The hard work of trying to give the town’s departments all the items on their ‘wish lists’ and coming in at a figure that voters will accept has begun. The Capital Planning Committee, chaired by Chuck McCullough, meets between February and May each year to craft financial requests in excess of $10,000 that will be […] Read more »
The 2014 Rochester election will not be much of a contest, with only two of the 14 races contested, after the deadline to submit papers for nomination passed on February 19. Incumbent Sandra Keese for Board of Health is running against William David Souza to maintain her three-year seat on the board. The only other […] Read more »
The Planning Board is getting closer to closing a public hearing regarding changes to plans for an addition on a recycling facility on Cranberry Highway in Rochester. Shawmut Associates has proposed several changes to the Order of Conditions for construction at their existing facility, including alterations to drainage on the site in addition to […] Read more »
The annual tri-town herring meeting was the first order of business for the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen. In attendance were Herring Inspectors Bob Martin, Mattapoisett; David Watling, Rochester; and James Gurney, Marion. They reported that in spite of last year’s encouraging numbers, this year’s count is down by approximately 8,000. Eight years ago the count […] Read more »
It is what it is, is how Selectman Bradford Morse put it, after hearing that Rochester’s snow and ice removal budget, as it stands now, is about $20,000 to $30,000 over budget. “And that doesn’t include last week’s expenses at this point,” said Town Administrator Richard LaCamera, “so, hopefully it stops snowing soon.” LaCamera commented […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Zoning Board of Appeals members Tony Tranfaglia, Gene DeSlandes, Susan Atkin, Coly Rottler, and Norman Lyonnais heard only one application on February 20th. The parcel located at 14 Barstow Street is part of Bruce Rocha, Sr.’s plan to re-develop this site and the abutting now vacant site into two single-family dwellings. Rocha’s first application […] Read more »
Planning Board members decided that they needed to do a little more investigating before advertising for a public hearing to present the Registered Marijuana Dispensary (RMD) draft bylaw slated for the Annual Town Meeting warrant in May. Town Counsel Jon Witten presented the first draft of the bylaw on February 18, asking board members to […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Selectmen met on a snowy, cold Tuesday evening at the Town House. One agenda item included a request for $38,000 above the designated snow and ice removal allocated budget for 2014. The Board approved the request. After a signing of the warrants and approval of minutes for February 4, 2014, the […] Read more »
The Rochester Conservation Commission made quick work of their agenda Tuesday evening, with only one issue discussed in great detail. That issue involved a plan by Shoen Morrison of 20 Foss Lane for the construction of a 14×20 foot shed with an extended roof, for which the Commission issued a negative Determination of Applicability, meaning […] Read more »
It looks like Plumb Corner Market will be getting a bit of a facelift. At a meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday, the Board approved an appeal from James Junkins, the owner of Plumb Corner Market, to replace and add to existing signage on the business. Mr. Junkins said that the current […] Read more »