Their appeal of the original building permit for the 16 Cottage Street condominium plan was denied, but members of the First Congregational Church of Marion got what they asked for on August 13 – a new, better plan for the condo development next door that was more pleasing to the appellants. Sippican Preservation, LLC, headed […] Read more »
With multiple jurisdictional authorities between two different towns to contend with, it appeared on August 12 that the Clean Energy Collective solar farm slated for the Clemishaw Property off Tucker Lane might have satisfied the Marion Conservation Commission’s concerns, and will now wait for final ConCom approval once the project clears the Planning Board. During […] Read more »
The developer of a proposed solar farm on August 17 responded to Marion Planning Board Chairman Robert Lane’s personal opinion that the decommissioning escrow amount should be $110,000 by calling the amount “somewhat unreasonable.” Applicant Clean Energy Collective and engineer Bob Rogers suggested a $40,000 escrow amount, while another engineering firm recommended $50,000. Engineer John […] Read more »
Imminent financial deficits and the uncertainty over the future of the town’s sewer treatment facility are what drove the Marion Water Rate Study Committee to recommend on August 18 that the Marion Board of Selectmen adopt water and sewer rate increases for the current fiscal year. The last time the Town raised the water and […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett and Fairhaven Police Departments are on the lookout for a suspicious female who has reportedly called on a number of homes, presumably of elderly residents, and identified herself as a “Community Nurse and Hospice Care” worker. The suspicious woman was wearing a tee shirt from this company, but Community Nurse and Hospice Care […] Read more »
On August 15 at approximately 5:30pm, the Rochester Police were dispatched to a motorcycle accident on Braley Hill Road in Rochester. The operator was 20-year-old Stephen J. O’Brien from Wareham. O’Brien lost control of a 2003 Honda motorcycle and went off the right side of the road striking a tree. He was transported by Rochester […] Read more »
Everything was in place at the Mattapoisett Town Hall for a lively discussion of electrical aggregation when the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen, along with Town Administrator Michael Gagne, went down the agenda at the August 11 meeting. But, when the board looked out into the audience, they found only one resident. Regardless of the lack […] Read more »
Once again, coming before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission were applicants Jay and Julie Duker of 112 Aucoot Road with their Notice of Intent to build a private recreational pier extending across a barrier beach and into Aucoot Cove. David Davignon of N. Douglas Schneider & Associates, representing the Dukers, provided the last pieces of information […] Read more »
The notorious dog kennel that has been driving the North Avenue neighborhood nuts for the last two years had its kennel licenses revoked by the Rochester Board of Selectmen on August 9 after a long process of issuing conditions, appeals, complaints, inspections, and now criminal and imminent civil charges against Melinda and Liberal Teixeira have […] Read more »
Solar energy developer Clean Energy Collective received approval for a number of waivers pertaining to stormwater management on August 11, after resubmitting the request to the Rochester Planning Board and thus satisfying the board’s request for additional details beyond the initial request. After some discussion, the board granted the waivers, save for one of them […] Read more »