A plan to establish a portion of bike path on Point Road that had fallen by the wayside appeared on the agenda of the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission on February 1. The plan to construct a bike path on Point Road between Jenna Drive and Joanne Drive was one of five proposed plans that […] Read more »
As the members of the Mattapoisett Finance Committee gathered on January 31 to begin the fiscal year 2019 budget process with various department heads, the bad taste left behind from the January 24 Old Rochester Regional School Committee meeting lingered. During that meeting, Massachusetts Department of Education Program Manager of Governance and Facilities Program Christine […] Read more »
Selectman Steve Gonsalves stormed out of the meeting of the Marion Board of Selectmen on February 6 after a shouting match that escalated after Gonsalves interrupted Town Administrator Paul Dawson’s update on the town’s search for an interim Department of Public Works superintendent after Rob Zora’s December retirement. When Dawson mentioned that current Wastewater Treatment […] Read more »
Craig Canning’s farmer’s market he had hoped to establish on Marion Road was officially erased from the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeal’s slate on January 25. Canning, developer of the proposed Rochester Farms, LLC, received his Special Permit from the ZBA last year to proceed with his project, but was halted by two lawsuits filed […] Read more »
It isn’t as though the deck would be plopped directly onto the ground just 31 feet from the wetlands, which is why the Marion Conservation Commission on January 24 gave a tentative and unofficial OK for a proposed raised deck during an informal discussion with engineer David Davignon. Davignon is representing Jean and Steve McCarthy […] Read more »
School committee members and administration from the Old Rochester Regional School District and town officials were told the key to an all-around successful regional relationship: “You need to play nice in the sandbox.” That is what Mary Jane Handy, the director of accounts at the Division of Local Services of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue […] Read more »
Just three months ago, Marion Zoning Board of Appeals member Michelle Smith referred to 120 Front Street as a “shut case,” as board members on October unanimously agreed that Christian Loranger’s reconstruction of a two-family house should be considered a grandfathered two-family and exempt from a zoning bylaw, which prohibits multi-family homes. Now, on January […] Read more »
It was a short meeting on January 22 as far as the Marion Planning Board goes, with two members absent. Engineer Bill Madden came before the board to present an idea for a zoning change for property owned by Theodore Laycock located at 391 Front Street. The proposed zoning change to General Business would apply […] Read more »
As the deadline looms for applications for the sale of adult use of marijuana, there was some urgency in the discussion at the Marion Board of Health’s meeting on January 23 regarding the imminent Adult Use of Marijuana regulations and their public health implications. Leading the discussion was Cheryl Sbarra, senior staff attorney and director […] Read more »
Rochester Memorial School Nurse Ellen Murphy says she has wanted to bring dental health care to RMS students for quite some time, and she is now hoping the Rochester School Committee will consider allowing her to collaborate with Smile Programs of Massachusetts. Smile Programs, said Murphy, is a comprehensive school-based dental program that can deliver […] Read more »