Marion Town Planner Doug Guey-Lee found himself dousing a brush fire of inflammatory responses from elected officials to a presentation remotely made by Grant King, deputy director of the Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD), during Monday night’s meeting of the Marion Planning Board. SRPEDD is comprised of teams of professionals that […] Read more »
The committee charged with examining how to combine, replace or rehab Rochester’s Police and Fire stations to alleviate cramped quarters needs expert help to take its planning to the next step. Public Safety Building Committee Chairman Arnold Johnson told Rochester’s Select Board Monday, “We need some direction, some professional help in some capacity to […] Read more »
The rearranged Marion Select Board assured 159 Spring Street residents Matt and Jen Christopher that they will be heard, but new chairman Norm Hills insisted the Christophers’ complaint over their water bill be thoroughly fleshed out with representatives from the Department of Public Works on hand and only after he has had ample time to […] Read more »
The May 20 meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission found the commissioners unanimously voting to lift an Enforcement Order issued against restoration work taking place at The Bogs, a property of the Buzzards Bay Coalition. After winter storms flooded the project area, resulting in stormwater pouring away from the site into neighboring properties, the […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday had to satisfy a roomful of concerned neighbors as it approved the wetland resource boundary limits for an address on Gifford Lane. Land surveyor John Romanelli told the commission that the property’s owners, the estates of James and Sharon Barton, want to come up with a value for selling the […] Read more »
Jodi Lynn Bauer, Mattapoisett Select Board member, chairman and candidate won re-election on Monday night, fending off a challenge from Kathleen Costello, former principal assessor for the town. After publicly reading the results from four separate counts categorizing the tallies by precincts and early versus day-of-election voting, Town Clerk Catherine Heuberger and her […] Read more »
Randy Parker took the seat of the Marion Select Board in the May 17 Town Election held at the Cushing Community Center, according to preliminary figures. Parker won with 572 votes, leaving challenger Diane Lopes-Flaherty well behind with 248 votes. Parker is set to serve another three-year term on the Select Board. In a […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board, Historic District Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals met jointly Tuesday to hear a proposal by Marion resident Mark Briggs to construct two buildings to store and repair collectible automobiles, trucks and other motor vehicles on New Bedford Road. The project labeled “Briggs Hobby Barn” will require Site Plan Approval from […] Read more »
The Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals on May 9 granted a side-setback variance to allow the construction of a 20×40-foot, inground pool and 8×10-foot sundeck at 276 Snows Pond Road. The homeowner, John Kirk, needed a variance of the requirement that such a construction be located no closer than 40 feet from the lot’s […] Read more »
The one obstacle to organizing a plan to find Rochester a new town administrator has been cleared. The board on May 9 approved the roster for the Town Administrator Search Committee that it originally proposed after Town Counsel advised that Personnel Board Chairperson Kristine Nash was wrong when she argued on May 5 that […] Read more »