Facing the futility of fighting with FEMA over inaccuracies in its new FEMA flood plain maps, the board will recommend the Town’s amended flood plain zoning by-law as a utilitarian move to prevent adverse impacts to the entire Town. Leading the fight against the alleged erroneous flood maps, Planning Board member Bill Bailey, who claims […] Read more »
There were no landslide wins for any of the Marion candidates, for the most part – with the exception of one of the School Committee candidates who took a strong lead, leaving just one single vote difference between the other two candidates. The now former School Committee member Michelle Oullette will be filing for a […] Read more »
The threat of not having a quorum on May 8 had the three board members present that evening scurrying to call the other four tardy Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals members to ask them to come to the scheduled public hearing. Time was ticking after the 7:00 pm meeting opening was delayed, and at 7:15 […] Read more »
As the town with the highest negative school lunch account balance in Tri-Town, Marion is the last of the three school districts to adopt a formal school lunch account policy, which the School Committee hopes will put an end to the excessive overdue balances of some Marion families. Superintendent Doug White told the committee that […] Read more »
There was some, but not excessive, debate over Marion Fire Department’s Article 15 to appropriate a maximum of $540,000 for a new fire pumper truck to replace the aging Engine 3. The first two residents who took the podium on this article both asked the Finance Committee for its recommendation, and both times Finance Committee […] Read more »
Patricia Donoghue, Chairman of the Mattapoisett Finance Committee, opened the annual spring town meeting with a health report on the town’s finances. While noting the hard work of the FinCom members, department heads, Capital Planning Committee and the leadership of Town Administrator Mike Gagne, she also expressed deep concerns. Donoghue said that it was […] Read more »
The south coast League of Women Voters hosted an afternoon for civic- minded voters in Mattapoisett. Kris Eastman of the LWV chaired the event. The agenda featured a presentation of the warrant articles for the upcoming annual Town Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, May 12 at 6:00 pm in the ORRHS auditorium, in addition to interviews […] Read more »
On May 6, the Rochester Conservation Commission heard resident John Scheub discuss the enlargement of a shed on his property, from its current 12- by 8-foot size to a larger 12- by 24-foot size. This change would cause the shed to extend into the 100-foot buffer zone to a wetland bordering Snipatuit Pond. “We were […] Read more »
As the town with the highest negative school lunch account balance in Tri-Town, Marion is the last of the three school districts to adopt a formal school lunch account policy the School Committee hopes will put an end to the excessive overdue balances of some Marion families. Superintendent Doug White told the committee that one […] Read more »
After months of meeting, rewriting, debating, and studying, the Mattapoisett Planning Board’s amendments to several zoning by-laws will not be brought before the voters during the spring annual town meeting. Chairman Thomas Tucker was surprised to learn that this deletion had taken place during the special public hearing of the board on April 30. He […] Read more »