The Rochester Board of Selectmen agreed to release Simple Recycling from its payment obligations through September 1 during the board’s June 15, remote access meeting. In her Town Administrator’s report, Suzanne Szyndlar told the selectmen that Simple Recycling, citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, told the town it will no longer be able […] Read more »
In the June 16 conclusion of a continued public hearing, the Marion Board of Selectmen voted to award Fieldstone Farm Market one of the town’s five licenses with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABCC) for the retail sale of beer and wine. There was no feedback from last week’s discussion in public hearing. The owner, […] Read more »
On June 11 the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen approved plans to reopen restaurants to customers by offering them outdoor seating. For most of the restaurants in town, outdoor seating was either limited or not offered in the past. Now with the state’s COVID-19 guidelines expanded to include on-site dining in an outdoor setting, many local […] Read more »
In their meeting held on June 8, the Marion Energy Management Committee met over the Zoom platform to provide updates to Marion’s future energy endeavors. Town Planner Gil Hilario provided the committee with an update to the Benson Brook Solar Array Project. Drone surveys will be conducted to provide aerial imaging of the site. Hilario […] Read more »
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 »