Selectman Naida Parker has won the only contested race in the 2015 Rochester Town Election on April 8, beating out current Town Moderator Greenwood “Woody” Hartley, and current ZBA Chairman and former selectman Richard Cutler. As the polls closed Wednesday night at 8:00pm, Parker, Cutler, and Hartley, surrounded by family, stood quietly on along the […] Read more »
It’s the first time in a long time that Rochester voters have actually had a choice in the election, commented Richard Cutler, candidate for the Rochester Board of Selectmen on April 2 during the Candidate’s Forum hosted by the Rochester Senior Center. The three candidates – Cutler, Greenwald “Woody” Hartley, and incumbent Selectman Naida Parker […] Read more »
David Kaiser of the Mattapoisett Boat Yard met with the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board during its March 26 meeting to discuss services provided by his business for boaters in Mattapoisett Harbor and waterways. Kaiser said that overall, the 2014 summer season had been a successful time for both the town and for his business, with […] Read more »
As the town inches closer to Town Meeting, a regular topic of discussion for the Marion Finance Committee continues to be the fire pumper truck requested by the Fire Department, just as it was last year. What has changed since then, though, is the FinCom’s acceptance of the high price tag that still hovers at […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Finance Committee met with members of the Capital Planning and Community Preservation Committees on March 25 to discuss their financial decisions for fiscal year 2016. Both committees will have their decisions voted upon during the annual town meeting in May. Chuck McCullough, Capital Planning chairman, accompanied by committee members Jerry Johnson and Alan […] Read more »
Who wouldn’t enjoy standing at the Rochester Country Fair listening to a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band while watching men throw telephone poles like javelins … with an ice-cold one in their hand? Sure, there might still be snow covering the Rochester Country Fairgrounds, but members of the Country Fair Committee are busy planning for the […] Read more »
What do you do when every Marion Conservation Commission agenda item is continued and there is a quorum of members assembled with only meeting minutes to approve and no new business? You watch them make jokes, approve a set of meeting minutes or two (without arguing over them), and witness them adjourn in under 15 […] Read more »
Just before 11:00 a.m. today, April 2, the Rochester Fire Department was called out to a structure fire on Vaughan Hill Road in Rochester. The first unit on the scene reported, “fire through the roof.” Initial responders called for assistance from the Mattapoisett and Marion Fire Departments and a tanker from Rochester. The house is […] Read more »
Armed with a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation and five pages of bylaw changes, Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Richard Cutler brought to order a special Saturday public meeting of the Rochester Planning Board and ZBA. Working together, these two boards have been editing existing bylaws regulating the Limited Commercial District in Rochester in an effort […] Read more »
Despite a $14,000 shortfall, Marion Finance Committee Chairman Alan Minard is confidant in the Marion Fiscal Year 2016 budget. The March 19 meeting was brief, with only three FinCom members present to meet with Norman Hills on behalf of the Planning Board and the Capital Improvement Planning Committee. With NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) […] Read more »