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 »
The road to ‘Restore ORR’ ended on July 10 after the special election Proposition 2 ½ override ballot question was defeated by a significant margin – 575 in favor, 689 against. The polling station at the Rochester Senior Center fell silent moments after Town Clerk Naida Parker read the results aloud promptly at 8:00 pm […] Read more »
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 »