Rochester’s Annual Town Meeting held Monday passed its 25 articles, including a zoning amendment, several high-priced capital expenditures, and a Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget exceeding $27,000,000, without much of a fight. A quorum of 108 residents took just over an hour to approve, with no serious push back. Priorities starting with a $27,022,457 […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s town elections were held on Tuesday, May 20 with voting wrapping up at 8:00 pm. Running unopposed, Jordan Collyer secured his seat at the Select Board table for another term. He has been on the board for 21 years and now enters his 8th term. There were three contested races. Water and Sewer Commissioner […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) met Thursday, May 8 for a Special Permit hearing for the Morgans living at 73 Pleasant Street. The permit would be for the expansion of a pre-existing non-conforming garage. In detailing its correspondence with other town bodies, the ZBA said the Board of Health had “no comments” […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday entertained a further review of two large projects on Cranberry Highway and Snipatuit Road and the neighbors’ strong concerns over them before ultimately continuing both hearings to its next meeting. First, the board reopened the Site Plan Review application hearing to build a 20,000 square-foot commercial building for contractor […] Read more »
Let them buckin’ broncos loose! Rochester’s Select Board Monday officially approved the license agreement for the rodeos that will come to the former Country Fair grounds this summer. New England Rodeo, which is currently headquartered in Norton, proposed holding a series of rodeos every other Saturday from June to September at 65 Pine St. […] Read more »
The Marion Annual Town Meeting took place over two days, Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13. Much was discussed, argued, and voted upon. On the docket were 51 articles (three of those being citizen’s petitions), one special article, and two questions. See the end of this article for a summary of voting results. […] Read more »
There was a lot riding on the Mattapoisett Spring Town Meeting Warrant. Some might say the very character of the community. But when all was said and done, the people spoke affirmatively for a five-member Select Board versus the historic three-member. Nikki Demakis, a nearly life-long resident and an active member of the […] Read more »
On Thursday, May 1, the Marion Board of Health met to discuss various correspondences and hold two public hearings for variances. The Chair, John Howard, was absent, but the meeting carried on as usual due to the board’s scheduled appointments. Following the approval of the minutes from the board’s March 6 and April 17 […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee met on Wednesday, April 30 to discuss Marion Town Meeting Warrant Article 17, to be voted on by the people on May 12. By the end of the meeting, the Finance Committee would all find themselves on the same page and vote accordingly. Article 17 goes as follows: To […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission spent most of its Tuesday meeting reviewing and fielding abutters’ concerns over a Notice of Intent for proposed work on an access road for a ground-mounted solar array system within a bordering vegetated wetlands in the area of 600 Snipatuit Road. The proposal by Logging Swamp Solar c/o ReWild Renewables includes […] Read more »