Members of the Marion Capital Improvement Planning Committee (CIPC) met June 5 at the police station and discussed a draft letter to all town department heads and committee chairmen regarding future financial planning. The purpose of the CIPC is to anticipate future town expenses. During its March 18 meeting, the committee extended the planning […] Read more »
The Marion School Committee said good-bye to the old pencil and paper MCAS (Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System) and hello to the new online PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) exam during its June 5 meeting. Just as Rochester had done the night before, Marion chose to embrace the PARCC exam after […] Read more »
During his report to the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen on June 10, Town Administrator Michael Gagne discussed the upcoming Tri-Town Selectmen’s Meeting scheduled for June 19 at 7:00 pm in ORRHS. Gagne said that he recently had conversations with Superintendent Doug White regarding the prudent use of excess and deficiency funds rather than for operating […] Read more »
Discussion over revisions to the town subdivision rules and regulations took a turn toward the hypothetical when Rochester Planning Board member Ben Bailey questioned the board’s right to dictate precisely where someone could build a house on his/her property. The speculative scenario had to do particularly with any landowner who would want to build a […] Read more »
Mattapoisett School Committee members are celebrating the approval of an additional second grade teacher at Center School after receiving the go-ahead from the Town to hire a new teacher and pay for the health insurance with extra funds left over from the school fiscal 2014 budget. The position will be for one year only, in […] Read more »
William Chamberlain of the Rochester Police Department may have retired, but he is not going anywhere any time soon. Chamberlain was first on the agenda for the June 2 Rochester Board of Selectmen meeting, with Chief Paul Magee stating that, although Chamberlain retired from the police department just one day ago, he was now […] Read more »
After months of review and debate, the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board is still plugging away at trying to find a happy medium on the issue of ‘grandfathered’ moorings. At the May 29 meeting, a draft document of the “Wharf, Mooring and Anchorage” rules and regulations was reviewed with specific concentration on this issue of grandfathered […] Read more »
Late into the evening’s agenda, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission discussed the growing issue of storm water drainage problems. To the surprise of the ConCom members, the Planning Board during their last meeting had said it was the responsibility of ConCom to handle storm water drainage problems. However, Chairman Peter Newton and member Bob Rogers disagreed. […] Read more »
A presentation by Jon Gregory, an engineer from Tata & Howard in Lakeville, on the replacement of the existing water tower, located in East Marion, engaged the Planning Board for over an hour at Monday’s meeting held at the Marion Town House. The $1.5 million cost of replacing the tank, with associated expenses, was approved […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission handled a light agenda as twilight descended on Town Hall on June 3. In attendance were Conservation Agent Laurell Farinon, Chairman Rosemary Smith, and members John Teal, Christopher York and Laurene Gerrior. A notice of intent filed by Don Stimer of 14 Bishop Road, which had been continued from the previous meeting, […] Read more »