No fewer than nine public hearings came before the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on Monday evening, making for a meeting that approached four hours in duration and a series of decisions on complex applications. N. Douglas Schneider & Associates engineer David Davignon was front and center for six of them, as his company was representing a […] Read more »
Several past complaints of incessant and late-night dog barking at 368 North Ave. led to a public hearing at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, with the Board ultimately deciding to continue the hearing to a future date as the barking has subsided in more recent months. Liberal Teixeira, the property owner, was on hand to […] Read more »
The former Presto Press property that is situated on Barstow Street and the adjacent defunct commercial garage on the corner of Church Street are slated for two new homes. But not before several issues are resolved to the satisfaction of abutters and the members of the Zoning Board of Appeals. Coming before the board was […] Read more »
The bats are gone, but their poop damage is still here and will require a cleanup to the tune of $4,600, which will come out of the town’s maintenance budget, according to the Marion Board of Selectmen at their Tuesday evening meeting. Paul Dawson, Town Administrator, reported that the remediation of the bats was successful, […] Read more »
Conservation Agent Laurell Farinon and the Conservation Commission met Tuesday evening and discussed a plan for a “controlled cut” of some of the forestry surrounding Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School and on adjacent property that is owned by Rochester. There are many reasons for the cut, including the promotion of forest diversity (of […] Read more »
With the arrival of SRPEDD’s preliminary review of Mattapoisett’s Bylaw document, the Board will begin a series of meetings and hearings to scope out a completely revised document. Sandy Conaty, Comprehensive Planning Manager with SRPEDD, presented the board with her preliminary outline of areas in the bylaws that need rewriting, clarifications, and formatting changes. The […] Read more »
Residents packed the Town House for three public hearings that came before the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday, with some confusion over one leading to a bit of controversy. Stephen and Betsy Downes thought they were applying for a variance on their house on Marion Road, which they hope to build onto in […] Read more »
The Marion Board of Health today announced that West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in mosquitoes collected from the Town of Marion. WNV is most commonly transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. The mosquitoes that carry this virus are common throughout the state, and are found in urban as well […] Read more »
Rochester Police have cleared up a reported abduction attempt after a day long investigation. Police received a phone tip from a resident who had done business with a man in a white van matching the description of the person suspected in the abduction attempt. The investigation revealed that a man from Cohasset came to Rochester […] Read more »
On Saturday September 14, 2013 the Marion Police Department department received information from a resident that her son was making viable threats to kill his family members, neighbors and specific members of the Marion Police Department. The suspect had been arrested earlier in the day by this department for a domestic related issue and had […] Read more »