The Marion Conservation Commission on January 8 approved and conditioned the Notice of Intent for Judith and Henry DeJesus to construct a detached garage in the wetlands in exchange for a wetlands replication area on the 25 Holly Road property. The original plan had a footprint for the garage that would alter 476 square feet […] Read more »
A select few of Marion’s Zoning Board of Appeals members ran through a brief meeting on January 9, continuing both of the items on the agenda until the next meeting. Only three ZBA members were in attendance at the meeting, where Stephanie and Richard Harding presented a request for a variance in order to construct […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee on January 9 listened to a brief presentation from Rochester Memorial School Principal Derek Medeiros about the way teachers and school administrators assess student performance and skill growth beyond MCAS score data. During the last month’s meeting, Medeiros presented the RMS MCAS data, which Medeiros was relatively proud of; however, School […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals did not take a vote on January 9 to approve or deny a variance request for Tom Kennedy, 177 Marion Road, and instead voted to simply overturn the building inspector’s decision to deny Kennedy a building permit for his garage. It was a long and winding discussion, though, one […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board was introduced to the plans for the largest solar array farm ever proposed in Rochester during an informal meeting held on January 14, and will soon entertain another four informal sessions for four additional related solar array projects all by the same developer, SunRaise Investment. Joe Harrison of SunRaise Investment said […] Read more »
Following the January 14 Special Town Meeting, the Board of Selectmen held its regular meeting. The agenda included a meeting with John DeCosta and Bruce Rocha regarding Mattapoisett’s Boston Cane. The Boston Cane was the brainchild of the publisher of now-defunct The Boston Post newspaper, Edwin Grozier, who distributed 700 elegant canes throughout New England with the […] Read more »
On January 14, Mattapoisett voters gathered as town officials called a Special Town Meeting to order to consider one warrant article: modifying Article 20 of the October Special Town Meeting that collectively pulled together various infrastructure projects and specific funding sources. That warrant article noted that the town would not move forward on any of […] Read more »
On January 6, members of the Villages at Mattapoisett condominium association Board of Directors once again came before the Planning Board to request the return of a $50,000 surety the town holds. This is part of their Special Permit granted a number of years ago and listed as permit condition number 11. In the early […] Read more »
Looking at a possible uptick in affordable housing in Marion, Planning Board members are now examining the future of the town’s affordable housing bylaw. The current bylaw requires developers to add affordable housing into their plans when building in Marion. While the bylaw has been effective in bringing affordable housing to Marion, some citizens and […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health has for some time hoped to reduce the number of tobacco retail sales licenses in Marion for 2020; however, on January 7, the board learned that placing a cap on tobacco licenses is no longer that simple. The board was optimistic that one tobacco retailer in Marion was going to […] Read more »