One of Marion’s longtime families, landowners, and business owners has engaged in a complicated process to improve the Route 6 egress around his and family members’ properties, and his case was heard during the December 21 meeting of the Marion Planning Board. Bill Washburn, Warren Washburn, and Chris Washburn were among the Washburns on Monday […] Read more »
On December 21, the Marion Pathway Committee met after a few months off to take up the matter of when, where, and how the town will connect bike paths and bikeways to the neighboring towns of Mattapoisett and Wareham. Yet with the plans each of the neighbors are now pursuing, one off the beaten path […] Read more »
The proposed Cranberry Highway 40R development saw significant progress during the Rochester Conservation Commission meeting held on December 15. After a roughly yearlong process to receive commission approval, the Notice of Intent Application filed by Steen Realty was unanimously approved by the commission members. Phil Cordeiro, representing Steen Realty, came before the commission […] Read more »
Three public hearings were on the agenda for the Marion Conservation Commission at its December 9 Zoom meeting. In a 7:20 pm hearing, Carmine and Beth Martignetti filed a Notice of Intent to make shoreline site improvements, including removing a vertical stone/concrete seawall, expanding an existing coastal beach into an upland area, and […] Read more »
In order for the Marion Planning Board to authorize the division of a parcel of land on Oakdale Avenue into separate lots, the Zoning Board of Appeals will need to allow a lot line to be drawn without the equal frontage required by the town’s bylaws. “You can’t do that here because the […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health says it still supports the hybrid model of learning part-time in-school and part-time remotely in the Tri-Town despite a statewide surge in COVID-19. On December 15, the board voted to send a letter supporting the continuation of hybrid learning at Old Rochester Regional. At the request of the superintendent […] Read more »
The Budget Subcommittee for the Mattapoisett School District met on December 10 to discuss the fiscal year 2022 budget. Mattapoisett School Committee Chairman Jim Muse and committee member Shannon Finning attended the meeting, along with Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson, ORR Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howie Barber, Mattapoisett […] Read more »
On December 14, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission heard the details for septic system upgrades for one of the commissioners. An abutter, Ken Rocha, asked to be heard. The Request for Determination of Applicability filed by Chapman Dickerson and Melanie Dixson, 6 River Road, was represented by Rick Charon of Charon Associates, a civil […] Read more »
It’s been a long time in the making, but at last, Mattapoisett’s Master Plan will get an overhaul and update now that the committee of volunteers has been sworn in. Their first meeting was held on December 9. This meeting and the entire Master Plan process will be navigated through completion by Southeastern […] Read more »
As Town Counsel Blair Bailey explained during the December 10 meeting of the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals, variances to zoning bylaws are mainly about the difference between want and need. So, as soon as applicants Daniel and Carrie Costa withdrew their petition for a third variance that would have allowed a proposed addition […] Read more »