A potpourri of capital budget requests for the fiscal year 2015 town budget were discussed on Wednesday evening in the conference room of the Marion Recreation Facility on Atlantis Avenue. The Marion Finance Committee met to review department and committee requests and formulate recommendations, recommend funding sources and strategy, and conduct any other business related […] Read more »
The judge presiding over the case of a Marion couple suing the Marion Zoning Board of Appeals for denying them a permit to build a solar farm has issued a decision ordering the ZBA to define “light manufacturing,” the foundation for the board’s denial of the permit. Judge Alexander H. Sands wrote in his February […] Read more »
The grant writer position could be eliminated completely from the fiscal year 2015 budget, if the Marion Finance Committee gets its way. Development Specialist Pamela Marean is paid $30,600 annually to research available grant opportunities and, with the assistance of Town department heads, write proposals and apply for any grants that would benefit the Town. […] Read more »
A collective sigh of relief should have been audible when recently the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass HR 3370 and when the Senate passed their equally important bill S1926 that echoed similar language, both of which curb some of the financial pain residents in coastal flood zones have been anticipating and experiencing. The […] Read more »
Near the end of the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen meeting on March 11, Selectman Paul Sylvia asked Town Administrator Mike Gagne to confirm or dispel a rumor that he had heard. This rumor concerned a cyber theft that occurred in 2011 from the ORR School District electronic financial accounts and resulted in the loss of […] Read more »
After several hours of discussion, Leisure Shores remains at an impasse with the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission. Previously the applicant, Robert Ringuette, through his representatives reached a consensus on what he needed to do to bring the business into compliance. The two main areas of concern are: 1) replacement of syrofoam floats that have been fouling […] Read more »
Mattapoisett School Committee members took action on March 10 to prevent further school lunch accounts from accruing overdue balances by adopting a new policy that limits delinquent lunch accounts from charging more than a total of five lunches. After that, the account will be frozen and the child will be offered an alternative lunch of […] Read more »
The fiscal year 2015 budget that Superintendent Doug White presented to the committee and to the public on March 5 has come a long way since its first draft back in January, which initially sought a half million-dollar increase from FY14. With the budget now at $5,068,265 – a mere $25,926 above FY14 – the […] Read more »
A full board attended Monday’s meeting of the Marion Planning Board to discuss the issue of where a medical marijuana facility might be located. The Planning Board also solicited the advice of Town Counsel Jon Whitten on the issue. “We agreed to limit the area to eligible locations,” said Chairman Pat McArdle. “Also, the issue […] Read more »
Chairman Lawrence Dorman admitted that the commission was probably responsible for the confusion, albeit unintentional, over who is required to inspect and report on the progress of a wetlands restoration project at 114 Allens Point Road. Homeowner Matthew Baltz requested clarification from the Conservation Committee on the Order of Conditions which states that Baltz is […] Read more »