The Marion Affordable Housing Trust met on Tuesday, June 10, to go over the results of the Town Meeting’s votes on accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and short-term rentals (STRs). Select Board member and representative to the trust Norm Hills began the meeting by discussing his worry over the passed ADU bylaw. Sympathizing with this […] Read more »
Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) appointed Donald Spirlet as its new Chair and re-appointed Davis Sullivan as Vice-Chair when it met June 12 on the occasion of veteran member David Arancio’s last time as Chair. Arancio has been ZBA Chair for 11 years. Spirlet has been a zoning panel member for 10 […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission began its meeting Tuesday by approving a positive Order of Conditions the Notice of Intent filed by Sealord Enterprises, LLC for construction of a 20,000 square-foot commercial building for contractor bays with associated access drives, parking areas, utilities, and storm water management system within the 100-foot of wetlands at a new address […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met on Wednesday, June 11 for a short agenda with a single public hearing. Discussions began on a Certificate of Compliance request from 406 Point Road, with talks of an original request ceasing to hold weight. Originally, the addition of a breezeway from a garage was requested, though the previous […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday, June 12 for a continued public hearing regarding a Variance Request submitted by Sippican Holdings LLC at 14 Barnabas Road. The variance would allow for the conversion of an existing commercial building in a limited industrial district into a multi-family dwelling with no more than […] Read more »
The June 16 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board was brief. While there were a number of complex matters listed on the night’s agenda, Chair Tom Tucker opted to table most until member John Mathieu could be present. One item, however, discussed at length, was an informal discussion regarding a family compound planned […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday expressed a lot of concerns as it reviewed the soon-to-be-renewed Inter-Municipal Agreement with the Regional Old Colony Communications Center (ROCCC) that, since 2017, has placed the town’s public safety dispatching services in Duxbury. What would the Rochester Police and Fire departments do without ROCCC’s services, given that Rochester does […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee met on Wednesday, June 4 in Rochester Memorial School and began with a recognition of two retirees: special education teacher Bridget Wollenhaupt and speech pathologist Janet Bejtlich. Both were praised for their years of service and dedication to their students. Next, new Rochester School Committee member Kirstin Jimenez was recognized for […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health met on Thursday, June 5. The meeting began with an update on mosquito control, saying residents could request yard spraying as well as the company checking standing water for larvae and doing subsequent needed treatment of such if deemed necessary. Chair John B. Howard then moved on to a discussion […] Read more »
The June 9 agenda for the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission looked fairly tame. However, the commissioners were soon deep into a variety of wetland related issues from unpermitted clearing, to after-the-fact filings. In the category of after-the-fact filings was the Notice of Intent (NOI) filing by Robert Beauregard, 2 Jowick Street. In this continued […] Read more »