Marion residents, what would you be willing to pay for a transfer station sticker? Forty dollars, $50, or more? This was the question on the minds of the selectmen during the November 5, Marion Board of Selectmen meeting as they face the pressure of putting a price on the transfer station stickers before they go […] Read more »
Director of Student Services Michael Nelson, the head of the Special Education Department, was appointed to the new position of assistant superintendent of teaching, learning, and student services on October 23 during the joint meeting of the Old Rochester Regional School Committee and Superintendency Union #55. Nelson will assume the vacancy left by Elise Frangos, […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional High School Principal Mike Devoll was pleased to present the school’s 2019 MCAS results to the ORR School Committee on October 23, scores that reflect significant improvement over last year’s scores. “I think we hit a homerun this year, as we thought we would,” Devoll said. “I’m very proud of the work […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission on October 23 granted approval for an elevated single-family house with garage and an accompanying extension of a boulder embankment, but not after a continuation from the previous hearing that had neighbors voicing their concerns about stormwater management and over-eradication of vegetation bordering the beach and an adjacent path. On behalf […] Read more »
The agenda was nearly three and a half pages long as the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission gathered at Town Hall on October 28 to hear 14 filings. Many in attendance and a couple in the commission believed it would be a very long night indeed, with nearly every chair in the conference room filled and another […] Read more »
No one could argue that, of all the Snow’s Pond Road variance requests to ever come before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals, Jake Goyette’s has been the most controversial. But on October 24 with town counsel on hand, the ZBA granted Goyette his variance to build his single-family house on the unaccepted town road, […] Read more »
A date has been set for the criminal trial of Ray Pickles, the former executive director of the Carver, Marion, Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District (CMWRRDD), accused of stealing over $610,000 from the District over a period of six years. After one final pre-trial conference on February 3, the trial by jury will begin on […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Planning Board will be engaged in the mammoth task of writing a new Master Plan with the assistance of the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD). On October 29, Grant King, director of comprehensive planning for SRPEDD, presented the steps to be taken as the group studies data and engages community groups […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen on October 28 appointed Ami Milano as a registrar of voters during a special morning meeting to fill the position left vacant for some time now. Since at least 2015 when Assistant Town Clerk Lissa Magauran was appointed as a registrar, only two of three registrar positions were filled. Richard […] Read more »
On October 16, the Marion School Committee reviewed the 2019 MCAS scores for Sippican School. This is the second year into the next generation MCAS. How schools score on the MCAS is no longer evaluated solely on performance, but on accountability and progress as well. The Department of Education’s report takes into consideration achievement, growth, […] Read more »