Matthew Morganelli came before the Rochester Conservation Commission on November 17 representing the Town of Marion’s proposed upgrade of Water Treatment Chemical feed buildings. The proposed work would see the demolition of two existing buildings that have previously treated water from three surrounding wells. In their place, a single facility will be constructed to […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board on November 16, formally for the first time, was Douglas Schneider of Schneider, Davignon, and Leone, Inc. to undergo a site plan review for a proposed two-lot subdivision at the end of Park Lane. The previous discussion regarding this proposal had been informational and informal. Representing property […] Read more »
It’s a bold, new era for the Town of Marion in its governance of the Benson Brook Transfer Station, as the Board of Selectmen began voting on the logistics of the self-managed program during its November 17 meeting. For the first time since the Carver-Marion-Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District (CMWRRDD) was established in […] Read more »
The morning after presiding over a successful Special Town Meeting that saw all nine articles carry, the Rochester Board of Selectmen met for the third time in five days, the last of these on November 17. In their regular meeting, the board heard from Assessor Chuck Shea and voted for a single tax rate […] Read more »
It’s not often that large joint meetings work well, but the November 17 group meeting hosted by the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen did just that. Coming together at the invitation of the selectmen were members of the Capital Planning Committee, chaired by Chuck McCullough, and the Finance Committee, chaired by Pat Donoghue. Three […] Read more »
The first time Daniel and Carrie Costa, 173 Pierce Street, came before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals, they said a variance was necessary to allow the couple to convert their house into a multi-family residence for important personal reasons. The Costas, who moved to Rochester in June, suffered the loss of Mrs. […] Read more »
With COVID-19 cases continuing to rise in Marion, Board of Health Chairperson Dr. Edward Hoffer is concerned about the consequences facing Marion if the coronavirus maintains its ascending trajectory. “Our numbers, which were pleasantly low in the spring and early part of the summer, have now skyrocketed [and] we are now in the […] Read more »
Ben Bailey, a member of Rochester’s Planning Board, and Arnie Johnson, the chairman of that board, provided the only substantial discussion from the floor during Monday night’s November 16 Special Town Meeting at Rochester Memorial School. Both men’s comments aimed to ensure that the $15,000 recommended by the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee […] Read more »
Parents of children in Old Rochester Regional District schools can now access COVID-19 information via a dashboard that Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson has made a regular part of the district website. He also spent time during the November 5 meeting of the Rochester School Committee discussing the challenges that come with consideration of […] Read more »
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 »