Rochester’s Select Board Monday granted the town’s Historic District Commission permission to use Town Counsel in the court appeal that is being filed against the commission’s Briggs Hobby Barn permit decision. The board swiftly and unanimously approved the request to help the commission defend itself in court after Select Board Chairman Brad Morse […] Read more »
Lighthouse Liquors was considered noncompliant after a deadline passed and no representative from the retailer appeared at the June 20 public meeting of the Marion Board of Health to explain delinquent payments of fines stemming from the illegal sale of a tobacco product to a minor. Dr. Ed Hoffer, board chairman presiding over […] Read more »
After informally hearing from residents about the eroded condition of the tiny beach area located at Ned’s Point, the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission sought to bring the matter before Town Administrator Mike Lorenco. Lorenco conferred with Highway Surveyor Garrett Bauer, who agreed improvements can and should be made. The Highway Department will now file for […] Read more »
The June 20 meeting of the Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals found the Building Inspector Chris Canney working to untangle decisions that were made by former building commissioner David Riquinha, which are now impacting the construction of a new home underway at 1 Starboard Way. A request for a Variance had been filed by developer […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board continued until its next scheduled meeting (July 9) all three large projects on its June 25 agenda. The board granted a two-week extension of the Special Permit for the Braley Hill North solar facility in response to a permit-extension request that the Planning panel had debated at a previous meeting over […] Read more »
Molly’s Cove, located off Anchorage Way and Tara Road, has been on the town’s and the Mattapoisett Land Trust’s radar for a number of years. A compromised culvert and the possible flooding issue during storms are just two of the concerns facing the water feature, but help may on the way at long last. […] Read more »
On June 18, members of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation met with residents to outline the current status of the Mattapoisett village roads project now slated for MassDOT’s TIP funding program in 2028 and nearing 25% design. The public meeting, which was heavily advertised in media outlets and the town’s website, brought approximately 100 […] Read more »
The Rochester School Committee will schedule a special Zoom meeting this summer to vote its approval to final edits to the 2024-25 Rochester Memorial School Student Handbook, it was decided at the committee’s June 6 public meeting. After Assistant Principal Charles West summarized changes for the 2024-25 academic year, committee member Robin Rounseville asked […] Read more »
Fusion Physical Therapy will not be allowed to renovate space in the former Lockheed-Martin property until at least July 1 when it is presumed a required five members of the Marion Planning Board will be present for a continued public hearing for a Special Permit. The four members who were present for Monday night’s […] Read more »
Coming before the Mattapoisett Planning Board on June 17 were property owner Andris Rieksts and his representative David Davignon of Schneider, Davignon & Leone, Inc. In filing a Form J request, Rieksts sought to have one of several lots, part of a subdivision situated at the private end of Park Street now known as […] Read more »