Candidate for the Rochester Board of Selectmen Catherine Mendoza has withdrawn from the three-way race for selectman on Thursday, February 22, leaving a two-way race between current Finance Committee and Zoning Board of Appeals member David Arancio and Rochester’s Emergency Preparedness Director Paul Ciaburri. Mendoza is known for her outspoken opposition to Wellspring Farm, the […] Read more »
The progress of Clean Energy Collective’s solar energy project on Mattapoisett Road will hinge mainly on one thing – an 8-foot high flag – and if the Rochester Planning Board can see it from where it will stand across the street, it’s lights out for the project until the developer can properly screen the solar […] Read more »
Rochester Police on Thursday rescued two dogs suffering from starvation and neglect and allegedly living in filth inside a Rochester home. The Rochester Police Department received a call from a concerned utility worker on February 21 reporting that she saw two malnourished-looking dogs inside a house on New Bedford Road. Police and Animal Control officers […] Read more »
Marion is a town steeped in history with iconic historical buildings important to the town, which is why Town Planner Gil Hilario wants to investigate the possibility of getting some of these buildings officially recognized for their historical significance. Hilario said he would be consulting with the Marion Historical Commission about advancing towards placing any […] Read more »
A subdivision that has been in the making for 10 years was once again the subject of an application before the Rochester Conservation Commission during the February 20 meeting. Coming before the commission was Stephen Meltzer, a principal in the Edgewood Development Company of Plainville as well as the property owner of record, with a […] Read more »
There was one collective ‘aye’ and one lonely ‘nay’ during Thursday night’s Special Town Meeting vote to adopt a moratorium on so-called ‘Adult-Use Marijuana’ commercial establishments. The moratorium will temporary halt any recreational marijuana dispensaries from moving into Marion as the Commonwealth poises to release its own final legislation regulating statewide marijuana sales on March […] Read more »
Marion Selectman Steve Gonsalves submitted a letter of resignation from the Board of Selectmen on Thursday, February 22, a sudden move that Board of Selectmen Chairman Jody Dickerson said took him by surprise. In his letter of resignation dated February 21, Gonsalves wrote only one sentence: “I hereby tender my resignation as Selectman for the […] Read more »
Selectman Norm Hills fired back at fellow Selectman Steve Gonsalves on February 20 and called Gonsalves out for inciting a shouting match during the February 6 Marion Board of Selectmen meeting when Gonsalves accused Town Administrator Paul Dawson and the two other selectmen of inappropriately excluding him from the Department of Public Works interim supervisor […] Read more »
A dental care program that Rochester Memorial School Nurse Ellen Murphy proposed to the Rochester School Committee last month was approved on February 15. Beginning this year, RMS students will be offered dental care by Mass Smiles, a program that will visit the school every six months and provide dental care such as screenings, cleanings, […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board closed the public hearing for large-scale solar developer Borrego Solar Systems for its proposed solar project at 453 Rounseville Road at the corner of Mendell Road, and although the project is nearing the finish line and is poised for approval, Planning Board Chairman Arnold Johnson reminded everyone on February 13 that […] Read more »