The February 15 Special Town Meeting Warrant has been closed, and featured on it will be two articles – one to place a temporary moratorium on adult-use marijuana establishments and the other to request funding to repair/replace the boiler heating system at the Town House. On January 16, the Marion Board of Selectmen voted to […] Read more »
It was unanimous – the Marion Board of Selectmen thinks Karen Gregory, interim director at the Marion Council on Aging, is the perfect candidate for the permanent position of COA director and hired her for the position on January 8 during a special meeting. “I want to personally thank you on behalf of the town […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board meeting on Monday, January 8, proved consequential in clarifying Town policy on the question of mandatory municipal water hook-up. The issue of whether the applicants, Tad Wallenhaupt and Alexander Urquhart, at 111 Wareham Street were required to hook up to town water, despite there being a well on their property, had […] Read more »
If you love the Rochester Country Fair, then it’s time to answer the call to volunteer to ensure there actually is a Country Fair this year. During a discussion with the Rochester Board of Selectmen on January 8, Country Fair Board of Directors and Country Fair Committee member Kelly Morgado said, in light of a […] Read more »
Noise complaints brought to the attention of the Rochester Planning Board were addressed on January 9, with the board content to allow Wellspring Farm owners Holly and James Vogel to “self-police” by monitoring cars that enter the property for long-term idling, the basis for part of the complaints lodged by an abutter about noise emitted […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health and the “more mature” members of the Planning Board are joining forces on the recreational adult use marijuana front, pushing forward together with the Zoning Board of Appeals to get voters to approve a temporary moratorium on commercial marijuana establishments. Planning Board Chairman Eileen Marum and Town Planner Gil Hilario […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen on January 9 set the Special Town Meeting for February 12 at 6:30 pm in the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium, seeking voters’ support for a moratorium on recreational marijuana sales in Mattapoisett. On the heels of two public discussions on the topic of how the town should proceed, […] Read more »
Debra Ewing of Jenney Street, on behalf of residents at The Cove who have been overseeing the turtle habitat protection project on Town-owned land, came before the Marion Conservation Commission on December 27 to address a violation of mowing beyond the boundaries allowed in the Order of Conditions. The matter was continued from December 13 […] Read more »
Hot? Not inside Marion’s historic Town House building. As the Wolf Moon hung high above the frozen landscape of Marion on January 2, inside the ye olde Town House the temperature was a chilly 51°F. The furnace had finally gone caput! A major agenda item for the Board of Selectmen was next steps in not […] Read more »
Woes continue to continue on Hiller Road next to Wellspring Farms, with another continuance continuing the continuation of continuing problems. Cathy Mendoza, abutter to the therapeutic experiential farm mental health facility at 42 Hiller Road, returned to the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on December 28, prompting the board to re-open the public comment portion […] Read more »