The Rochester Planning Board on June 26 found itself flying through its agenda after several applicants requested continuances, reducing the two pages down to just one opened public hearing. Matt Moyen of PetroTech Consultants presented the details of the plan for new pollution controls at the solid waste to renewable energy facility at 141 Cranberry […] Read more »
With only one hearing on the June 27 agenda, the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) might have had an easy meeting. But variances are one of the more difficult requests the ZBA has to study while determining the merits of an application, and abutters’ concerns must be taken into consideration. Such was the case when […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Planning Board Chairman Tom Tucker promised engineer Rich Rheaume on July 1 that this time he wouldn’t yell at him during this continuation of Scott Snow’s Form C Definitive Subdivision Plan public hearing and he followed through with that promise. Snow’s prior continued public hearings were unlike this one that was seemingly contention-free and […] Read more »
A Notice of Intent filing by William Knight, 0 Oakdale Avenue, and represented by engineer David Davignon found Davignon in the position of educating abutters, while trying to get the Marion Department of Public Works (DPW) to respond to his inquiries. Knight’s plan for the undeveloped but disturbed lot includes the construction of a single-family […] Read more »
An agreement is in the works for Rochester’s participation in the Southeastern Regional Planning & Economic Development (SRPEDD) Community Aggregation, a multi-municipality “bulk-buying” Costco-of-sorts’ way of locking-in the lowest electricity rates for citizens of the now 20 towns in the group. Rochester Town Meeting voted on May 20 to join the community electricity aggregation (CEA). […] Read more »
Town boards often have very long agendas with complicated petitions and applications, but every now and then they catch a break. Such was the case on the evening of June 20 when the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met. Sitting at the conference table on this night was Susan Akin, chairman; Ken Pacheco; Colby […] Read more »
On June 24 during the meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, the public, along with the commissioners, heard about developing plans for improvements and repairs to the former Leisure Shore Marina on Brandt Island. The marina is now called Brandt Island Marina and is currently owned by David Kaiser who also owns the Mattapoisett Boat Yard […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional School Committee took its first steps towards a possible solar canopy installation for the high school parking lot on June 11. Representatives on behalf of solar developer SunPower, the country’s largest solar developer with over 33 years in business, gave the committee a presentation on what it has to offer the […] Read more »
Deep into the evening of June 18, the Rochester Conservation Commission met with Brendan Annett and Allen Decker of the Buzzards Bay Coalition (BBC) to discuss the possibility of submitting an application to the state’s Local Acquisitions for Natural Diversity (LAND) Grant. The property in question is situated off Walnut Plain Road in the vicinity […] Read more »
On June 17, the Mattapoisett Planning Board once again opened the hearing on Scott Snow’s application for a Form C Definitive Subdivision Plan for five lots to be created at 6 and 8-8R Prospect Road. At the previous Planning Board meeting held on June 3, the board was not prepared to make decisions on the […] Read more »