The much beloved Leonard’s Pond was discussed during the October 1 meeting of the Rochester Conservation Commission. Before the commission was a Request for Determination of Applicability filed by the town for the purpose of making improvements to a gravel boat access path and to consider options for making the area ADA (Americans with Disabilities […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on September 26 had no issues with Mary and Michael Fitzgerald’s variance application to build a single-story barn/accessory structure when it came to square-footage and its location in the front yard, but the request to allow its height to exceed that of the principal house raised questions. Mary Fitzgerald […] Read more »
Volunteer and member of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike PathRobin Lepore came before the Mattapoisett Finance Committee on September 26 at the request of Town Administrator Michael Gagne to give a presentation outlining the very large public works project planned for Industrial Drive off North Street. While Lepore, assisted by Bonne DeSousa, and Highway […] Read more »
The Town of Marion has taken further steps toward waste disposal autonomy, Marion Town Administrator Jay McGrail told the Board of Selectmen on October 1. As Marion heads into its fall Special Town Meeting later this month, McGrail said he went ahead and solicited some quotes from various waste disposal companies like Covanta (SEMASS) and […] Read more »
It came as a surprise to Selectmen Jordan Collyer and Paul Silva, as well as Town Administrator Michael Gagne, when, after adjournment of the September 24 meeting of the Board of Selectmen and just before calling executive session, Selectman Tyler Macallister said he had to recuse himself. Macallister then presented the board with a letter […] Read more »
A search committee tasked with providing the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen with qualified candidates for town administrator has been unable to do so. According to Town Administrator Michael Gagne, who announced earlier this year that he would retire on October 15, the committee was unsuccessful in the search for his replacement. Gagne said the search […] Read more »
A proposed Middleboro Road solar farm that made its first appearance about a year ago is no longer just a speck on the horizon. Developer Solar MA Project Management, LLC, has been meeting informally with the Rochester Planning Board for some weeks now and reappeared onto the public stage September 24 during the board’s regular […] Read more »
The future looks bleak for the Carver, Marion, Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District, despite its efforts to dig itself out of the financial ditch it was left in by former executive director Ray Pickles. Now, the Town of Marion is looking to exit the CMWRRDD by means of a special town meeting article to authorize […] Read more »
A hearing to determine whether or not a new doggy daycare business was eligible for a Special Permit became something altogether different when it was disclosed that an unpermitted outdoor storage space was located on property owned by Peter Renaghan, 123 Fairhaven Road, the location of a pet care store. Nancy Carroll of Marion and […] Read more »
During the September 24 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen, Natural Resource Officers Kathy Massey and deputy Marc Folco came before the board to discuss increasing shellfish fines. Massey said that updating fines was long overdue, and she and Folco presented a new schedule. Going from $50 to $100 are fines associated with: fishing […] Read more »