The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly on April 10 to announce the withdrawal of a problematic petition for a variance to extend the housing dwelling at 142 Sarah Sherman Road 10 feet into the side yard setback to add new office space. At its previous meeting, the board had to halt the hearing […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission began its meeting Tuesday by permitting a project to restore a bog on Wolf Island Road to natural wetlands. The Commission granted a Negative Determination certifying that wetlands bylaw restrictions do not apply to the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s proposal to install up to four temporary wells and two shallow water level […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on April 14 was Robert Rogers of GAF Engineering representing Robert Beauregard, 2 Jowik Street. Beauregard had filed a Request For Determination of Applicability seeking a negative decision from the commission to install a concrete slab for a prefabricated storage building, a storage shed, and paved driveway. However, some […] Read more »
Get ready for some ropin’ and ridin’ on Pine Street. Rochester’s Select Board Monday reviewed a proposal to allow a rodeo this summer at the former Country Fair campgrounds at 65 Pine St. Kelly Pina of New England Rodeo, an officer with the group offering the plan, said it would like to put on a […] Read more »
The April 7 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board became a very brief meeting when the three members in attendance moved to table major discussions. The members believed given the topics that were intended to be discussed, a fuller board needed to be in attendance. Tabled until the next meeting scheduled for May 5 […] Read more »
Marion’s Open Space Acquisition Commission met on April 3 to go over a few action items, including a Point Road Bike Path update, proposed parkour course, and a survey. Chair John Rockwell said an inspection of the bike path area is forthcoming with the commission saying the selection for the Point Road Bike Path […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met on Monday and immediately jumped into a Pre-Submission Conference. The conference/presentation was for Sippican Holdings, LLC on 13 Barnabas Road. Work is now proposed for the Richard Arthur Building or “Building 3.” Justin Downey appeared as representative and explained that, instead of the originally proposed 49,000 square-foot area of […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board’s last meeting was held on April 1, when the members went down a long list of appointments, permit requests, monetary commitments, further Town Meeting discussions with the public, and other action items. For appointments, the board approved Peter O’Brien for assistant harbormaster. O’Brien had been a part-time employee at […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday allowed a proposal for a floating solar array at 53 Dexter Lane to proceed from informal discussion to the formal application stage, but not before lodging a complaint against the plan’s expansion. In an informal discussion of the project in a prior board meeting, Matt Swanberg of New Leaf […] Read more »
On April 8, the Mattapoisett Finance Committee and Select Board sat down with Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Michael Nelson and Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Operations Howard Barber. For more than an hour, Barber laid out all the moving parts of the schools’ budgets with PowerPoint presentations and deep dives into what […] Read more »