Former Marion Harbormaster Isaac Perry, now serving the Town of Mattapoisett, will be sought out by the Marion Marine Resources Commission for his help. The dock is no longer in service at Old Landing after the last storm tore it away from the pilings. As of Monday, the Harbormaster Department was in the […] Read more »
The Point Road Bike Path will take shape this spring, but it is a matter of carefully stacked layers of materials designed to hold the grade and also properly process drainage. Deb Ewing, Chairman John Rockwell and Marc Sylvia represented the Marion Open Space Acquisition Commission at its January 4 Zoom meeting. […] Read more »
Deep into a long night of meeting with the Tri-Town Select Board and then holding their regular meeting, the members of the Mattapoisett Select Board heard from Sandy Hering, chairman of the Mattapoisett Tree Committee. Hering once again stated her concerns that residents didn’t have the information needed to make an informed decision […] Read more »
With the assistance of two consultants, the Marion Historic District Study Committee created a working list of over 250 Marion properties covering three and potentially five historic districts. So reported Will Tifft to the Marion Select Board during its January 3 public meeting at the Town House. One of several residents appointed […] Read more »
The Town of Rochester would like to replace its aged main fire station on Pine Street with something like what the Town of Mattapoisett built along Route 6 before the COVID-19 pandemic, but post-COVID construction costs and supply-chain issues are straining the building industry at large. Nonetheless, Rochester officials were quite interested in […] Read more »
Having had time to digest Albin Johnson’s objections to Marion’s septic bylaw requiring an upgrade to denitrification technology in any new construction, Marion Board of Health Chairman Dr. Ed Hoffer had his say when the board met on December 28 at the Town House. “There is no justification for us narrowing or making our […] Read more »
“Think, Learn and Care” was the basis of Rochester Memorial School’s presentation of its School Improvement Plan to the Rochester School Committee at its December 14 public meeting. Old Rochester Regional Superintendent of Schools Mike Nelson reviewed the process, noting that all four districts were asked to bring forward a one-year, school-improvement plan with […] Read more »
The Town of Marion Harbormaster Department will be allowed to remove trees that are interfering with the construction of its new Maritime Center that began in December and is expected to be completed by the end of summer. “Basically, it was an oversight on our end. We never had any intentions of them staying. […] Read more »
What was thought to be a simple, two-lot subdivision at 14 Snow Fields Road returned to the Mattapoisett Conservation Commission on January 2 as a new Notice of Intent filing. The property in question is owned by Dennis Arsenault, and the latest filing, a Notice of Intent, is for work done beyond the […] Read more »
The River Junction, the recently rebuilt tavern that sits at the site of the old Gilda’s at 27 Wareham Road (corner of Route 6 and River Road near the Wareham town line), got approval on a state-mandated correction to its alcohol license during a brief, public hearing held by the Marion Select Board on […] Read more »