Rochester’s Select Board started its meeting Monday by accepting a $602,226.33 check from the Plymouth County commissioners. County Commission Chair Jared Valanzola and Commissioner Sandra M. Wright presented the Select Board with the oversize facsimile of the check that the town was recently awarded in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds as administered […] Read more »
Fieldstone Market’s ongoing expansion is considered inconsequential to its septic usage, and therefore the Marion Board of Health granted the store with two waivers during the board’s July 25 public hearing on the matter. Representing owner Arnie Johnson, Brian Grady of G.A.F. Engineering submitted a variance request from the Marion Sanitary Code, hoping […] Read more »
In his July 24 report to the Marion Conservation Commission, Conservation Agent Doug Guey-Lee sought guidance after he learned that unauthorized cutting of vegetation has been taking place at 5 Main Street. The Harbormaster sent Guey-Lee a video of weed-whacking seaward of the seawall. Having spoken by phone with homeowner Michelle Russell, Guey-Lee […] Read more »
The July 25 meeting of the Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board may have been short on agenda items but it was, in fact, heavy with importance. After remotely opening the meeting, Chairman Carlos DaSousa asked the board for feedback on such matters as emergency evacuation planning, stormwater management as it pertains to flooding of […] Read more »
Rochester’s Park Commission Tuesday approved placing an article to build a new children’s playground at Gifford Park, using over $40,000 of town funds on the October 21 Special Town Meeting warrant. The 3,649 square-foot playground’s full cost will be $81,881.70. Half of that cost will be borne by the local nonprofit Tri-Town for Protecting […] Read more »
In his July 11 Point Road Path Update to the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission, Chairman John Rockwell told the members that he has procured some straw-waddle rolls that has benefited from some old-fashioned muscle for installation. MOSAC member Tom Friedman and area resident Shaun Walsh are helping install the batches or the […] Read more »
Marion’s Energy Management Committee meeting Monday started with personnel changes, the biggest of which being the resignation of a veteran member. Bill Saltonstall, a founding member of the board who has served on it for 14 years, submitted a resignation letter and announced that this would be his last meeting as a full […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission had no reservations during its July 10 public hearing to issue an Order of Conditions to Blue Fin Realty for its proposed construction of a residential dwelling with associated landscaping, driveway, utilities and grading at 170 Wareham Street, but a discrepancy brought to the commission’s attention by an abutter resulted […] Read more »
Once again, the Mattapoisett Select Board faced the public to discuss the creation of a Roadway Committee only to find the membership at an impasse. The Roadway Committee creation, spearheaded by the Tree Committee to ensure that the construction would have limited impact on mature trees primarily lining Water Street, was approved at […] Read more »
Michael Assad Jr. has accepted the job as Rochester’s new chief of police after the Select Board unanimously voted on Monday to offer the Mashpee Police detective sergeant the job, replacing Robert Small who announced his resignation in the spring. Assad was one of three finalists to interview a final time on Monday, […] Read more »