The Marion Board of Selectmen on November 23 had a hard time wrapping their minds around why Finance Committee member Peter Winters would jeopardize an annual $25,000 anonymous donation to Sippican School by trying to force the school administration to publically reveal the donor’s identity. The special Wednesday morning meeting was held for the sole […] Read more »
“People want to be here,” said Kathleen Costello, principal assessor for Mattapoisett in a lead up to meeting with the Board of Selectmen for a public hearing to set the tax rate during the November 29 meeting. Earlier in the day, Costello explained that in spite of level spending and a projected lower tax rate, […] Read more »
On November 17 at Old Hammondtown School, KK Kam Reality Trust presented its application before the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals for a mixed-used special permit that would allow owner Todd Rodrigues, 81 County Road, to construct two buildings for commercial and residential use under the same roof in the village business district. The village […] Read more »
On November 17, Old Rochester Regional High School Principal Mike Devoll spoke highly of a recent screening of Screenagers held at the high school, and he praised the staff for putting the screening together. The movie helps parents understand the impact of the digital age on their children and offers them tips to minimize harmful […] Read more »
Rochester Memorial School has big plans to incorporate more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) teaching into its curriculum. Longtime RMS teacher Karen DellaCioppa was on hand on November 17 to explain to the Rochester School Committee these goals and how they have been incorporated. She has recently stepped into a new role that functions […] Read more »
With a short list of articles to get through during Mattapoisett’s November 21 Special Fall Town Meeting, and with a quorum of 92 voters, things got off to an easy start as the community breezed through the first five articles with thumbs up. The first two articles, Article 1 in the amount of $57 to […] Read more »
Marion Planning Board Chairman Robert Lane announced at the November 21 meeting that Mattapoisett Town Planner Ken Buckland had accepted a full-time position as Town Planner in Wareham. “He has agreed to stay on in a part-time role until we can get the rest of the Master Plan sorted out,” Lane continued, “and we wish […] Read more »
David Smith approached the Rochester Conservation Commission on November 15 looking for approval to clear two properties that previously belonged to George Church and that now belong to the Rochester Land Trust. Commission member Rosemary Smith excused herself from the discussion due to personal involvement with the application. “We’ve recently bought a 3.5 acre property […] Read more »
Daniel and Lisa Craig of 4 Seabreeze Lane have been in a tug of war, so to speak, over whether or not they must return more than 20,000 square feet of designated wetlands to its original condition versus a massive lawn area. The Buzzards Bay Coalition previously alerted the town that encroachment activities had taken […] Read more »
Rochester Police Chief Paul Magee announced the dedication of a bench at the Rochester Police Station to former Police Chief Elmer Lawrence. “I was very fortunate to know Chief Lawrence, who served from 1967 to 1970,” Magee said. “Of course, I didn’t know him at that time,” he joked, “but I was very fortunate to […] Read more »