Blue Wave Capital revealed more about the solar farm planned off Tinkham Hill Road at the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission meeting on Monday night. It was the second board the applicant has approached with a presentation – having previously met with the Planning Board – as representatives make their rounds in advance of the Zoning Board […] Read more »
In what must have been the safest room in the Tri-Town, more than a dozen representatives from the Rochester Police and Fire departments, Cape and Islands Emergency Medical Services, the Board of Selectmen, and various administrative divisions gathered on March 21 to discuss a major change for local rescue crews. Currently, Rochester’s EMS and Fire […] Read more »
Competition is heating up, with seven elected town position openings, including a member of the Board of Selectmen. Three positions are unopposed, including Assessor, Moderator, and a slot on the Marion School Committee. Polls will open at 8 am and close at 8 pm at the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post on Route 6 […] Read more »
The Old Rochester Regional District Joint School Committee Meeting started and ended with reports from Superintendent Doug White, the most significant of which was the recent ratification of the contract with the teachers’ union. ORR Professional Educators Association members unanimously approved the agreement to a four-year contract on March 20. No specifics were detailed in […] Read more »
Alan Minard of the Marion Finance Committee presented a draft of the 2014 budget at the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday evening. The proposed budget has a projected 2.46 percent increase over the existing budget. “This is pretty much a balanced budget, which is fairly flat from last year,” Minard said. The Finance Committee […] Read more »
A site review has been planned for April 2 on a property owned by Shawmut Associates, LLC of 1245 Cranberry Highway, on which construction of a recycling and processing facility for municipal solid waste and other materials is scheduled to take place. The plan is to expand the pre-existing structure, and the facility would be […] Read more »
With a full quorum on hand, Mattapoisett’s Planning Board confronted a few weighty items on their March 19 agenda. First up was the issue of whether the Board would or could allow an easement through lots situated on 88 Aucoot Road. GAF Engineering submitted site plans which gave members the opportunity to visually review the […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett School Committee passed its $6.09 million budget for 2014 with little discussion after presentations from Old Rochester Regional School District Superintendent Doug White, Center School Principal Rose Bowman and Old Hammondtown Principal Matt D’Andrea on Monday night. The $6,092,177 budget projection exceeds Mattapoisett’s 2013 spending on education by $339,452, or 5.9 percent, which […] Read more »
The Rochester Board of Selectmen met Monday evening and among several issues discussed was the issue of how the town will collect tax bills in the future. The Selectmen and members of the Board of Assessors discussed potential changes in the way tax bills are collected. As of now, tax bills usually go out 30 […] Read more »
School Committee Chairperson Peter Bangs officially stepped down from his position Wednesday evening, and the newly appointed Chairperson and former Vice Chairperson Joseph Scott stepped in mid-meeting to get a head start for next year, which would be his first full year. “I have some family imposed term limits,” said Bangs. “I am resigning as […] Read more »