After years of discord between the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals and Tabor Academy over an unpermitted backstop, the February 11 ZBA meeting may have marked the end of a long battle that brought the matter from the Town Hall conference room, to court, and back to Town Hall again. On Thursday night, Tabor Head […] Read more »
Tri-Town voters may find a ballot question this year for a tax override to help fund the Old Rochester Regional school budget for fiscal year 2017 to help ease the burden on the towns’ municipal budgets. Concerned their municipalities won’t be able to cover their share of the Old Rochester Regional fiscal year 2017 school […] Read more »
In the small front room of the Marion Music Hall, with a fireplace at their back and the members sprawled over comfortable chairs and couches, the February 9 meeting of the Marion Energy Management Committee resembled more of a cozy fireside chat than a political meeting. Rob Fisher gave more information on the LED street […] Read more »
Members of the Rochester School Committee on February 4 were adamant that their stance on keeping Good Friday as a school day would not change this year as it discussed the proposed draft of the 2016/2017 school year calendar. When Assistant Superintendent Elise Frangos brought up the topic, asking if the committee felt it would […] Read more »
The engineer and developer of a proposed 400 kilowatt solar energy installation met with the Rochester Planning Board on February 9 for an informal discussion of the application before a formal submittal for site plan review. This sixth solar farm for Rochester is slated for 188 and 190 Marion Road – two lots that developer […] Read more »
Wind Chill Warning Issued By Jean Perry An arctic blast is underway for the area and the US National Weather Service has issued a wind chill warning for parts of Massachusetts including Mattapoisett, Marion, and Rochester, warning of life-threatening wind chills. A wind chill warning is issued when the wind chill index is expected to […] Read more »
With summer fast approaching and with a plan to try and inject cash flow into the Waterfront Enterprise Fund, the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen on February 9 voted on a new rate structure that will affect boat owners, marinas, and boat yards effective immediately. But those changes didn’t sail along smoothly with residents. Dana Barrows […] Read more »
Could air quality at Sippican School be responsible for exacerbating some teachers’ allergies, causing migraines, and making them sick? Air quality test results suggest no, but at least 12 Sippican teachers affected say ‘yes,’ and they are asking the Marion School Committee to allow the state to take its own air quality samples. Representative for […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board was taken slightly aback on February 1 by a non-conforming structure addition submitted by Garrett Bradley of 8 Park Street, and they conversed candidly as they tried to figure out how to handle it. “I have no idea how these plans conform to the actual lot,” board member Norm Hills observed. […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Planning Board has seen several requests from subdivisions and cluster housing developments for changes to their covenants – changes that would allow those residents to participate in municipal trash collection. To date, the board has approved covenant modifications that would allow the Bay Club, Villages of Mattapoisett, and Brandt Point Village to petition […] Read more »