Recently, the Rochester Planning Board voted favorably in support of six bylaw amendments that will be voted on at Town Meeting on November 25. Amendment 1: Would restructure a bylaw that has regulatory language that allows for a Medical Marijuana Treatment Center to set up shop in town (see below). Amendment 2: Would add a […] Read more »
Grant writer Pamela Marean briefed the Marion Board of Selectmen Tuesday night on the status of the town’s exploration of acquiring GIS software services for land use issues. “Anecdotally, we know that it will save a lot of time, save a lot of money, and save a lot of effort,” Marean said. “But I would […] Read more »
“The wetlands are our most important open space!” Brad Hathaway made this statement during the monthly meeting of Mattapoisett’s Open Space Committee. The focus of the meeting was ongoing refinements to a drafted master plan, work that is required every five years in order for cities and towns to petition the state for funding projects. […] Read more »
Working off of a document prepared by member Rico Ferrari synopsizing its findings so far, the Planning Board’s Solar Bylaw Subcommittee met again on Monday night to come up with a recommendation in time for fall Town Meeting. On this occasion, Ferrari and Steven Kokkins were joined by Planning Board member Ted North, a Solar […] Read more »
Last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, two representatives from the New England School Development Council visited several locations in the Tri-Town area to present their profile on the present state of Old Rochester Regional School District. Marge Clark and John Kennedy of NESDEC were brought in by the district to help determine what its goals should […] Read more »
Betsy Dunn might have captured what her fellow Zoning Board of Appeals members were thinking on Thursday night as they pored over final plans for Baywatch Realty Trust’s 40B project off of Front Street. “I feel bad about it,” said Dunn, referring to the result of the long process – often adversarial and fraught with […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission on Wednesday decided to tell the Kittansett Club to clean up its current mess before making more of one. Members drafted a letter informing the club that its request for a three-year Extension Permit to continue to stockpile materials near the coastal bank by the driving range had been denied, because […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board’s Solar Bylaw Subcommittee met on Wednesday afternoon in an effort to finalize the body’s official opinion on the Solar Bylaw to be presented at fall Town Meeting on October 28. But before that, the board will consider the subcommittee’s findings at its next scheduled meeting on October 7. Members Steve Kokkins […] Read more »
In 1959, OPEB programs were first established, unfortunately without benefit of any foresight as to how these lifetime benefits would ever be paid for. Mattapoisett truly is “special” for funding its OPEB obligation. “Mattapoisett is only the third town in over 300 communities that has stepped up with a funding schedule,” Town Administrator Michael Gagne […] Read more »
In an eventful evening at the Planning Board in Rochester, there were several issues discussed, including zoning bylaw amendments to be voted on at November 25 fall Town Meeting, the approval to schedule two separate site plan reviews, and the approval of a subdivision plan at 293 Hartley Rd. The Board voted favorably to approve […] Read more »