Business zipped along smoothly at the February 18 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals. The most difficult case of the night was a request for a variance sought by Richard Morgado and Mary Lank, 20 Harbor Road. The applicants had previously received a special permit to construct an addition to their home that […] Read more »
Marion Finance Committee members were curious about the future of the town’s wastewater treatment plant while discussing the operations budget for the Department of Public Works on February 17 and asked DPW Superintendent Rob Zora to update them. Zora had nothing positive to say about it. The average sewer user in Marion could see their […] Read more »
It’s that time of year when Mattapoisett’s Finance Committee meets with department heads across the spectrum of departments and services that taxpayers fund. Budgets for the coming fiscal year are reviewed, contrasted against the previous year, and defended by department heads when increases are asked for as the Finance Committee members weigh the pros and […] Read more »
It is a race for solar renewable energy credits (SRECs) for solar energy production businesses, and now a second solar farm applicant has asked the Rochester Planning Board for an immediate approval without fully meeting all of the board’s expectations before rendering a decision. Request denied. SRECs are tradable credits that are issued upon every […] Read more »
While the Marion Board of Selectmen was interviewing Elizabeth Howe, one of three candidates for the Council on Aging Director position to come before the board during the special meeting on February 23, she made mention of an imminent situation with the VFW building. About a month ago, the selectmen learned that the Veterans of […] Read more »
An annual gift to the Town of Rochester for $10,000 recently offered by Covanta Energy, owners of SEMASS, will benefit the Rochester Country Fair this year after the Board of Selectmen approved the allocation of $5,000 of the sum to help cover costs of this year’s event. Waste Manager at Covanta met with selectmen on […] Read more »
On February 5 during a snow event, a FedEx truck careened off Route 28 in Rochester spilling 25 gallons of fuel on the highway shoulder and ditch leading towards sensitive wetlands and a nearby perennial stream. The spill needed immediate attention. FedEx hired Common Sense Environmental to perform the clean up and asked Rochester’s Conservation […] Read more »
With Peter Bourgault spending more time in the Marion Harbormaster’s Office now that he has been appointed as the full-time assistant harbormaster/deputy shellfish officer for Marion, someone might walk in and find one’s self doing a double take. Selectman Jonathan Henry pointed to Bourgault and Harbormaster Isaac Perry who sat together in the Marion Town […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee learned on February 11 that Center School is piloting a breakfast program of its own. Center School joins the three other Tri-Town elementary schools to pilot the program this year and Old Hammondtown School in Mattapoisett, which for years was the only elementary school to offer breakfast. Now, all Tri-Town schools […] Read more »
With a light agenda made even lighter by a requested continuance, the Marion Conservation Commission members on February 10 found themselves in the rare position of having an easy night as they inched their way through two hearings. Doug Thackeray’s Notice of Intent application was again continued at the applicant’s request. Thackeray is seeking permissions […] Read more »