Neighbors came out to share their concerns and negative experiences at the Park Place subdivision on November 12, as a Notice of Intent filing by Jordan Medeiros got underway. Medeiros, represented by David Davignon of Schneider Davignon and Leone who outlined plans for the construction of the final single-family dwelling in the subdivision. Davignon […] Read more »
Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals on November 14 approved the installation of an at-home machinist business at 84 High St. Devan Spellman, who owns a machinist shop in Acushnet, has a purchase and sales agreement with the High Street property’s current owner. He requested a special permit to install a similar shop in a […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday, November 19 began its meeting by approving a one-year extension of the Order of Conditions for a project at 109 Neck Road to design and install additional screening for a canal canopy and ground-mounted solar array filed by Renewable Energy Development Partner LLC. The vote came after Renewable Energy representative […] Read more »
On November 18, the Mattapoisett Planning Board once again took up the matter of Accessory Dwelling Units as defined by a new state regulation effective in February 2025. The board agreed that rather than simply allowing the state regulations to become Mattapoisett regulations, new bylaw(s) with explicit language was necessary. For about an hour, […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee met Thursday, November 19. The meeting began with a dedication to the late Debra May Lalli, an active and involved citizen of Rochester. Deb worked in the Rochester Assessor’s department for 22 years. She also worked and volunteered in local schools, served as the co-chair of the Project Grow Parents Group, […] Read more »
Rochester’s Board of Selectmen Monday tabled one of its biggest agenda items for an executive session, a review of a new contract for the Council On Aging Director, Eric Poulin. The board began the discussion in open session in response to a letter from the COA Board supporting a new employment pact for […] Read more »
The Stewards of Community Open Space met Tuesday, November 12 on Microsoft Teams. They began by saying how pleased they are with the new Harbormaster building and then discussed landscaping in the area. They briefly went over how involved the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) would be as well as who would be responsible for funding. […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday approved requests to extend the special permits for two large-scale solar projects in town. The request for a one-year extension of the Featherbed Lane South Solar Large-Scale Photovoltaic Special Permit and Groundwater Protection District Special Permit was brought up. Cushman Road Solar LLC and Gregory Sampson of Sullivan and Worcester […] Read more »
On Wednesday, November 6, Marion’s Finance Committee met in the Music Hall downtown. The meeting was planned to go over general business as well as subcommittee assignments. Due to other meetings going on in town that night such as the Select Board and the Capital Improvement Planning Committee, the meeting started off a few […] Read more »
Rochester’s Zoning Bylaw Review Committee is already moving beyond the bylaw changes it was formed to create for the January 2025 special town meeting. Committee Chair Richard Cutler began the November 7 meeting by noting he recently met with town counsel, who made a few minor changes to the panel’s current bylaw proposals. Now […] Read more »