The December 16 meeting opened with action items before proceeding to scheduled public hearings. The Board voted unanimously to approve the FY2026 budget, and also a $2,400 to Field Engineering from the 78 Wareham Road Consulting Account. Minutes of the December 2, 2024 Planning Board Meeting and the October 7, 2024 Joint Meeting […] Read more »
On December 17 the Mattapoisett Select Board voted to place a moratorium on the use of the town’s properties by any entity other than recognized and duly appointed or elected boards and committees. Town administrator Mike Lorenco noted that presently, there aren’t firm rules or guidelines for such use of municipal properties, the absence of […] Read more »
Rochester’s Board of Selectmen Monday closed and signed the warrant for the January 27, 2025, Special Town Meeting after a preliminary review of its 17 articles. It agreed, however, to delay until a later date voting on whether to recommend or not recommend the articles. The first seven articles are spending proposals that the […] Read more »
At the December 9 meeting of the Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee town administrator Mike Lorenco gave a status report on a variety of multi-phase multi-dollar projects. Topping the list was the Main Street (village streets) construction project. Lorenco said that design currently stands at 20-percent and that an arborist has been hired to […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday endorsed one Approval Not Required application for a proposed house lot at 0 High St. but extended the hearing for three other lots that are part of the same project after the developer’s representative refused to accept the condition the panel wanted to place on those parcels. For lots six, […] Read more »
From meeting the new school service dog, strong MCAS scores, and celebrating the district’s first Feinstein Foundation Golden ticket award, the Marion School Committee on December 5 was filled with good news. Sippican Elementary School third-grader Rose O’Brien, a Feinstein school for her good deeds, won a random drawing that helped garner $5,000 for […] Read more »
A Request for Determination of Applicability filing was turned down on December 9 when the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission reviewed the filing brought by Colin Labrie, 7 Hollywood Road. The filing was for the removal of trees within the 100-foot wetlands boundary an area subject to coastal storm flowage. Representing the applicant was Chris Vandenberg […] Read more »
Allegations of sexism came up at the Planning Board meeting on Monday when board member Eileen Marum mentioned that since August, some of her meeting minutes have been edited by the board chair to remove emotional language. Marum said in the past, she has been ignored by male members of the board. As […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday re-opened its month-long review of four separate Notices of Intent to build single-family dwellings on two-acre lots at 0 High Street but ultimately continued all four hearings until its next meeting. Since early November, the project has drawn the attention of abutters who have raised concerns about its possible […] Read more »
Plymouth County Commission Treasurer Tom O’Brien and State Senator Michael J. Rodrigues came to Rochester Monday to present its Board of Selectmen a $413,605 check for new Police Department digital radios and new Fire Department turnout gear. The oversize cardboard check the pair came to town hall with represented two actual checks Rochester […] Read more »