The February 27 meeting of the Marion Conservation Commission was bookended by the contentious issue of the appointment of associate member Marc Bellanger to temporarily fill the full member seat vacated by recently retired Joel Hartley. Chairman Jeff Doubrava dispensed with the administrative act of appointing Bellanger to fill the seat, under the vehement objection […] Read more »
Jose Araujo, 15 Elizabeth Drive, represented by engineer Rick Charon and wetlands scientist Bob Gray came before the Rochester Conservation Commission on March 5 with conceptual restoration plans for the former Boy Scout Camp on Leonard’s Pond. On January 15, the commission issued a cease and desist order to Araujo for illegal cutting of trees […] Read more »
On March 4, Scott Snow’s proposed Eldridge Estates subdivision planned for parcels located off Prospect Road failed to supply all the details necessary for a thorough vetting by the Mattapoisett Planning Board. Coming before the full board was G. deJesus of Prime Engineering. During previous informal meetings and hearings with the applicant’s representatives, Snow was […] Read more »
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 »