On June 4 after welcoming Arlene Fidalgo, the newly elected member to the Mattapoisett Planning Board, Chairman Tom Tucker then thanked the other members for their service during his five-month work-related absence. Then it was on to an agenda that contained two highly controversial filings – a multi-lot subdivision proposed on Chapel Road and a […] Read more »
As the Town of Marion seeks to become a ‘Green Community,’ the Marion Board of Selectmen on June 5 committed to taking the next step towards acceptance into the state program. This means that by going green, Marion could be seeing another shade of green in the form of hundreds of thousands of dollars in […] Read more »
During a time when most schools are adopting the ‘no tolerance’ policy towards discipline, Sippican School is exploring a new approach that fosters a more positive, conciliatory outcome to conflict that helps students learn from their mistakes and feel included in the process of resolving conflict. Sippican School Assistant Principal Sarah Goerges introduced the concept […] Read more »
Another 70+ acres of land in Rochester will never be developed now that the conservation restriction and subsequent closing on the Estabrook property on Estabrook Way off Walnut Plain Road was made official on June 4. The Rochester Board of Selectmen approved the conservation restriction that will protect the roughly 78 acres of land that […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen again looked at the ongoing issues associated with recyclables when it met on June 5. Town Administrator Michael Gagne said that he and several other communities, all currently in a dispute with ABC Disposal, Inc., have received confirmation from ABC that they would continue to fulfill their contracts with the […] Read more »
Whether it’s the size of the clearing for a solar array or the height of the lights at Tabor Academy football field, the Marion Planning Board agrees, size does impact their decision. Two representatives from Zero-Point Energy Solutions presented a plan to the Marion Planning Board on June 4 to clear 15 acres of forested […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission is still split on whether or not to require Eagle Scout candidate Jackson St. Don to file a Notice of Intent for the ‘gaga’ ball pit he wants to install at Silvershell Beach as part of his Eagle Scout project. On May 23, commission member Shaun Walsh maintained that because the […] Read more »
Contention follows local condominium developer Christian Loranger project after project in Marion, and the contention continues at 324 Front Street, a four-unit condo development that abutter Peter Douglas is fighting to see reduced in size. Douglas, during the May 24 Marion Zoning Board of Appeals public hearing of his appeal of Loranger’s building permit, right […] Read more »
The Town of Marion has found a company to temporarily receive its recyclables after its contracted company, WeCare Environmental, abruptly suspended its contract while it moves its Taunton facility to a new site in Middleboro. According to Department of Public Works Administrative Assistant Rebecca Tilden, the Town will continue to collect residents’ curbside recycling and […] Read more »
The next in a growing line of solar projects to enter Rochester is in the initial stages of development with the delineation of the 9,950-foot wetlands border at 0 Walnut Plain Road. The Rochester Conservation Commission on May 15 reviewed a section of that line as part of the Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area delineation […] Read more »