The Marion Select Board met on Monday for a special meeting to continue discussions on the FY26 Draft Budget and the Draft Town Meeting Warrant. The Select Board and town administrator seek to have the Draft Town Meeting Warrant finalized as soon as possible, so they began with discussions on the contained articles. […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board met briefly Tuesday to approve the Groundwater Protection District Special Permit and Site Plan Review Permit for the proposed Eversource Substation at 214 Rounsville Road. The final endorsement of the large project, upgrades necessary to interconnect distributed generation facilities in town, came with the addition of a waiver important to […] Read more »
They have been diligently scrolling through spreadsheets and discussing cuts here, increases there, and reviewing copious amounts of data through the winter months. Now with the Spring Town Meeting right around the corner, the Mattapoisett Select Board has rounded the final corner on all things financial. With a budget topping out at $35,083,626, that’s no […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals met on March 20 hearing four cases, one of which was a Special Permit sought by Elizabeth Turowski Revocable Trust for 28 Pearl Street. The petitioner plans to rebuild portions of a porch and stairs within the existing footprint. The application also states that a new shed is part […] Read more »
Monday was a busy evening in the town office building meeting room. First, Rochester’s Select Board met briefly to refer to the Planning Board a proposed zoning change to the 40R residential/mixed use project at Cranberry Highway and County Road, one that would expand the plan onto an adjacent parcel. Town Administrator Cameron Durant […] Read more »
The Marion Planning Board met Monday, March 17, for two continued hearings including further discussion on short-term rentals (STRs) and the proposed bylaw in reference to them. The meeting began with comments on community outreach, with Vice-Chair Alanna Nelson mentioning comments and complaints she has received regarding the new Harbormaster Maritime Center and its stairs […] Read more »
The Marion Zoning Board of Appeals met briefly on Thursday, March 13 for a continuance for a request of the owners of 6 Cole Road for a Special Permit. The permit request, if granted, would allow for the demolition and subsequent reconstruction of a non-conforming single-family dwelling. The new construction would not increase non-conformity but […] Read more »
During the March 17 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board the members put forth ideas for bylaw changes that could, in the near future, expand the use of properties along the Route 6 corridor. Members William Winnerburg, a property developer, and John Mathieu, an attorney, have forwarded the idea of looking at the Route […] Read more »
The Marion Conservation Commission met Wednesday, March 12 for various public hearings on Requests for Determination and Notices of Intent. The first hearing was for a Request for Determination of Applicability for the construction of an addition at 882 Point Road made by Mathew Scaria. There would be two additions, one to the kitchen/dining […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission Tuesday approved Notices of Intent allowing the construction of four single-family dwellings on two-acre lots on High Street close to A.D. Makepeace cranberry bogs. These are lots that, since early November, have drawn the attention of abutters who have raised concerns about its possible effect on flooding and natural resources in […] Read more »