A recent multi-agency meeting was held at the site of Phase 1B of the Mattapoisett bike path currently under construction along the barrier beach between Reservation Road and Goodspeed Island Road, which included members of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Protection, and contractor D. W. White, said Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health has decided to move forward with its idea to cap tobacco sales licenses in town and bring that number down from six to five. During the November 19 meeting, Health Director Karen Walega said that one of the six current tobacco permit holders has suggested that it would not be […] Read more »
Abutters were out in force on November 18 when the Mattapoisett Planning Board held the Site Plan Review for Mattapoisett’s new fire station planned for 64 County Road next to the existing police station. Engineer Katie Enright, architect and project manager Chris Logan, and the Mattapoisett Fire Station Building Committee Chairman Michael Hickey presented the […] Read more »
It was a long night for the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on November 14, but it managed to wrap up its agenda in under three hours and granted approval for all five applications. First up was Alcoza Graubrey, LLC seeking a special permit to allow the operation of an auto repair shop at 15 […] Read more »
Plans for a multi-family housing development off Spring Street in Marion hit a speed bump at the Marion Planning Board’s initial public forum on November 18. Faced with a possible objection to the submitted plan, site owner Sherman Briggs dug in his heels and threatened to pull the entire development plan. Briggs and Bill Curley […] Read more »
At their meeting on November 19, the Rochester Conservation Commission wrapped up the three Abbreviated Notices of Resource Delineation filed by Joe Harrison on behalf of Sunraise Investments, LLC for three properties: 0 Featherbed Lane, 0 Cushman Road, and 0 Snipatuit Road. Over the course of the last couple months, Conservation Agent Laurell Farinon and […] Read more »
Transfer station stickers will cost Marion residents $40 in 2020, members of the Marion Board of Selectmen officially ruled on November 19. The cost of a transfer sticker, which allows residents access to the transfer stations at Benson Brook in Marion, as well as the Route 58 transfer station in Rochester, has been debated in […] Read more »
The Rochester Fall Special Town Meeting on November 18 was over in less than 20 minutes with voters quickly adopted seven articles and the sponsor of a citizen’s petition withdrawing his. The only discussion from voters on the floor arose during the introduction of Article 5 to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into […] Read more »
Tabor Academy gave an hour-long presentation on November 14 when its petition seeking permission to install lights on an athletics field was heard by the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals. The field in question is one that has been a cornerstone of the school’s sports programs for decades, situated between the corners of Spring Street, […] Read more »
For Marion’s Open Space Acquisition Commission, its pet peeve has historically been the illegal use of motor vehicles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), which mars the trails of the public conservation space under its stewardship. Now, it’s your pet’s poo that peeves the commission. The Goldavitz Bog, a 75.57-acre property off Old Indian Trail, has been […] Read more »