At the recommendation of the Capital Planning Committee, the Rochester Board of Selectmen on March 4 approved placing four capital projects on the Annual Town Meeting Warrant totaling $98,703. Capital Planning Committee Chairman David Arancio and committee member Barry Patraiko met with the selectmen to review the committee’s selection process and how it prioritized the […] Read more »
There may be viable solutions for the long list of problems facing Marion during this time, but a quick fix won’t come cheaply. Residents planning to attend the Annual Town Meeting in May will be faced with some tough decisions with some hefty price tags, and voters will be forced to cherry pick the problems […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health is again picking up flavored tobacco products, just not literally. After putting a flavored tobacco and nicotine ban on the back burner last year to concentrate on regulating recreational cannabis, the board is ready to pick up where it left off and ban the highly addictive flavored products from Marion. […] Read more »
It has taken Sherman Briggs and Arnold Briggs years to get to this point – the first steps in the permitting process towards developing high-density residential units on their property in the vicinity of Spring Street and Mill Road, the only remaining Residence E zone on Marion zoning maps. The property was slated for re-zoning […] Read more »
On February 25, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission heard a Notice of Intent filing from Peter Botello and Richard Pasquill for lots located at 78, 80, and 82 Church Street. Represented by Rick Charon of Charon Engineering, the applicants are proposing to construct a three-family unit where currently three separate structures are in various stages of […] Read more »
During the February 21 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals, at least one abutter was not pleased that another request for the issuance of a Special Permit was filed by Norma Klein for the reconstruction of a lawfully non-conforming single-car two-story garage at 4 Indian Avenue. The original petition back in 2016 was […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board didn’t beat around the fallen bushes on February 26 when it came to the Snipatuit Road solar farm owned by IGS Solar, formerly owned by Melink Corporation. According to Town Planner Steve Starrett, a large section of fence has fallen in the rear of the site, and about 12 of the […] Read more »
It is with heavy hearts that Town Manager Paul Dawson and Fire Chief Brian Jackvony announce the line of duty death of Marion Firefighter Thomas Nye. Firefighter Nye, age 72, served as a call firefighter with the Marion Fire Department for 45 years, appointed on Jan. 14, 1974. He responded to and helped extinguish a […] Read more »
During fiscal year 2020 talks with Facilities Department Director Shaun Cormier, the Marion Finance Committee on February 26 wondered if a “for sale” sign might be appropriate for the Town-owned building and venue for most Finance Committee meetings, 13 Atlantis Drive. The maintenance line item of Cormier’s budget needs an increase this year, Cormier told […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Town Administrator Michael Gagne announced his retirement during the February 26 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen. This decision has not been a secret within the walls of Town Hall – it was just a matter of when. “I’m retiring effective October 15,” Gagne announced with a smile. Chairman Jordan Collyer said that […] Read more »