On October 16 a special Board of Selectmen’s meeting was held in Mattapoisett. The continued hearing concluded that Nick’s Pizza should be sanctioned for not adhering to Governor Baker’s emergency orders for the wearing of facemasks by staff working in the popular restaurant. After discussion and hearing from the business’s representative, the board agreed that […] Read more »
Amidst a complex beachside project, Marion Conservation Commission Chairperson Shaun P. Walsh told applicant Lance Scott that continuances and requests are for his benefit because a hasty approval by the commission could be appealed at the state level. Lance and Kathleen Scott filed a Notice of Intent for site redevelopment on the lot across from […] Read more »
Town Counsel Blair Bailey joined the Rochester Conservation Commission meeting held on October 20 to discuss potential changes to the commission’s application process surrounding minor projects. The proposed changes to the application process came after numerous applicants came before the commission seeking permission to perform minor work such as tree cutting and pruning. Bailey explained […] Read more »
Prior to the October 20 meeting of the Marion Board of Health, Chairperson Dr. Edward Hoffer had distributed via email published comments written by his friend and medical colleague Dr. Steven Kanner, who has over 50 years of practicing internal medicine. Kanner’s insights into the current pandemic were appreciated by the members and believed to […] Read more »
It was a packed remote meeting room on October 19 when the Planning Board opened the hearing for a site-plan review of a proposed solar array off Randall Lane. Property owned by Randall Lane LLC, if approved, will contain up to 78 acres of which 30 will be utilized for the expected 20,000 solar panels […] Read more »
Article 6 of the warrant for Rochester’s November 16 Special Town Meeting won’t be the most expensive, but its benefits may outlast those of the other eight articles that have been approved by the Rochester Board of Selectmen and the town’s Finance Committee. The final votes to those approvals took place during the selectmen’s joint […] Read more »
Eric Arbeene, principal comprehensive planner with the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD), was on conference call with members of the Marion Affordable Housing Trust, who met on Tuesday night at the Music Hall to discuss the process that will culminate with a five-year update of the town’s Housing Production Plan. […] Read more »
In his operations update for the regional water-treatment plant, Henri Renauld said, “It’s been really nice to get through these windstorms and not get all our primaries (high-voltage electrical wires) blown down.” Renauld noted that age is a factor with such equipment in his October 13 update to members of the Mattapoisett River […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board met on October 13 to address certain conflicts that have been raised surrounding work being done on the Old Middleboro Road Solar Project. On a visit to the site, Town Planner Steven Starrett discovered that the construction group tasked with completing the project has been following a set of plans […] Read more »
With an increasing number of confirmed COVID-19 cases being reported at both the state and local level, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen believes it is their responsibility to protect the residents of the community. To that end, responding to complaints that a local eatery was not complying with state guidelines, a public hearing was […] Read more »