Commission member Jeff Doubrava would recuse himself twice during the Marion Conservation Commission’s November 4 meeting, being involved on the applicant side of two public hearings. As a Planting Island resident and member of the Island Associates board of governors, Doubrava was on that side of filing a Notice of Intent for storm drainage […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission hopes to become the first in Massachusetts to use Koch Membrane Systems’ Puron technology. A 2016 report by sciencedirect.com said that Koch had announced the full operation of the largest membrane bioreactor plant in Europe. It is treating 100 percent of its incoming capacity with Puron […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board addressed updates to the Cranberry Highway Development in their meeting held on November 10 after most other public hearings set to come before the board were continued into December. Phil Cordeiro, representing the developer, continued his discussion on the proposed bussing routes that will be involved with the site. […] Read more »
During the November 10 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen, the board discussed with Town Administrator Mike Lorenco grant opportunities. The catch: the 25-percent matching funds needed to secure most government grants. A Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management grant for as much as $75,000 could be used for improvements and repairs to a […] Read more »
With legal fees still mounting, years of legal wrangling, and an enforcement order that just might finally be upheld by the property owner, Mattapoisett’s Conservation Commission discussed a request by Daniel Craig of 4 Seabreeze Lane to lift the enforcement order. Coming before the commission during its November 9 meeting was town counsel, […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission met November 4 on a Wednesday night instead of its usual Tuesday due to the previous day’s presidential election, and two projects that hired Wareham-based G.A.F. Engineering, Inc. made substantial progress. Cranberry Highway, LLC, received a Certificate of Compliance for work completed at 15 Cranberry Highway that redeveloped an existing […] Read more »
Marion’s Special Town Meeting held on November 5 at Old Rochester Regional High School was a clean sweep of approvals for all nine articles on the warrant, but not before Article 5 sparked a lengthy debate over a purchase of open land west of Route 6 near Fieldstone Market. The Marion Open Space […] Read more »
Lance and Kathleen Scott’s Notice of Intent, heard initially by the Marion Conservation Commission on September 23, for site redevelopment on the beach lot across from 18 Wianno Road headed toward a conclusion after the commission met on October 28. The applicant set out to remove invasive vegetation and construct a formal stone […] Read more »
Rochester Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar reported to the Rochester Board of Selectmen during its November 2 meeting that plans were in place for the town’s residents to use Marion’s Benson Brook transfer station. With the nearly complete collapse of the former Carver-Marion-Wareham Regional Refuse District, towns have been developing new plans to handle the […] Read more »
There are now eight active COVID-19 cases in Marion, including one positive case identified at Sippican School on November 3, the day the Marion Board of Health met for a brief meeting via Zoom. Confirmed COVID-19 cases now total 31 in Marion, a town that had thus far been an isolated ‘gray’ spot […] Read more »