It seemed apropos that “Shark Week” on TV should end with the announcement that Mattapoisett will be the recipient of a shark-tracking buoy. During the July 27 meeting of the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board, Harbormaster Jill Simmons said it was a gift to the town. Simmons explained that Sue McGowan, a business partner of Gilman […] Read more »
Water damage to multiple levels of the Marion Music Hall that happened over the past weekend is estimated at around $17,000 to $20,000, Town Administrator Paul Dawson told the Marion Board of Selectmen on August 1. The origin of the water that caused the damage was in the second floor ladies restroom. Dawson said either […] Read more »
In spite of the fact that an applicant had submitted a letter to the Rochester Planning Board that was read into the meeting minutes by Chairman Arnold Johnson requesting his filing be withdrawn without prejudice, the project was still discussed – and discussed with great simmering emotion – during the July 25 meeting. The project […] Read more »
What was expected to have been an easy hearing proved to be fraught with issues on July 24 as the Rochester Board of Selectmen discussed this year’s Rochester Country Fair. The board listened to neighbors of the Pine Street Fairgrounds as they expressed their concerns about the use of the town fairgrounds. After Fair Co-chairperson […] Read more »
It was hot outside on July 20 as the meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals came to order, and it didn’t take long for it to get hot in the conference room as well. Coming before the board was John Dement, construction manager for Verizon, and Dan Ollila of Jones Architecture, Salem, MA […] Read more »
On July 24, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission heard that stormwater drainage problems at an upscale sub-division inside the Bay Club were the primary reason Mat and Jessica Campione were seeking permission to re-grade a portion of their lot located at 26 Fieldstone Drive. “I’ve been in touch with Ted Goudy and the Bay Club … […] Read more »
On July 17, Douglas Schneider, proprietor of N. Douglas Schneider & Associates, stepped in for his civil engineer David Davignon as the Mattapoisett Planning Board continued discussing property owned by Dennis Arsenault. The property is located beyond the end of Snow Fields Road that currently is a dead-end street. The undeveloped property in question is […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on July 13 granted Craig Canning of Rochester Farms a Special Permit to develop a 60-acre parcel at 0 Marion Road into a farmer’s market and surrounding organic farm. Two 7,200 square-foot buildings are slated for the site, as well as parking and entrances that will be limited to […] Read more »
A relatively short Marion Conservation Commission meeting on July 12 led to the approval of the removal of invasive species and selective vista pruning at Great Hill. Some phragmites, bittersweet, and other invasives will be eradicated, and selective trimming of vegetation will maintain the view of the ocean at five specifically noted points of the […] Read more »
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) announced today that West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes collected from Marion, Massachusetts. Statewide, in 2016, 6,414 mosquito samples were tested for WNV and 189 samples were positive. WNV is most commonly transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. The mosquitoes that […] Read more »