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 »
Two cases that have made several appearances this year before the Rochester Conservation Commission turned a significant corner with approval of their respective Notices of Intent during the commission’s May 5, remote access meeting. Pedro Rodriguez of Solar MA Project Management LLC and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) both satisfied ConCom with updated presentations […] Read more »
The opening of the Silvershell Beach parking lot and the town docks and floats dominated discussion during the Board of Health meeting on May 5. Silvershell’s parking lot has not leaned itself toward safe-spacing practices, but the overhaul being performed by the Department of Public Works is trending toward a May 15 completion at the […] Read more »
What is your recycling IQ? Rochester is about to engage in a summer school of sorts to bring those grades up in an effort to purify what it considers an earnest effort on the part of its residents to do things the right way. To that end, Marcia Kessler, a consultant for the town and […] Read more »
It was another long night of debate when the Mattapoisett Planning Board reopened the site-plan review application for the Bowman Road solar array proposed by Next Grid., aka Next Grid Bowman LLC. Board members attending the remote meeting were acting chairman Nathan Ketchel and board administrator Mary Crain, along with members Karen Field, Arlene Figardo, […] Read more »
A Monday, June 22, Town Meeting and Friday, June 26, election are not yet official in Marion, but details for both events took shape during the Board of Selectmen’s May 5, remote-access meeting. After several weeks in which it seemed an alternate-format Town Meeting would only address budgetary articles, Tuesday’s meeting produced consideration of certain […] Read more »
A two-hour-long meeting of the Mattapoisett School Committee on May 4 was about to adjourn when member Shannon Finning felt compelled to share her concerns about racist content recently posted by a current Old Rochester Regional student on the social media app TikTok. “I’m gravely concerned… clearly there’s more that we need to be doing […] Read more »