Marion’s Special Town Meeting held on November 5 at Old Rochester Regional High School was a clean sweep of approvals for all nine articles on the warrant, but not before Article 5 sparked a lengthy debate over a purchase of open land west of Route 6 near Fieldstone Market. The Marion Open Space […] Read more »
Lance and Kathleen Scott’s Notice of Intent, heard initially by the Marion Conservation Commission on September 23, for site redevelopment on the beach lot across from 18 Wianno Road headed toward a conclusion after the commission met on October 28. The applicant set out to remove invasive vegetation and construct a formal stone […] Read more »
Rochester Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar reported to the Rochester Board of Selectmen during its November 2 meeting that plans were in place for the town’s residents to use Marion’s Benson Brook transfer station. With the nearly complete collapse of the former Carver-Marion-Wareham Regional Refuse District, towns have been developing new plans to handle the […] Read more »
There are now eight active COVID-19 cases in Marion, including one positive case identified at Sippican School on November 3, the day the Marion Board of Health met for a brief meeting via Zoom. Confirmed COVID-19 cases now total 31 in Marion, a town that had thus far been an isolated ‘gray’ spot […] Read more »
During the October 29 meeting of the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board, once again Mattapoisett Harbormaster Jamie McIntosh presented financial realities that would have a direct impact on the Waterfront Enterprise Fund’s ability to complete the wharfs’ to-do list. First up was a discussion to finalize increases and maintain control over tackle inspections. McIntosh […] Read more »
During the October 29 meeting of the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals, several hearings dealt with applicants petitioning to add multi-family structures to existing single-family residences. First up was Town Planner Donald Spirlet, 9 Coombs Road. Spirlet’s filing requested a variance that would grant the construction of a garage and mudroom with a […] Read more »
The Mary Celeste Whiskey & Wine Library gained two approvals after a 4:30 pm public hearing with the Marion Board of Selectmen on November 3 at the Marion Music Hall. The first was for the transfer of an on-premises alcohol license from 149-151 Front Street to 7 Cottage Street. Founder/Manager Mike Achilles represented […] Read more »
SunRaise, LLC, developer of large-scale solar arrays, was again before the Mattapoisett Planning Board on November 2 to discuss hiring a peer-review consultant. Before getting into those specifics, the board members continued to ask questions about the scope of the project itself. Board member Karen Field asked what happens to the property after […] Read more »
Monday night’s pre-submission conference with Distributed Solar Development only yielded a formal meeting scheduled with the Marion Planning Board for November 16, but a lengthy discussion during the board’s November 2 Zoom meeting indicates that the potential for a solar array atop the Benson Brook landfill is stronger than it was five years ago […] Read more »
Anticipating that Mattapoisett would bounce back to ‘yellow’ on the state’s COVID-19 map, Public Health Nurse Emily Field emphasized in her comments to the Mattapoisett Board of Health during their October 28 meeting at Center School that, even when it’s not making noise, the coronavirus is silently present. “We need to realize there’s […] Read more »