A request to place a camper on a Cove Street property led to an extended discussion Tuesday night as Select Board members questioned how the town’s zoning bylaw applies to the site and ultimately held off on acting on the permit. Michael King sought permission to place a camper at 0 Cove Street […] Read more »
An independent Title IX investigation stemming from a May bathroom incident involving two 9-year-old students at Rochester Memorial School has concluded that school staff and district administrators acted in compliance with the law and found that no violation of a student’s Title IX rights had occurred. The Old Rochester Regional School District announced […] Read more »
The full Marion Select Board met on Tuesday, August 21, at 6:00 pm, accompanied by Town Administrator Geoffrey Gorman and Finance Director Heather O’Brien, to discuss the Bike Path, town roads, new roles and a lawsuit settlement with the Marion Golf Club. The board unanimously approved altered layouts to Washburn Lane and Spring Street […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met Monday night in the Police Department and via Zoom, where it held continued public hearings on two notable developments in town: the Sippican Holdings, LLC apartment complex and the expanded Uncle Jon’s Coffee site on Route 6. After the board approved minutes from its August 3 meeting, Chair […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met on Wednesday, August 12, at 7:00 pm for five hearings with local business owners and private citizens seeking to modify properties near wetlands. The majority of the hearings related to Requests for Determinations of Applicability (RDA), which find whether a site near a wetland is subject to regulation […] Read more »
The Rochester Finance Committee met on Monday at 7:00 pm in the Rochester Town Hall. All board members were present, except for David Arancio. The meeting began with the committee unanimously approving the transfer of $360,392 from the town’s reserve fund to last year’s snow and ice removal budget, which had gone over budget […] Read more »
A proposed zoning bylaw intended to encourage smaller homes along the Route 6 corridor drew more than 30 residents to the Planning Board Monday night. Much of the discussion centered on a question that has become increasingly important in town: Will smaller, less expensive homes do enough to address Mattapoisett’s affordable housing shortage? […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board began its meeting on Tuesday, August 18, by issuing a Certificate of Completion for the final construction of the new “Briggs Hobby Barn,” 618 New Bedford Road. Built by Mark Briggs of Marion within the town historic district to store and repair collectible automobiles, trucks and other motor vehicles, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board is being asked to consider purchasing 29 acres on Snows Pond Road at Snipatuit Pond for $1.3 million to preserve as conservation land. The discussion began when Town Administrator Cameron Durant announced at the board’s regular meeting Monday that the regional YMCA, which bought the property from the Fairhaven Unitarian […] Read more »
The Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission met on Thursday, August 6, in the Music Hall. They reviewed the commission’s funds, the Point Road Bike Path’s status, Grassi Bog maintenance, and other regular business related to maintaining their properties. The meeting began with the approval of the minutes. Then Chair Norm Hills moved to […] Read more »