Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King was satisfied with the plans Patrick Johnson submitted on September 23 on behalf of solar developer Next Grid Bowman, LLC for a large-scale solar project off Bowman Road, especially the part about the developer reducing the scale of the property by nearly an acre in order to provide abutters […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen on September 20 reviewed some options for sidewalk improvements under Phase 1D of the village infrastructure project with Department of Public Work Superintended Dave Willet, and ultimately asked him to look into some additional options that could make Marion more pedestrian friendly. Under the Complete Streets Program that provides funding […] Read more »
Before plowing into the long list of subjects that the Mattapoisett Finance Committee will be reviewing ahead of the October 21 Fall Special Town Meeting, Town Administrator Michael Gagne announced that amendments to the town’s Zoning Bylaws related to the industrial cultivation of marijuana and the production of marijuana products both for retail and medical […] Read more »
Marion Board of Health member Edward Hoffer, M.D. said it is time to act on e-cigarettes in Marion and on October 1 during the meeting of the Board of Health he would propose an emergency ban on the sale of all e-cigarette and ‘vaping’ products. But now, he may not have to. Governor Charlie Baker […] Read more »
Elizabeth “Lissa” Magauran was appointed as the Town of Marion’s permanent full-time town clerk on September 20, after five years serving as the assistant town clerk. It was the resignation of former town clerk, Ray Pickles, on September 3 that prompted the Board of Selectmen to first appoint Magauran as the temporary town clerk that […] Read more »
Installing a solar panel canopy over the parking lot at Old Rochester Regional High School has proven to be more complicated than expected, Superintendent Doug White told the Old Rochester Regional School Committee on September 12. The committee voted back on June 11 to authorize White to work with an attorney to review a 20-year […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission on September 11 approved the Kittansett Club’s request to make some upgrades to its Pro Shop and some of the golf cart paths near the shore. On behalf of the Club, Susan Nilson described the proposal that includes the construction of an ADA compliant ramp to the entrance of the Pro […] Read more »
Solar energy fueled the meeting of the Rochester Conservation Commission on September 17, even if the majority of the agenda items were simply to confirm the wetlands lines of properties slated for future solar energy projects. Five of the seven applicants that night were solar developers looking to confirm a collective 26,273 linear feet of […] Read more »
Elizabeth Smith and Laura McCord Grauer, of 5 Water Street and 23 Water Street respectively, have each inherited a house situated on the properties. Having at one time been two separate lots, the two contiguous lots were combined into one larger lot as a result of a subsequent state law mandating that two contiguous properties […] Read more »
Mattapoisett residents got a deep dive into the world of schematic drawings and architectural renderings when Chris Rogan of Context Architects, and civil engineer Katie Enright of Howard Stein Hudson, gave a 30-minute presentation outlining construction details for Mattapoisett’s new fire station during the September 16 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board. In attendance were […] Read more »