On July 11 at the meeting of the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), David Fletcher of 42 Old Tuck Bog Road stood before the board and those who attended to hear the proceedings for his request for a Variance and a Special Permit to continue running his home-based business at his residence.             Acting Chairman […] Read more »

            Tri-Town school districts are switching their outsourced custodial services and agreed to restructure their Bristol Aggie transportation on July 11 during a meeting of the Marion, Mattapoisett, and Rochester School Committees, voting to allow the administration to seek less costly quotes from various bussing companies.             Facilities Director Gene Jones told the school committees that several […] Read more »

The Rochester Board of Selectmen on July 15 signed the service agreement with Good Energy, the consultant that will negotiate electricity rates on behalf of Rochester as the town approaches official participation in the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development District (SRPEDD) Community Electricity Aggregation (CEA).             Voters at the Annual Town Meeting on May 20 approved […] Read more »

            As Marion prepares for its transition from town-operated curbside trash and recycling to its new private curbside collection company, Waste Management, Town Administrator Jay McGrail gave the Marion Board of Selectmen an update on July 16 on what residents should expect in the upcoming weeks.             Waste Management will assume the curbside collection on August 1, […] Read more »

After last week’s loss at the Rochester polls, the members of the Tri-Town Unified Recreational Facilities (TURF) is ready to re-organize, re-energize, and re-focus their efforts and energies to get what they believe the students attending Old Rochester Regional Junior and Senior High Schools critically need – safe, clean, fully-functional illuminated athletic fields, track, and […] Read more »

            There is a $202,000 deficit in the Old Rochester Regional School District fiscal year 2019 budget, and the Marion Finance Committee wants to know why.             Marion Finance Director Judy Mooney on July 10 said she and Town Administrator Jay McGrail received an expense report from the ORR School District roughly a month ago that revealed […] Read more »

            The Rochester Conservation Commission on July 2 gave its blessing for aspiring Eagle Scout Jacob Andrews of Troop 31 to cut back an overgrown path at the YMCA property off Snow’s Pond Road, a place the YMCA has allowed the scouts to use as a camp for some time now.             Andrews’ Request for Determination of […] Read more »

            With a light agenda before them and wanting to allow time for the arrival of Allen Decker of the Buzzards Bay Coalition (BBC), the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission was able to discuss other matters during the July 8 meeting.             Chairman Mike King asked the commissioners to consider a policy change, specifically when to accept a Request […] Read more »

            October is fast approaching – well, maybe not that fast – but in terms of days remaining for Michael Gagne in his role as Mattapoisett’s town administrator, the days are dwindling down. And so, during the July 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectman, Gagne presented the selectmen with a list of volunteers willing […] Read more »