The Notice of Intent hearing for a plan to install two stone posts and a gate at the end of a driveway on Old Schoolhouse Road drew a large number of abutters but had to be postponed by Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday because not all of the address’s neighbors had been notified. Commission […] Read more »
Respective Joint School Committee chairpersons Sharon Hartley (union) and Michelle Smith (ORR) issued an End of Cycle report on Superintendent Mike Nelson’s Summative Evaluation that was unanimously accepted by vote on both sides of the Joint School Committee during its June 20 public meeting. The committees followed that with a vote approving the superintendent’s […] Read more »
The name has changed from The Cottages to Mirabelle Bay, but not much else on the 30 acres off Route 6 where developer Matt Zuker (aka 78 Wareham Road, LLC) will be constructing a townhouse-style village, according to his presentation during Monday’s continued public hearing before the Marion Planning Board. “The plan hasn’t […] Read more »
The July 11 meeting of the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals featured the news that its administrative assistant, Andreia Lacerda, is also the new executive assistant to the town administrator and the Select Board. Lacerda started at her new job on July 5, replacing long-time Select Board administrative assistant Amanda Baptiste who resigned […] Read more »
The Elizabeth Taber Library is getting more than an interior facelift, it’s getting a five-year improvement plan after the Marion Select Board enthusiastically endorsed the effort of the Spatial Planning Project Committee as presented by its chair, Kyle Pardo. As Pardo explained by reading a prepared statement, the committee formed in 2020 and […] Read more »
On July 15, the Mattapoisett Planning Board tied up loose ends on two subdivision plans and authorized a third being heard for the first time. Returning to the board was Andy Stackpole of Field Engineering, representing William Maxfield, who plans a two-lot subdivision off Harbor Acres Lane. The plan includes the use of […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday endorsed the town’s Public Safety Building Committee’s July 8 vote to hire Catalyst Architecture, Yarmouth Port, to design plans for a new main Fire Station on Pine Street, utilizing $28,000 of unused funds from the town’s Feasibility Study account. A Feasibility Study Committee organized last year by the Select […] Read more »
Rochester’s Public Safety Building Committee Monday approved hiring Yarmouth Port-based Catalyst Architecture to design plans for a new main Fire Station on Pine Street, utilizing $28,000 of unused funds from the town’s Feasibility Study account. A Feasibility Study Committee organized last year by the Select Board looked into a potentially three-pronged upgrade to the […] Read more »
Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson said Assistant Superintendent of Teaching & Learning Dr. Shari Fedorowicz had to move quickly to prepare a presentation to the June 12 public meeting of the ORR School Committee. The resultant FY24 vote enacted approval of a $105,000 grant for investment in the Amplify Desmos Math […] Read more »
Asked during Tuesday’s public meeting by Mattapoisett River Valley Water District Commission member Nick Nicholson to characterize the overall progress of the long-awaited filtering-systems upgrade at the Mattapoisett Water Treatment Plant, Tata & Howard engineer Jon Gregory indicated that the MRV is waiting on the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. “As soon as we […] Read more »