ORR Superintendent, Douglas R. White, issued this notification with regard to a group of students asked to stay home after travel in Italy to comply with guidelines issued by the CDC surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak. Dear Old Rochester families, This letter is to inform you that a group of students and staff from Old Rochester […] Read more »
With just over $1-million in energy upgrades identified throughout Rochester’s municipal buildings, Facilities Manager Andrew Daniel said, “We’re getting the biggest band for our buck.” Daniel told the Rochester Board of Selectmen on March 2 that the $135,960 grant received from the Massachusetts Green Communities Program has been utilized to improve various municipal buildings in […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Planning Board has begun in earnest to draft a bylaw that would regulate the construction of large solar arrays in Mattapoisett. The undertaking will prove to be no small task indeed, with a plethora of material to wade through from state and federal agencies as well as reviewing bylaws already in place in […] Read more »
Having formally interviewed the three finalists to replace Doug White as superintendent of schools, the ORR District School Committee, Superintendency Union No. 55 and the Tri-Town school committees are facing a decision that may come down to which kind of experience they most trust to lead the next generation of Tri-Town students: the most or […] Read more »
On February 24, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission faced a three-page agenda that contained five Requests for Determination of Applicability, three Notice of Intent filings and a variety of other action items. One NOI that will require further study and review was filed by Scott Snow for property located at 27 Nashawena Road. Snow’s representative, Rich […] Read more »
Marion’s Master Plan Implementation Committee met on February 20 to discuss recent developments in the town and to talk about increasing its own profile. Present were committee members Jack Boesen, Norm Hills, Steve Kokkins, Chris Collings, Nancy McFadden, Cindy Callow, and Kristen Saint Don-Campbell, along with Town Planner Gil Hilario and, on conference call, Jennifer […] Read more »
With an AAA bond rating holding firm, Mattapoisett’s Board of Selectmen signed $11-million general obligation bonds on February 24, bonds facilitated by Unibank Fiscal Advisory Services. Meeting with the selectmen was Brianne Susel of UFAS and the town’s Treasurer, Kristie Costa. Costa explained that 10 projects would be funded through the $11,718,500 in bonds. Those […] Read more »
On February 21, the Mattapoisett Bike Path Committee held its regularly scheduled monthly meeting, something it has been doing for nearly 30 years. And the work continues, work that includes pursuing easements, rights-of-way, working with state and federal entities, meetings with attorneys or with local department heads as well as abutters. The committee volunteers are […] Read more »
With a light agenda for its February 25 meeting, the Rochester Planning Board was able to informally discuss a number of projects in various stages of permitting including six solar-array development projects. Chairman Arnold Johnson said that Seaboard Solar was still submitting revisions to the plan of record even though the project’s hearing had been […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen’s February 24 Informational Meeting at the Music Hall in Marion was originally meant to give the public its chance to respond to two issues: curbside trash pickup and the town’s new pavement-management plan. The meeting’s agenda was expanded to include presentations and question/answer sessions on other topics including: a new […] Read more »