Sometimes selectmen have to hold small meetings to address the small details of running a town, like on April 7 when a relatively full-looking agenda produced less than 20 minutes of meeting time. The Rochester Board of Selectmen referred to the Planning Board its amendment of a proposed by-law pertaining to the flood plain districts […] Read more »
The board had a lengthy discussion regarding the Zoning Bylaw, Table of Principal Use Regulations-Solar at their meeting on Monday evening. Building Commissioner Scott Shippee also attended the meeting as well as Marion Energy Committee members Bill Saltonstall, Jennifer Francis and dual board member Norm Hills. What appeared to be a clarification of the Table […] Read more »
As the town nears its spring Town Meeting, Mattapoisett’s Finance Committee is closing in on the 2015 budget. During their April 2 meeting, committee members received a special visit from Bonnie DeSousa of the Friends of the Mattapoisett Bike Path and Steve Kelleher, Chairman of the Bike Path Committee. They also reviewed those areas of […] Read more »
Jill Simmons, Mattapoisett’s new harbormaster, reported to the Marine Advisory Committee on a number of activities that she has already completed, has underway now, or will have underway in the coming months. But nothing hit a nerve more than her suggestion that the town purchase a camera security system. The committee members in attendance – […] Read more »
The deadline for candidates to file papers for the May 20 Mattapoisett Annual Election passed Monday, March 31, and now the finalized list of candidates reveals that only one race will be contested. Catherine Louise Heuberger and Erika Osetkowski are both running for town clerk; another potential candidate, Sherri Panek, pulled papers back on January […] Read more »
Criticism over the decision to eliminate Good Friday as a holiday may prompt Marion School Committee members to ask the Joint School Committee to revisit the matter and rescind the vote. Marion and Joint School Committee Member Christine Winters asked Superintendent Doug White on April 2 if a committee has ever gone back on a […] Read more »
A request for Determination of Applicability to anchor a float with two piles instead of chains by N. George Host and Laurie A. Host of 456 Point Road was the first item to be discussed at the Marion Conservation Commission’s meeting on Wednesday evening. David Davignon of N. Douglas Schneider & Associates of Mattapoisett represented […] Read more »
Now that the members of the Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee have met with each of the town’s department heads, they are nearly ready to vote. Chuck McCullough stated that with the completion of the ‘wish list’ meetings, where department heads revisited 2014 capital spending and lobbied for their must have items for 2015 and beyond, […] Read more »
Goodbye, Good Friday as a day off. Starting with the 2014-2015 school year, the joint School Committees voted March 27 to do away with giving students as a day off the Friday before Easter. The committees also voted to make the Wednesday before Thanksgiving a full day-off, rather than a half-day, to counterbalance the added […] Read more »
After months of speculation, a public hearing was held on Tuesday evening at the Marion Board of Selectmen’s meeting on the ‘alteration of premises’ of the local Wave Restaurant. The popular Marion watering hole has been closed for several months and is adjacent to both the new 40B project and the proposed Marion bike path. […] Read more »