It may feel like a long and winding road, especially for outgoing Town Administrator Mike Gagne, but Mattapoisett now has three viable candidates to consider as Gagne’s replacement. The town’s first solo effort to find worthy candidates ended when it was determined that professional help was needed. The firm of Community Paradigm Associates, LLC of […] Read more »
Scott Snow is no stranger to the permitting process to develop land and build in the town of Mattapoisett, and he has experienced his share of contentious meetings with various town boards along the way; which is why Snow was pleased on January 17 to receive two Certificates of Compliance – one complete and one […] Read more »
Adhering to the advice of town counsel, the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals on January 16 deliberated the Special Permit application filed by Tabor Academy for four 90-foot field light poles to form a consensus so that he can draft a decision for the board to vote on at its next meeting. The purpose of […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission on January 21 revisited the Notice of Intent filed by Steen Realty and Development Corporation, Inc., developer of the 40R affordable housing development known as Rochester Crossroads at 22 Cranberry Highway. The proposed work that includes stormwater management systems to accommodate the 208-unit housing complex falls entirely within the 100-foot wetlands […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee met with Town Administrator Jay McGrail on January 15 for an update on progress toward a balanced fiscal year 2021 budget, which McGrail said is still off by roughly $100,000-$150,000. McGrail said a prior shortfall of $300,000 in December is “pretty common for that time of year” in the preliminary stages […] Read more »
After a short delay to the start of the January 16 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals, as hurried outgoing calls were made to alternate members in an effort to make a quorum, the first meeting of the evening was eventually and quickly dispatched. Richard and Carol Allen, 7 Highland Avenue, represented by […] Read more »
The Marion School Committee received an introduction to the school district’s fiscal year 2021 budget on January 15, a budget that, with additional funding from state special education reimbursement and grants, will cost the town a mere one-tenth of a percent more than last year’s budget. “So it’s pretty good,” commented Superintendent Doug White. Overall, […] Read more »
Marion Finance Director Judy Mooney is officially the town’s new assistant administrator. Mooney’s full new title, approved by Marion’s Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, January 21, is Finance Director and Assistant Town Administrator. Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail said in a previous meeting that he had been angling to give Mooney the position for quite […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen on January 21 accepted the resignation letter from longtime Town Clerk Naida Parker, effective February 7. Parker has been the town clerk for 38 years. Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar thanked Parker for her many years of service at Town Hall, adding, “Her intuitional knowledge was phenomenal, she was a great […] Read more »
“It is our intention to move forward with the proposed site at 413 Wareham Road by seeking a slight rezone/overlay of the freestanding parcel,” began Ericca Kennedy, the Massachusetts Economic Empowerment partner of Lighthouse Recreational Cannabis Dispensary, a business that is attempting to open its doors to customers from the former Cumberland Farms property. “The […] Read more »