Rochester’s Zoning Board of Appeals on February 29 approved a request to withdraw without prejudice the variance application for the construction of a 1,600-square-foot garage at 405 Neck Road, which would be larger than the 1,000 square feet allowed by town zoning bylaw. Acting Chairman Thomas Flynn said the applicant, Michael Walsh, needs to […] Read more »
The March 4 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board had one agenda item, an informal meeting to discuss a proposed, eight-lot subdivision off Holly Woods Road. The property owner is Collin Labrie, 7 Holly Woods Road, represented on this night by Chris Vandenberghe of Civil and Environmental Consultants. The primary plans call for […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission voted Jonathan and Jill Castle an Amended Order of Conditions for their thrice-amended project at 406 Point Road. Representative Rick Charon described the project as “fits and starts,” noting the discovery of structural issues with the house resulting in a reinvention of the project to raze the house and rebuild. […] Read more »
The backside abutters living on Olde Sheepfield Road came out to Monday night’s Marion Planning Board meeting to weigh in on Arnie Johnson’s expansion proposal for Fieldstone Market on Route 6. Given the floor during the public hearing, some abutters rejected elements of the expansion plan itself, but more abutters seemed to be primarily […] Read more »
Rochester’s Select Board Monday rejected Public Safety Building Committee Chairman Arnold Johnson’s request to hire an owner project manager with $140,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, preferring to learn first what exactly an OPM would accomplish for them at this stage of the project to combine, replace or rehab the town’s space-challenged police […] Read more »
On March 4, the Mattapoisett Capital Planning Committee, chaired by Mike Dahill, presented the Select Board with the town’s FY25 plan. Dahill began his presentation by first stating that the biggest expense the town is facing is the upgrades project required at the Fairhaven Sewer Plant. While final cost estimates are still being […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board is rearranging the lists of FY25 capital requests as recently presented by the Capital Improvements Planning Committee. On Tuesday night, Town Administrator Geoff Gorman told the Select Board that the requests presented in two basic categories – those relating to the Department of Public Works versus anything else – […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board called a special meeting held Monday afternoon to discuss a dog complaint filed by Fairhaven resident Miles Grant regarding a December 21, 2023, incident at Silvershell Beach in which his dog was bitten by an off-leash St. Bernard owned by Marion resident Verena Hultsch. Hultsch was unable to attend […] Read more »
Josiah Hatch will be allowed to fill the sinkholes behind the seawall on his property that were worsened by the December 21, 2023, storm. On February 14, the Marion Conservation Commission heard from Hatch, who filed a Request for Determination of Applicability to fill approximately eight sinkholes with aggregate and clean fill behind […] Read more »
In response to public feedback received during a February 6 Select Board meeting, the Marion Cemetery Commission met on Tuesday morning to review revisions to its proposed changes in the town’s Cemetery Regulations. The revisions were crafted for the commission’s consumption by Select Board member Norm Hills, working off a summary of feedback […] Read more »