There have been many, many nights at the Mattapoisett Town Hall when the Conservation Commission’s meeting began in the waning light of a spring day and ended deep in the darkened evening. But on April 9, it was light outside when the meeting began and still light just twenty-five minutes later when the meeting was […] Read more »
More Rochester residents may soon find their newest neighbors may be solar panels over the coming months. Town Planner Steve Starrett said on April 10 that there have been seven new large-scale solar farm inquiries made to his office, with at least three of them expected to file for Site Plan Review within the next […] Read more »
Results are in and Rochester voters elected Paul Ciaburri for Board of Selectmen this Wednesday, April 11, during the annual election. Ciaburri, Rochester’s emergency preparedness director, beat Finance Committee and ZBA member David Arancio 340 to 296, and will fill the selectmen’s seat vacated by Naida Parker, now former selectman of 15 years. Parker reveled […] Read more »
It should come as no surprise that Mattapoisett’s treasured and historic wharves suffered during the 2017-2018 storm season. Mattapoisett Harbormaster Jill Simmons shared highlights of the damage inflicted by storms during her presentation to the Mattapoisett Finance Committee on March 28. Going back, Simmons says an early seasonal storm moved the ramp at Barstow wharf […] Read more »
At approximately 8:05 pm, Friday April 6, 2018, the Mattapoisett Police Department received a telephone call reporting a motor vehicle crash on Aucoot Road approximately a quarter mile prior to the entrance to Harbor Beach. Officers who responded to the crash site found a vehicle that had traveled south on Aucoot Road, a two-lane roadway […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission on March 28 issued an Enforcement Order to the owners of 78 Wareham Road for what the commission perceived as an obvious violation of the Wetlands Protection Act and the Clean Rivers Act after visiting the site. According to Vice Chairman Jeffrey Doubrava, extensive clear-cutting has taken place after visiting the […] Read more »
Rochester is approaching the day when it will completely switch over its 911 emergency dispatch service to a regional service based in Duxbury, and on April 2 Town Administrator Suzanne Szyndlar told the Rochester Board of Selectmen that date could be as soon as May 15. All infrastructure upgrades such as repeaters, transmitters, and generators […] Read more »
Spring Street, formerly known as Phase 4 of Marion’s Village Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan, was bumped up to be the next phase the town will tackle, putting Spring Street ahead of Main Street, formerly the very next phase of the plan. Jennifer Francis, on behalf of the Planning Board’s Transportation and Circulation Task Force, asked […] Read more »
The Rochester Memorial School budget for fiscal year 2019 was approved during the March 29 meeting of the Rochester School Committee after a brief presentation by Superintendent Doug White and Business Administrator Patrick Spencer. The budget was up this year by $180,000, or 2.96%, totaling $6,256,108. “I think this budget provides the support necessary to […] Read more »
On April 3, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen along with Town Administrator Michael Gagne and Mattapoisett Fire Chief Andrew Murray sat around the conference room table ready to discuss realities and pressing needs of the town’s fire station. Armed with a newly released Employee Safety for Fire Departments document dated March 23 from the Massachusetts […] Read more »