Before getting down to the real agenda for the evening, the Town of Marion holiday party, the Marion Board of Selectmen on December 4 approved retiring Police Chief Lincoln Miller’s recommendation to promote Sergeant Richard Nighelli to the rank of lieutenant. “As the board is well aware,” Miller wrote in a memo dated November 30 […] Read more »
In the parlance of assessors, or at least Mattapoisett’s Principal Assessor Kathleen Costello, “It’s all about the levy.” Costello was talking about the property tax levy, or rate, for fiscal 2018. The news was scheduled to have been “a modest increase.” But after some pencil sharpening with the Accountant’s Office after the November 29 meeting […] Read more »
Sippican School Principal Lyn Rivet is proud of Sippican School students’ performance on the new MCAS 2.0 results from last year, and Rivet reviewed the data with the equally proud Marion School Committee on November 29. With 99 to 100%participation on the standardized test, Sippican School was already ahead of the state average. “That’s a […] Read more »
It was a full agenda at the Marion Planning Board’s meeting on December 4. The evening was dominated by a lengthy discussion regarding the redevelopment plan for 111 Wareham Street. The continued public hearing for the Site Plan review of the proposal for 111 Wareham Street centered on the peer review letter submitted by Tibbetts […] Read more »
Kicking off the long-ish list of wetlands violations in town up for discussion, the Marion Conservation Commission on November 29 voted in favor of issuing an Enforcement Order to Ann Severance of 20 Front Street after the commission members during a recent site visit noted “numerous egregious wetland violations,” as commission member Shaun Walsh stated. […] Read more »
It was a short meeting, but an important one nonetheless, for the Rochester Board of Selectmen on December 4. The selectmen held an early meeting before the annual holiday tree lighting ceremony to sign a Revenue Anticipation Note (RAN) in anticipation of some short-term borrowing to tide the Town over until tax bills go out […] Read more »
When Neil Lefaivre of Empire Design-Build, Inc. met with the Rochester Conservation Commission on December 5 to discuss his client’s 24-foot by 17-foot sunroom addition, he believed he had all the proverbial ducks in a row. On behalf of Matthew Monteiro of 590 New Bedford Road, Lefaivre submitted stamped engineered drawings and evidence that abutters […] Read more »
Marion will maintain its single rate tax status for another year at the recommendation of the Board of Assessors, with the Marion Board of Selectmen voting in favor on November 27. Assessor Brad Eames and Associate Assessor Linda Dessert strongly urged the selectmen to keep the single rate for residential and commercial properties due to […] Read more »
Kelly Morgado of the Rochester Country Fair Board of Directors and committee was present on November 27 as the Rochester Board of Selectmen reviewed and then asked questions on the proposed Rochester Country Fair grounds use policy the board had charged a policy committee to draft. Town Counsel Blair Bailey was also present to answer […] Read more »
Mattapoisett voters had few questions as they easily moved through the 17 articles of the Fall Special Town Meeting warrant on November 27. There were several articles that dealt directly with easements and rights-of-way needed for Phase 1B of the bike path, or what Town Administrator Michael Gagne calls the “multi-use path.” The much anticipated […] Read more »