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 »
With summer’s warmth waning and boaters thinning out both in and around Mattapoisett Harbor, the harbormaster and his crew, along with the members of the Marine Advisory Board, turned their thoughts to business matters. During the August MAB meeting, Harbormaster Jamie McIntosh floated out several concepts and ideas believed to be needed and possibly essential […] Read more »
When the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on September 29 several of the applications both new and those returning as continued hearings contained critical wording, “coastal storm flowage.” A quick look at Massachusetts General Law finds wording throughout the text that provides guidance and rules on types of construction that may be permitted in such areas […] Read more »
On September 24, the Rochester Conservation Commission met to review responses to their formal Request for Qualifications for a new peer-review consultant. The request for a new consultant came after longstanding review engineer for the commission, Henry Nover, announced his transition out of the review-consultant role. Each member had the opportunity to review the applications […] Read more »
In their meeting Zoom held on September 28, the Marion Energy Management Committee discussed potential changes to the town’s infrastructure that could promote the use of electric vehicles. The future implementations discussed included new charging stations throughout the town as well as plans to gather data surrounding the prevalence of electric vehicles throughout the town. […] Read more »
After several continuances dating back to June 3, the Marion Conservation Commission was satisfied in its September 23 public hearing that the latest plan revision for work at 120 Front Street satisfied lingering concerns about stormwater runoff and voted to issue an Order of Conditions to 120 Front Street LLC. Storm-damage prevention was at the […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen met on Tuesday night at Sippican School in joint session with the Marion Marine Resources Commission for the latter’s presentation of the Harbormaster Facility Feasibility Study. The September 29 meeting was held at Sippican to accommodate a swell of public interest also directed toward the Marion Open Space Acquisition Committee’s […] Read more »