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 »

            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 »