Mattapoisett’s Board of Selectmen met at 7:30 am on August 16 to sign some twenty legal documents related to the upcoming construction of Phase1B of the Mattapoisett shared use recreational path, aka, the bike path. This section of the bike path has had its fair share of obstacles including the number of easements needed, the […] Read more »
Stingray City Reality Corporation got a pass on July 19 when both applicant and representative were “no shows” for a scheduled hearing to determine the merits of an application for a Special Permit; however, on a baking hot August 16 night with the Zoning Board of Appeals populated with two new members, both applicant Bill […] Read more »
The August 21 agenda for the meeting of the Marion Board of Selectmen was packed with weighty line items. Everything from wastewater treatment to sewer extensions, from bike paths to Green Community status and open space – the two-hour meeting touched on them all. Before launching into infrastructure and suburban planning, the selectmen had the […] Read more »
Once again the developers for the Brandt Point Village subdivision failed to appear for a hearing scheduled with the Mattapoisett Planning Board. This time, however, they requested a continuation to hear a request for a modification to a definitive subdivision plan at noon on August 20, the same day as the hearing. Chairman Tom Tucker […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on August 9 gave Adam Rogers, 46 Bennett Road, a variance to allow an attached garage closer than 40 feet from the side property line. Attorney Rick Manning said, because of the tapered trapezoid shape of the property and the location of the septic system, the only location for […] Read more »
Oh the dog days of summer when folks take a break from the hubbub of life by going on vacation before school resumes, leaving many town boards scrambling to make quorum. Well maybe not scramble so much as accept that reality as articulated by Rochester’s Acting Planning Board Chairman Gary Florinda, “Not much going on […] Read more »
A study proposed by the Town of Marion to assess the vulnerability of its wastewater infrastructure was one of nineteen projects to have been awarded a Coastal Resilience Grant from the Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). The Town received $93,660 to assess the risks from coastal flooding and storm surge to its pumping stations, […] Read more »
Common, average, ordinary, routine, standard, cut-and-dried – all synonyms for “normal,” which was what Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King pondered as he considered allowing the 30 Holly Woods project to add another access road post-approval, an access road not noted on the plan of record. William Frederickson of 30 Holly Woods Road returned to […] Read more »
With a looming expiration date and no timely meeting on the calendar, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen met early in the morning on Friday, August 10, to sign a one-month extension to an existing bond anticipation note, or BAN. A BAN is one manner of short-term municipal financing, and is issued prior to the issuance […] Read more »
Following the Board of Selectmen’s OK for Shea Doonan’s aquaculture farm project to move forward into the state permitting process, the Marion Conservation Commission gave its own OK in the form of an Order of Conditions for Doonan’s Notice of Intent. The August 8 hearing was a continuance from July 25 for the 100-foot by […] Read more »