southeastern […] Read more »

            As Town Counsel Blair Bailey explained during the December 10 meeting of the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals, variances to zoning bylaws are mainly about the difference between want and need. So, as soon as applicants Daniel and Carrie Costa withdrew their petition for a third variance that would have allowed a proposed addition […] Read more »

            Town Administrator Jay McGrail could not state strongly enough that, while the Town of Marion is thrilled to open the Benson Brook Transfer Station to its residents on January 2, it is absolutely incumbent upon them to follow guidelines.             “No wood and debris in bags … just [household] trash,” said McGrail on December […] Read more »

            The Old Rochester Regional School Committee on December 9 reviewed the results of a Back-to-School Feedback Survey the ORR district sent out to parents and caregivers on November 20. The survey yielded a roughly 50-percent response rate from parents and guardians of junior high and high school students, giving the district a parents’ perspective […] Read more »

            Eric Medeiros, property owner of four lots located along the private way known as Selha Way, and Steve Gioiosa, vice president of SITEC Engineering, came before the Mattapoisett Planning Board on December 7 with what they believed was a simple request to modify a Form C subdivision.             Gioiosa explained that the request was […] Read more »

Given the last couple of years’ turnover in the memberships of the Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and District Commission, the commission thought it best to ask Koch representatives to reboot its presentation on the water treatment plant project when they visit the committee/commission on Tuesday, January 12.             Addressing the commission […] Read more »