A solar farm under development on Snipatuit Road by developer Melink Corporation was under some scrutiny by the Rochester Planning Board on April 11, as abutters described how they could still see the solar energy facility from their property. Planning Board Chairman Arnold Johnson said that a section of the site had been clear-cut, although […] Read more »
On April 4, the Rochester Conservation Commission, along with members of the Rochester Soil Board and the Town’s attorney Blair Bailey, reached a compromise with Decas Cranberry Corporation, represented by Attorney Adam Brodsky and engineer Brian Grady for work related to the construction of a tailwater pond. This was the culmination of meetings that have […] Read more »
The April 3 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board found the members thumbing through reams of legal documents and yellow-lined work sheets in an effort to understand covenants governing the release of lots and conveyance of subdivisions within the Bay Club. Coming before the board were John Dawley, president and CEO of Northland Residential Corporation, […] Read more »
As the clock ticks down to the Annual Town Meeting, municipal departments including local schools, natural resources, water and sewer, and police and fire are busy tweaking FY18 budgets. To that end, the town’s Capital Planning Committee has met with department heads who presented their lists of needs for the upcoming fiscal year. On March […] Read more »
The continued public hearing for the proposal by the Buzzards Bay Coalition for the field operations barn slated for the corner of Route 6 and Spring Street was the central discussion at the Marion Planning Board meeting on April 3. Susan Nilson of CLE Engineering addressed the concerns and questions posed by the Planning Board […] Read more »
The Marion fiscal year 2018 budget has been finalized, and the $21,950,375 sum now awaits the approval of town meeting members come this May 8. The Marion Board of Selectmen met with the Finance Committee on April 4 to briefly go over the finalized budget which, said Finance Committee Chairman Alan Minard, is a balanced […] Read more »
School Superintendent Douglas White, flanked by Mattapoisett local schools’ Principal Rose Bowman, Director of Student Services Michael Nelson, and Mattapoisett School Committee member James Muse, returned to the Mattapoisett Finance Committee on March 30 with a refined budget. Selectmen and Mattapoisett Finance Committee members had asked all town departments, including school, to stay within a […] Read more »
The plan for a condominium at 426 Front Street has been reduced from a six-unit, 11-bedroom complex to a five-unit, 11-bedroom one, although the footprint of the building will remain the same. Developer Christian Loranger is seeking Marion Zoning Board of Appeals approval for the razing of an existing three-story historic home and the reconstruction […] Read more »
The issue of LED street lighting continued to dominate the discussion at the March 27 meeting of the Marion Energy Management Committee. Committee member Rob Fisher provided new details regarding the energy savings and program procedures for the procurement of the energy-saving lights. The committee intends to convert all the streetlights in Marion to LED […] Read more »
This time, residents near the corner of Rounseville and Mendell Roads are learning all about the Tao of the solar farm. On March 28, the Rochester Planning Board heard plans for the town’s potential sixth large-scale solar panel installation – this one located on an open field and partially wooded property at 453 Rounseville Road. […] Read more »