At just after 12:00 pm Thursday, the Marion Fire Department responded to Route 195 for a reported truck fire. What they found was a recycling truck from Waste Management with smoke billowing from the top. The truck, which was travelling east through Mattapoisett and into Marion had caught fire in the open top storage are […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional School District and Massachusetts Superintendency Union #55 is pleased to announce that Mr. Eugene Jones will be the new District Facilities Director beginning in June of 2012. Mr. Jones is presently the Facilities and Maintenance Manager for the Freetown Elementary School, in Freetown, MA. Prior to being the Facilities and Maintenance Manager […] Read more »
The town of Marion held their annual elections on Friday, May 25, 2012. Of the seven positions up for election, all but two were uncontested. In the race for Selectman, Jonathan E. Dickerson won, with 574. His opponent, Edwin M. North, received 222 votes. Ray Pickles ran uncontested for the Assessor’s position and received 659 […] Read more »
Good news for travelers heading to the Cape for Memorial Day Weekend! All four lanes of the Sagamore Bridge will be open to traffic. The lanes reopened on Saturday, May 19 after several weeks of being restricted to two lanes for construction. The steel repairs above the road deck on the bridge were completed and […] Read more »
Two representatives of CDM Smith, the agency working with the Town of Marion to create its village area capital improvements plan, spoke to the Marion Conservation Commission at its regular meeting on Wednesday, May 23 about the extent of the work to be completed. Con Com members, primarily Chairman Sherman Briggs, queried the representatives about […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Conservation Commission met on Wednesday night, May 23, for their final meeting of the month. They heard from Dave Davignon of Schneider & Associates, who was representing Daniel and Laurie DaRosa, who filed a Notice of Intent to install sand-filled coconut fiber envelopes along a coastal bank on their property, and to plant […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Recreation Committee is seeking new members to help bring more programs to town, according to Chairman Jeremy Collier, who spoke to the Board of Selectmen at their regular meeting on Tuesday, May 22. Collier said the committee is looking to expand by two people, increasing the total number of members from five to […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board spent some time Tuesday, May 22, at their regular meeting discussing specifics regarding the new solar panel bylaw they are crafting. At the Annual Town Meeting Monday night, the town of Rochester voted unanimously to approve an agreement between the town and Consolidated Edison Solutions, Inc. – on behalf of the […] Read more »
About 140 Marion residents came out for the Spring Annual Town Meeting on Monday, May 21 – but less than half stayed for the four and a half hours it took to slog through 44 warrant articles. However, as promised by Town Moderator David Titus, residents did manage to settle the articles in a single […] Read more »
Citing a procedural issue regarding proper notice to abutters and the public, the Mattapoisett Planning Board tabled a hearing for a Special Permit requested by Industrial Tower & Wireless, LLC of Marshfield, MA to construct a 145-foot monopole telecommunications facility within a 100-foot by 100-foot leased area and a 25-foot wide access and utility easement […] Read more »