On May 7, the Rochester Conservation Commission heard Jose Araujo’s preliminary plans for his property, the former Boy Scout camp off Mary’s Pond Road. The Notice of Intent hearing included an update on the restoration plan an enforcement order required of Araujo. Rick Charon of Charon Engineering described the project, saying that the majority of […] Read more »
Marion voters have spoken and, in the noticeable absence of Town Clerk Ray Pickles, voted during the Annual Town Meeting on May 13 to reduce the fiscal year 2020 town clerk salary line from $19,493 to $0. The Finance Committee discussed the possibility of such a motion on April 17 and considered the best way […] Read more »
Five people were arrested and one juvenile hospitalized on Tuesday, May 7, after an encounter at Ned’s Point in Mattapoisett escalated to windshield smashing and then the beating of a 17-year-old male from New Bedford with a baseball bat, resulting in several misdemeanor charges and one felony charge. According to Mattapoisett Police Chief Mary Lyons […] Read more »
On behalf of the Board of Selectmen, Selectman John Waterman approached the Marion Finance Committee on May 8 with a draft document that the board hopes will set concrete expectations of what the selectmen should expect of the Finance Committee, and invited the FinCom to reciprocate with a similar document to set out its own […] Read more »
A large turn-out had been anticipated for the May 13 Mattapoisett Annual Town Meeting, so the gymnasium next to the auditorium at ORR High School was prepared for the overflow crowd. More than 400 voters turned out to determine the fate of predominantly three major articles in the warrant: a new fire station, a zoning […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) really doesn’t want to televise its meetings, and on May 2, despite the Board of Selectmen’s insistence on it, continued searching for viable excuses to support keeping meetings as they are – as they historically have been, the chairman pointed out – untelevised. “The selectmen are still pushing […] Read more »
Gathering in the small office of Town Administrator Mike Gagne on May 2, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen met for a final review of the Annual Town Meeting Warrant before signing it. The warrant contains 26 articles that include the annual budget and appropriations for the five stabilization funds, but there are also a couple […] Read more »
The four candidates vying for the two open seats on the Marion Planning Board answered to the voters on May 2 at the Marion Music Hall during the annual League of Women Voters’ Candidates’ Night, a forum for a discussion of all things Marion ahead of the May 17 Annual Election. “Here comes trouble,” said […] Read more »
On May 6 David Davignon of N. Douglas Schneider & Associates stood before the Marion Planning Board in a continued hearing on the merits of a three-lot subdivision proposed for a 3.6-acre lot wedged between Converse Road, Zora Road, and Beach Street. Davignon was asked by Chairman Bill Saltonstall to give a shorthand version of […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Annual Town Meeting is only a few days away and it should prove to be a meeting that will go down in the town’s history. Voters will be facing warrant articles that ask for $9.275 million to fund the construction of a new fire station, and their share of another $2 million for athletic […] Read more »