The Mattapoisett Planning Board’s first meeting for 2016 was like an instant replay of meetings from 2015 – another subdivision requesting covenant modifications that would allow the residents town trash collection. David Andrews, representing the Bay Club Real Estate Trust and Bay Club Community Association, came before the Planning Board with the request on January […] Read more »
Marion Selectman Jonathan Henry announced on January 5 that he would not be seeking reelection in 2016, saying it was with a heavy heart that he informed the residents of Marion of his decision. Henry, who has served 12 years on the Board of Selectmen, said his departure was entirely positive, and he encouraged others […] Read more »
To avoid the risk of any further grief in the situation, the Rochester Board of Selectmen held off on scheduling a Special Town Meeting until special legislation is passed that would accept the Annual Town Meeting despite its lack of a quorum. Now that a resolution is foreseeable, said Town Administrator Michael McCue, selectmen are […] Read more »
After a year that, at times, saw the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission members struggle as they weighed the rights of property owners against the Wetlands Protection Act, survive marathon meetings with heated exchanges, and spend many hours plowing through technical documents, the December 28 meeting was very short and sweet. Coming before the commissioners was Dan […] Read more »
Marion Town Administrator Paul Dawson described the ideal candidate for the Council on Aging director position as one who could dream up new services for seniors and find the ways to deliver those services, even without the immediate prospect of having a physical building in which to provide them. On December 29, the Marion Board […] Read more »
On Friday, December 25 at 2:23 am Officer Lenira Lima and Officer Brett Osetkowski were dispatched to Mechanic Street for a reported water leak. While investigating the source of the water leak that originated from a cut pipe in the sprinkler system located at 12 Mechanic Street, the officers could hear a faint alarm coming […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee on December 17 approved a $6,800 budget transfer to pay for a new roof for the recreation building at 13 Atlantis Drive before Chairman Alan Minard lightly touched upon other town matters. The cost for the new metal roof at the rec building was lower – to the tune of $12,000 […] Read more »
When Kerri Sousa inherited her father’s portion of the property located at 7 Marion Road, she also inherited zoning restrictions – restrictions that Sousa’s father requested. Now she’s finding that those restrictions are making it nearly impossible to get financing for the property. Sousa came before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on December 10 […] Read more »
The Town of Mattapoisett applied for a Request for Determination of Applicability for test borings along the proposed bike path through Goodspeed Island during the December 14 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission. The soil borings are one more twist in a long list of additional technical data the Massachusetts Department of Transportation has requested […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission on December 15 approved the wetlands line for 0 New Bedford Road/268 Mattapoisett Road, the site of a proposed solar farm by the junction of the two roads. The hearing, which was continued from December 1, wrapped up rather swiftly after the commission was satisfied that post peer-review plans were changed […] Read more »