On September 23, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met with Ken Motta of Field Engineering to hear an RDA (Request for Determination of Applicability) for work planned on subterrain stormwater systems at the intersection of Pearl and Church streets. Motta explained that Massachusetts EPA regulations require discharged waters (water discharging into coastal waters) be free […] Read more »
The Marion School Committee on September 19 made Sippican Elementary School the last of the district’s six schools to approve its own 2024-2025 School Improvement Plan. “This is our last stop,” Superintendent Michael Nelson said as he led the Marion committee to the approval vote. He noted that five of the six schools in […] Read more »
The meeting of the Marion Marine Resources Commission originally envisioned with the Select Board will probably take place in November, so its September 17 public meeting became the commission’s forum to prepare to address the Select Board. “I told them in general we want to discuss Island Wharf management and that we had many […] Read more »
Addressing a need that had been on the town’s capital-funding priority list for years, Rochester’s Select Board Monday spent $245,150 of the town’s $312,000 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on new equipment for the Highway Department. Select Board member Adam Murphy noted the new Cat 930 Wheel loader being requested by Highway Surveyor […] Read more »
In the wake of reported unpermitted activity at 290 Delano Road, the Marion Conservation Commission was pleased to hear from property owner David R. Hooke during its September 11 public meeting and assured him that the town has no problem with his replacement of a deteriorated wall. This was in response to concern expressed […] Read more »
Three projects in different vetting stages made up the bulk of the agenda at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Marion Planning Board: a Pre-Submission Conference for Papa’s Real Estate on Luce Avenue, a continued public hearing for 78 Wareham Road and a public hearing for a project proposed by FSJ Marion Realty at 207-215 Wareham […] Read more »
Faced with terrain that will result in a concentrated area of drainage from the Point Road Bike Path, Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission Chairman John Rockwell pointed to two options during MOSAC’s September 5 Zoom meeting: Use forced infiltration to lose some of the stormwater between the path and the road, and another strategy […] Read more »
State zoning bylaws now allow greater flexibility to lots previously merged and/or meeting square-footage requirements, and the emerging potential of lots being considered buildable for multi-unit occupation has members of the Mattapoisett Planning Board concerned. During the board’s September 16 public meeting in which both ADU (additional dwelling units) and family-related apartments were discussed, […] Read more »
The Marion Capital Improvements Planning Committee got a nose full on Monday at the town’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. “This is probably the most-complex thing we’ve got going in town that comes in with capital requests, and it’s good for the committee to know the basic pieces,” said the CIPC’s chairman, Dave Janik. On […] Read more »
Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals on September 12 approved a Special Permit and variances for the construction of an accessory dwelling unit above an attached garage at 48 Pierce Street, but not before debating another town board’s reaction to the plan and whether the applicant should wait until a new law goes into effect. […] Read more »