The Rochester Planning Board tackled a number of public hearings in their remote access meeting held on June 9 and provided input on updated plans provided by the community. Significant progress was made in the continuance of a public hearing relating to the access road being planned for a project at 22 Cranberry Highway. Phil […] Read more »
Chairman John Rockwell told the June 4 Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission meeting that he and commission member Jeff Oakes are working on getting a Notice of Intent together to present to the town’s Conservation Commission for a wetlands replication area to compensate for concessions that they are hoping to obtain in an Order of […] Read more »
During a very brief Conservation Commission meeting on June 8, the commissioners voted to send a letter of support to the Mattapoisett Water and Sewer Department as they plan the filing of Municipal Vulnerability Grant applications. The state program funds activities as cities and towns prepare environmental resiliency plans and identify and implement priority projects. […] Read more »
The Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee and Capital Planning Committee convened on Zoom June 8 for a vote on the 20 warrant articles to be presented at Rochester’s June 22 Town Meeting. Most of the articles had been talked out in prior meetings with the Select Board, FinCom, and some with Capital Planning. Clarifications were […] Read more »
“We don’t know where local revenues are going to fall or what the state budget will be,” said Town Administrator Mike Lorenco during the June 8 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen. Selectman Paul Silva opened the financial discussion wondering aloud if Town Meeting should be postponed at least until August to give the […] Read more »
Fieldstone Farm Market’s application for a license to sell beer and wine was discussed in a favorable light during Tuesday night’s public hearing, Marion’s first since the coronavirus pandemic forced public meetings out of municipal buildings and onto remote-access platforms. Owner Arnie Johnson, known to some in the tri-towns as chairman of Rochester’s Planning Board, […] Read more »
In a remote access meeting on May 27, the Marion Conservation Commission spent the majority of its time addressing citizens’ inquiries related to flooding on Front Street. According to inquiries, large amounts of standing water had collected after significant rainfall events and inhibited the use of driveways along Front Street. Bob Larson, the property manager […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission reviewed plans for new housing developments and their potential impact on wetlands areas in their meeting held on June 2. Stephen Meltzer of Edgewood Development, representing plans put forth by Willow Creek Builders, presented an outline for the proposed construction of wells on Box Turtle Drive and Horse Neck Road. The […] Read more »
All of Marion’s emergency supplies have been put to the Police Department for emergency response and “are getting depleted pretty fast,” according to Health Nurse Kathleen Downey, addressing the Board of Health during its June 2 remote access meeting. Downey said that she had put in an order for what the Police Department needed for […] Read more »
Appearing remotely before the Mattapoisett Planning Board during their June 1 meeting was local developer Scott Snow. He requested that the board members approve an amendment to an existing covenant for the Eldridge Estates subdivision located off Prospect Road. The covenant maintains that the roadway would be completed prior to any construction of homes in […] Read more »