Rochester Police have charged the “victims” of the November 16 home invasion on Hartley Road with a number of criminal charges after one of the reporting parties admitted to police that they made the whole thing up. Criminal complaints were issued in Wareham District Thursday charging Jeffrey Mello, 22 , no known address and Donna Laliberte, […] Read more »
Mattapoisett Landing Progress Reviewed
Minor amendments to an approved site plan for Mattapoisett Landing were brought before the Planning Board at their scheduled meeting on Monday, December 5. The site plan, originally approved after a public hearing process in 2006, includes 28 buildings for a 55 and over community. Brian Porter, representing Brophy and Philips, a Brockton developer, presented […] Read more »
Big Turnout for Holiday in Park
It was only fitting that the biggest Christmas tree that has ever graced Mattapoisett’s Shipyard Park should also see the largest Holiday celebration the town has ever held. “It was spectacular,” said Melody Pacheco, administrative assistant to the Mattapoisett Board of Selectmen. Each year, Ms. Pacheco is instrumental to organizing the Holiday in the Park, […] Read more »
Marion Selectmen OK Single Tax Rate
The Marion Board of Selectmen (BOS) agreed to retain the Single Tax Rate classification for the town for fiscal year 2012, bucking the trend of SouthCoast towns that have voted for a split tax rate between residential and commercial property. The BOS heard from the Board of Assessors, who presented a detailed estimate of how […] Read more »
Old Rochester Youth Lacrosse
Registration is open for Old Rochester Youth Lacrosse, Spring 2012. Lacrosse is known as the fastest game on two feet! Sign up and join the fun. Tri-town girls and boys grades 1 through 8 are welcome. Please go to our website to register & for information: www.ORYLAX.com. The deadline is January 15, 2012. Contact: info@orylax.com […] Read more »
RMS Budget Discussions Continue
The Rochester Memorial School budget subcommittee is meeting regularly to figure out how to handle unanticipated expenses and state reimbursement cuts that are putting a strain on the school budget. At the RMS School Committee’s December 1 meeting, the committee said that the budget – which currently is frozen except for emergency expenses – has […] Read more »
Rochester Water Bill Makes Progress
Earlier this year, State Representative William Straus promised to take Rochester Board of Selectmen’s assertion that New Bedford is unfairly profiting from the Assawompset/Quittacas Pond Complex – which in part encompasses Rochester – to the state House of Representatives. Now a bill (HR-3672) is progressing through the House that will alter a century-old agreement to […] Read more »
BBC Conservation Restriction Approved
The Conservation Commission unanimously approved a Conservation Restriction for the Coalition for Buzzards Bay for an 18-acre parcel of land off Wolf Island Road during its Monday, November 28 meeting. The commission had withheld an approval at their last meeting pending a go-ahead from Water and Sewer Superintendent Nick Nicholson. “The Conservation Restriction is pretty […] Read more »
Marion Continues Green Quest
A round table discussion regarding the possibility of Marion becoming a Green Community, as defined by the State of Massachusetts, was held at a meeting of the Marion Energy Management Committee at the Marion Music Hall on Monday. The committee is charged with investigating ways to help Marion create clean, renewable energy for the future […] Read more »
CVS Presents Preliminary Plan
At a November 21 meeting, representatives for CVS developers approached the Mattapoisett Planning Board for an informal discussion on how they could proceed with developing a pharmacy on the corner of Route 6 and North Street. Paul Beck of Gershman, Brow, and Crowley, a “preferred developer” for CVS corporation, came before the board to present […] Read more »