Rochester held its Annual Town Meeting on Monday May 21, 2012, in the cafeteria of Rochester Memorial School. The beginning of the meeting was delayed about 20 minutes because a voting quorum of 75 was not present. Some in attendance called friends and family, asking them to come down so the meeting could proceed. In […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals tabled a hearing regarding a property located on Hartley Avenue after several abutting neighbors showed up to express their concerns about a potential project. The hearing was held at the board’s regular meeting on the evening of Thursday, May 17 in the Marion Town House. Henry DeJesus and his […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals met on the evening of Thursday, May 17, at the Town Hall for their regular meeting, with three hearings on the agenda. Engineer Doug Schneider was on hand to speak on behalf of Christian Hicks, regarding a property at 11 Shore View Avenue. Hicks was seeking a special permit […] Read more »
A Tow Boat U.S. Captain, whose home port was in Marion, was found dead inside the cabin of his 29-foot boat around 8:30 am this morning, ending a search that had been ongoing all morning, Coast Guard officials say. “Ending a search like this is a hard outcome to accept,” said Lt. Brian Hall, the […] Read more »
Tuesday, May 15 marked the final regular Marion Board of Selectmen meeting for Selectman Roger Blanchette as he will not be seeking reelection for his position. Blanchette has worked alongside his fellow Selectmen Stephen Cushing and Jonathan Henry for the past six years. “It has been a real pleasure working and serving with the two […] Read more »
The Annual Mattapoisett Town Meeting only drew 125 residents to its audience at the Old Rochester Regional High School Auditorium on the evening of Monday, May 14. Few items on the 40-article warrant received opposition, allowing the meeting to be concluded in one night as opposed to the three that were originally allotted on the […] Read more »
A solar farm, with 3,520 solar panels comprising four and a half acres on a six-acre parcel, off County Road, was brought before the Marion Planning Board on Monday evening. Doug Schneider of Doug Schneider & Associates, representing Dale and Laura Briggs, said he wanted to ‘get the ball rolling’ on the proposed energy project. […] Read more »
NSTAR is reporting that on May 11 at 12:25pm a power cable failure in the area of Industrial Drive in Mattapoisett caused an outage for approximately 5,000 customers in Marion, Mattapoisett and Fairhaven. Within twenty minutes they were able to restore power to all but 500 customers by rerouting. The remaining customers are expected to […] Read more »
The Rochester Joint School Committee met on the evening of Thursday, May 10, at the ORRHS Library to discuss the results of the annual evaluation process for Superintendent Doug White. School Committee members rated White’s performances on a scale of one to four, where one indicated that he was not meeting the expected standard and […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeal’s final decision on developer Bay Watch Realty’s affordable housing project has been delayed until May 31 – with the deadline to file it moved back to June 8. The ZBA was expected to vote on the 40B project – situated west of Route 105 with a proposed 60 rentals […] Read more »