A zoning article brought the most residents to the microphone as Rochester’s Annual Town Meeting otherwise breezed through its 21-article warrant on Monday night at Rochester Memorial School. The meeting’s 178 attendees passed a bylaw amendment mandating that lot access shall only be allowed through or across a viable, legal road frontage and […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved and signed the Order of Conditions for previously unpermitted work at 532 Snipatuit Road. That work will remove an existing houseboat and dock from the edge of the pond within a wetlands buffer zone, including demolition of an existing house and construct a new, single-family home with associated site […] Read more »
The May 6 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board found two members speaking candidly about Article 23 of the Annual Town Meeting warrant – creation of a committee brought via a citizen’s petition, inspired by the Tree Committee’s desire for influence on the project design. The village streets reconstruction project was slated to be […] Read more »
At the conclusion of Monday night’s three-hour, 26-minute public meeting, the details of agreed-upon conditions still needed assembly for the purposes of Town Planner Doug Guey-Lee’s written decision. But the Marion Planning Board unanimously voted to approve the proposed expansion of Fieldstone Farms Market at 806 Mill Street (Route 6). After Representative Bill Madden […] Read more »
On May 7, Mattapoisett Conservation Commission Chairman Mike King read into the minutes a letter from the Select Board regarding its decision to seek professional advice regarding any possible contamination of soils at The Bogs. The Bogs, located off Acushnet Road, are former agricultural bogs which had been farmed for decades. When the […] Read more »
The Rochester Town Clerk’s Office is aware of errors on the specimen ballot that was recently released for the Annual Town Election to be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 To correct the errors the following actions have been taken: We apologize for any confusion that was caused because of this oversight. The integrity of […] Read more »
Old Hammondtown School was the place to be on May 1 when the League of Women Voters of Southcoast held its Candidates Night in anticipation of the May 21 Mattapoisett Town Election. Starting with a “meet and greet,” each candidate was given time to introduce themselves and point to accomplishments, goals and other […] Read more »
After an objection over who the board is not choosing to appoint, Rochester’s Select Board Monday had to delay for two weeks its action to form a Town Administrator Search Committee and find a replacement for Glenn Cannon, who is leaving the town position after the May 13 Annual Town Meeting. Select Board member […] Read more »
Action on Article 31 of the warrant for the May 13 Annual Town Meeting asking Marion voters if the town should opt out of the state’s Stretch (building) Code and effectively resign from its membership in the state’s Green Communities program will be postponed indefinitely after the Select Board determined Tuesday night that there is […] Read more »
In addressing the Old Rochester School Committee on April 11, Old Rochester Regional Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Dr. Shari Fedorowicz was careful to explain that the Student Opportunity Act is not to be confused with ORR’s School Improvement plan, otherwise known as Vision 2028. Nonetheless, Fedorowicz was enthused to recommend that the […] Read more »