Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Mike Nelson, Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail, and Marion Board of Health Chairperson Dr. Edward Hoffer reported positive cases of COVID-19 at Sippican School in Marion on October 12 and 13. Tuesday’s press release stated that it is believed that the two cases are unrelated. On both […] Read more »
Speaking to the issue of providing COVID-19 immunization, public health nurses Amanda Stone and Emily Field said distribution systems are not yet in place. This and other pandemic-related matters were discussed when the Mattapoisett Board of Health met on September 30. Stone said that it’s unclear at this time what the process and […] Read more »
On June 30 Lexington residents Carol and Ross Speer bought 6.03 acres of land at 66 Burgess Avenue, where daughter Katie Speer now lives and hopes to soon operate a business there, teaching children how to ride horses. Since the land is zoned according to residential and agricultural categories, raising, training, and boarding […] Read more »
The possibility that Freetown will join the Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical School district was discussed by the Rochester Board of Selectmen during its October 5 hybrid meeting. All three selectmen, Chairman Paul Ciaburri, Vice Chairman Brad Morse, and Clerk Woody Hartley attended a meeting held at Old Colony’s Rochester campus, along with Finance […] Read more »
The amount of detail it has taken public schools to safely open to hundreds of students, to educate and feed them, and find time and energy for professional development is staggering so it’s no wonder those attending the Rochester School Committee’s October 1 hybrid meeting either in person or via Zoom were brimming with […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission, in their meeting held on October 6, moved into unfamiliar territory when Rick Charon came before the commission to discuss the removal of a potentially hazardous tree growing on the border of a wetlands buffer zone. The tree in question is adjacent to a home that Charon is working […] Read more »
In Tuesday’s meeting at the Music Hall, the Marion Board of Selectmen was asked by Open Space Acquisition Committee Chairperson John Rockwell to sign off as owners of three properties to help facilitate progress on the town’s Bike Path project. Before pens would be put to paper, Selectman Norm Hills said the board […] Read more »
With a light agenda, the Marion Board of Health moved quickly through its October 4 meeting. Board members heard from Chairperson Dr. Edward Hoffer that work would be beginning soon for emergency sheltering planning once the Police Department set a schedule to begin training. Both Board of Health Agent David Flaherty and Public […] Read more »
Marion officials hear the clock ticking as they try to rewrite a backstory of inherited water/sewer problems that collectively sound like the fumbles, lateral passes and other desperate improvisations typical of the final play of a football game – maneuvers that go in many directions, but rarely to the end zone. The town’s […] Read more »
Substitute teachers will earn more money in Old Rochester Regional district schools after the Joint School Committee / Superintendents Union No. 55 approved a pay raise during its September 24 Zoom meeting. “This is just making sure that we’re comparable (with surrounding school districts),” said Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howie Barber, stressing that […] Read more »