The Marion Planning Board arrived prepared to articulate its definition of “large-scale tree clearing” as it relates to the Town’s solar bylaw. The developer of the proposed solar farm in turn attended the public hearing on December 3 accompanied by his attorney. Attorney George Kiritsy, on behalf of applicant ZPT Energy, pointed out that he […] Read more »
Superintendent of Schools Doug White told the Marion School Committee on November 28 that he and District Facilities Director Gene Jones have requested funding for two projects from the Marion Capital Improvement Committee totaling roughly $125,000. The first project is technology infrastructure at Sippican School, which comes at an initial cost of $102,644. “What we’re […] Read more »
The owner of a dog that the Marion Board of Selectmen determined as dangerous during a recent dog hearing was denied her request to modify one of the orders selectmen issued pertaining to a securely enclosed outdoor locked pen or dog run. Town Administrator Paul Dawson told selectmen on December 4 that Jennifer MacDonald, owner […] Read more »
On December 4, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen met with Principal Assessor Kathleen Costello for the 2019 tax reclassification hearing. The “big news”, Costello said, was “the robust new growth – a figure thanks in part to solar PILOT programs.” Costello pegged the real and personal property assessed value in Mattapoisett at $1,722,696,813, an […] Read more »
It was soon apparent on December 3 that the members of the Mattapoisett Planning Board were not in agreement on what had previously been decided as an acceptable surety for the controversial Snow Field Estates subdivision when engineer David Davignon, flanked by Attorney John Mathieu, stepped forward. The agenda for the evening’s meeting listed the […] Read more »
The next free textile and soft recyclables program in Rochester has been postponed until January 18 due to some unspecified extenuating circumstances, Rochester Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar told the Board of Selectmen on December 3. The company, Simple Recycling, owned by WasteZero, will be mailing residents information about the service and the pink plastic bags […] Read more »
Tabor Academy filed a civil action with the Plymouth Superior Court against the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on November 28, while also naming each of the eight ZBA members and associate members as defendants. The zoning appeal pertains to the ZBA’s October 18 decision to deny the Special Permit Tabor Academy requested for […] Read more »
David Pierce, the chair of the Marion Energy Management Committee, remarked that he had one goal for the committee at the start of his tenure – for the town to become a Green Community. Monday night the committee moved Marion a little closer to that goal. Town Planner Gil Hilario, who could not attend the […] Read more »
“I’m not interested” isn’t the direction that those present for the proposed Village at Plumb Corner age-restricted housing development were hoping for at the November 20 Rochester Conservation Commission meeting, but that’s what Chairman Mike Conway told one attorney and engineer as the continued public hearing was again opened. Conway wasn’t interested in anything that […] Read more »
After nearly an hour of deliberation, one blunt resident urged his fellow voters to “get out of the weeds,” so to speak, poking pun that it was high time to take a vote on the Medical Marijuana Treatment Center bylaw that sparked debate during the Mattapoisett Special Town Meeting Monday night, November 26. Planning Board […] Read more »