Superintendent of Schools Doug White told the Old Rochester Regional School Committee more than once during its April 15, remote-access meeting to anticipate the news that came down from Governor Baker on Tuesday announcing the fate of the traditional 2019-20 school year. It just wasn’t the news everyone wanted to hear. Students will not be […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee and the Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission barely had to switch out personnel to hold back-to-back meetings in the same Zoom video-conferencing window on April 14. The committee and commission, which are both related to a four-town partnership of Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, met […] Read more »
Speaking before the Rochester Planning Board on Tuesday night, Eric Las itemized his way through a substantial list of show-and-tell tweaks to the Braley Hill North Solar project, all of this via video conferencing. Whereas Las had presented before in-person and thoroughly engaged the Planning Board’s requests, his presentation will not guarantee an opening for […] Read more »
Before he presented on behalf of Edgewood Development Company, LLC, environmental engineer Brisco Lang of Pare Corporation told the Rochester Conservation Commission, “You guys have a lot of guts for pulling this off. It’s gone a lot more smoothly than I would have expected.” Lang was referring to the holding of a remote access public […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to postpone town meeting and town elections to undetermined dates during its April 9 emergency meeting held via videoconferencing. “My hope would be to… hold a town meeting Monday with a Friday election, but I don’t want to be locked into that,” said Town Administrator Jay McGrail. The […] Read more »
This is the time of year when Tabor students, faculty and staff would be enjoying the spring weather, cheering each other on at games, engaging in senior projects, sailing and rowing on the harbor, auditioning and casting for spring one acts, celebrating the 50 days dinner with the seniors, and soaking up the beautiful sunshine […] Read more »
Both sides of the Old Rochester/Union No. 55 Joint School Committee voted to eliminate April Vacation during Monday’s emergency meeting held via Zoom video conferencing. The decision moved up the last day of school from June 24 to June 18. Parents were to receive the decision on Tuesday morning, April 14. Whether or not students […] Read more »
Marion plans to pull out of its two-town health district with Rochester. In its first meeting since March 4, the Finance Committee voted unanimously on April 1 to join the unanimous recommendations of the Board of Selectmen and the Board of Health in carrying to town meeting the intent to end the arrangement with Rochester. […] Read more »
The meaning of “stick-to-itive-ness” was on full display when the April 6 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board took place via Go-To-Meeting. After a bit of a slow start as each board member adjusted microphones, learned how to navigate the internet platform including muting and unmuting functions, the board opened the hearing of NextGrid, a […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen has joined in with neighboring towns Rochester and Wareham in extending the property tax deadline from May 1 to June 1. Those who can pay their taxes in keeping with the May 1 deadline are asked to do so in order to spare the town any unnecessary financial strain. “Unfortunately, […] Read more »