Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals struggled at its November 13 meeting over whether to approve a new, two-family home at 309 Neck Road, voting instead to seek Town Counsel’s input on whether the variance being requested would be legal. The plan here is to raze the single-family home there and create a single-story, two-family […] Read more »
Rochester’s election on November 18 seeking approval of both a $288 million Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School building project and a debt exclusion to fund the town’s $24 million share of that cost resulted in a resounding “No” to both questions. The question to approve the building project, which was also on ballots […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday did ordinary business until it came time to discuss the November 18 election asking the town to approve the $288 million Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School building project. The Select Board began by voting against exercising its right to purchase Great Bear Farms, 53 Dexter Lane, which is currently […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health at their November 5 meeting took one step toward making school lunches safer for children and roads safer for pedestrians at night. At the police station’s conference room, the board approved town schools becoming a member of the state’s Shared Table program, which requires more training for staff […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday moved closer to approving the Site Plan Review permit for a 68-unit age 55-and-over senior living apartment building proposed for Rochester Crossroads by agreeing to draft the permit decision. Project consultant Joseph Sandu met with the board to report the town’s peer review engineer had “mild comments” on the […] Read more »
On Tuesday night, residents, service members, and veterans came to the Rochester Council on Aging for The Friends of the Rochester Senior Center’s annual Veterans Dinner and Recognition Ceremony. The event was hosted by the Tri-Town Veterans Office. The event, which was also livestreamed onto Facebook, saw many come to pay their respects […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission took no issue with the Toll Brothers Inc. proposed 48-unit condominium development at the November 5 Conservation Commission meeting at the town police station conference room. At the previous hearing on October 22, TBI representatives Mark Bambauk and Jeff Heidelberg said that Field Engineering, which represents both the Conservation […] Read more »
The Marion School Committee met on Thursday, October 30 for a brief meeting. Chair April Nye began the meeting by greeting, via Zoom, Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson and Assistant to the Superintendent and the School Committee Melissa Wilcox. Superintendent Nelson invited Catherine Cooper, executive director of the Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative (SMEC), […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met on Monday for a list of action items that also included preparations and scheduling for 2026. The meeting began with confirmation of the 2026 Planning Board meeting schedule, available on the town website: www.marionma.gov/783/Meeting-Schedule. “My mind doesn’t work that far in advance, so I’m going to say it […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Notice of Intent proposal to ecologically restore a former 240-acre cranberry bog at 0 Walnut Plain Road by issuing the plan a positive Order of Conditions with special conditions. The plan here includes removal of berms, culverts and irrigation lines, and filling and re-grading […] Read more »