Town Administrator James McGrail and the Marion Board of Health wish to share with the community information about the new measures announced by the Baker-Polito Administration to address the recent steady increase of COVID-19 cases in the state. On Monday, November 2, Governor Charlie Baker announced a series of targeted measures to disrupt the increasing […] Read more »
The October 21 meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee was held to confront mounting frustration on the part of citizens on two related fronts: There is a crisis of faith with the Old Rochester Regional School District’s lack of transparency where it concerns a full, in-person learning plan for the 2020-21 academic year; there […] Read more »
One of three cases scheduled to be heard at the October 22 meeting of the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals was discussed, but without resolution. Case No. 780 filed by Katrina Trull, 12 Emil’s Way, requests a Special Permit under Section 230-8.6 for an in-law apartment. Trull was accompanied on Zoom by her […] Read more »
Marion Town Planner Gil Hilario told Monday night’s October 26 Energy Management Committee meeting that he has received official notice from the state giving Marion the approval to spend from the Green Communities grant. “We will start completing the projects very soon,” said Hilario. “They’re all small projects, except for the Community Center.” […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board addressed upcoming changes to the proposed development on Cranberry Highway in its meeting held on October 27. Phil Cordeiro, the project’s representative, came before the Planning Board once again after the project’s public hearing was continued numerous times. Despite the increasing number of delays stalling the project, Cordeiro explained […] Read more »
The October 22 Tri-Town Selectmen’s meeting delved into the contractual language, or lack thereof, of the agreement the Towns of Rochester, Marion, and Mattapoisett have with ORCTV, as well as the agreement between the Old Rochester Regional School District and the three towns. First up was the ORCTV contract now motoring along on […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen spent the majority of its day on Monday in three separate interviews of engineers bidding to design a proposed Department of Public Works operations facility off Benson Brook Road. The three firms were distinct in size proportionate to local versus regional. The in-town bidder, Saltonstall Architects, Inc., interviewed […] Read more »
On an evening when their agenda was packed with continued hearings, new hearings, and a large handful of other matters, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission opened the Notice of Intent hearing for a mega-sized solar array planned by Randall Lane, LLC. On October 26, the commissioners saw for the first time the scope of the […] Read more »
With Mattapoisett now placed in the red category of communities that are considered high risk for COVID-19 transmission, Town Administrator Mike Lorenco spoke to the need for everyone to stay the course. “This has to be taken seriously,” he said at the October 27 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen. Lorenco said […] Read more »
Dan Crete told an abutter to his recently purchased property at 288 Wareham Street that he filled a dumpster with discarded air-conditioners and television sets that had populated land where he wants to build two, temporary boat-storage shelters as soon as possible. The willingness to spend a substantial amount of money and time to remove […] Read more »