The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on September 11 granted a Special Permit for a personal fitness training business at 12 Mayflower Lane with conditions directly related to board members’ and abutters’ concerns about the nuisance and traffic the operation might bring to the neighborhood. Applicant and homeowner Jorge Rodriguez began the public hearing […] Read more »
The third and final phase of the Mattapoisett Highway Department Building on Mendell Road received site-plan approval during the Planning Board’s September 15 meeting. Renovations, including OSHA and FEMA improvements, were recognized as absolutely necessary for the “town barn” to remain an acceptable and vital part of municipal services. Yet with an estimated […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday hosted a presentation of the plans for a new Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School building and predictably focused on how much the project will cost the town. The Old Colony School Building Committee, along with its consultants, have completed the schematic design phase for the preferred solutions to […] Read more »
The Marion Water and Sewer Regulations Review Committeemet on Thursday, September 4 at the Town Hall Annex. The committee, formed by the Select Board and granted its powers on July 11 by its Committee Charter, sees its purpose as to “review, assess, and recommend updates to the town’s regulations and policies governing municipal sewer […] Read more »
The September 3 Marion Board of Health meeting left off where the August meeting began – Chair Albin Johnson contending with fellow board members and with two residents and calling septic denitrification systems an “overkill.” Johnson is adamant that more studies should be done to determine whether they are needed in Marion. A resident […] Read more »
The Board of Directors of the Mattapoisett Council on Aging met on the morning of September 3, and the meeting began with a welcome back following a summer hiatus. Chair of the board Linda Clifford firstly introduced new COA Director Sarah Landry to her first meeting as “the new sheriff in town.” The […] Read more »
A Notice of Intent Filing by the Lisa Mueller Trust Declaration came before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on September 8. The filing noted the location as 89 Mattapoisett Neck Road and proposed the demolition of an existing dwelling to be replaced by a new single-family home that includes a plunge pool, gas fire pit, […] Read more »
With a packed training room at the Fire Station, the Mattapoisett Select Board announced the date and time of the Special Town Meeting: Saturday, October 4 at 1:00 pm, to be held in Old Rochester Regional High School’s gymnasium. They opened and closed the warrant that contains one article, an article that if passed […] Read more »
The newest town employee has been nicknamed “Aquaman” by the Marion Select Board. However, new Police Officer James Cuoco, a champion high school swimmer, will likely take his abilities to land instead. At the September 3 Select Board meeting at the Marion Police Station, Cuoco, a former state champion in swimming for Old […] Read more »
It was a night of continuances, but the Site Plan Review hearing for a 68-unit, age 55 and over, senior-living apartment building at 22 Cranberry Highway within Rochester Crossroads drew most of the Rochester Planning Board’s attention Tuesday night. Joseph Sanda, representing developer Ken Steen Realty, said this plan is a revision of […] Read more »