Some members of the Marion School Committee voiced their concerns on February 13 about the current third grade class as it moves into fourth grade next year. The third grade currently enjoys four sections for students, but next year when they advance to fourth grade, those four sections will be reduced to three as one […] Read more »
Discussion over the proposed Mary Celeste Bar/Restaurant planned for the former Book Stall at 151 Front Street continued during the public hearing with the Marion Planning Board on February 19, and will keep continuing, at least until the board’s next meeting. The meeting had to be kept short due to time constraints for multiple meetings […] Read more »
As per the Town’s policy, the Rochester Board of Selectmen on February 19 ordered Daniel Costa, owner of Lloyd’s Market, to close off the section of the store where alcohol products are displayed for one business day after a store employee was found in violation of the alcohol regulations. Early in January, Lloyd’s Market was […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission on February 13 tackled the long-standing issue of the Town-owned land at Boatyard Park that has been encroached upon by the adjacent boatyard for over 25 years. The Town purchased the land in 1996 from the Trust for Public Land during the development of The Cove. At a previous meeting, the […] Read more »
A Brockton Plymouth County Superior Court judge has dismissed one of the seven counts against former Carver Health Agent Robert Tinkham, Jr. and one of those same seven counts against Diane Bondi-Pickles in the civil case against the two defendants plus current Marion Town Clerk Ray Pickles alleging the theft of $838,458.22. Justice Robert Cosgrove […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission issued an Enforcement Order to Jose Araujo, 15 Elizabeth Drive, for unpermitted and unauthorized tree cutting within a 25-foot no disturb zone and a 100-foot buffer zone of the wetlands bank at the site of the former Boy Scout Camp adjacent to Leonard Pond. The commission on February 19 was in […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen on February 19 signed a letter ordering its contracted engineering firm to suspend its ongoing work for the Town after a recent miscalculation of the cost estimate for the wastewater treatment plant upgrades project. CDM Smith had estimated that the wastewater facility project, which includes the lining of one of […] Read more »
Not that anyone was complaining, but February 11 found the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission looking at an agenda populated by two pages of text that amounted to a meeting wrapped up in about 30 minutes. Steve Gioiosa of SITEC, representing Vermette Development, LLC with its Notice of Intent filing for property located off Mattapoisett Neck Road […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee viewed the draft fiscal year 2020 budget on February 7, which sees the general education budget increased by just 1.5 percent ($22,512) more than last year’s budget, and special education up 9.43 percent ($184,722), for a total overall school budget increase of 3.25 percent, or $203,476. General education increases revolve around […] Read more »
Marion is scurrying to find a solution to its continuing saga of its main curbside trash collector truck’s persistent habit of breaking down, delaying trash collection sometimes for longer than one day, and costing the town tens of thousands of dollars in seemingly futile repairs. The truck was recently repaired again after its latest breakdown […] Read more »