Short-term rentals appear to be impacting neighborhoods and could be unsafe, according to members of the Marion Affordable Housing Trust. The committee met on November 14 and discussed this and other topics, including how to make Marion housing more affordable. Trust member Eileen Marum said these rentals are not inspected for code […] Read more »
During the November 20 meeting of the Mattapoisett Planning Board, member Nathan Ketchel reported that the Holy Ghost Reuse Committee has been preparing for a public meeting. The date is currently scheduled to be January 24, 2024 to be held in the Fire Station meeting room. It is hoped that the meeting will solicit additional […] Read more »
Marion Planning Board Chairman Tucker Burr polled his membership on Monday night, asking each to put into few words, if possible, why the town needs a short-term-rental bylaw and what that would accomplish. The same invitation would be extended to concerned attendees who live in usually coastal neighborhoods that they believe are being infiltrated […] Read more »
Chairman John Rockwell reported Tuesday night that the Marion Pathway Committee has submitted its “100% plan” to the state on the Marion Shared Use Path that is intended to connect pieces of the South Coast Bikeway emanating from the Mattapoisett line and continuing to Point Road. Rockwell said detail work will be required […] Read more »
MCAS testing and what to do with the information was on the table when the Rochester School Committee met on November 2. “We’re back at a place where MCAS data is starting to become more meaningful,” said Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson, qualifying the remark by noting that MCAS provides […] Read more »
A Special Permit application for an in-house, dog-training business at 16 Bishop Road drew a standing-room-only crowd of concerned neighbors to Rochester Town Hall on November 9, forcing the Rochester Zoning Board of Appeals’ public hearing to be postponed. After noting that the meeting was no longer accessible to all who wanted to […] Read more »
During Monday night’s meeting of the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission, it was announced that the commission’s agent, Brandon Faneuf, will be handling clerical duties in the absence of a clerk in the commission’s office. Faneuf asked for the community’s patience as he handles additional duties for the town and the commission and asked that […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett River Valley Water Supply Protection Advisory Committee heard from David Wong of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection during the former’s monthly public meeting on Tuesday afternoon, and the message about the invasive species discovered at Snipatuit Pond in Rochester and the Mattapoisett River Watershed is that they have spread, but on […] Read more »
Rochester’s Planning Board Tuesday delayed deciding the fate of two big proposed projects until its next meeting on December 12. BWC Snows Pond LLC’s plan is to build a solar array on 12.55 acres of a 31-acre parcel at 0 Cushman Road to include a 2.39 MW, DC, single-access tracking photovoltaic array and […] Read more »
In 2015-16, the Mattapoisett Select Board began what would be known as the “village streets” project, a grand plan to improve all the village roadways and sidewalks to improve safety and convenience for pedestrians and cyclists. On Tuesday night, a plan was finally agreed upon with consulting engineers VHB. As noted in their […] Read more »