A $12,000 request to be used for fencing and treating invasive plant species at Sprague’s Cove adjacent to Silvershell Beach was approved by the Marion Conservation Commission at their meeting on Wednesday evening. The area is a storm water retention area that was overgrown for years, resulting in an impact to the integrity of the […] Read more »
Signaling that it is one step closer to approval, the Rochester Planning Board closed the uneventful public hearing on Shawmut Associates LLC’s proposed expanded recycling facility at 50 Cranberry Highway, extending the vote date to June 28. Planning Board members traded notes with Green Seal engineer Gary James on the project’s existing order of conditions, […] Read more »
Mattapoisett’s Board of Selectmen met with two candidates who have come forward expressing their interest in serving as members of the Finance Committee. With two open slots and a third vacancy approaching when Judith Mooney ends her service to the town, longtime resident Paul Amoruso’s and new resident Kevin Geraghty’s interest in stepping forward to […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee navigated its lengthy last agenda for the 2012-13 school year on Monday night, making near-term decisions and long-term plans. The Committee gave the go-ahead to a limited school choice program, allowing three students to participate on the first-grade level. Superintendent Doug White noted that the district had already received two applications. […] Read more »
Conservation Agent Elizabeth Leidhold reported to the board that the Open Space Survey is now available on the Mattapoisett website (www.mattapoisett.net). This important public comment survey will help the Open Space Committee, which Leidhold is part of, craft a comprehensive plan for the town addressing the needs for not only open space, but water resources, […] Read more »
Just before noontime on Sunday the Mattapoisett Police, Fire and EMS responded to a single car motor vehicle roll over on Route 195 near the Marion town line. The vehicle, which had eight passengers, rolled into the woods along side the road. All the occupants of the vehicle were injured in the crash, one person […] Read more »
After only one year at Rochester Memorial School, Dr. Moira Rodgers has resigned from her position as principal, but she assured members of the Rochester School Committee that she had taken all the proper steps for a smooth transition to the next principal and administration. “I want to make sure that everyone knows that I […] Read more »
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for our area through Saturday as heavy rains are expected while the remains of Tropical Storm Andrea pass though our region. Read more »
The Marion School Committee on Wednesday approved funding a tuition-free Full Day Kindergarten program for the 2013-2014 school year, despite the Finance Committee’s recommendation to hold back. With Vice Chair Christine Winters and member Jay Pateakos dissenting, the School Committee voted 3-2 in favor of the measure. “I’ve received e-mails from a significant number of […] Read more »
Beacon Street’s shady canopy will not be further compromised, as the Mattapoisett Planning Board denied a request for a permit to have one of its ash trees cut down. The petition included notes from landscaper Charles Dupont that the tree was diseased and a danger not only to the applicants navigating in and out of […] Read more »