The Mattapoisett Marine Advisory Board met on Thursday, June 25 for their first meeting of the summer, and in it, spoke on updates to Long Wharf, parking sticker fees, and other business regarding the harbor. Following the approval of minutes from their last meeting, the board moved to discuss the ongoing Long Wharf project. […] Read more »
The Marion Select Board met on Tuesday to hear from various different residents regarding businesses to reopening, businesses looking for a home, and to recognize a previous Chair for their long service. Chair John Hoagland began by introducing Amy Felder of Felder Farms, the new General Manager of the Marion General Store. Felder […] Read more »
As you are well aware while reading this, it is hot. The National Weather Service declared an Extreme Heat Watch for the South Coast. Along with much of the eastern half of the nation, over 250 million Americans will be under the oppressive heat of a “heat dome,” not unlike what Europe has endured the […] Read more »
The June meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission was packed with technical matters which the commission handled with the assistance of environmental agent Samantha Carew. First up, it was announced that four agenda hearings would be continued to later dates. Those cases are an Abbreviated Resource Delineation for Steven Cabral for property located […] Read more »
The Rochester Planning Board Tuesday came close to approving the Site Plan Review and Special Permit for Site A of the High Street Solar project at 0 High St. Site A of the 20-acre project is the southerly portion of the property close to High Street itself. The board closed the hearing on […] Read more »
Rochester’s Conservation Commission began its meeting Tuesday by approving a Certificate of Compliance for the completed construction of a single-family home at 15 Cross Road that required work within the buffer zone to a cranberry bog. This vote came quickly after Conservation Agent Merilee Kelly confirmed the project was complete. Following this approval, […] Read more »
The Marion Finance Committee met on Thursday, June 18 in the Town House Annex and on Zoom to discuss FinCom personnel updates, a Harbor Fees Discussion, and looking back to FY26 and ahead through FY27. The meeting began with a discussion on the changing personnel of the committee, as Member Frederic C. Mock’s […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Zoning Board of Appeals met on Thursday, June 18 in Town Hall and had two cases on the agenda. Of the petitions, one was for a Special Permit and the other for a variance. Chair Susan Akin began the meeting with the first case, that being the petition for Special Permit […] Read more »
A variety of board appointments and one important follow-up to the vote to fund a new Old Colony Regional Vocational-Technical High School facility dominated the Rochester Select Board meeting on Monday. In a ballot question election on June 20, Acushnet, Carver, Lakeville, Mattapoisett, and Rochester, the five members of the Old Colony vocational […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Select Board meeting on Tuesday found the board handling a number of disparate topics from possible dangerous dogs to the issuance of different types of permits. Regarding the dangerous dog hearing, the board heard from a number of witnesses and heard letters of support for a dog accused of being dangerous […] Read more »