As the clock advanced towards 6:30 pm on March 9, it looked like the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission might not reach a quorum, but with two minutes to spare, Commissioner John Jacobsen sped through the door, bringing the committee members in attendance to three, along with Trevor Francis and Chairman Mike King. The agenda for the […] Read more »
Vocational education has come a long way from its humble beginnings. Just ask Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School Superintendent-Director Aaron Polansky. Polansky met with Mattapoisett’s Capital Planning Committee on March 5 to discuss not only the changing complexion of vocational education in the 21st century, but the needs of the aging school. Polansky […] Read more »
Dear Tri-Town Communities, We have been working over the past few weeks to deal with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and its impact on our community and appreciate your patience as we continue to manage this rapidly changing situation. It is with an abundance of caution that we share the following information relative to school closure […] Read more »
According to Town Administrator Jay McGrail, Marion will be releasing funds from its reserve account to develop a foodbank. He told an Emergency Preparedness Meeting on March 13 that by the end of the day he hoped plans will be fully developed. The emergency preparedness team meeting on Friday morning included Old Rochester Regional Superintendent […] Read more »
Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School The Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School will close for at least the next week, it was announced today by Aaron L. Polansky, superintendent-director at Old Colony. The week missed Monday-Friday, March 16-20, includes all extracurricular activities and will be subject to the same protocol as snow days and […] Read more »
Based on Governor Baker’s Advisory as to Public Meetings, the meeting on the Industrial Drive Public Work’s Project scheduled for 6:30pm on March 18 at Center School is postponed. In lieu of a public meeting the presentation will be filmed and run on the Mattapoisett Government Cable Channels – Comcast 95 and Verizon 38 starting […] Read more »
March 5 was Super Thursday at Old Rochester Junior High School for Assistant Superintendent Mike Nelson, who was voted in as Doug White’s replacement as ORR superintendent of schools by a 6-3 margin among the ORR School Committee and by a 5-3 count among Superintendency Union 55. A minimum of five votes on both the […] Read more »
On March 10, Old Rochester Regional School District Facilities Director Gene Jones spoke to the procedures taking place to disinfect public schools and other public spaces in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. “We have the electrostatic spray equipment,” said Jones, who went on to describe disinfecting tablets that kill a wide spectrum of pathogens, including […] Read more »
The Elizabeth Taber Library is seeking a 25 percent increase in funding for Fiscal Year 2021, according to the budget presented to the Marion Financial Committee at its March 4 meeting at Town Hall. While Town Administrator Jay McGrail informed FinCom that the library’s original request for funding could not fit into Marion’s balanced budget, […] Read more »
After many, many hearings, REpurpose Properties, LLC finally received conditions for the construction of 22 duplex units for people over the age of 55. During the Rochester Conservation Commission March 3 meeting, Conservation Agent Laurell Farinon presented a long list of conditions for the commissioners to consider. Nearly 40 conditions, ranging from those related to […] Read more »