Being a tree warden is no small task. The average tree warden must possess a spectrum of skills, like maintaining public tree inventories, interfacing with the public and town government, and performing physical labor such as pruning, planting, and cutting down trees. Since 1899, according to the Massachusetts Tree Warden and Foresters Association, […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board opened a public hearing on January 4 to hold a Major Site Plan Review for Tabor Academy’s proposed Campus Center at 85 Spring Street, the site of the Hayden Library. The 22,750 square foot academic building would replace the one-floor Hayden Library with a modern, two-floor facility that would […] Read more »
In a meeting spilling over with significant matters, the Marion Board of Selectmen opened a public hearing with developer Ken Steen of Steen Realty to discuss a Comprehensive Permit for his Heron Cove residential development on Wareham Road. Steen’s former application for a 96-unit residential complex has given way to a revised plan […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission capped 2020 by using its December 28 remote-access meeting to issue two negative determinations of applicability, award two Orders of Conditions, withhold a Certificate of Compliance, and continue four public hearings. Engineer David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc. left the meeting with two negative determinations and an […] Read more »
With a short meeting agenda, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen met on December 23, primarily to hold an executive session. As a result, the public portion of the proceedings was only long enough to include the following meaningful bits. Town Administrator Mike Lorenco advised the selectmen that the Finance Committee would soon begin […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission wrapped up a busy year with its December 23 featuring several public hearings and action items. Four public hearings were held and continued to the commission’s January 13 meeting. In Case SE041-1345, continued from December 9, Carmine and Beth Martignetti filed a Notice of Intent for shoreline site improvements, […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen was notified during its December 21 meeting that the Town of Freetown had joined the Bristol-Plymouth district, declining the October 27 invitation made by the Old Colony Regional School District. The notification, received on December 14, means that students from Freetown currently attending Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School […] Read more »
Last summer, August 3 to be exact, developer Ryan Correia came before the Mattapoisett Planning Board asking what type of development option the town would like to see on the 21 acres he owned at 3 Crystal Springs Road. As reported by The Wanderer in the August 8 edition, Correia discussed several subdivision possibilities. “The conceptual plans […] Read more »
It’s been seven years since Mattapoisett voters endorsed the establishment of a committee to review the needs of municipal departments facing projects costing at least $10,000 and to chart the course of those expenditures over a period of five to 10 years. No small task; yet, the effectiveness of the process has been proven. For […] Read more »
Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail simply has not had time to attend a string of recent Sippican Elementary School budget subcommittee meetings, so the Finance Committee sought to appoint a member to act as the town’s liaison to the subcommittee. The eventual appointment of FinCom member Karen Kevelson was only one of several made, as […] Read more »