The October 1 meeting of the Carver, Marion, Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District Committee found the board still without a contract deal with Michele Bernier, the candidate the board selected as the new executive director of the regionalized trash district. The position was left vacant in February 2018 after the board fired then executive director […] Read more »
Chase Canopy, represented by Robert Field of Field Engineering, Inc., has been before several Mattapoisett governing bodies, including the Planning Board and the Conservation Commission, over the last month or so. The application presented before each board has been pretty straightforward; Chase Canopy is desirous of expanding their footprint at their current location on Route […] Read more »
Although Mark Pepin of 44 Bennett Road was granted a Variance to build an addition to his house and a new garage fewer than 40 feet from the side setback, it wasn’t without some criticism from the board and a Conservation Commission member who showed up to urge against the garage. Rochester Zoning Board of […] Read more »
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 »