The Marion Board of Assessors will be investigating a number of Approval Not Required (ANR) filings of prior years to determine if some properties in town are being undertaxed on underassessed land. Discussion during the July 25 meeting focused mainly on multiple town maps of various properties which appear to have ANR filings; however, noted […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health decided on August 28 that it would start following the State’s code pertaining to pool security fences instead of its own, going back down to a 4-foot height minimum rather than Marion’s 6-foot minimum. But before that consensus was made, the board voted against the health agent’s advice, allowing for […] Read more »
Marion Town Clerk Ray Pickles denies any wrongdoing in his answer filed July 23 to a complaint alleging that he defrauded the Carver, Marion, Wareham Regional Refuse Disposal District (CMWRRDD) while serving as the district’s executive director, blaming old age and the lack of professional support for the various discovered financial discrepancies pertaining to the […] Read more »
At the July 31 meeting of the Marion Board of Selectmen, the 7:45 pm appointment with CDM Smith, the engineering group the town has contracted with for decades to assist with the wastewater treatment system, began. By 9:00 pm it was just wrapping up. In between, the board of selectmen and the public heard from […] Read more »
On July 31, 2018 at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Marion Police Department received a cellular call from a resident reporting a body in Evergreen Cemetery. The reporting party had been riding their bicycle in the cemetery when they happened on a deceased male. The deceased was on the ground on the east side of the […] Read more »
In a relatively quick wrap-up to Nicholas Araujo’s request for a Variance to build a single-family home on Old Schoolhouse Road, the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals voted on July 26 to allow the construction, but with a couple conditions. As discussed during the ZBA’s July 12 meeting, Araujo will not be allowed to further […] Read more »
During a recent meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals, the members discussed and ultimately voted to change the hearing process in an effort to move meetings along more expediently, giving those cases that needed it extra time while still adhering to the required time period. For years, cases coming before the ZBA were […] Read more »
The removal of trees within the buffer zone of a river way can be tricky, but as Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King explained on July 23, it can be done. The commission approved Frank Linhares’ Request for Determination of Applicability to remove some dead trees from an area of his property at 16 Holly […] Read more »
At the top of their agenda on July 19, the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals took up an Open Meeting Law complaint filed by Jean Perry on behalf of The Wandererduring an executive session. The complaint stemmed from a June 28 public hearing regarding 324 Front Street during which Perry witnessed and called attention to […] Read more »
Did you know that if you signed up as a volunteer to assist the Town of Marion during a catastrophic disaster such as bioterrorism, a deadly viral outbreak, or perhaps, let’s say, even a zombie apocalypse, in return for your commitment your family would be medically treated before the general population? According to Marion’s Public […] Read more »