Tuesday’s Marion Board of Health meeting opened with a welcome dose of relief, as it was learned the driver who suffered a medical emergency and crashed a car into the gate to the Silvershell Beach parking lot is going to be okay. The town now has to go right to work in repairing or replacing […] Read more »
Town Clerk Paul Dawson sought and was given a somewhat reluctant approval to initiate an early voting option with Rochester residents during the Board of Selectmen’s May 18 remote access meeting. The approval means that all registered voters in the Town of Rochester will receive a letter explaining the process along with an application to […] Read more »
Throughout the course of its meeting held on May 19, the Rochester Conservation Commission moved to address a number of Notices of Intent filed by applicants seeking approval by the commission in order to go forward with project planning. Up second were Paul Shamoian of Civil & Environmental Consultants and Dan Peters of SEMASS Partnership, […] Read more »
On May 19th, 2020 at approximately 12:15pm, the Mattapoisett Fire Department was dispatched to 56 Ocean Drive for a reported structure fire. Fire Chief, Andrew Murray arrived on scene at 12:21pm and confirmed a working structure fire with heavy fire and smoke showing. A first alarm assignment was requested to the scene, bringing in engines […] Read more »
On May 9, the Mattapoisett Board of Health held a public meeting, at which time five of eight applicants vying for the position of public health nurse were interviewed either on-site in the large meeting room located at the public library, or via Zoom internet meeting. The hitch in this plan, having the board gather […] Read more »
The Braley Hill North Solar, LLC project has once again been continued, this time because of quorum issues, as only four of the Planning Board’s seven members were present at its May 12 Zoom meeting. Cognizant of potential ramifications of resuming the scheduled public hearing for the project without the absent board members, Chairman Arnie […] Read more »
In the event Rochester cannot hold Town Meeting as scheduled on Monday, June 22, Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar was advised to request approval for a “one-twelfth” budget for July 1, 2020, the start of FY21. Szyndlar told the Board of Selectmen during its May 7, remote-access meeting that she intends that presentation of a one-twelfth […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission met for a dual, group meeting over the Zoom video conferencing platform on May 12. The committee and commission, consisting of members from Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, met to tackle the meeting’s large agenda while continuing to […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King said several times during the commission’s May 11 meeting that cases would or should be continued to give abutters and other interested parties full opportunity to review documents associated with a filing affording them “ample time” to express their concerns or ask their questions either at a re-opening of […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health authorized Chief of Police John Garcia to issue fines and other sanctions as a last resort should the town not receive compliance with safe practices as ordered by Governor Baker with the state’s reopening of golf courses over the weekend. “It’s just something to fall back on if we need […] Read more »