Frustrated subdivision homeowners and three members of the subdivision development team clashed over persistent unresolved issues at Brandt Point Village at the June 15 Mattapoisett Planning Board meeting. A change in ownership of the subdivision and in the contractor performing work on the site has caused the project to start and stop over the course […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission has seen some very long meetings, but the June 8 session rivaled all others. Starting on time at 6:30 pm, it was after 10:00 pm when they finally wrapped up, causing one resident who had waited the entire evening to speak to the commission to announce, “It is now an hour […] Read more »
Making Good Friday an early dismissal day at Sippican School instead of a full day would be a fair compromise, thought Marion School Committee member Christine Winters, given the higher-than-usual absentee rate this past April 3 when Tri-Town schools opened their doors on the religious holiday for the first time in recent history. The committee […] Read more »
Drainage concerns, open culverts, uncovered basins and basins with no grates… Rochester Planning Board Chairman Arnold Johnson on June 9 had a laundry list of concerns for Tim Higgins, vice president of Connet Woods developer Edgewood Development, some of which Johnson referred to as real public safety hazards. On behalf of the Town of Rochester, […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee met for the last time in the 2014-2015 school year on June 9 to take care of several end-of-year tasks; primarily, the reorganization of the board, the approval of the School Improvement Plan, and the Teachers Memorandum of Agreement. The reorganization of the committee is a yearly task that must be […] Read more »
During a morning meeting on June 9, Mattapoisett Town Administrator Michael Gagne met with a group that included Brendan Annett, vice-president of Watershed Protection for the Buzzards Bay Coalition, Highway Surveyor Barry Denham, Conservation Agent Elizabeth Leidhold, Ken Motta of Field Engineering, and members of the Mattapoisett Historical Commission to discuss the status of the […] Read more »
It wasn’t the smoothest Town Meeting on record, but Moderator Kirby Gilmore, selectmen, town administration, and the voters got the job done on June 8, passing the fiscal year 2016 budget, as well as the Planning Board’s limited commercial district zoning bylaw amendment, among other things during the roughly two hour-long Rochester Annual Town Meeting. […] Read more »
A complaint filed with the building inspector about Little League signs displayed at Gifford Park in Rochester brought the Old Rochester Little League before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals May 28 for an amendment to the original 1993 special permit allowing the signs. The board did vote to amend the signs, but only after […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen and the Industrial Development Commission (IDC) met June 1 to discuss Article 18 of the Annual Town Meeting warrant to dissolve the IDC, and selectmen also decided to skip over Article 17 on Town Meeting floor. The IDC came to discuss its future and the future of the $88,335 that […] Read more »
After multiple requests to continue the public hearing for LEC Environmental Consultants, affiliated with the proposed CVS project, the Marion Conservation Commission on May 27 wondered how much longer they should honor the company’s requests to continue continuing. The first public hearing to address the Request for Determination of Applicability to establish the wetlands lines […] Read more »