On the eleventh day of the eleventh month on the eleventh hour, sirens and church bells will be sounding throughout the Town of Marion. This Veterans Day, November 11, marks the 100thanniversary of the end of World War I – “The war to end all wars,” Veterans Day Committee member Joe Napoli reminded the Marion […] Read more »
The Rochester Country Fair did not amass any profits this year, Kelly Morgado from the Country fair Committee reported on October 1 to the Board of Selectmen. In fact, this year it lost money. Providing the board with a recap of the 2018 country fair, Morgado reported, “It went extremely well, except for the horrific […] Read more »
The consensus among residents was that the public forum the Marion Board of Selectmen held on September 20 was helpful and should take place more often; however, residents disputed Town Administrator Paul Dawson’s claim that the consensus among townspeople was to renovate the existing Town House instead of building a new one at the Community […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals postponed taking a final vote on the Tabor Academy light tower proposal in order to seek advice from town counsel regarding the Dover Amendment. Under Massachusetts General Law, the Dover Amendment exempts agricultural, religious, and educational institutions from certain zoning restrictions. The board took up the proposal by Tabor […] Read more »
Saturday September 29, 2018, at approximately 8:20pm, the Mattapoisett Police received a telephone call from a third party, not at the home, reporting a domestic disturbance at a home on Fairhaven Road. Officers from the Mattapoisett Police Department, along with officers from the Fairhaven Police Department responded to area. The Acushnet and Marion Police Departments […] Read more »
Marion Selectman Jon Waterman is optimistic that the Town will soon come to an agreement with the Buzzards Bay Coalition on its lawsuit against the Town. On September 25, Waterman said to Finance Committee members that progress has been made during private negotiations and, according to Waterman, the Coalition is close to dropping its demand […] Read more »
The presenters at the September 24 program hosted by the Marion Energy Management Committee assured the audience that the stretch code wasn’t much of a stretch for the Town of Marion. The committee has an article on the Fall Town Meeting warrant to approve the Stretch Building Code. Green Communities Division Southeast Regional Coordinator Seth […] Read more »
Just after 8pm on Saturday the Mattapoisett Police Department was called to a domestic disturbance on Fairhaven Road, Route 6, near the Fairhaven Line. One of the parties in the dispute was reported as striking the other and then fleeing the scene on foot with a loaded pistol. On arrival the Mattapoisett Police Department was […] Read more »
During the September 25 meeting of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen, Planning Board Administrator Mary Crain presented draft language intended to regulate the sale of medical marijuana in the event a permit is granted by the town’s governing bodies. Crain said that meetings were held with a committee comprised of municipal safety departments, two residents […] Read more »
During its review of the Special Fall Town Meeting warrant on September 25, Marion Finance Committee member Alan Minard expressed his disappointment over certain articles that involved money. “I’m disappointed to see any money articles on the warrant at all,” Minard said to Finance Director Judy Mooney. Alas, said Mooney, Department of Public Works Acting […] Read more »