Eric Las of Beals and Thomas acknowledged that the solar array proposed by Cushman Road Solar LLC along Cushman Road faces a lengthy vetting process with the Rochester Planning Board. Still, he feels he is nearing the finish line of the Conservation Commission’s jurisdictional involvement pending a site visit plan that revealed its own […] Read more »
In its fourth continuation, the public hearing for Carmine and Beth Martignetti’s Notice of Intent for shoreline improvements at 71 Moorings Road reached a positive conclusion during the January 27 meeting of the Marion Conservation Commission. Dave Davignon from Schneider, Davignon & Leone, who presented on behalf of the applicant, made further revisions […] Read more »
Jim Ryba presided as chair in the absence of Christina Frangos, as the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly on January 28 to address two cases with members Margie Baldwin, Cynthia Callow, and Will Tifft. The ZBA put a bow on Case No. 782, reopening the case to add correspondence received last week. […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on January 28 approved a Special Permit to convert the single-family house at 111 County Road into a multi-family, along with a Variance to allow the conversion on a non-conforming lot containing an area of 48,350 square feet. The board lauded property owners Jeremy and Kristin Saccone […] Read more »
Before the Marion Planning Board can get down to the nitty-gritty of voting to green-light Tabor Academy’s proposed Campus Center on the site of the present Hayden Library at 85 Spring Street, feedback is needed from town officials such as Chief of Police Richard Nighelli and Building Commissioner Scott Shippey. Once again, Planning […] Read more »
Just when Fred Underhill felt as though Rochester’s Water Commission was being left out of an important water-related decision, Rochester Board of Selectmen member Woody Hartley assured him that the opposite was the case. “I was hoping you would open this as a meeting and vote on this as Water Commissioners,” said Hartley. […] Read more »
Marion Finance Director Judy Mooney and Town Administrator Jay McGrail gave the Board of Selectmen an overview of the town’s budget for Fiscal Year 2022 during the February 2 selectmen’s meeting via Zoom. McGrail said he asked the department heads in December to present level-services budgets with additional requests made separately and reported […] Read more »
The Town of Marion held its second quarterly meeting of the Water/Sewer Commissioners on January 28. The commissioners are made up of the Board of Selectmen: Randy Parker, Norm Hills, and John Waterman. Considering the staggering costs the town is facing to repair, replace, upgrade, and update its antiquated water and sewer facilities […] Read more »
During the February 1 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board, board member Nathan Ketchel reported on the Mattapoisett Neck Road Resiliency Project. This study program is being funded by a grant the town received from the state’s Coastal Zone Management division of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The town received $74,981 […] Read more »
The state has approved the Town of Marion to receive 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccination for those eligible through Phase 2 of the state’s vaccination distribution plan, according to the Town’s latest press release. “The big problem,” said Marion Board of Health Chairman Dr. Edward Hoffer on February 2, “is there […] Read more »